new this morning, we are learning a police officer shot a man during a robbery in northeast d.c. >> let's take a live look outside. hopefully you didn't put away the winter coat for to go. what you need to know if you are heading out to the cherry blossom festival happening on the national mall. >> good morning to you. >> welcome to news 4 today this saturday march 28th. a cold start looking at 33 degrees in the district. tom is in for chuck bell. got to have the coat on. >> it's ridiculous.

it feels more like february than march. the storm team is showing scattered flurries in southern maryland. at the end of march we are talking about flurries in the catch of gray. that's into the northern neck. a few flurries. nothing is sticking but they are coming down and heading towards cambridge over the next half hour or so. a mostly cloudy sky and the wind is gusting to around 20 or 25 miles an hour. much of montgomery county in the low to mid 30s near the bay in the mid 30s. shenandoah in the upper 20s. look at oakland. only 10 degrees. layer up. back to you. >> thanks tom. we learned that d.c. police shot a robbery suspect in northeast washington before midnight on clay terrace.

emergency crews rushed the suspect to the police officer. the police officer was not hurt. we are working to learn more. >> amanda knox wakes up a free woman. they ruled there was not enough evidence to support a conviction against her. last year a guilty verdict was handed down to knox and her italian boyfriend in the killing of her british roommate. the saga has come to an end. >> a stunning decision. >> i'm incredibly grateful for what happened for the justice i received for the support that i have had from everyone from my family and my friends to strangers and people like you. you have saved my life and i am so grateful and i am so grateful

to have my life back. >> rudy is convicted of the murder and serving a 60 year sentence. >> what are led up to a crash that involved a prince georges police officer. he died when he lost control of his cruiser. he had been drinking with a blood alcohol level of..07. below the legal level of intoxication, but enough to be impaired. >> i in no way condone the decision drive after consuming any amount of alcohol. >> the officer was going-over 100 miles per hour trying to stop a speeding car. speed was likely the primary cause of the crash, not alcohol. >> a young woman said she was abused by the letters and members of a northern virginia church. the sheriff's office confirmed they launched an investigation

in cavalry church in sterling. they are looking into claims of verbal physical and sexual abuse. >> i was tired of being punch and thrown down stairs and dropped off on the side of the road and forced to walk all the way to work. >> that is the pastor's estranged granddaughter there. the cavalry temple has not responded and demonstrators will rally tomorrow morning. >> a sexist and racist e-mail at a maryland campus this morning. they think the student is getting off easy. how students are making themselves heard. >> dozens of university of maryland students gathered just off campus. their anxietier was sparked by an e-mail from a fraternity brother to several others.

it only recently began appearing on the internet. in vulgar ands racist terms, they urge him not to invite african-american and asian people to fraternity parties and urged them to ignore the issue of consent to the women who were invited. maryland's vice president for student affairs said the investigation know itting and due process will be completed before a final determination is made. it goes on to say however by mutual consent between the student involved and the family and the university he will not return this semester. protesters fear that may be the only serious punishment they face. many do not top the return to campus. the kappa sigma house and nearby fraternity row remain a target. >> this is important because

this is a college issue. this is happening nationwide. women are being assault and raped on college campuses. >> it causes you to want to act. any form of discrimination or hate is unacceptable. >> jackie knocked on the house, but no one answered. the president did make an apology at a campus-wide forum. >> protesters made their feelings known outside a bill cosby performance. this is what it looked like last night. the protesters were members of an advocacy group who don't want a serial rapist in their city. they claimed cosby assaulted him. supporters say he is innocent until they learn otherwise. >> everybody has an opinion, but how can you convict or be this dead against something that you don't know what's happened.

>> cosby is traveling around the country on his far from finished tour. several of those performances have been canceled. >> president obama's schedule is headed to florida today. he is leaving the white house headed to palm city in south florida to play golf. >> the annual national cherry blossom kite festival kicks off in the district. it will be chilly for that one. >> we can show you video from a few years ago. how much fun it is. last year the festival was canceled because of rain. from 10:00 this afternoon, you can make your own kid and wind socks. they will give lessons while out there. >> there is also going to be a kite doctor to repair damages. it's free and should be a lot of fun. the cherry blossoms will bloom later this year but you can see events and specials in the nbc washington app.

a lot more for you this morning. a traffic alert and expect delays on metro and the roads. where lane closures could cause major back ups this weekend. >> fallout major league

>> if you are planning on using metro this weekend, you may be affected by changes. metro is doing track work. if you use the blue and yellow line trains. trains on the yellow line will only go as far north as mt. vernon square. all others will parade as normal. >> more travel alerts as work starts on a major commuter road. the work to rebuild the military bridge that goes over 16th

street is under way. if you thought the traffic has been snarl and slow it's about to get worse. the entire road will be closed some weekends and expected to take four months. you can use georgia avenue as an alternative route. >> new fallout from a federal investigation into aaron schock. they'll look at how they reimburse members of congress for expenses perhaps changing the rules and regulations. he is resigning after reports that he submitted bogus gasoline reimbursements. >> more backlash over hillary clinton's e-mails. they said clinton still hasn't produced the documents requested. she is refusing to relinquish her server to a 30 party and the server has been wiped clean.

she has been under pressure she used a personal e-mail account. she could be subpoenaed to testify before congress. >> still ahead, the alexandria fallen officer's memorial. tom, what are you working on? >> march feeling like february on this saturday. temperatures are down below freezing in much of the region. wind chills in the 20s.

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>> a local daycare owner is denying accusations that she shook a baby. the accusations suggest the girl was shaken so hard she had pleading on the brain. she is charged with first and second-degree child abuse. she runs the my angel daycare and the nine-month-old showed signs of severe shaken baby syndrome. the attorney released a statement saying we strongly deny the allegations contained in the statement of changes and look forward to reviewing the actual evidence in the case. >> families of police officers killed in the line of duty will come together today. a fallen officers memorial will be dedicated in a special ceremony ceremony. we met with the relatives of those being honor and share the stories of sacrifice.

>> the finishing touches being put on a memorial to 18 officers killed while protecting the city of al zand ri a. they go back to 1823 when officers were called constables. 1989 is the year that changed jenny's life. it was the year her husband was shot and killed on a special operations team. >> when charlie died, i promised him he would never be forgotten. this memorial will make all of them never forgotten that. was important to me. >> jenny dedicated the last year to get the memorial built. she showed us the history of the police department and the officers they lost. >> this represents an officer and it's a little bit about the officer. >> another strong supporter, her dad conrad was a youth detective and killed responding to a bank

robbery in 1972. judy was just 12. >> he was not just a badge and a gun. he really cared greatly about the youth of alexandria. he loved his job very much. they said when he would pull up in a parking lot or something, the kissed would gather around his car to talk to him. >> she later followed in her father's food steps serving as an officer herself for 11 years. >> it was like coming home. even as a little girl i wanted to be a police officer. >> she left the force in 1999 but still does business with the police department. the memorial gives her new reason for visits here. >> it will be the final place where they can be remembered forever. >> news 4, alexandria. >> heads up if you have a hybrid car and live in the district. new regulations are coming your

way. the dmv said dep changed the regulations. hybrid owners will have more regular inspections. hybrid owners will wait in line every two years at stations like other owners. >> next month they will get a chance to block in at the white house. pop is opening the doors for take our daughters and sons to work day set for april 23rd. they are urging private businesses to include kissed left out of the experience. >> the history of advertising and pop culture are together. you can check out an exhibit based on mad men at the museum of american history. don draper himself played by jon hamm were there for the opening. that includes draper's suit and his lucky strike cigarettes fancy shoes and a script from the show. >> this is the archaeological

site of humanity from this period. so much of it was thrown away that it was fun to try to recreate a check stub. >> mad men is heading into their final season that starts on april 5th. that's a really cool subject. do you watch the show? >> yeah. >> me too. >> it's neat to see they are getting all of that. >> there a lot of mad men, women, and children with this weather. >> i'm one of them. >> it's ridiculous. late march with temperatures like early february. yes, wind chills into the 20s. a blustery wind as we look at radar. do we have to look at it. let's move on. one of my twitter followers said i dialled 9 and 11 and if i see the other flake i'm dialling the other one. we have a few flakes in southern maryland.

the patches of gray and white. those are flurries. just a few flurries. not a snowstorm. southern st. marys and calvert tracking east and crossing the bay and pulling away elsewhere. partly to mostly cloudy skies. it's just around 30 degrees. you feel it when you step out the door. 20s now in the shenandoah valley. further south down the highway in the mid-and upper 30s. a live view from the capitol camera. flapping around in the stiff breeze. the winds gusting to around 15 or 20. look at the wind chills. don't look at these either. down into the teens. teens to around 20 with these winds. here is the storm team 4 sky cast going forward the rest of the day. morning clouds giving way to a partly cloudy sky by noon time.

quite a bit of sunshine and a slight chance of a sprinkle or another flurry later this afternoon. mostly clear. dress like this young late. a warm coat hat, gloves. probably not the sunglasses until later. there is a live view from the city camera. partly to mostly cloudy skies. we will have the blustery winds throughout the rest of the day. a slight chance and partly to mostly sunny. by then we should be in the low to mid 40s. that is more like february. the average high this time of year is 61. we will be nowhere near that. at least tomorrow it will not be as windy. 20s much of the region tomorrow morning. a cold start on sunday morning and afternoon around 50 degrees. the 30s monday morning, but as we get back to work and school

looking nice monday afternoon into the mid 60s. a slight chance of a sprinkle monday afternoon. on tuesday cooler and highs reaching upper 50s and partly sunny. the outlook towards the end of the week we will keep it going by popular acclaim. the 60s for highs on wednesday, thursday and friday. a chance of maybe a shower coming in late thursday night into friday morning. otherwise finally extended spring weather for a while. >> disappointing having to bring out the winter coat. >> and the hat. if you want to. they have the kite festival. at least they will have wind. >> there you go. >> you can take your kids to a top rock concert and help a good cause. >> teaming up with a community skred. we are helping you stay safe and

the center is a pediatric specialty hospital. >> this is a festival for kids. all of the musicians and performers will be performing for children. we will have face painting and kid's games and a photo skbooth tattooing. >> we posted the information in the nbc washington app. >> we can sharpen our plumbing skills in montgomery county. the washington suburban sanitary commission teamed up to host this environmental friendly event including how to save water with basic plumbing techniques. that will happen at 11:00 and wrap up around 4:00. various locations including montgomery college. for more on what's happening where, we will put that on our

website or go to www.montgomery county green fest.org. >> we are helping you get rid of your personal documents safely. head over to the college campus and they will be in the b 15 parking lot from 8:00 to 11:00. volunteers will shred up to five boxes of paper. do not bring batteries, cds. dvds or binders. >> it's a crowded event. very popular. >> it's important to shred the papers. you don't want anything happening. >> we will take you there live. 6 time 27 and we find out the future of the alexandria waterfront. the supreme court weighing in. >> money for maryland schools. we look at the school systems getting state funding. >> let's take you outside for a live look. you need the spring jacket or

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woman as an eight-year court battle ends. there is not enough evidence to support a conviction against her. last year a guilty verdict was handed down to her and her italian boyfriend in the killing of her british roommate. >> the kite festival kicks off from 10:00 this morning until 4:30 this afternoon. kids can make their own kites and wind socks. they will give you lessons and help you with kite repairs. go to the kite doctor for damages. lots of opportunities on this saturday. welcome to news 4 today. >> good morning to you. it's march 28th and let me tell you, it's not going to feel like march 28th. how about it, tom? >> more like february. good morning on this saturday morning. we have the wind for the kite

festival. we will be heading out for an extended president. we look at the radar and they are showing flurries and snow. one is here near the pennsylvania border near carroll county and may go over to howard and anne arundel counties. the northern neck stretches north into st. mary's county crossing the bay and moving off to the east. look at the temperatures down the upper 20s. northern western suburbs, eastern southern suburbs. reagan national at 36. a live view from the tower camera showing breaks in the clouds this morning. we will have a little bit of sunshine coming and going through the rest of the day. a chance of a few more sprinkles from time to time as well. layer up this morning. back to you. >> the search continues for two people missing after a building

explosion in the east. the blast ripped through three apartment buildings. at least 25 people were hurt and four remain in critical condition. they came to the rescue of those inside the building. >> i was trying to explain to them they got the legs and let it go. >> a gas line is suspected of sparking the explosion that. is still under investigation. >> a german hospital treated cot pilot that deliberately crashed that person jet into the french alps. he was a patient there over the last two months but they won't say why. during a 7 of his apartment they found sick leave certificates and a doctor gave him those notes to be off work including the day of the plane crash that killed 150 people. >> multiple counties in maryland

could be doing away with those. when the school districts can expect that money. >> portable classrooms are a symptom of overcrowding. >> there is no bathroom in there. >> that i have 404 classrooms and 90% at these like bell elementary school. prince george's county is facing a similar situation. >> we have more portable classrooms. over 450. >> they joined michael bush to announce $20 million in five counties including montgomery howard anne arundel and baltimore counties. >> this is to address the

extraordinary needs. >> this executive welcomes the additional money. >> it's something we have been asking for. this is a great student for us. >> cindy is a montgomery county parent. one of her twins in fourth grade attends class in a portable. >> they need the money. >> the money is expected to be delivered by july 1st. >> a government official is behind bars for having a suspicious device. alan works for ice and homeland security and charged with possessing and making an explosive. a maintenance crew found the device at his apartment in wood bridge. police evacuated at least 45 apartments. nobody was hurt. >> alexandria is a step closer to developing a waterfront plan. they said the city council zoned for the plan lawfully.

they dismissed a lawsuit challenging the number of member who is passed the original plan. since the council revote and passed by super majority concluding there was no basis for the lawsuit. >> the republican party will hold a so-called firehouse primary that includes all prince william county gop candidates. they wanted to hold a regular primary and missed a filing deadline set by the state board of elections. they went to court and lost. the republican voters will have to come to a party candidates and two supervisor seats. >> i woman may have abandoned a cat. they show a silver suv pulling into the parking lot in sterling. it was wednesday afternoon. that woman right there gets out of the car with a cat in her hand and seen inside one of the stores without the cat.

a short time later they found a tabby abandoned with a bag of food a plastic bowl and a pillow. >> i hope that cat finds a home. >> i hope so. >> from earth to outer space. the progress of a historic mission involving a u.s. astronaut and a russian cosmonaut. >> a consumer alert. check your

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off to a good start. they have docked at the international space station. this mission will be the first ever attempt for a year long stay at station. the purpose of this is to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to space. scott kelly and a russian cosmonaut are on the mission. kelly's twin brother mark will take part in a study from earth. his body will be a base line. >> on virginia's eastern shore has been postponed for a second time. that was scrubbed because of bad weather and again this morning. it is not known what caused the delay. the rocket will take experiments from colleges including virginia tech. it started and we are keeping a close eye on that potential launch. >> starting today, american airlines will absorb us airways frequent flyer could erer accounts.

it will have the advantage account and us airways customers will be given a full one to one mileage balance transfer. travelers will be notified by e-mail when it has been completed on the account. >> we take a look at physical therapy that is helping to you get back to work

let's check in with our friends from the "today" show. >> erica and peter join us live from new york. good morning. >> just ahead here on saturday morning, the latest on the amanda knox case. she was acquitted of murder charges late friday and she spoke out on the verdict this morning. we will be joined by her lawyer for his first american interview on what's next. >> what are we are learning about the german copilot who crashed the plane into the french alps. he had a doctor's note excusing him from work for the day, but he went in. we will talk to a doctor about how pilots are screened and also a rossen reports investigation about doctors being stoned while treating patients. wait until you hear what one had

to say about how many pain killers he was taking a day. >> we will take you behind the scenes of the tv comedy series sirens. we got to spend a die set with the cast and crew and maybe, just maybe they shared lives and maybe somebody finally got to be a doctor or at least play one on tv. >> you heard of nurse jackie. very nice. >> i had to get the stethoscope back. that's a hard to say. >> is angie running around over there. >> she. she promised she would pop in. >> an angie goff photo bomb. partake a slip or fall at work and it can take weeks or months to get back on the job. >> how a unique program is helping people get back to work

and prevend them from getting set again. this warehouse is full of people trying to get back to work doing physical therapy that mimics day jobs. >> i have to be able to lift kids. >> this 53-year-old spent week in traditional therapy after she underwent surgery. an injury she suffered after she slipped on the ice at work last year. her doctor said she was not treed return to work. they sent her here industry health a specialized center that works in conjection with innova health system. >> i didn't know how much i needed this. >> a lot of them focus and return. we focus on injured workers and return to the job.

>> this physical therapist said patients have jobs that require physical strength like construction worker firefighters plumbers and electricians so the therapies are kouft omcustomized. >> they have to dig for a certain amount of time and they have to pull fire and things like that. >> they said patients spend eight hours a week -- day. >> they show they are much more likely to reinjury themselves. they don't have the endurance or stamina to go back to their job. >> the physical work was hard. i started at about 25 pounds and we raised that and i had to get up to 50 pounds. >> they spent five weeks at industrial health. she did exercises that simulated

working on the bus. lifting planks similar to the hood and maneuvering objects to practice picking up children. she was cleared to go back to work in january after being out for a year. >> a long recovery process. longer than i expected. it was wonderful to get back to work. >> a landslide in seattle is forcing people out. three homes were evacuated and nobody hurt. no property damage but concern because the soil out there is still shifting. there had been a few small slights slides in the past, but nothing to this scale. >> i love how despite the freezing temperatures you are focusing on the positive. >> yes, i'm looking at the calendar. >> time is on our side but march is a mead month.

we are cold and look at the radar. showing scattered snow flurries on march 28th. a few flurries enough to depress you. they are in southern maryland and it's a batch of flurries coming in across the pennsylvania border. they are streaking into howard county and maybe near columbia. a few lingering flurries and patches of gray. they're beginning to track off to the north and east. a few scattered flurries into spotsylvania and tracking on through. not sticking much but certainly a few flying through the air. a few temperatures into the 20s north and west of washington. low and mid 30s.

shenandoah valley. look at oakland down to 9 degrees. that's not the wind chill. 9 above in oakland. the wind chills the wind chill in haegers town is 11. feels like 11 degrees. gaithersburg in washington wind chill is 26. storm team 4 sky cast showing a few clouds going through the morning as this disturbance triggers the flurries and a few clouds as well. sunshine coming and going and a chance of a sprinkle or flurry. you will need a warm coat hat, and gloves and you probably won't need the umbrella. sunrise at 6:59. a live view and we will have the temperatures in the low 30s by 8:00 or 9:00 and climbing into the low 40s. low to mid 40s. a slight chance of a sprinkle or

flurry to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. the winds diminish tomorrow. afternoon highs on sunday upper 40s near 50. average high this time of year. reality check is 61. we will be nowhere near that until monday. back to work and school. mid 60s and partly cloudy on monday and tuesday. partly sunny tuesday and highs in the upper 50s. low to mid 60s on wednesday and thursday and mild by the end of the week. friday may be near 70. a small chance of a shower coming in late on thursday and into friday. otherwise a dry pattern and warmer weather moving in next week. that's the way it looks. >> i'm liking the back end of the seven-day. >> 6:51. honoring a mother's me

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honor her memory. >> he was the who got me going. a world record holder and amazingly comcompetitive. >> the driving force behind everything her son has done. >> i talked to her and rarely did i get hi mike how are you doing? she said are you ready? >> when she passed away i knew it was a big deal. i was amazed he coached after his mom died, but his mom being a coach, that was what she would want. >> she would want him to coach that game take care of the kids. i really couldn't be prouder. that may be the greatest moment what he did the other night. >> betty was a swimmer and the coach for the swim team in the

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good morning. finally free. >> i'm so grateful that i have my life back. >> an emotional amanda knocks speaking out overnight after italy's highest court overturns her murder conviction this time for good. this morning, the man who won her freedom in court speaks out in his first american interview. warning signs. new questions this morning about the co-pilot who crashed his plane into the alps on the heels of new reports that he was being treated for depression and startling revelations from an ex-girlfriend. we are live in germany. home sweet home. astronaut scott kelly spending his first full day aboard the international space station where he'll live the next year.