today police in charlottesville, a rolling stone article about an alleged gang rape at virginia university. and ted cruz just finished speaking at a virginia university where he announced he was running for president. what he promised supporters. i'm aaron gillchristgilchrist. confess about a school closing. >> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. a chance to see snowflakes in the next 24 hours. i'll tell you when coming up. making news just a few minutes ago. texas senator ted cruz announced his 2016 presidential bid at

liberty university in virginia. >> i believe in you. i believe in the power of millions of courageous conservatives rising up to re-ignite the promise of america. and that is why today i am announcing that i'm running for president of the united states. and all of this happening in a room full of young evangelical conservatives in lynchburg, launching his social conservative path cruz is for the white house pledging to supporters his plan to repeal president obama's health care law abolish the irs and unapologetically embrace israel. he is the first to jump into the race. braddock second serie school in fairfax county is closed today. the school district first announced school delayed two hours because of a reported bomb threat.

later school officials decided to close for the day. megan mcgrath is in fairfax county talking about why the decision was played to go from delayed to closed. >> get ak betterting a better idea where the names on a hit list from isis came from. posting the name ss picture, and addresses about 100 members of the u.s. military. the posting urged loyalists to hunt down the service members, a senior defense official tells nbc news that much of that information posted of was already out there. >> it has 100 names on it. it's an isis hit list that appears to be aspirational and in a statement the pentagon says the information wasn't hacked from any classified sources, most will you culled from news reports and social media. >> and the pentagon is encouraging those listed to be aware and exercise appropriate levels of protection. david culver along with

photojournalist, headed down to charlottesville now where police there are set to hold a press conference to announce their findings in the investigation of an alleged gang rape. you recall this came to light in a november 2014 article published by "rolling stone" magazine in which they detailed along alleged gang rape involving a fraternity on the grounds of uva. that harrell has been widely discredited. still police decided to continue with the investigation. we're hear the findings around 2:00. a troubling year for the university of virginia. students there dealing with a trio of national news stories starting wit disappearance and death of hannah graham and most leechbltly ly recentlied bloody arrest of a third year. look for updates on my twitter handle. we got the sunshine out there for now but it sure doesn't feel like a mild spring day. nonetheless, our weather headlines off to a chilly start for the day and for the week. we do have a chance of seeing a couple of snow flurries. not a snowstorm.

just a couple of snow flurries, early in the day tomorrow. and a chance for springtime showers, maybe even a rumble of thunder later on in the week. for now current temperatures are only in the low to mid-30s across northern maryland. 31 hagerstown. 36 frederick and leesburg 37 in manassas manassas. fredericksburg reached 42 already. going out this afternoon, plan on cool sunshine. definitely a day to walk on the sunny side of the street. temperatures up to near 50 degrees. today we'll get our first look at a new security measure. the nationals will use this at the ballpark. check out the nbc washington app this afternoon for pictures of the new metal detectors they'll use. teams across the country are putting them in place this year to keep you and your family safe at game. lots of brackets busted and nobody left from our area in the ncaa men's tournament. basketball tournament today. georgetown, virginia maryland all eliminated this weekend. today a lot of you are sharing

the terps social media messages to fans. the team posted a "thanks" to #perpnation on facebook. post has more than 7,000 likes and more than 700 shares. if you still want to #feartheturret's one maryland team stands a good chance. the women's basketball team plays undefeated princeton later today. a one seed that beat new mexico state by 18 points this weekend. a college basketball player in trouble for his t

i'm melissa mollet and the most attention, mo'ne davis making headlines for something a college player said about her. a post offensive, not repeat what it said here but the school says that player has now been kicked off the team. starbucks says it's ending

its race together initiative at least at your local store. the company wanted to start conversations about race relations in the country by writing race together on your coffee cups. it was widely criticized. starbucks is still planning race together forums but separately. and "pretty woman," quarter century, turning 25. lots of us remember the romantic comedy. well tell us what your favorite moment was on twitter or on the nbc washington facebook page.

hundreds of people rallied in afghanistan for justice to a woman killed outside the most famous mosque. the 27-year-old scholar beaten pushed from a roof run over by a car and set on fire last week. the protesters want the government to prosecute all

those responsible for her death. police say they've rested 13 people arrest 13 and suspended 13 police officer whose did not stop the attack. the president of afghanistan is ken domcondemning the killing as a heinous act. he know his country faces a tough battle against isis. the original plan trim the u.s. force from 7,000 down to 5,500 by the end of the ye. the administration now might keep most of them there well into 2016. aaron? >> thanks. right now kids from all over the united states are showing the president their science projects. the fifth white house science fair is today. take a look here. this is a live picture from the white house website as the president tours all of the exhibits or he will be. we expect they'll put up a live picture for us including, the

exhibits include one called the safer and sound act designed to prevent teen suicides and school shootings. later this hour president obama expected to announce several major donations expanding science and math education for kids around country. temperatures struggled to get out of the 30s in many of the suburbs. hourly temperatures in and oirnd around the metro going up a bit. upper 40s to near 50 degrees but stull you'll need a jacket on the way out the door for lunchtime activities. gradual increase in clouds coming in later on today. afternoon high generally up into the low 50s towards fredericksburg and culpeper. an 51 waldorf and 50 downtown. cooler across northern maryland where highs in hagerstown and aberdeen likely to reach only 44 45 degrees. milder weather down south. weekly weather, not a lot to worry about. a little concerned for flurries coming our way tomorrow. a chance of rain and maybe a rumble off two of thunder thursday and saturday believe it or not, another chance for a

little rain/snow mix. seven-day forecast is just ahead. chuck, is your tap water, has it tasted funny laity? >> not at all. nope. >> good. a lot of folks are experiencing tap water smelling tasty funny. actually it started today. the reason washington aqueduct is switching to chlorine for its annual disinfection period. the disinfection efforts lasts until may. it you're bothered by the chlorine taste use a water filter or let the tap run a few minutes before actually using the water. we'll be right

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i'm molette green at the live desk. just in a new search under way for the lyon sister rees mains. this details, that are just coming in. authorities are going back to the virginia mountain where they have been searching the bedford county sheriff office says new leads prompted them to head to taylor's mountain near ected to take several days for them to look for the little girls' remains. these maryland sisters went missing in 1975. katherine was 10 years old, sheila 12 years old at the time. they walked into a mall in wheaton and have not been seen since and no one has been charged in this case. back to you, barbara. >> thanks molette. a bomb threat forced a northern virginia school to

close today. let's get right to the scene. news 4 megan mcgrath is live at the secondary school in fairfax county with a look what police are saying today. megan? >> reporter: barbara, the all-clear was given but not before the decision was made to close the school for the day. so students at lake braddock secondary school in burke were given an unexpected day off this morning. now, the search is on at this point for the person who made that fake bomb threat and if they are found, that individual could face charges. overnight, a bomb threat was e-mailed to a staff member here at the school. police were called right around 2:00 in the morning. bomb-sniffing dog was brought here to the school and a two-hour delay issued. however, this is a huge building and it did not appear according to police that the dogs could go through every room before the kids were due to show up for school. so the decision was made to close for the day, but then metro transit police were able to come to the scene with some

of their dogs. so in the end, they were able to actually go through the school faster than they had expected around 9:00 a.m. that's when the all-clear was given. nothing was found inside the school. so unfortunately, classes were had still been cancelled. the announcement was made so they're sticking to that. however, at this point we're told that things are getting back to normal in terms of after-school activities. if you had an activity scheduled this afternoon that will still be happening. anything that was scheduled for the evening, those events will be happening as the school reopens here later on in the day. back to you in the studio. aaron? >> megan, thank you. is your license plate free speech? the supreme court just wrapped up arguments on that very topic and stems from a case in texas. the sons of confederate veterans group asked to have the confederate battle flag on license plates. these plates are issued by the government. the request denied. now the group is suing. look what we're talking about here. you can see the confederate battle flag on the lefthand side

here. an image a lot of people find offensive. the group has some support including several states that don't want to see pro-life license plates restricted. schedulety plates bring states a lot of money. right now nine states do issue plates with the confederate flag including maryland and virginia. both states fought against the idea in court and lost. so what do you think about this? we have a poll up now asking should government issues license plates can considered free speech? yes or no? shoot us a text or you can tweet us. we're share the results in about a half hour. aaron, still watching for a little chance for snow flaur is coming our way first thing tomorrow morning. take you through futureweather. the remainder of the day, nothing to worry about. sunshine on the chilly side. by 11:00 tonight, clouds on the increase for sure and by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow a chance for a couple of flurries coming in,

primelily out to west of the metro area. don't be surprised if you see snowflake flying through the sky first thing tomorrow morning and tomorrow afternoon staying on the cloudy and chilly sides. highs tomorrow only tharnd 50-degree mark. we'll warm up a little more as we head towards the second part of the week. here's your four-day forecast. 50 today, 40s tomorrow. 50s to near 60 wednesday. 70s on thursday nap comes with a chance for rain. i'm erika gonzalez. a new study says you don't have to go far when ready to retire. virginia among the top places according to bankrate.com. how everybody stacked up. we'll put it online of course. if you want to look tat, you can do that. virginia, number five on the list. the only state in the top ten east of the mississippi river. maryland took 32nd, a few places behind florida, which is much lower than you might expect. west virginia close to the bottom of the list. at number 47.

d.c. unranked. it you're making plans, we highlighted the states that made the top ten right on this area here. you can see, all of them other than virginia are out west. wyoming took spot number one. right here. and then here's virginia. we had said this was number five. colorado and utah in second and third. bankrate.com says it looked at lots of different factors to decide including cost of live, health care and crime, however low taxes were really what put these states on top. >> wow. sprooiding. ing surprising. we didn't see anything on florida. >> warmer places. when it comes to saving money, going out west. >> saving money, too, out does the heat the warmth. >> beautiful views. wyoming, wide open stays spaces. >> thanks erika, for that. back in 60 seconds with a look at the last king of england

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welcome back. it is a burial 500 years in the making. the remains of english king richard iii finally laid to rest. for those who need to brush up on your shakespeare, richard was immortalized in the bard's play as a brilliant but evil king. history took a stunning turn when his long-missing remain was discovered under a park lot of all places. thousands turned out for the funeral. a grandson 17 generations down the line made his coffin. richard died in 1485. he is the last english king to die in battle. >> pretty amazing. now a story getting a lot of buzz on social media. a photographer snapped this picture of a woman crossing the finish line with the help of a police officer and her son. louisville mayor greg fisher posted this picture with the caption, this is what a

compassionate city looks like. lieutenant aubrey gregory saw arab ha ford having trouble around mile four during the road city run 10k in kentucky saturday. she didn't want to stop. this vase her latest goal in her mission to lose weights. she wanted to finish that race. so the lieutenant walked her across the finish line. wow. that's pretty cool. this may be the cutest thing you'll see all day. a surfer caught more than the perfect wave off the coast of southern california. he picked up this little guy. first the surfer thought he was being attacked. turned out the sweet sea lion just wanted hugs and a little board time. safe roads after the break.

this is a new psa out there. a lot of you talking about it now. against e-cigarettes and one of

two psas put out by the california democrat of health. they have addictive nicotine and dangerous chemicals. in other words, just as bad as the real thing. that story trending on facebook now. tell us what you think about it on the nbc washington facebook page. this may surprise you. a new study out showing arlington is among the safest counties in the country when it comes to crashes. traffic deaths are down nation wide but still 82 people die a day on average from crashes. the website auto insurance center dotcom looked at deadly crash data over a 20 year period. nantucket county in massachusetts came out on top followed by arlington. broomville county colorado. bronx county new york and bristol county massachusetts. on the other hand the deadliest place is kennedy county texas. go to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell where's the best place to live for the weather? >> depends. i'm a four season kind of person

and like it right here in the washington area. a snow lover, obviously the year to move to boston. a lot of great pictures coming in today on twitter. it's puppy day. got a picture of your puppy to share, get it on the air before the day is done. goldfish in rockville eating unthe bird seed. looking up in the skies like last night, dwayne karr in silver spring there's the moon and venus in the evening sky. gainesville, virginia. night day to be outside. on the chilly side. flurries tomorrow a cloudy day tuesday. i'm molette green at the live desk. need good weather for this. guess who's coming to the white house easter roll this year? kelly ripa and michael strahan taking their shy there live and will hair itt air the entire hour on april 6th sit downing with the first lady michelle obama and

discuss her get fit campaign and all kinds of gooeys on the east lawn. that's the latest. back to you. >> makes us think spring is coming. new speed cameras runs in the district. a look at a map of all the new locations. it includes two cameras in both directions on south capital street near the park. going up where police say speeding is a problem. one camera along fort lincoln drive in northeast. first a warning then fined when the 30-day grace period ends. posted this information on the nbc washington app. search d.c. speed cameras. and investigators are looking into a crash that killed three people in anne arundel county. two 19-year-olds died yesterday. this traffic camera shows the descend and backups following the crash on saturday on route 50 near route 97. maryland state police say an off-duty takoma park police officer did not see traffic stopped ahead of him, slammed into a car killing a 63-year-old father at the xeern.scene. that man daughter and a

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looks like the race for the white house is officially on less than 45 minutes ago. ted cruz officially announced he's running for president. cruz just wrapped up his first presidential rally at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. the texas senator is the first person to throw his hat into into the ring officially of the

2016 race. nbc p nbc's kerry danncarrie dann joins us. >> reporter: an evangelical university tens of thousands studying remote. all students had to attends what turned into a campaign rally for him. ted cruz wants, a crowded field, ted cruz wants to be in the lead he's planning a marker i want to go after the social evangelical vote. >> doesn't feel he needs to make a connection two other people planning on running? >> he is from texas. a state rich for especially in the republican party. he has competition. former governor rick perry and jeb bush. the family has deep ties. virginia on the other hand a swing state. >> what are the strengths and weaknesses? >> a very oratorically gifted walks around the stage.

sound like an evangelical preacher aims more than a politician. that's going to get him energy within the evangelical group. he'll have trouble raising money. those big donors giving money to people like scott walker and jeb bush not somebody like ted cruz now. >> will they jump in having him start it off? >> it definitely kicks it off and saw a lot of media attention. after the 1st of april you'll see a lot more candidates jumping in. >> carrie dann, thank you. a group claiming to be affiliated with isis posted what it says are the latest pictures and home addresses of about 100 members of the u.s. military. they call themselves the islamic state hacking division. loyalists to hunt down service members. much of the information posted was already out there. the pentagon is encouraging those who are listed to be aware and to exercise appropriate levels of protection. in a few hours we get new information on the case that

rocked the university of virginia. a brutal sex assault was detailed in a "rolling stone" article in the fall of last year. it described a "rape culture" on campus. that article received national attention. it set off protests and caused the university there in charlottesville to call in the police department to look into the claims the article has since been discredited. 2:00 this afternoon, police announce whether that investigation will lead to any criminal charges. take a look at this. snow for the morning commute today in chicago. look at all that snow falling. the area is under a winter weather advisory and expected to get the two to four inches of snow today. looks like timing was bad on that storm. it arrived just in time for the morning rush. chuck, how's our weather looking? we got it cold not the snow. thank goodness. >> absolutely right, barbara. a prettier picture over washington looking northbound from the studios into southern montgomery county. nice looking day.

as you engs edmentioned, snowflakes responsible for nothing more than a few passing flurries herbal tomorrow morning probably. nonetheless, those chicago flakes they're coming in our direction. the weather flakes that is. next couple of days near 50 today, upper 40s tomorrow with a chance of a flurry around. staying more cloudy than anything else wednesday. warmer high near 57. average up to 59. thursday warmest day of week bullets-of-but also our best chance for rain. >> thank you. some believe pope francis performed a miracle in naples italy. look at this. the archbishop asked the pope to kiss a vialle of thedried blood. declared half dissolved into liquid. some a sign that prosperity will come to naples. pope benedict xvi and pope john paul ii both kissed the vile and knoll happened. take a look. a man handed the pope a pizza

while the pontiff rode in the popemobile. the special pizza had the colors of the vatican, white and yellow. >> naples-style pizza. call it lpopa. after the break, why you're seeing so many cute puppy

let's take a look at the stories you are talk ak now. if you lurch dogs you'll want to get on twitter. take a look at this. cutest thing ever. all of the pictures for national puppy day today. pulled up one of the cutest ones tweeted by howard county and fire ems. top on twitter. and a big deal this morning right here. ted cruz campaign slogans. the hash tag. by now you know cruz became the first person saying he'll run for president next year.

some tweets we can't share, but supportive ones as well. check in with brittany johnson on what's trending on nbc washington.com. >> asking you to tweet pictures of potholes in your area. call 311 or e-mail them with the potholes and the location where you see them at and because of the excessive amount of potholes in the city this year they'll effects them in up to 48 hours instead of 72 hours. and also use the hash tag d.c.pothole finder. a lot of potholes because of the horrible winter. tweet them to

right now lawyers for the boston marathon bomber are cross-examining an fbi computer expert who testified dzhokhar

tsarnaev had an al qaeda inspired magazine on his computer. prosecutors could rest their case as early as wednesday. the 21-year-olds faces the death penalty for carrying outed dpedly 2013 attack with his brother. and today millionaire robert durst is expected in a courtroom in louisiana for a bond hearing. he faces wepen and drug charges in new orleans. police say they found a gun and marijuana while serving a california warrant for the murder of his friend back in 2000. he denies the murder charge. prosecutors say he should not be released though held in a mental health unit in jail. officers say she at risk for suicide, durst is awaiting extradition to los angeles count pip he was the focus of an hbo documentary. outside, city camera looking over the runways of ronald reagan airport. blue skies. #puppyday on the twitter verse. a lot of great pictures. kathy baker sent this in of her

buddy luke looking like he's ready for a kibler. milk bone in mouth. the way puppies prefer to spend their day for sure. waiting to spend time in the outdoor, cool but on the sunny side. temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. another check's that all-important seven-day forecast coming up. >> chuck, thank you. i don't trust it but here you go. a self-driving car. actually in the middle of a historic road trip now. the delphi automotive driverless car on a ten-day 3,500 mile trip from san francisco to new york city. the first coast to coast drive by an automated vehicle. this car is designed to navigate roads without a human hand on the steering wheel. however, there will be a person in the driver's seat at all times, just in case you need a person to drive the car, like you should. right now, there is a man hundt for hundt for a driver who shot a

28-year-old woman in the head it happened north of texas. an apparent case of road rage. nbc's janet shamlian shows us what happened. >> reporter: kay halfered is back home after a terrifies close call. the bullet nole her window indicating how lucky to be alive. >> a tough cookie. >> reporter: it started as a routine drive to work north of houston that suddenly went very wrong. >> basically what we developed into a road rage situation. >> reporter: she told police she was merging on to interstate 45 when a man in a white suv cut her off. she honked her horn apparently angering him, says he started taunting her. pulling around to the passenger side then firing one shot it her in the back of the head. >> the victim was coherent enough to be able to steer her vehicle off the interstate 45 freeway. she called 911. she was incoherent because she was in and out of consciousness.

>> reporter: with bullet fragments lodged in her brain, she was rudged to the hospital. >> if i find out hoot it is it's not going to be nice. >> reporter: so-called aggressive driving incident increased each year from 1990. advice from authorities. just don't engage. >> if you can exit and get away from them do that. by all means, if you're in a wigs where you can call 911, we want to hear from you. >> reporter: janet shamlian, nbc news, houston. gas prices around the rest of the country are falling, but not in our area. according to aaa, a price, prices on average, about 10 cents higher than a month ago. d.c. $2.53 on average, a gallon of regular. maryland $2.40 a gallon. $2.23 a gallon in virginia and gas is at $2.40 on average in west virginia for regular gasoline. if you live in virginia a new study says you may want to consider retiring there too.

released rankings of best places to retire around the country and the commonwealth is in the top ten. the site says it looked at cost of living health care and crime among other factors in its choices. wyoming took first place if you're making plans to retire. maryland took 32nd. west virginia close to the bottom of the list. number 47. and d.c. wa not included in the rankings. today we will get our first look at a new security measure, the nationals will use at the ballpark this year. put pictures up on the nbc washington app of the new metal detectors that are at the park now. the nats say the teams across the country are putting these in place this year to keep you and your families safe at the ballpark. we're just i think, two weeks away from the beginning of baseball season for the nats. >> hard to believe. with it being so cold out there now. >> warm up hopefully. right? maryland fans, there is still time to cheer for one of your teams. the women's, maryland women's

team a number one seed plays the undefeated princeton tigers face-off in college park at 6:30 tonight. i don't know if you can still get tickets. >> might be tough. we wish them luck tore sure and are sad all the men's teams are out of the ncaa tournament now but go terps, still. >> absolutely. after the break a look at why you will be seeing the

the president of afghanistan

is in our area now. the visit is sparking new debate about the future of u.s. troops in afghanistan. richard jord han more on that from capitol hill. >> hi barbara. good morning. defense secretary ash carter welcomed afghanistan president to the pentagon. the first time the afghan president has visited the u.s. since elected back in september. and it was an appropriate place for the two men to meet since it was back on 9/11 of 2001 that a hijacked plane crashed into the pentagon killing everyone onboard and 125 people inside that building. a month later is when the u.s. invaded afghanistan. now the afghan president is expected to ask president obama to keep more u.s. troops in the region beyond the scheduled drawback date. there are about 7,000 u.s. troop there's now. he want to keep some of those in afghanistan until 2016. the president ghani saying that the isis threat is growing there, that militants are organizing. he did, however begin his remarks by thanking american

servicemen and women for the 13 years they have spent fighting and protecting the afghan government. barbara, back to you. >> richard, hundreds of people protested in afghanistan today to demand justice for the woman killed by a mob outside kabul's most famous mosque. the 27-year-old religious scholar beaten pushed off a roof and run over by a car and burned. they've arrested 13 neem connection with the incident and suspended 13 police officers who did not stop the attack. aaron? does the freedom of speech extend to your government-issued license plate? a little while ago the supreme court heard arguments on a texas case. the sons of confederate group there asked to have the confederate battle flag put on to a specialty license plate. how it would look. the confederate battle flag on the left-hand side. a lot of people found this image offensive. others say it's about heritage. the state of texas chose not to

allow the plates the group sued. and some free speech and states right advocates supported the sons of confederate veterans. we asked the question should government issued license plates be considered free speech? the majorityist folk whose weighed in said no. you can see there, 66%. the white house science fair is going on right now. president obama is touring the exhibits of dozens of specially selected kids at the white house. he's scheduled to speak any minute and announce major doan angs angs donations to help science and math. this year an emphasis on girls and women in those fields. chuck? outside, we have sunshine for now. get to keep it the remainder of date. future weather here through the course of the afternoon, bright sunshine. again, temperatures staying about ten degrees cooler than average. by 11:00 tonight, clouds on the increase and the little alberta

clipper that brought snowflakes to chicago could bring nothing more than passing flurries early tomorrow morning. 8:00 a.m. a couple flurries around between 3:00 and 9:00 in the morning. clouds likely to linger much of the remaining part of the day, and on into wednesday morning. this will be probably nothing more than a couple light rain sprinkles out there wednesday. no snowflakes wednesday. just a couple easy rain drops ahead of thursday's best chance of rain. seven-day forecast one last time. >> thank you, chuck. reminder slow down or you could get a warning or worse. six new speed cameras running in the district at this hour. the cameras are in sites where police say speeding is a problem. one camera along fort lincoln drive in northeast d.c. if you're caught speeding now by one of those cameras, you get a warning. once the 30-day grace period ends you will be fined. a map of the new locations including two cameras in both directions on south capital street near nats park. you can find this information, the map, on our nbc washington

app. d.c. is a city full of museums of all kinds making it much easier for you and me to take part in museum week. today is the first day of twitter's international museum week which celebrates our many museums, galleries and culture institutions. we checked trip advisor for their top museums. art institute of chicago, number one. national museum of anthropologist in mexico city number two and the state herm taj museum and winter palace in st. petersburg comes in in d.c., national galleries of art, number

san francisco rolling out the red carpet for "game of thronesacy ". season five premiere at the opera house and answer hundreds of questions that fans submitted on facebook. you can watch the event in its

entirety live via the stream on the show's facebook page. so you can watch out for the spoiler alerts. season five peopleremieres hbo, april 5th, and also streaming service hbo now launching that same day on apple tv. for many of us pets are families. it's devastating when they go missing. now a new app will hopefully make it easier to find a missing dog or cat. right now more than 60 shelters are using the free app finding rover, it's called. the appal creator says so far they've helped nearly 500 animals find their way back home. >> take a picture of your dog. you ever lose your dog, report it lost. anybody that's found your dog that has the app and take as picture of it it could instantly match through facial recognition. >> the app includes a notification system that pings your phone if a dog is lost within a ten mile radius. whoever finds a missing dog is sent a contact information to notify the pet owner directly.

a boy that is sure to in

most of us can't imagine running 50 miles at one time. that's exactly what this utah boy did this weekend. >> more amazing did it battling a braintumor and the day before underdoing surgery. a story of strength and courage that will warm your heart. >> just a way to push your limits and test your limits, see what you can do. >> reporter: for the tenth year runners ran where the buffalo roam. >> this year high the mostmost runners ever. >> reporter: at just 8 years old. >> the half marathon last year and finally joined them up and he ran three more after. >> reporter: he's a pro at this i. told him if he wanted to i'd join him up for a 50 miler and here he is. >> reporter: with his father by

his side. loada set to conquer 50 miles on antelope island. >> you're doing awesome. >> reporter: every step -- >> your feet hurt? take it easy. >> reporter: it's a powerful one. >> i'm going to a brain tumor, and so i'm fighting it now. >> reporter: first diagnosed with a brain tumor last year and has had several surgeries. he says running is his medicine. >> it help meese a lot through tough times. >> reporter: now loada has to have chemo they're they but pushed it off untilmond to finish this battle first. >> makes us know that he's ready to take on his battle with his cancer that he's fighting. >> reporter: a fighter. >> stronger than any of us for sure. >> reporter: who inspires other. >> he's a warrior. we love him. >> reporter: if you ask loada. >> fights lie tumor makes me better and happy. >> reporter: taking life changes. >> take your time. we'll finish.

>> reporter: one step at a time. >> i'm trying my guest to get through it and let's hope i complete it. outside in our area now bright sunshine. get outside and enjoy it everybody. one of our sunnier days of the week. temperatures struggling to get out of the 30s and into the 40s. seven-day forecast time near 50 today. holding in the 40s tomorrow with a lot of clouds around. maybe a flurry or two first thing tomorrow morning. more clouds sticking around wednesday. best chance for rain this week also on our warmest day, that's thursday. high 72. rain chance 60% and climbing and a chance for rain mixed in with a couple wet snowflakes into saturday. by and large, only one warm day this week. aaron and barbara. >> yikes. snow. ooh! >> just when spring comes in. >> chuck, appreciate it. middle of the week looks good. that does it for us for "news4 midday" for today. more news at 4:00 5:00 and six and aaron is back tomorrow morning at 4:26. go home get a little rest. >> ok

>> chad: so that movie was awesome. >> theo: i loved it when the lion statues came to life. >> chad: me too. i missed hanging out with you, little man. yeah, we're gonna have to-- we're gonna have to make this a regular thing, okay? >> theo: with abigail? >> chad: uh, w-what? >> theo: uh, well, she came with us one time. can we ask her again? >> abigail: yeah, i think that you have to calculate for acceleration first. otherwise, your whole baseline will be off. >> ben: oh, man. i hate when that happens. >> abigail: [laughs] you're totally not paying attention. >> ben: i so am. >> abigail: really? what did i just say? >> ben: it's not what you said. it's how you said it. i didn't think anybody could make differential equations sound sexy. >> abigail: you're just trying to get out of studying. >> ben: is it workin