good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. right now an american aid worker is at nih in bethesda treated for ebola. the patient arrived from west africa earlier this morning. right to news 4 megan mcgrath with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. the patient was brought here to nih very early in the morning before dawn and right now they're being evaluated by a team of specialists. now, not a lot of information is being released at this point, but here is what we know so far -- the patient is an american. they were admitted here to nih at 4:44 a.m. this morning.

transported from sierra leon where they contracted ebola to the u.s. in isolation aboard a privately chartered medevac. the patient is a health care worker. they were volunteering at an ebola treatment unit in west africa where they came in contact with the virus. this is the second ebola patient treated here at nih. the first was nurse nina pham. she contracted the virus at a dallas hospital while treating thomas duncan a liberian man who fell ill shortly after coming to the u.s. pham was successfully treated, and released and she is now ebola-free. nih has a highly specialized contagious disease unit designed to handle diseases like ebola one of a handful of such facilities in the country. hospital officials are not releasing a lot of information about this patient. we don't know their gender for example, or their age. we are being told that right now they are being evaluated by that

special team that handles potentially deadly infection diseases. back to you. >> we'll follow the story and working to find out why a metro transit police officer shot and kill add man inside a tunnel at the potomac metro station. met tow vez last night an officer noticed a man inside the tunnel. police called. around 9:00 p.m. a female officer shot that man killing him. no word if the man inside the tunnel was armed or whether there was a struggle. the station was shut down during the invest i'm richard jordan at the live desk following breaking news that could impact your commute late this morning and into the early afternoon. 395 northbound shut down right now because of a crash at 7 area road. these are live pictures from the cameras. people are getting all right ramp there on seminary but cannot go any further north on 395. southbound traffic doesn't seem to be affected but definitely

an area to avoid right now. we are working to find out if anyone was injured in the crash. and if the road reopens here within the hour we'll let you know. >> thank you, richard. take a look outside now. a sunny start to the day but that's about to change. storm team meteorologist amelia segal is with us. >> most of your day, if not all, going to be dry. the evening hours we'll track rain. temperatures right now for the most part are in the 40s. 45 in washington. it was beautiful yesterday, and today very similar. our high yesterday was 60. today a high of about 56 57 degrees. so here's the planner for the rest of today. 2:00 temperature around 54. mid-50s by 4:00 p.m. even 6:00 p.m. still beautiful. 55 degrees, but we will have plenty of clouds at that point. still dry, though you can still enjoy walking the dog, taking kids to the playground at that

point. by 8:00 p.m. the chance a rain temperature 51 rain from the system likely by 9:00 p.m. coming up at 11:30, when the rain overnight comes to an end tomorrow. >> thank you, amelia. see you shortly. today we expect to hear the details of a plea deal for the so-called white house fence jumper. attorneys say they are close to an agreement. omar gonzalez is slated to appear in federal court this afternoon. last septemb gonzalez created a firestorm for the secret service, jumped the fence and made it inside the government mansion brn stopefore being stopped. and soon president obama travels to a v.a. center. they cleaned house and now the president an update on the progress. a look at the trip and the latest on the hospital here's tracie potts.

>> repor barbara, today president obama is doing what he did not do when in phoenix two months ago and was criticized for that by some veterans groups saying his motorcade went by the v.a. hospital and didn't stop. this time he is and holding a roundtable with staff members and patients and others, officials there, i politicians to talk abt the progress of implem the new rules, that big $16 billion overhaul ordered here in washington. and brand new this morning, we've got some new details about that progress. turns out, they have low the wait times for these veterans significantly. both at the v.a. and nationwide. there's been a major leadership turnover. 91% of the facilities have new leadership since that scandal broke last spring. we also understand that private care, vets being able e the system and get care that's now up 45%. the president and the new head of the v.a. robert mcdonald are

announcing today a new advisory committee. people from outside the system to help give them advice on how to get t. barbara? >> thank you, tracie. right now two people in the hospital after a deadly medical helicopter crash. the chopper went down late last night near oklahoma. told the helicopter was flying from tulsa to mcallister at the time of the crash. three onboard, one died. the cause of the crash sunder investigation. a local police officer hail add hero for saving a man from this burning car. why the victim is now facing charges. and pressure mounting on the secret service this morning. what lawmakers on the hill are demanding from the agency. that. this just in to the live

desk a suspected child predator in dust of custody an ever after a nationwide manhunt. picked up after his photo was distributed across the country. immigrations and customs enforcement saying it received 80 leads. one of those leads paid off. it was someone saying that acres was working in i.t. at a company in raleigh, north carolina. the agents went to that business arrested him right there at work. he was working the graveyard shift. now charged with child parnography. in fact agents say they have

video of him sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl. the u.s. attorney saying that it will prosecute acres to the fullest extent of the law. barbara? >> thanks richard. today you can learn more about the budget in prince george's county. county executive baker unveiling his 2016 proposal at 2:30 this afternoon. the announcem will be streamed live on thehe county's website. and four new schools. the announcement yesterday. the d.c.ystem plans to cut staff and spending at its sen crawl office opening up funding for the new schools and 200 new school-based staff members. most of those new hireless work in the city's high schools. this morning in montgomery county a big thank you to the men and women who keep your community safe. the valor awards are in north bethesda less than an hour from now honoring local leaders who have shown extensional bravery. honored, the first responders

from the gaithersburg plane crash. saving lives of people living in that neighborhood after the plane crashed and started a fire. news 4 pat larsen emcees along with nbc's tom costello. and being call add hero for pulling a man from a burning car in mclean. smoke and flames rose several feet in the air. he took action. >> i could feel the heat approaching the vehicle. once i got there, it got worse and worse. when i was dealing with him, trying to position myself because where i was standing was too hot. i was like -- just burning me. >> despite the dangerous ordeal the officer was not hurt. the driver is also okay. officer issa conducted a sobriety test of the driver and he was charged with dui. calls ss capitol hill for answers from the latest secret service snafu. how soon we could see agency leaders in the hot seat.

traffic cameras in the district raking in millions of dollars. a news 4 i-team tracked down the top four moneymakers. where they are? amelia? tracking a weather system bringing rain to the area tonight and tomorrow. coming up okay, i need a better pizza. one made with only real cheese. and dough that rises naturally. with no chemical leaveners. a pizza my family will love. (announcer) freschetta naturally rising crust pizza. no other pizza tastes like freschetta because no other pizza is made like freschetta.

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all caught on video and lawmakers want to see it. two senior secret service agents ran a government car into a white house barricade during a bomb investigation. "the washington post" reports the two had been drinking. lawmakers are fuming at reports

that a supervisor let the two agents go home. >> extraordinary disparate treatment between the agents themselves and the members of the public. >> some congressional leaders are calling for secret service officials to be fired. the house oversight committee asked director joe clancy to brief the committee wednesday. as we mention add few minutes ago, president obama is getting ready to head to arizona. last night he stopped by jimmy kimmel's show in l.a. and addressed the shooting of two police officers in ferguson missouri this week. the president said the situation in ferguson was worthy of protest, but the shooting was criminal. >> there was no excuse for criminal acts and whoever fired those shots shouldn't detract from the issue. they're criminals. they need to be arrested. >> the president poked fun at himself taking part in the "mean tweets" segment that jimmy kimmel does.

and carrie dann joins us with more on the president's response to ferguson. how is that being received? >> so far well. what t. you also saw attorney general eric holder at the very tip of the spear when it comes to addressing the situation in ferguson speaking in very harsh terms even more so than the presid the person who did this was a punk. they are not reflective of the community in ferguson. this is a situation the president really wanted to address. he's wanted to talk about the issue of civil rights and ferguson as an example of a place that could get better that the community could come together obviously the shooting really disrupted that process. the president wants to come out strong aand condemn and that's what he did last night. >> looking ahead to 2016 and a nbc news/"wall street poll election about change. >> a busy week. hillary clinton and the e-mail scandal. the iran the republicans sent the letter, scott walker becoming a sort of front-runner.

this is the most important data point from the entire week. 60% of people told pollsters e a candidate's in 2016 who moves the country forward, changes from current policies that's regardless whether they have experience the most important thing to them is change. a big problem if your name is hillary clinton or jeb bush. both have baggage from the past. jeb bush is in a little even more disadvantage than hillary clinton in the fact that there are republicans even almost half of republicans say jeb bush represents the past. i want somebody who represents the future. democrats are more optimistic about hillary clinton but it's still a big problem for both candidates going forward. >> how does hillary clinton controversy with her e-mails play into this whole thing? >> it is a problem for her in that framework of a change election. this is kind of reminding even people who like the clintons of the bad, old days during the '90s when there was so much rancor around the clintons. there was always accusations of secrecy and a thing with the clintons you might not be get

gts the whole picture. somethin consciousness for a long time. i think the e-mail scandal reminds meepeople of that but not in the line the thing that sinks her. pollsters have been out asking voters what they think. hillary clinton ki hit. >> will it run its course and go way? >> not go away from the sense congress republicans will keep talking about it. hearing, hearing, testify on capitol hill. it will stay in the headlines. hillary clint having a democratic challenger talking about this every day at least for democrats her position as a nominee is secure. >> carrie thank you. >> thank you. for more from carrie and the rest of the nbc news political team check out first read on nbcnews.com. bringing in millions of s in fines each year. a news 4 investigation found four cameras out of more than 200 across the city are responsible for one-third of all

the tickets. a camera on branch avenue in southeast washington issued more than 11,000 tickets. one on new york avenue that camera issued more than 25,000 dollars in tickets. on the suedland parkway, more than 20,000 the amount of tickets, not money. and a camera on k street issued more than 41,000 tickets. see how many tickets and how much money your neighborhood traffic cameras collect with our interactive map on nbcwashington.com. in montgomery county road crews filled more than 2,000 potholes since january 1st, but seems for every one that's filled another one pops up. the county normally has four trucks out daily making repairs. with warmer weather, added an additional 20 trucks to make repairs that need made. you may get a smoother ride soon if you live or drive in prince george's county. a county-wide pothole blitz is

under way there now that the snow and ice is meting the county says it's easier for crews to tackle the roads. tell us about the potholes in your neighborhood by tweeting. use the #d.c.cpotholes. > and need dental work can't afford it. free help today and tomorrow and surge in plastic surgery. the one procedure that's gaining a whole lot of popularity and the celebrity whose have inspired it. we're

raising the legal smoking age could save hundreds of thousands of lives according to a new report from the institutes of medicine. the legal age raced from 18 to 21 if it were we would see a quarter of a million fewer premature deaths sayings number of smokers would drop 12% overall. 99% of smokers start before the age of 19. several states are looking at raising the legal age to 1 2 1.21. new york city h already done that. a new report shows american spent more than $12 billion on cosmetic surgery last year. the biggest growth for buttock augmentation and non-surgical fat reduction. thanks for being with us doctor. is that replacing the augmentation of the front side? >> well actually breast

augmentation number one but down 1% last year and buttock augmentation up 15%. >> how many people are getting this done? >> last year 2014 almost 12,000 patients in america went through buttock augmentation with fat. 2,000 had butt implants, and 3,500 butt lifts. actually surgery. >> more people had their own fat put in to their rear ends? >>? the united states most popular. it's safe. it's the patient's own fat and minimal scarring. >> and why this new desire for a larger derriere? >> a good question. we talked about thigh gap in one of the previous sessions that we did. well you know it's the kim kardashians, you know that are pushing this kind of thing. in social media. stars are showing these very prominent, luscious derrie have the

same. >> it's interesting, because seems like a few years back when everybody was wearing girdles so you wouldn't see a dare dwlair looked like this. >> a major shift, really in fashion, styles and body type. >> and back to the other thing. >> here's an example. taking -- we use liposuction techniques transfer it to there you go. voila. >> s the removal of the fat first. >> right. you have to have enough fat to be able to transfer it to the buttocks. >> can you take it from the stomach? >> yes. from the stomach, the thighs. absolutely. >> how >> the procedure is -- varies between $7,000 and $10,000. >> wow. a lot of money. >> it's a lot of money tornlgts get a big rear end. >> depends on the type of anesthesia. remember sometimes you have to have a second enhancement, because not all of that fat survives. a possibility. build that into your budget. >> some choose to have implants instead of their own fat?

>> in south america implants are popular. not so much here in the united states because they're scarring. >> that's a before and after? >> pretty remarkable. >> a huge difference. are all age groups doing this? >> young women are doing it. of all, particularly latino the lack ethnicities seem to be very popular. older women whose butts have fallen buttocks have fallen doing lifts. a little exaggerated, right. >> that is exaggerated. buyer beware? >> done other pieces. there are people not p fix aflat into people's buttocks. it's very dangerous. there have been deaths from this procedure in 15 states. go to a board certified surgeon who's very familiar with doing this operation. have it done at a safe certified facility. >> all right. >> do your homework. >> absolutely. always when it comes to this kind of surgery, do your homework. >> yes. >> always good te you. >> my pleasure thanks. about 150 volunteers will

provide free dental care today and tomorrow for low-income virginias. a 13th year of mission of mercy. the northern virginia community college and dental society teamed up for the event. around 800 people made appointments for cleanings and other services lasts from 7:00 until 5:00 both days held at nova's educational campus in spingfield. a massive manhunt. the shooter or shooters who wounded two police officers in month. a 6-year-old boy capturing our hearts after a sledding accident is back home. an update on benson is ahead. and expect a rainy start to the weekend, but how long will it hang around? storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal hangs around with

right now a six-member panel is wrapping up a talk how colleges deal with sexually assault allegations. the focus was schools that involved student disciplinary committees in these cases. members of the panel say these committees may not be equipped to deal with assault allegations and committee rulings can have long-term impacts on students' lives. the panel planned to address complaints both from victims of assault and from students who have been falsely accused. today the business community in fairfax countsy rallying to help a store owner whose shop was wrecked by vandals.

postnet, indiana, cloesd almost a month after every single piece of equipment was broken. we're told repairs and replacements may cost up to $100,000. the owner appreciates encouraging messages from business owners and customers painted on postnet's windows. they plan to reopen possibly as soon as may. no arr that 6-year-old mclean boy badly hurt in a sledding accident has now gone home. benson shown wasn was sledding when he slid into a passing car. last night his famil his homecoming. fractured his skull, put in a medically induced coma. it spread through social media, pray for b man and drew the attention of the washington capitol who made him a "get well soon" card. and joining us to talk about the weather for today and the weekend. we want to know about the

weekend. >> the weekend is going to be okay. it's rainy tomorrow. so i know you want to hear this a good day to get spring cleaning done indoors maybe. dry on sunday but it's going to be breezy throughout the day. here are your weather headlines. rain arrives tonight between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. and continues for a good part of the day tomorrow. we should be dry by 5:00 p.m. overall on the seven day, comfortable temperatures. the long-range forecast though by the climate prediction center has the end of march below average. but for the next seven days we can enjoy the d 60s. mainly dry weather in the for next week as well. the latest on storm team 4 radar. remember download the storm team 4 weather app to get the radar. a system we'll track, myself and vj in this afternoon. here by 8:00 9:00 p.m. tomorrow dealing with rain traveling, watch for hydroplaning. exerci tomorrow definitely need the rain gear. puddles galore heading out and

about. have an umbrella should be fine. temperatures not bad. right now we're at 45 degrees. clouds continue to increase. mostly cloudy by the latest afternoon eechkd hours . . eve hours. 8:00 chance of showers. 9:00 rain likely. temperatures hang out in the 50s. dining out tonight have the umbrella. it will be chilly as well. maybe a warmer jacket 40s and 50s, but you don't need the heaviest winter coat by any means. future weathering tracking timing of the rain coming up. 9:00 p.m. notice scattered showers at that point. widespread rain overnight tonight. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow a soggy start. we continue to track showers around the lunchtime hours. as we get into the afternoon hours, they become more scattered. here we are at 5:00. mainly dry but still mostly cloudy. temperatures tomorrow not so bad. there's the rock 'n' roll half marathon in marathon tomorrow. this is skycast 4 actually showing what to expect. you see 9:00 a.m. when the race

is well under way, tracking steady rain moderate rain at that point and we'll continue to track showers for the race. so 7:30 a.m. when it kicks off, temperature around 50 degrees. temperatures actually not that bad. by noon upper 50s. definitely need the rain gear. high temperatures tomorrow in your neighborhood in the low to mid-60s. 64 in washington. 61 in frederick. 63 for those in la plata and 64 in culpeper. sunday cooler but at least dry. high of 57. start off in the mid-40s. by noon around 50. 7:00 p.m. sunday sun out. enjoy it. 48 degrees, plenty of sunshine at that point. by that point winds not so bad. want top mention tomorrow morning fog. it's a rainy, foggy start tomorrow. 64 degrees by the afternoon, we'll dry out towards the evening. breezy on sunday. high of 57. temperatures though feeling more like they're around 50 degrees during the afternoon when you factor in the winds.

monday it's dry. partly to mostly sunny skies. high of 61. st. patrick's day tuesday, if you have plans, not looking so bad. mostly sunny, barbara. high of 59. keep it dry next wednesday and thursday as well. high temperatures around 60. >> thanks amelia. police in ferguson missouri are still searching for the person who shot two officers during a protest. now the president is weighing in on that vile. nbc's chris pallone has more from ferguson. >> reporter: while there was tense moments between protesters and police thursday night's demonstration ended without violence but police and protesters in ferguson remain on edge after someone shot two officers during the previous night's protest. witnesses say the shots came from about 100 yards away. one officer shot in the face the other in the shoulder. both of back with their families after being treated. >> it's an ugly reminder what can happen. you know? there o here that want to hurt the police. >> reporter: now investigators are trying to figure out who. no suspects and no one arrested. people leading the charge for

change in ferguson say they're undeterred. >> to continue. continue to fight until we have a system that is equal to everyone. >> reporter: the president condemned the violence in an appearance on "jimmy kimmel live." >> what's n oppressive and objectionable and wa but there was no excusr criminal acts. >> the latest round of protests comes after the city's police chief announced resignation following a scathing investigation into the police department. also thursday people in ferguson held a prayer vigil, asking for healing for the injured officers and for their city. ♪ hallelujah ♪ >> reporter: chris pallone, ferguson moshgs month> in the aftermath of investigation, six citie

for a pilot project. fort worth, texas, gary indiana, stockton california birmingham alabama, inap plis and pittsburgh. researchers will study data and conduct interviews in those cities. the goal is to develop plans to build trust between police and the communities that an update on breaking flus we told you about earlier from the live desk. that nasty crash on the northbound lanes of 395 on seminary road. one lane open. far left lane so traffic could get by but there is still several lanes shut down. northbound 395 at seminary road there was a vehicle that overturned. we're still working to find out if anyone was injured in that accident. you might want to steer clear of that for the time being. back to you. >> thank you. and right now police in indiana are trying to figure out why a bus drifted into a median then veered across the highway and flipped into an embankment. we brought you the story on

midday yesterday. 22 people were onboard that bus at the time. most of them are members of the indiana bowling team. two suffered serious injuries. and in coast rico a powerful eruption the volcano, it closed down the airport 40 mile ace way. ash fell up to 20 miles away from that volcano. two new car recalls to tell you about this morning. the details are just ahead, and we're learning new details about the vicious attack on the u.s. ambassador in south korea. what police say the

oscar pistorius' case is moving to the high courts now. his lair lawyers topped from his conviction. serving a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide. if convicted of murder the olympian could face a minimum of 15 years in jail. south korea, arrested for stabbing the ambassador for korea actually intended to kill him. mark lippert suffered deep dashes to his lip and arm. he was released earlier this week. the suspect was trying to highlight his protest against south korean military drills happening right now. those military drills could have sparked new tensions

between south and north korea. south korea says north korea test fired seven missiles into the sea today. north korea calling the annual military drills an invasion rehearsal. seoul and washington say those drills are for defense. a popular flooring company is taking action after a news investigation found high levels of formaldehyde in its products. what they're offering their customers. and using cardioand weight training to get in shape for the summer. the three exercises that will ch

general motors is recalling about 60,000 chevy volt hybrids. gm says carbon monoxide can quickly build up if the car it left running. the recall covers volts made between 2011 and 2013. the problem fixed with a software update limiting the amount of time a car can be left running. so far two people have gotten actual carbon monoxide poisoning from this issue. and kia issued a recall. seoul suvs need fixed, gas pedals can bend or break, making it hard to accelerate the car increasing a risk for a crash. kia says no crashes on injurying reported. the recall expected to star

march 24th. the wood flory retailer lumber liquidators will offer free at-home air quality test kits if you've got that flooring in your home. this after a blistering cbs "60 minutes" report that accused the company of selling flooring contaminated with excessive amounts of formaldehyde. the free test kits measure the amount of formaldehyde in the air in your home and the kits can't aidentify the source. if results exceed accepted thresholds lummer liquidators will consider more tests. no word on whether the company will pay for flooring removal and reinstallation. america's net worth is celebrating a record high we're hearing today. the high came in the last quarter of 2014. a federal report says household wealth rose by almost 2% to more than $80 trillion. house values and rising stock are adding to that rise.

the more secure americans feel the more they spend. if that happens it could boost economic g. well ever heard the saying summer bodies are made in the winter? well winter's just about over. so it's time to get moving if you want to get that body ready for your bathing suit this summer. we have tarissa mobley and megan pildosky with us from the motion studio from alexandria. you have a way to do that without a whole lot of work. >> well hard work gets results. barbara, so -- i won't say it's not hard work but it's -- >> use one thing and that's these balls, your pilates balls? >> weighted balls. correct. the class go is called card yore sculpt refers to the circulatory system. you hear cardio fit inside it's relating to that circulatory system getting the heart rate increasing the heart

rate for health of the blood vessels in the heart. >> you sculpt the body doing cardioexcessing. and contouring and shaping using things sump as pilates balls, use hand weights, body wagds, resistance bands. pretty much anything the weight or the load is strength training. so we use those ditch -- balls or weights, those types of things to help us to shape and contour the body. >> megan's going to help you show us three exercises that you help us and i haven't seen these balls. get them just about anywhere? >> we order these at local motion. amazon you might be able to find those easily. >> see what kwuryou're going to do. three different exercise to help us sculpt our bodies for summer. >> the squat press. start in goal post arms. make sure everything is 90 degrees from the shoulders to

elbow 90, particular elbow to wrist 90 degrees maintain that. great for the shoulders. holding this icemetic pose is great for the e body and shoulders. >> nice arms just from doing that? >> absolutely. >> what now? >> start with squats. sink her gluts back keeping weight on the heels and tacking knee oevs are ankles. abs engaged. rises up extends the arm overhead for the shoulder press. right back to -- >> is that helping build a butt too? >> absolutely. if you're looking for that kim kardashian -- >> just talking about that. >> there you go. >> want to sculpt it down. now we want to build it up. the next exercise? >> the next exercise we demonstrate today is the lunge kick lateral with the lateral pull back. from here start off in lunge position. always start with most basic first and then add on. so first we're going to start off with a lunge and your left leg comes back a little more

megan. perfect. knee stacks over your ankle for the lurng and the weight is in the heel of the front foot and ball of the back foot. very important. keeping your spine neutral also. >> number two. >> yes. you just keep going down and up? >> down up and next add the knee. so you're going down up add the knee. and back. to the ball of the foot. >> all three? >> and add the kick. >> okay. megan, extends arming out shoulders down and bac keep elbows in alignment. perfect. down up. add that kick. extend forward. squeeze the shoulder blades back. there you go. down -- >> do this at cardiosculpt? >> absolutely. the way to get ready for summer. the oenltd way to get it done. hard work. >> so glad you came to show us that and it's -- you're located -- >> local motion in alexandria virginia off of south dove. >> thank you for coming. >> hope to see you come barbara. >> i need it. well he did it. will ferrell joined the big leagues to raise big bucks for

charity. the late effort on the comedian's time on the diamond coming up next. and grabumbrella. details on the

. wuching a couple of developing stories for you today. an american aid worker who contracted ebola is now at nih in bethesda arriving from south africa earlier this morning. president obama heads to phoenix visiting the veterans

affairs hospital there that triggered massive outcry over ow the government cares for its former service members. the president gets an update on the health. some of the nation's most creative minds are gathering in austin texas, now. the popular south by southwest festival opens today. the annual event showcases the hottest new music, films and alternative technologies. d.c. mayor muriel bowser will be there to help make in-roads with tech com actor will ferrell made good on his promise to play several major league baseball spring training games in arizona >> made a horrible mistake cutting me. >> reporter: he came and in a sort of wacky, fun-filled fashion -- comedian and actor will ferrell made good on his promise to play nine positions with several different cactus league teams during spring training in arizona.

>> terrified. >> reporte ferrell's comedic relief for the baseball fans a little yoga on the field, walking away as a dodger's coach comes to talk to him about pumping among others the anchorman teaming up to raise cancer survivors to go to college and what a stage he had. >> he had a lot of fun do it but to put himself out there like that was, just fantastic for the charity. >> that was our report. if you have a singer in your family the question the nationals need you. holding auditions for the national anthem singers for the 2015 season. get there early. that happens on saturday between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m. that is . in a few minutes you can register to run for the marine corps marathon. all runners must enter a lottery for a spot in this year's race. the lottery opens at noon. we've posted registration info

on nbc washington's app. nbc washington app, and the lottery will be open for ten days. runners who enter should hear back by march the 25th. the marathon is on october the 25th. and time for a final check on our forecast. here amelia. our temperature's up to 47 degrees. clouds continue to increase as we get on into the afternoon hours but dry this afternoon. so as the kids get home from school you can take them to the playground enjoy the fresh springlike feel to the air. saw so many people outside yesterday enjoying the spectacular weather. getting into the evening hours, showers arrive. manly around 9:00 p.m. we'll have rain overnight tonight. this is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we do have the rock 'n' roll marathon and half marathon. that will be a rainy event. scattered showers tomorrow afternoon. by your saturday evening, we will be dry, but then winds are going to increase. you can see this is our sky cast showing plenty of rain around tomorrow morning. the high temperature today of about 56 inside of the beltway.

low 50s outside. tomorrow morning, not only deal wig rain but fog and in smots as well 64 tomorrow. temperatures aren't too bad. unfortunately really can't enjoy them. sunday it's breezy. a high of 57. it is dry on sunday. monday a high temperature of 61 degrees. partly to mostly sunny skies. st. paddy's day tuesday, high near 60. webs and thursday pretty normal with temperature there's, too, spring starts in exactly a week from today. i know we cannot wait for that but die have to say the long-range outlook, barbara, looks like after kind of next week we could have cooler temperatures returning to the area but below average precip. >> there is some talk earlier about a couple of models showing that we could possibly have snow next week? >> that's not looking likely. that's a little too far out to kind of worry about. that's you know seven days more -- more than seven days from now. of course updates coming forward. >> it is not time to put the coats in the basement and get

rid of sweaters and that sort of thing until next year? >> march is always up and down. still keep the warmer weather gear handy. >> have a great weekend. >> you as well. >> and hopefully not too much rain. a good idea to get in there and start doing spring cleaning at home. thanks. that's "news4 midday." thank d we invite you to tune in monday news throughout the weekend. stay with news 4 for all the breaking news and we will see you monday morning at 11:00 a.m. have a gre.

>> theresa: brady and melanie fought about how she was digging up dirt on me. then they kissed and made up and now they're happier than ever. can you believe that? hey, hello, i am buying these drinks--the least you could do is pretend like you're listening to me, okay? >> eve: i heard you, all right? melanie's a nosy bitch and brady is an idiot, so what else is new? and...what are you doing drinking right now, anyway? aren't you supposed to be at work? >> theresa: i needed to get away from little miss sunspot. >> eve: ooh--honey--honey, honey, honey! we're over here, hi. look at you. oh, my gosh, you look so beautiful. are you having a good day? >> paige: it's okay. >> eve: well, are you looking forward to your date tonight? >> theresa: really, you have a date? yes! hey, does that mean you're finally over that loser, jj?