a woman is recovering tonight thanks to a firefighter who is being hailed a hero. he helped save the life of a disabled woman after she was rescued from a burning home.

news 4's darcy spencer is live from northeast d.c. what is he saying? >> reporter: well chris, that firefighter paramedic works right here at this fire station on rhode island avenue here in northeast washington. he says he kept thinking about this victim wondering how she was doing so today he visited her in the hospital. this photo shows the dramatic moment when d.c. firefighters worked to save the life of a disabled work who was trapped in a burning home in northeast. >> she was pretty critical. she had a lot of smoke inhalation. she was not looking good. >> reporter: that's firefighter paramedic zak on the ground intubating the 20-year-old woman. she was pulled from the home at 19th street unable to walk on her own. firefighter locket carried her out of the house. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. one week after the call he

visited the young woman in the hospital. she is doing much better breathing on her own. >> very emotional. she was crying and happy to see me all the at the same time. you know? i had to hold everything back not to shed a tear. >> reporter: so a very emotional reunion. it is hoped here that she will make a full recovery. chris, back to you. i'm jason pugh here at the live desk. the major league all-star game is coming to d.c. in 2018. sources confirm that the league will award the game on monday. major league commissioner scheduled to be part of the opening day festives and this announcement to be part of the festivities. news 4 sports.

>> thanks jason. right now, minutes away from easter sunday. the winds were whipping today. what does mother nature have in store for the holiday? we have the answer. >> chris, once again, we are noticing the winds tomorrow. now, right now, no issues. light to calm winds for everybody across the area. but as we head into the day tomorrow winds will start toen crease. so here's the wind impact. tomorrow morning, no problem. but as we head into the midday hours, noticing them and a bit of a nuisance. not any damage but you notice trees blowing, kids playing outside going for the easter egg hunt need a jacket. for the morning because of the chill. for the afternoon and midday hours because of the winds. it's a cold start tomorrow morning, chris. i'll let you know when the chill leaves in the full forecast. >> thank you. they came to the house to help him but a police officer had to shoot the man and tonight he is in critical condition. investigators say a relative called them to check on the man's welfare in krofton and

pointed a rifles at the officers and one of the officers shot him once in the chest. he is still facing assault charges. the president of kenya says his country is in a state of mourning after extremeists killed 148 people. now, most of these victims were christian students. and the terrorists are threatening to carry out even more attacks. even with all of that there was a remarkable story of survival today. here's nbc's bill nealy. >> reporter: from the car imagine and tragedy, a story of survival. after 48 hours, a 19-year-old student from garissa university cynthia, emerged after hiding in a large cupbore. she hid in the cupboard for two days. even when rescuers were calling out her name she didn't want to come out because she simply

didn't trust that they weren't gunmen. it was only when she heard the voice of her teacher calling her name she decided to emerge. she is a kris yn an spent 48 hours simply praying to god that she would be alive and stay alive. >> were you scared? >> hmm? >> were you scared? >> i was scared so much. >> reporter: one remarkable story but most of the stories here are not stories of survival. i've spent most of the day at the mortuary where the relatives are identifying their loved ones through photographs of the dead. 119 bodies are at the mortuary. taken photographs. warning people to be strong coming in to try to identify their loved ones chbl obviously, as they come out, having done that they're, well in pieces. they're crying. many are hysterical. so terrible skeenls there. but at least today one story of survival. a remarkable story of a

19-year-old hiding for two days to spare her life to save her own life. back to you. those are demonstrators in downtown indianapolis protesting the state's religious freedom law. indiana revised the law to prevent businesses from discriminating against gay and lesbian customers but they want more protections added to the state's civil rights law. a mother and father admitted they kept their kids locked up in a cage day and night and tonight we're learning why they won't spend a single day in jail. now, this story has a lot of you outraged on the incomes washington facebook page. the couple confessed to locking the children in a cage. they have two dours, 3 and 4 years old. their son 17 months but the commonwealth's attorney recommended leniency. william admits conditions were awful but he's defending the

recommendation of a suspended sentence. >> you have to show that the parents or the caretaker intended their neglect to cause harm and that it in fact, did. in this case, although the children were in nasty, filthy conditions and had skin rashes they were healthy. >> all three children have been placed in foster care and the parents are on probation. they each have to pay $2,500 fine and cannot have any unsupervised contact with the kids. a new whole foods store is headed to the howard university area. developers lined it up to anchor a building. no word on construction starting but it's around florida and sherman avenue not far from the university. it's been a college park staple for decades and as a former terp i spent many many nights at this place but sadly ratsy's serving up the last

slice of pizza tonight and closing for good at 3:00 in the morning. the owner says he's ready to retire. they've been serving students since 1990. people are reminiscing about the time they have spent there. workers say they're not getting a fair shake from their employers and tonight fighting back. a message of hate rocks another college campus. what a student allegedly wrote and how the school is responding to the controversy. a woman holding on for dear

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new at 11:00, check this out. a woman tried to stop a carjacking by jumping on to the windshield. in surveillance cameras captured it all. when they tried to take off, the woman leaps on top of it. a good samaritan was spotting running towards the confrontation. he fired a shot and police captured the suspects just a few blocks away. one photo was enough to spark a firestorm at the university of south carolina. it shows a white student on campus allegedly writing a racial slur about blacks in the study room. she's been suspended and the university president has released a statement calling the incident unfortunate and disappointing. the photo just surprised friday and appears to show a woman listing why wi-fi doesn't work on campus. number one reason the n-word. at the university of maryland it was an offensive

e-mail that started a controversy. a fraternity member sent it last year. students describe it as racist and sexist. but maryland's president says it didn't violate any school policy and the sender is protected by the first amendment. that student apologized this week and says he's sorry for all the pain that he's caused. a mother and daughter trapped after an rv bursts into flames. see the dramatic rescue that got them out just in time. and the temperatures fall into the 30s tonight. amelia h

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new tonight, a mother and her daughter got trapped in a burning rv and this could have easily turned into a tragedy except for good samaritans who happened to be driving by. the camper caught fire friday on a highway outside orlando. the woman and her daughter couldn't get out because the flames were blocking the door and at the same time working their way toward a 100-pound propane tank. three men jumped into action and pulled them out through a window. metro axis bus drivers demanding better working conditions and wages and they tell us they barely make a living wage. about 100 drivers and other employees protested today outside the metro axis call center and said the pay is undercut by independent contractors who get some of the operations and dispatching jobs. the transit authority hires those contractors and union

leaders say if nothing changes they'd consider a work stoppage. so far wmata is not commenting. nice end to a day filled with cherry blossom events. fireworks lit up the skyline today and the cameras captured a spectacular view. earlier today, people came down to the southwest waterfront for the festival. there are still a lot of events before it ends next sunday. we have them all on the nbc washington app. fireworks tonight and tomorrow morning folks out for early easter sunday services and then some other folks maybe not heading out until noon. >> going to the early services you definitely need to bring a warmer jackets. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. but we're going to warm up quickly. going to a later service, it's more bearable outside. in fact all in all tomorrow's really nice day. just dealing with a chilly start. so here are the weather headlines. first one, talking about tomorrow, it's warmer than today

and it's less windy. it will be breezy though midday and afternoon hours. as we look to the upcoming week there are a few 70s on the 7-day and also plenty of rain chances. april definitely showing what it's known for this month on the 7-day. temperatures right now for the most part in the 40s and 50s but already tracking some 30s. that includes washington at 52. frederick coming in at 45 degrees. moonlit skies, full moon out there tonight. here's the future temperatures tomorrow morning at 6:30 right around sun rise time. areas out of the beltway an away from the water in the upper 30s. 44 for those of you in washington. as the sun comes up we'll warm up quickly and 9:00 a.m. that chill is still in the air. upper 40s in areas like ghaitheringburg, martinsburg and winchester. 50 degrees in washington and easton. at 1:00 everybody is at or above 60 degrees for the most part. d.c. at 62 degrees.

beautiful afternoon with plenty of sunshine. and a breeze that you're noticing but not maybe blowing the trash can around. 65 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow in washington. annapolis cool we are the water temperature. 59 there. skycast 4 is forecasting what the sky will look like throughout the day tomorrow and 6:00 a.m. you can see the sun coming up between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. plenty of sunshine just a few thin clouds throughout the day. the sun definitely winning out for the easter sunday. getting into the afternoon and evening hours, we remain mainly clear. really nice tomorrow evening with temperatures still in the mid-60s at that point. nationals forecast on monday for the home opener spectacular baseball weather. first pitch at 4:05. mild near 70. still nice by the last out with temperatures in the mid-60s. on monday there's the chance of showers, maybe an isolated thunderstorm. otherwise plenty of clouds and get this. tuesday afternoon it's actually

going to feel a little bit humid outside with the high temperature around 70 degrees. for wednesday, better chance of should recalls but cooler a high of 64. chilly on thursday. still the chance of rain and lingers into next sad but low to mid-70s friday and saturday chris. >> love the 70s this time of year. >> i agree. >> thank you. >> the wizards feel disrespected in memphis and a comeback that brought smiles to

a lot of teams could get buried in the first period and

just sort of cash it in for the night and say not our night. >> the capitals didn't roll over and play dead. they did fight and didn't get the win. the capitals could have locked up a playoff spot with a victory. instead they have to wait. head coach barry trotz's team didn't leave ottawa completely empty handed. they have a point after overcoming a three-goal deficit. standing room only in the penalty box for the capitals. senators taking full advantage of that. already up 2-0 in the first. zibanejad with the one timer. 3-0, senators. after the first period. the caps they did come back in the third. down two goals. backstrom feeds green. he fires and scores. the caps within a goal now. just over four minutes in regulation. brouwer with a 2 on 1 goes with the wrist shot. and we are headed to overtime. fellows loving that. extra session, mike green leaves the puck for john karlsson.

poked it loose. a free breakaway and this is your game winner. ottawa wins 4-3 in o.t. the xapcaps to have to wait to clinch a playoff spot. barry trotz pleased with the effort. >> we ended up getting a point. am i disappointed we didn't get two? absolutely. we showed a lot of resiliency character, the traits you need to when things are a little bit tough. they showed the resiliency on the other side. all right. let's move over to the hardwood now. the first time the wizards played the grizzlies, memphis rested four of their starting players. john wall said they didn't respect the wizards. tonight, memphis played the regular cast of characters and the outcome was the same. memphis, the second best team in the western conference. pick it up in the second quarter. wizards up five.

check out jeff green throwing it down over kevin seraphin. how about that slam? still in the second. john wall doing his thing. throwing it up to porter jr. alley-oop there. 14 assists, 18 points. wizards lead it by 12. in the second wall's shot not perfect. no problem. they kick it out to drew gooden who's been outstanding replacing nene the last few games. that's money. the wiz up 11. icing on the cake here. bradley beal with a game. the wiz win comfortably 92-83 your final score. >> come boog this place, obviously, you know where they're sitting and fighting for, they're playing for something, the second spot in the tough west and to come in here and get this on a back to back it's a big win.

the wizards off until wednesday when they take on the 76ers. five regular season games before the playoffs start in the nba. moving on to baseball. we told you earlier in the show that major league baseball plans to bring the 2018 all-star game to the nation's capital. the official announcement expected on monday. as for today, one last exhibition game before the real season starts. see this time clock all season long at every ballpark this year across major league baseball. to speed up the pace of the game. bottom of the first, driving in two runs. and then the nats have themselves an early 3-0 lead. later on in the eighth. drew storm. on the hill. chris young takes him deep. new york they go on to win 4-3. tonight, i actually caught up with nats reliever barret looking forward to opening day and watching max scherzer take the mound. >> he brings lots to the table.

also in the clubhouse. he is a leader. and we're just excited to have him, have the group of guys we have already, the chemistry is off the charts. and spring training already, guys are meshing together and we're just excited about this ball club. >> more from aaron on sports final tomorrow night. women ready to play connecticut in the women's final four. tip-offset for 9:00 a.m. big keys to toppling the number one team, confidence and endurance. >> they're a team that goes on great runs and you have to be able to withstand those runs and be confident in those runs otherwise that's where they get their separation within the games. >> a lot of teams play uconn great for 20 minutes or a half and then last two minutes they go on a big run. we have to play for 40 minutes. >> and also tonight, the men's final four you see duke, the

number 1 speed taking out 7 seed michigan state and the shocker of the tournament undefeated kentucky goes down to wisconsin, the team they bounced from the tournament a year ago. 71-64. when a game. >> shocker! >> everyone's bracket is ruined. >> no. >> some people had duke and wisconsin. >> no. no one. >> get out of here. that's our news for tonight.

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