low thunderstorm threat. we could see a bit of heavier rain moving through later tonight. right now, that's just not the case. some activity in southern maryland up into frederick county and back toward the luray area. this storm system will be moving through. this is all ahead of a cold front and that brings much cooler air for tomorrow. here's my latest rain time line. scattered rain until 10:00 tonight. then the best chance for steady rain will be from 10:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. there could be some heavier rain at times as well. some scattered showers until about 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. coming up temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the 40s and 50s. i'll let you know when the suburbs will make it out of the 50s. >> thanks amelia. a story we broke at 5:00. a family is looking for answers tonight after a 102-year-old woman was found dead in her home and she was huddled next to her radiator. her son says it happened after her gas heat was turned off. new at 6:00 news4's mark segraves with word that washington gas is now looking

into this. >> reporter: beatrice harley's family tells us they've been looking for answers for weeks ever since they found the 102-year-old grandmother who's lived in this house for 25 years, dead covered in blankets near her radiator. they say the heat had been turned off. outside they found her gas line had been excavated and exposed. and they say washington gas is refusing to answer any questions. the forecast was calling for snow. the temperature was in the 30s. paul bowman came to check on his 102-year-old mother. >> she was found in her night clothes. she had taken as many blankets as she could find pillows, rolled herself up and got as close to the hot water radiator as she could. and that's where she was found. >> reporter: the medical examiner has not released the cause of death, but bowman says he feels sure it had something to do with the heat being turned out. >> yes. i totally do. i believe that they had not

interrupted her heat in her house, my mother would still be here today. >> reporter: bowman says when he found his mother he also found her gas line had been dug um and this card from washington gas on her door. but no boxes on the card were checked off to indicate why washington gas was there or what they did. bowman says he's tried to get answers from washington gas. >> i'm just clearly in the dark with washington gas. >> bowman says washington gas told him exactly what they told news4. "the district of columbia municipal privacy regulations prohibit washington gas or any other utility from diz closing information that reveals the status of any individual's account. we are saddened to hear of the passing of mrs. harley." d.c. council member yvette alexander has now gotten involved and washington gas has acknowledged to her that they're also looking for answers as to what happened. "i spoke to an official at washington gas who told me he couldn't answer specific questions but he said they have

started their own investigation." >> what happened? i just want to know what happened here. >> reporter: council member alexandra says she'll let the family and public know about the results. family is planning a memorial service for this weekend. they're still looking for answers. chris, back to you. >> thank you, mark. some breaking news in the past half hour. we've learned the widow of former white house press secretary james brady has died. sarah brady is on the left on this picture here. she passed away after battling pneumonia. she was an elementary schoolteacher and became a gun control advocate after her husband was shot in the attempt on president reagan's life back in 1981. the brady campaign to prevent gun violence just released a statement calling mrs. brady is heart and soul of the organization in up with of our nation's great heroes. james brady passed away just

last august. mrs. brady was 73 years old. the devil's in the details. that's what the white house is saying today about its framework for a deal to chemonuclear weapons out of iran. some iranians celebrated yesterday's announcement in the streets and iran's president said today his country will abide by the commitments it's making but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says it can't be trusted and any deal must affirm israel's right to exist. the white house said today the u.s. would never sign a deal that threatened israel. >> the approach this administration has take on the iran is to distrust and verify and that's why this agreement includes the toughest most stringent, intrusive inspections that had ever been impoed on another country's nuclear program. >> many republicans have also criticized the deal but lawmakers on the deal are on holiday break this week giving the white house more time to sell the agreement to congress. we could be getting closer to the day hillary clinton announces her run for the white house. the former secretary of state just signed a lease on some

office space in brooklyn. that's expected to be her campaign headquarters. federal guidelines require candidates to officially declare a presidential run within 15 days of any campaign activities. back in '08, clinton based her campaign in arlington. presidential politics will be a big topic sunday on "meet the press." here's chuck todd with a preview. >> looking ahead to sunday indiana and arkansas debate their religious liberty laws many republican candidates have been trying to toe the line seeming not anti-gay and also not alienating christian conservatives. it highlights how the gop is on-in a different place on rights than the rest of the country. sunday louisiana governor and potential 2016 candidate bobby jindal. >> chuck will also talk to cardinal timothy dolan on easter sunday. he'll weigh in on the debate over religious freedom.

>> the parents of 5-year-old found dead in a septic tank in virginia have been arraigned on charges of abuse and neglect. paul thomas and ashley white appeared via video today. they requested the media not be allowed to watch the proceedings and asked for bond, both requests denied. unclear how their son noah died. autopsy results could take several more weeks. the couple's second child, a 6-month-old girl was taken from their custody the day after noah went missing. tonight we're hearing from friends of an aspiring young artist who was killed when a gun went off during a music video shoot. news4's darcy spencer was live at the scene in seat pleasant where he was found and people took off running. darcy. >> reporter: that shooting happened right here in the parking lot of this discount store late this afternoon. i spoke to several of the victims' friends and they all tell me they don't believe this was a case of premeditated murder. >> things happen at the end of

the day. it was an accident. it wasn't -- none of that was on purpose or intentionally. >> reporter: friends of the young rap artist keaway ivory from southeast d.c. say they believe his shooting death was an accident. he sang about violence drug and guns and it was during the making of a youtube music video like this one that he was shot and killed. this man says he was there when it happened. >> i mean i left i ran, because i heard gunshots going off. i'm running. i'm done. >> reporter: but then he says he came back and ivy was dead. police have arrested this man, lafonzo iracks and charged him with the murder. he's 258s 1 and lives in northeast. police say he was there behind a discount store in seat pleasant wednesday night when the video was being made when the gun went off. it's unclear if that gun was being used as a prop in the video or if the shooting was intentional. friends are trying to dispel rumors that it was a setup. >> i loved him as a man. he was a good dude. he was ambitious. she was smart and intelligent.

i would never wish that on nobody. >> reporter: iracks was arrested two kay deys after the shooting in d.c. he'll be brought to prince george's county to face the charges. ivy went by the name keaway ivory when he released videos. police found ivy's body on the ground. the people shooting the video with him were gone. >> it was an accident you know what i'm saying. but at the same time people making it sound different. >> reporter: i asked his friends about the suspect who's now been charged in this case and they all told me they didn't know much about him but again believe it was an accident. prince george's county police say they are still investigating the case and what happened leading up to this the shooting. jool heroin overdose deaths are rising across the country. loudoun county virginia has been hit especially hard but

northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports now there are signs of progress as the new heroin operations team is born. >> somehow it doesn't feel final or real. >> erika will tell you she fiercely loved her big brother jay sop. he was a contractor devoted father of an 8-year-old. >> i new my brother dabbled in drugs from time to time. never would i have imagined that he would die from it. >> reporter: 37-year-old jason laytham, one of 11 loudoun county residents to die last year of a heroin overdose. >> there isn't a day that i don't cry or think about him or just feel incredible sadness over everything that's been lost. >> ka and her kids were there today as local law enforcement leaders, the dea, mental health and school reps announced a new heroin operations team. idea is to wage a comp hence attack sharing information and resources. >> a big part of what we want to

do is make sure everyone out there understands that it can happen to anyone. >> erika says in spite of her pain she's drif on the talk about what happened to her family to try to remove the stigma and silence associated with drug joef dose deaths. >> it doesn't happen to just junkies that are found with a need until their arm. it happens to healthy 37-year-old guys that have a family and, you know, a job and hopes and dreams for the future. >> reporter: on the law enforcement side the sheriff says his detectives will go after drug dealers whose heroin causes death. >> we also investigate every overdose death as a homicide. we want to know who supplied those drugs and we want to hold those individuals accountable as well. >> reporter: and there may already be a glimmer of progress. in the first quarter of this year heroin overdose cases in loudoun county are down by 24%. heroin deaths down by 50% compared to the same time last year. in leesburg virginia julie carey, news4.

in the district it's been just over month since it became legal to possess and use a small amount of marijuana in your home. police statistics show most users are following that law. there's only been one arrest for marijuana possession in public since the law went into effect february 26th and there have only been ten arrests for smoking or public consumption. d.c. police are reminding residents the marijuana law only allows people to grow and consume marijuana in private homes. coming up tonight at 6:00 murky water showing up in two counties in our area. it's safe to drink but what you should do if you find it in your house. police chief cathy lanier calms it a staffing crisis. what she's proposing to keep her officers from retiring faster than scheck replace them. a new push tonight by members of congress to replace a hero helicopter after a news4 i-team investigation.

days after a n revealed concerns about the government helicopter that leads presidential motorcades there is a new push to replace it. as scott mcfarlane reports, local congressional leaders are now lining up to ask for new money for a new u.s. park police helicopter. >> reporter: it was the u.s. park police department's eagle one that rescued a victim from the navy yard shootings, surveyed the damage of hurricane sandy, helped hunt a fugitive in

fairfax county this week. eagle 2 saved this man's father. >> my father wouldn't be here if not for that helicopter. >> reporter: a news4 i-team investigation revealed eagle one and eagle two operating beyond the government's only safety standards. both were recommended for replacement by the feds when they reached 5,000 hours of operation. eagle one has flown000 hours, eagle two nearly so,000. an internal memo obtained by the i-team said they wanted to replace eagle two by 2013. the vehicles remain safe and reliable but some officers are losing confidence in the helicopters. >> whenever you have a helicopter system in this case that has already reached the end of its useful life and is sort of being kept going through extraordinary efforts, you have to be concerned about the safety risks. >> reporter: over the past 72 hours local members of congress in response to questions from the i-team have said they'll

push for new funding for the agency. >> so they can are the resources to proper licari out their mission, which includes having the equipment properly maintained and functioning that's necessary for the park system. >> reporter: a replacement helicopter would cost an estimated $14 million. maryland congressman john delaney in a statement said "i hope everyone in congress sees news4's report and that we get this problem solved soon." moments ago virginia congressman don buyer issued a statement saying it's time to pay to replace the helicopter fleet. we expect congressional hearings into funding for u.s. park police later this spring. to see our full investigation including the internal memos detailing the government's concerns about these hero helicopters, go to investigations page at the nbc washington app. pope francis is marking the most solemn day on the christian calendar good friday. he presided over the traditional service at st. peter's basilica

and just finished up a stations of the cross procession in rome's ancient coliseum. at both services pope francis prayed for persecuted christians just a day after islamic militants killed 148 people at a college in kenya. the jewish holiday of passover begins tonight at sundown. in jerusalem today the preparations included boiling pots and dishes to remove any trace of foods not eaten during the holiday. at the white house they're getting ready for the seder dinner. the traditional dinner includes the retelling of the story of the liberation of israel ooits from slavery in ancient egypt. the weather is not cooperating. >> no, it's not. hoping things improve for the weekend, amelia. >> we will dry out for the weekend but for tonight dealing with areas of rain. here are the road conditions through the holiday weekend. it's wet, it's damp out there tonight. tomorrow it's dry but windy. so if you drive an suv, keep that in mind. sunday it's nearly perfect. temperatures are warmer and there's plenty of sunshine.

your impact forecast for tomorrow though the weather will have a low to moderate impact on your day because the winds are going to be so noticeable every time you're outside. definitely want to grab the windbreaker windbreaker. it's chilly too. temperatures will feel like they're in the 40s when you factor in the wind. at least you'll have plenty of sunshine for most of the day. here on storm team 4 radar, the d.c. metro area is getting a break in any activity. but i am tracking showers back around luray leaving the petersburg area making their way to winchester fredericksburg as well. this will continue to move to the east. grab the umbrella keep it handy, you won't need to use it the entire evening but we will be dealing with on-and-off rain. keeping a close eye on this activity leaving kentucky making its way into west virginia. this will likely bring us steady rain as early as 10:00 tonight and we could continue to see steady rain until about 10:00 a.m. future weather showing you the timing 7:30 areas of rain

potentially heavy rain indicated by yellows and oranges. 9:00 hit-or-miss showers, cloudy skies and 10:00 p.m. steady rain. most areas seeing rain around midnight. then you start to dry out saturday morning. by noontime tomorrow full sunshine but it's windy and chilly. temperatures right now significantly warmer than they're going to be tomorrow. 68 in gaithersburg 72 in manassas 71 in washington. here's look at the high temperature tomorrow in your neighborhood. we only hit 58 degrees in washington. 52 in hagerstown and 57 in la plata. so you definitely want to brals for the chill. we're really only dealing with it for one day. on sunday we rebound quickly. a high temperature of 65 degrees. it's a cold start, though. look at the temperature at 7:00 a.m. this is in washington 40. those of you in the suburbs in the mid to upper 30s with plenty of sunshine though we warm up quickly around noon. temperatures of about 60 degrees, mostly sunny skies,

really nice sunday evening with a temperature of on monday nats home-opener temperature for the game about 67, that's also our high for the day. before we get into more detail about that i want to tell you tomorrow saturday morning at 9:30 we have our storm team 4 tracking spring special, a lot of great stories in there. chuck has one about the botanical gardens and i also am doing a story about the ice on the bay. tuesday a high of 66 the chance of showers. i'll have more on what we can expect next week and also the high temperature in your neighborhood on sunday coming up in a bit. >> thanks amelia. free after 30 years on death row. an emotional reunion and why this man was released after years of fighting the charges against him. filled with vibrant stores. now the boulevard of the capitol center is mostly empty. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up why

a massive fire in kentucky is still burning. ge makes appliances that the plant but the fire broke out in the building they use for offices and storage and it's a total loss. no one was hurt and investigators are still looking into how it started.

after 30 years on death row, anthony hinton will enjoy this weekend as a free man. he walked out of prison today and his friends and family members were there waiting for him. hinton was convicted of killing two restaurant managers in 1985. bullets were the only evidence that linked him to the crime, but new tests show those bullets did not come from his gun. >> all they had to do was test the gun. but when you think you're high and mighty and above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody. but i got news for you, everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to god. >> the supreme court xwranted edgranted hinton a new trial last year. prosecutors say without ballistic evidence they can't prove a new case. in the district, the d.c. police department wants to hang on to some of its officers a bit longer. chief cathy lanier says she's going to offer tuition assistance bonuses to retain officers who otherwise might quit or retire. tom sherwood has our story.

>> reporter: in the district like other cities, police are aggressively tiing for recruits to replace those retiring or quitting. too many older officers are quickly retire afg 25 yearing after 25 years of service. >> not simply a hiring issue. we have to try to retain some folks at both end of the spectrum. >> reporter: on wamu's politics hour chief cathy lanier said she wants to persuade older officers usually those in the early 50s, to stay a few years longer and to keep officers with three to eight years experience. >> between three years and eight or nine years, that's when we see the federal government fbi, and some of tho others kind of cherry-picking from our experience. >> reporter: the chief is offering tuition assistance to both older and younger groups but especially the less than ten-year group. >> so our incentives are going to focus on that group so we're

going to do some tuition forgiveness for those folks to get them um to the ten-year mark, which by then once we get them to ten year they typically don't leave. a win-win for us. professionalization of our police force through college degrees, maintaining some of our newer and some of our more senior people. >> reporter: the police union has complained for years that police salaries have fallen behind and too little is done to retain officers. in the district tom sherwood news4. next three young chirp kept inside a room of horrors. stripped of their freedom 24 hours a day. why their parents won't be locked up after admitting their guilt to a judge. >> reporter: a violent three weeks in fairfax county. several homicides, most of them unsolved. ahead at 6:30 we'll look at the similarities and what police want you to know. plus, once endangered now thriving in the nation's capital. why so many bald eagles are nesting in d.c.

we are creating problems from oklahoma to the ohio valley. a mother and child are still missing in kentucky hours after torrential rains swept their car into a flooded creek. streets were flooded throughout louisville this morning leading to more than 160 water rescues. meanwhile, possible tornados in kansas and oklahoma have knocked

out power to thousands. >> all of a sudden the rain we're dealing with doesn't sound so bad when you look at that. >> no. >> the question amelia is how long does this stick around? >> we'll have scattered showers through the evening hours and overnight that's when steady rain is the most likely. right now most of us getting a break. you can enjoy the mild temperatures. 71 in washington. that's the high so far today. 70 in college park and reston as well. so dining out this evening you still want to bring temperatures near 70 degrees. it will be breezy this evening and then windy tomorrow. this batch of rain around luray, winchester and fredericksburg moves through the d.c. metro area around 7:00 p.m. tomorrow morning we start off in the 40s outside of the beltway. i'll let you know when we warm into the 50s coming up. >> thanks amelia. from herndon to huntingtown, three unsolved had hads in the past three weeks raising safety questions in fairfax county tonight. northern virginia bureau reporter david culvert went to police for answers.

>> reporter: this wooded path in herndon, this creek in annandale. and nearby, this apartment complex. three of the four places fairfax county detectives have had to respond to in just three weeks. all for homicides. >> we don't have any reason to believe they were stranger attacks so we don't think that there's anything that the public needs to be concerned about those. >> officer bud walker tells me this time last year there were five homicides. a total of ten for the 2014 calendar. >> last year we had a 70% closure rate on their had hads. the year before that he had 100% closure rate on homicides. >> reporter: but three of the four recent crimes still unsolved beginning here in mid-march. one body was found along this wooded path in herndon, trauma to upper body according to police. no arrests made but they're looking into the possibility of it being gang related. the next day, police found a

19-year-old's body in an annandale creek. about a week later, police responded to a home in a huntingtown area. it's there they discovered 64-year-old santos shot seven times. then thursday the victim in annandale. all the victims hispanic. >> there's nothing that the hispanic community needs to be concerned about as a community. >> reporter: the chief agrees. >> so the community should feel safe although no homicides can be tolerated. >> reporter: the chief says a couple of those homicides may be gang related but it's still too early to tell. i've tweeted out a link should you want to look at their recent crime stats in fairfax county. in fairfax, david culvert, news4. two parents in spotsylvania county are paying the price for neglecting their children. on wednesday, scott suggs and brandy kangas pleaded guilty to keeping their three young children in a locked room 24 hours a day.

the room had very little furniture and was stained with urine and feces. the couple was sentenced to six years in prison but that entire sentence was suspended. they will still have to face indefinite supervised probation and the children right now have been placed in foster care. it's got an little easier to apply for a state job in virginia. there will no longer be criminal history questions on applications. it only applies to jobs in the executive branch on order of governor terry mcauliffe and it won't include positions that are considered sensitive. criminal history will only be considered if it relates to the job. governor mccauliffe says he wants to make it easier for virginians who are working to better their lives. >> it's meant to provide high-quality health care but a new medical center in largo could bring a whole lot more including higher home values. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins takes a look at the plans now one step closer to reality.

>> about every home here is under water. >> reporter: she's seen major changes in the value of her home. >> i think the homes here are going for much less than what, you know we bought in for. >> reporter: when she hears she could soon be living less than a mile away from what prince george's county officials call their version of downtown silver spring -- >> property values have gone up in silver spring tremendously but in prince george's county we have not seen that. >> right around here is where we'll be looking at the front door of the major entrance to the regional medical center. >> reporter: this is prince george's county economic development team leader. >> we've been waiting for this notice for 18 months. >> reporter: the county is only one step away groundbreaking a new $700 million medical sent they're promises to change the area once again. >> when it comes here it will truly transform this area into one of the more successful areas in the region. >> it include housing, shopping

restaurants. >> i think it's a critical need but i don't know if people are going to start developing restaurants and sperentertainment because there are health services nearby. >> reporter: she'll wait and see. >> i think any development that comes to the county will be a boost and will be beneficial. i just hope it actually translates into increased property value. >> reporter: the remaining stores and restaurants here will have to find a new home but that won't happen until a certificate of need is approved. that's the final step and that can happen in the next six to eight months. in largo, tracee wilkins, news4. one of the world's largest drugmakers is creating a vaccine research center in maryland. glaxosmithkline is moving about 600 jobs to a lab space in rockville and it will become one of the company's three hubs for vaccine research and development. glaxosmithkline chose the site because of its proximity to the national institutes of health. the drugmaker and nih are already working on an ebola vaccine together. the company says as many as a

thousand people could be working at that site by next year. new tonight, a new york police detective's apology. hear what he's saying act his tirade against an uber driver. you're looking at one of three eagles' nests, this one at the national arboretum. i'll tell you why experts say that the eag

an interview with a police detective who had a confrontation with an uber driver.

a civilian review board is looking into that incident. take a look at what some water customers in maryland are seeing coming out of their faucets. these pictures were sent to us by a news4 viewer in rockville. officials at the washington suburban sanitary commission say they're getting reports about discolored water from across montgomery county and proushgs. the harsh winter may be to blame because sediment may be moving through the pipes now. the wssc says the water is tested every day and there's no reason to believe there is a public health risk. however, they are looking into the cause and if your water is discolored the wssc wants you to report it. you can call or e-mail them. a former waitress vindicated tonight after winning a discrimination case against hooters. farryn johnson worked at the restaurant in baltimore's inner harbor. johnson is african-american and says the restaurant fired her for having blond highlights in her hair. the arbiter says that violated federal and state civil rights laws and ordered johnson a quarter of a million dollars.

now, hooters disputes both the judgment and johnson's claim. news at 5:00 we just learned about another eagles nest in our area. coming up chris gordon explains what's changed around d.c. to make it for welcoming for bald eagles. and a piece of maryland history unearthed and on display. why one exhibit is

for the first time in years three bald eagles nests have been spotted in d.c. and eggs

may have hatched. chris gordon found out why the bird come back to our area. >> reporter: wildlife biologist dan rauch began tracking a male'ing al year ago. he says it found a female companion this fall and now they appear to have a family. >> it's fantastic, are you kidding me? to have bald eagles and chicks being raised in our nation's capital and back at the arboretum where they were gone nearly 70 years is amazing. >> reporter: he took these pictures at the arboretum, the police training facility and st. eli beth's hospital. why have they returned? the district launched a major cleanup of the anacostia river years ago and it appears to be paying off. >> these eagles are pretty much sustaining their families off the river. it was once known as one of the most polluted rivers in america. and now it's sustaining an eagle population here in d.c. >> the male is bringing back food to the nest. the female is almost always on

there, sometimes they switch on and off. >> reporter: the public can't come here at national arboretum because we got special permission today to be in the bald eagle restricted zone. that's for the eagles' protection protection. >> exciting for the area especially being the capital of the u.s. there being a bald eagle, sort of a symbol of our national pride. >> reporter: each nest is about five wall street wide and three feet deep. experts say the eagles should be able to return and use their nests for about 20 years. reporting from the national arboretum in northeast washington chris gordon news4. >> we can share more good news after chris' story aired at 5:00 we got this tweet from quantico marine corps base in virginia saying there are several pairs of eagles nesting there as well. if you want to plan your weekend at the cherry blossom festival you'll have a lot to choose from. the free live music includes bluegrass, jazz and salsa. you can also see japanese

dancing as well as jewelry, mask and sailboat making. download the nbc washington app during our break for details on the event. tomorrow night you can watch fireworks at the southwest waterfront. about the only thing you won't see are the actual cherry blossoms because peak bloom opportunity come until next weekend. >> just hang around for a few extra days. extend your visit. they'll p here. amelia how's the weather going to be for this weekend? all the people who are in town for that cherry blossom festival? >> if you are in town welcome to the area. the better day to go to the tidal bane bayh sin and check out the cherry blossom trees will be sunday. it's warmer and we're not dealing with winds. here your weather headlines. have the umbrella handy for this evening. we're dealing with rain at times, just scattered showers now until about 10:00 p.m. then i think from about 10:00 till 2:00 steady rain will be impacting the area. there could be heavy rain but the threat of a thunderstorm has been reduced. after the rain leaves windy conditions arrive. it's windy and chilly tomorrow.

more warmth than cold though overall on the seven-day. in fact tomorrow is the coldest day out of the next seven. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. the d.c. metro area is getting a bit of a break from the rain but new jersey nets further back to the west rain moving through parts of faulkier county up into pars of winchester back through lu lew ray. this rain will be pushing through the d.c. metro area over the next hour or so then it is looking like steadier rain arrives as we work our way toward midnight. we'll pull that rain from this activity in ohio kentucky and west virginia. notice some of the heavier activity there by the yellows, oranges and reds on the radar. right now it's mild 71 degrees, and lit stay mild through the evening hours until about 3:00 a.m. actually. scattered rain at 7:00 mainly dry at 9:00 still around 70 degrees. 11:00. this is when rain is more likely. at that point a temperature around 70. need the umbrella heading out tonight? probably with can leave the jacket at 4, this is what the skies will look like tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. the temperatures in the area.

notice clouds quickly clear around 8:00 a.m. suburbs stay in the 40s until just after noon tomorrow. we only warm to about 55 degrees in washington or 58 and 53 for those of you in the suburbs. when you factor in the winds, it will feel like temperatures are in the 40s during the afternoon hours. on sunday big improvements. a high temperature of 65 degrees, plenty of sunshine only a little bit breezy. 67 on a gorgeous monday. then the chance of showers tuesday through friday. but the temperatures not bad, chris. >> thanks amelia. some of maryland's earliest settlers came from one of wealthiest and best known families from that era. now through december a baltimore exhibit is giving you a window into their lives. as derrick ward discovered it's doing so taking a closer look at their deaths. >> reporter: ann wellesley calvert lived to be about 60. her husband, philip made it to his 50s. they were the one per centers of

colonial maryland evidence eed by the way they were buried in lead coffins rather than wood or a burial shroud. >> so unique or rare that this had to be somebody really important to the state of maryland and the colony of maryland. >> reporter: even with their high status as the son and daughter-in-law of the first lord baltimore their remains wipe away knowings of an easy life. >> they called it a culture of rude sufficiency, which of course for them meant there weren't any frills. >> reporter: ann calvert's femur bone shows signs of a break and osteoporosis. philip likely suffered from a fate common to the colonists. >> the other thing we see is the lack of any care for teeth. >> reporter: a calvert child buried along with the parents is believed to have lived less than a year. the coffins were found beneath what was a chapel in st. mary's city back in 1990. only five such coffins have been found in the entire nation. treasured not only for who's

buried in them but what was also ined aaded a rert vert ently sealed inside. a bit of the ecosystem. >> insects and pollen. >> reporter: some would call this exhibit or macabre and wonder why those now would care to much. >> they created the world that began to create the world we're in now. >> reporter: what would they think? >> their attitude towards death was very different in the 17th century than ours is now. they might find this extremely bizarre. >> reporter: the exhibit will remain at the baltimore headquarters until december 6th and then the coffins go back to st. mary's city to be reinterred reinterred. ? . >> a fitting ending. we've done a lot to continue the story as has st. mary's and these will go back to their resting place. coming up in sports the redskins still trying to improve their defense. >> we'll explain why today's move looks lik ♪ ♪ wow something sounds

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there's like a holy name in hockey and that's gretzky. and you don't hear that name with current players often. >> not too often. when he givious a phone call no matter who you are, it is a big deal. >> alex ovechkin.

>> he's a big deal. the only thing missing from alex to is ovechkin's impressive nhl resume is a stanley cup trophy. he's accomplished everything else the caps have wanted him to accomplish since being drafted in 2004. last night ovechkin's capitals' career came circle as he became the greatest goal-scorer in the organization's history. ovechkin breaking peter bondra's record of 472 goals with the caps last night against montreal. 473, a blistering shot. he scored two goals in the game. he now has 474 in his career. today we caught up with the man whose record he broke, peter bondra. >> his game is elevating and

developing. in his case, who cares how many goalious score in the regular season people will look how far the caps go in the playoffs and i believe they have such a strong team this year and they could dominate. i hope they win a stanley cup this year. >> to see the entire interview with peter bondra including the similarities and differences he sees between the two, go to our nbc washington app and search "caps." let's talk some football now. the redskins may v they need safeties. ryan clark, he's retired and brandon meriweather no long we are the team. the general manager continuing to bring in familiar faces. we've seen several moves this off-season on the defensive side of the ball more coming today as the team traded for safety deshawn golson. he played the last two seasons with tampa bay but is most remembered for his time spent with san francisco. he was a two-time pro bowler in 2011 and 2012. the trade reunites the safety with the general manager. he was with the 49ers when they

drafted him back in 2007. and here he is intercepting john beck the redskins one of six picks during the 2011 season for golson. a switch to college basketball now. shaka smart introduced in the last hour as the head men's coach at the university of texas. he leaves vcu after six very successful seasons. the athletic department tweeting this today, thank you to smart, who led the rams to five ncaa appearances including the memorable final four run in 2011. not an easy decision. >> i didn't know if i would ever leave vcu because of the relationships that i have there with the players and our coaching staff. and it really took a world-class institution, a world-class athletics program, and a phenomenal place to convince my daughter my wife and myself to make this move. news from gw.

junior guard kethan savage will transfer from the colonials. he averaged 11 points a game this year. once a starter he was coming off the bench towards the end of the season. no word yet on where the fairfax native will transfer to. but he does want to play the point guard position full-time. final spring training game for the nationals. they'll play an exhibition tomorrow against the yankees. bryce harper facing new york today in tampa. first inning harper getting the better of cc sabathia. gets misplayed off the wall there. eun yell escobar comes home. triple for bryce harper and the nats go up 3-0. still some nats fighting roster spots, carp one of them making a strong case with this three-run shot to center. his hair and beard are roster ready. stephen strasburg pitched today, went 5 1/3, one run, six strikeouts nats winners 8-2. they're back in d.c. tomorrow.

tonight the wizards are at home hosting the knicks. still time to build moment fum before the playoffs with seven games remaining. paul pierce and nene ruled out. porter jr. makes the start. >> the things he do when he's starting is the things we try to get him to do when he's not starting coming off the bench. being aggressive taking shots. >> you want to come in and show coach that, you know he can trust you. out there playing, you know, playing great defense, getting rebounds. just go out there and show you're playing for your teammates, play hard. >> and tiger woods announcing this afternoon he will play in next week's masters. this is the last time we saw tiger two months ago. he withdrew from the farmers insurance open due to back stiffness. he has won the masters four times in his career. >> question is can he make the cut. >> yes. hope he makes it through the weekend. >> we're pulling for him.

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