good morning. at 6:00 right now on news 4 today, more than 100 hostages in west africa now free. the harrowing effort to bring them to safety and reclaim a hotel stormed by an outsider group. a new fallout for ted cruz. this challenge for his eligibility for president. and say hello to bei bei. the national zoo and a big crowd getting ready to welcome the giant panda cub in person. it is a big day around here. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> i'm david culver. welcome to saturday morning. >> great to be here. >> bei bei, i feel like this is the u.s. version of the roiyal

baby it feels like. >> it's a perfect day to see him, too. it will be warm today. can't be mad at that. >> no. let's get a check of the forecast as we start off on saturday. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, good morning, tom. >> you want to dress like bei bei this morning, we're starting off chilly, upper 30s to 40 degrees. the rain we had is long gone but the pavement is still wet. national harbor live camera showing some light fog over the metro area right now. some of the rural areas, the fog reduced visibility down to a quarter mile. the rain that we had from overnight is pulling off up into new england, pulling away, a few lingering sprinkles out here, north and west of the metro area, the panhandle of west virginia and the blueridge otherwise. just low clouds and patchy fog around early on this saturday morning. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-40s in washington, southern eastern suburbs and around the chesapeake bay. western northern suburbs in the

upper 30s, hoveris shenandoah v. big changes on the way over the next couple of days. we'll look at that coming up this half hour. >> we'll check in with you then. thanks. new developments just in in that al qaeda attack on a western hotel. we're learning that four jihadists and 24 people are d . dead. two of the attackers have been identified as women. this thoughs the ambush in burkina faso. teams have regained control of the splendid hotel as well as the cappuccino cafe. he says 126 hostages have been freed. he also says security teams are searching nearby hotels just to be sure there were no other extremists hiding out there. right now, high level talks over the iranian nuclear deal. it's not in place yet but just yesterday, the president allowed an exception to the u.s. trade embargo, allowing iran to buy

certain american planes. today, secretary of state john kerry is on his way to vienna to push the deal forward. before the deal can be implemented, international agents must verify that iran is cooperating. >> all right. as we mentioned, a big day at the national zoo. bei bei set to make his public debut. got to show you this. here's what it looked like two years ago when bei bei's big sister bao bao went on public display. more than 5,000 showed up for her debut. if you're planning to see the panda cubs this weekend, dress warmly and be ready to stand in a long time. the gates open at 8:00 and the panda house opens at 9:00. bei bei is nearly 5 months old and weighs 25 pounds. >> too cute. several events are happening across the country to honor the life of dr. martin luther king jr. many will dedicate part of their holiday weekend with a day of service, both today and monday, volunteers with the rock creek

conservancy will clean and beautify locations in the district as well as montgomery county. you can find information on our nbc washington app. residents in the capitol hill area say they feel as they though can rest easier after the arrest of two men. we're been monitoring a series of robberies as well as sexual assaults in that neighbored. 25-year-old melvin latney and 21-year-old antoine pitt is potential. here's what especially bothers neighbors. latney began his crime spree within hours of his release from a halfway house. surveillance cameras appeared to catch him robbing multiple businesses. >> these alternatives to being inka incarcerated include group homes, halfway homes, gps tracking devices. it's those folks we are seeing that are increasingly being involved in crime. >> the chief went on to say pitt cut off his gps monitoring ankle

bracelet warn asç part of. the mayor is hoping more people will install surveillance cameras. she just signed legislation encouraging property owners to do just that. businesses will get rebates for buying and registering surveillance systems. once they're registered, d.c. police will have the ability to access that video. decision 2016, ted cruz's so-called birther issue is becoming, it seems, a bigger issue. a texas lawyer filed a federal lawsuit challenging the canadian-born senator's ele eligibility to run for president. cruz argues because his mother is american he became a u.s. citizen at birth. the supreme court has not previously considered the eligibility question. rival donald trump has repeatedly questioned the gop candidate's presidential eligibility.

"the new york times" also reporting this morning that senator cruz failed to report a second loan for his 2012 senate run. cruz said he made paperwork errors. imagine a note from your child's middle school saying someone brought a loaded gun to class. it happened when at nicholas orem middle school. police officers and security guards found it and it was confiscated. the student faces disciplinary action. and a new $98 million fbi facility getting the green light, east of winchester, virginia. expected to bring about 1,200 jobs to that area. virginia leaders, though, they're hoping the facility will strengthen their own case to bring the new fbi headquarters to the commonwealth. the agency considering three locations for that move.

springfield, virginia and two locations in maryland. that includes green belt and landover. emotional testimony ends with a guilty verdict in a deadly gun fight on bourbon street in new orleans. a jury found 22-year-old guilty. a 21-year-old woman was an innocent bystander and was killed that night. nine other people were hurt when a group of people, including lay, opened fire on a crowded street. lay could spend up to 40 years in prison. . a maryland man convicted on 31 charges for using a drone to fly supplies into a maximum security prison. police acting on a tip arrested thaddeus shortz. in his pickup truck, police found a drone and packages containing illegal drugs, tobacco, pornographic video and

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went viral back in the fall. it shows benjamin golden repeatedly hitting his driver in coast mesa, california. the driver illegally recorded the incident though he's suing for damages. >> interesting. $1 million plan in the works to bring the capital share track to fairfax county. the county board of supervisors approving e ining 11 bike shares in tysons and 15 in reston. 6:11, your time now on this saturday. we're seeing abit of a warmup this long holiday weekend. got tom tracking how long that will last and when we can expect the return of chillier weather. >> it's the most difficult loss a mother can imagine and how a family and their restaurant are coming together for one another.

you're watgr'g news 4 today. after walmart announced it's cancelling plans to build two more stores in the district, d.c.'s attorney general considering all options. city leaders furious over what they call walmart's broken promise. the company planned to open two stores in ward 7 at the skyland development in southeast and the capital gateway in northeast. the stores would have anchored redevelopment projects in those neighborhoods, generating more jobs in retail. vincent gray was part of the original negotiations to bring walmart to the district. >> i believe the mayor and she

should get the media to get on a plane to go to bentonville, arkansas and say to those people, this is an exclude outrage. you need to understand how devastating this is and turn around this decision. >> walmart announced it is closing 269 stores worldwide including 154 in the u.s. the retailer is keeping its existing stores in d.c. open. a d.c. family is using its restaurant to the cope. staff sergeant peter taub is one of six americans who died last month in a suicide attack in afghanistan. i had an opportunity to speak with his mother and brother about their terrible loss. >> a free sandwich today. first name. >> reporter: arlene and her son, jonathan taub own bob and pop's, a family owned restaurant with an emphasis on family. >> that's pete and christina and penelop

penelope. >> reporter: arlene is his mother and jonathan's brother. >> he was a sweet baby. >> reporter: he was a disciplined and respected airman with a passion to protect his country but his family says he was also quite the jokester. >> one of the things he loved was to be in his suit. he said, mom, i would just put my leg up on the desk like that and everybody would see these bright color polka dot socks. >> reporter: pete deployed to afghanistan october 11th. arlene says they'll never forget their last conversation. >> we were on skype. >> reporter: life changed in december. >> he said pete was killed. all i can remember was standing up and screaming. >> reporter: pete was one of six american troops killed near bagram, afghanistan after being attacked by a suicide bomber. >> everything stopped.

it feels surreal. it's hard to breathe. >> reporter: his awards are many, from the purple heart to the combat action medal. staff sergeant peter taub died with honor but his family says nothing can mask their pain. >> i have to tell you, at the counter, most of the time i have a veneer on. >> reporter: being at the counter and here at work keeps them going. yes, every day is a struggleç t they know a piece of pete is always with them and it's here that his kind spirit lives on. >> hard to imagine losing your son, a child. but a beautiful family and they say tomorrow in his hometown of cheltenham, pennsylvania, is where they'll have a memorial service for him. >> it looks like that restaurant in d.c. there, a memorial in and of itself. pictures everywhere. >> absolutely.

shifting gears now, tom kierein is here. a lot of folks talking about bei bei and wanting to go out early this morning to welcome his public viewing. >> yes. >> it's a coming out for bei bei today. >> the coming out. >> it's going to be a nice morning an a beautiful day to do that. how could you not come out and see this creature? can you see the zipper? there's something inside there. >> i bet that can't be real. there's no creature that cute in nature. yes, no, that is bei bei. it's going to be a chilly and damp morning. but you'll be fine. you won't need the umbrella, maybe a light jacket if you'll see bei bei. cool, partly sunny by noontime. temperatures by then in the upper 40s and the low 50s during the afternoon. a good day to get out to the national zoo and visit bei bei. there is the capital under a cloudy sky, not much fog in the immediate metro area but some of the rural areas we have rather dense fog in the wake of the rain that came through.

now that rain is up in upstate new york, where it will change over to snow there. closer, farther south from new york city, providence, boston, harford, they're getting rain. here, lingering fog and a few sprinkles in northern loudoun county, this patch of green. otherwise we're beginning to dry out. the pavement is still wet if you're about to head out the door, there are reports of multiple accidents, people spinning out, going too fast, hitting the ramps and the curbs. the pavement is still wet from the overnight rain this morning. temperatures are all above freezing. we're hovering near 40 degrees, shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, most locations above freezing there in the 30s to low 40s. right in the metro area where the low 40s and it's in the low 40s around the chesapeake bay, southern maryland and the northern neck. over the next 12 hours, by noontime, upper 40s, light breeze. by 5:00 p.m., temperatures back down to the upper 40s again, reaching the low 50s between

2:00 to 3:00. by 10:00, it will be partly to mostly cloudy, back down to the low 40s by late this evening. storm team 4 four-day forecast, by dawn on sunday, down to near freezing. a lot of clouds and maybe a few flurries. mainly south of the metro area. sun breaks out send afternoon with highs in the upper 30s. very cold for dr. martin luther king jr. day on monday. lots of sunshine, breezy, near 20 in the morning. afternoon highs only near 30 degrees on monday. and the winds gusting to around 30 miles an hour. it will feel lyk single digits and teens during the day on monday. so what a dramatic drop from low 50s today to the 20s on monday and still cold on tuesday and wednesday. teens in the morning, tuesday afternoon highs in the upper 20s but lighter wind. near 20 on wednesday morning and wednesday afternoon, maybe in the low 30s and clouds around. milder on thursday and friday, up near 40 degrees. a chance of a sprinkle or flurry

on friday, highs up around 40. that's the way it looks. >> all right, thanks, tom. 6:21 now, your time. we're following a health problem. more than a dozen countries putting our warnings. putting our warnings. and the

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breaking away from the stigma saying this is what's happening to us, these are things we can do to change what's happening in the city of washington, d.c. and also across the country. >> that exhibit will be on display for the next two weeks. cities like philadelphia, baltimore and boston also feature the display. we've learned the warning of the zika virus has expanded to 14 countries. mosquitos spread the virus that's been linked to birth defects. nbc's tom costello explains the threat. >> reporter: in northern brazil, a door-to-door military campaign to dump out stagnant water. researchers believe zika is behind the number of spikes in babies born with small heads and brains that often die. the latest numbers close to 4,000 cases in just the past year in brazil, a typical year brings fewer than 200. now the cdc is sending two teams

to brazil, zika has spread through the caribbean, central and south america. now the cdc issuing a travel warning for pregnant women. >> the brain develops constantly through pregnancy and there could be insults that affect the brain at any time that could cause problems. >> reporter: pregnant women in the hot zones are urged to cover open skin and talk to their doctors about using a mosquito repellent. for most healthy adults, the zika virus symptoms mimic a cold and lasts for a week. researchers worry mosquitos could soon bring the virus to the southern gulf states. >> we need to be actively conducting surveillance, looking at the mosquitos in the region >> so far, no evidence that mosquitos have carried the virus to the u.s. meanwhile, real concern that a cdc travel warning affecting some very popular vacation destinations could cause serious economic harm, especially in brazil as it prepares to welcome

the world for the summer olympics. tom costello, nbc news, washington. we'll get a chance to enjoy some warmer weather but not going to last for too long as we look live at the national harbor. another big temperature swing about to head our way. military leaders want answers about two helicopters that crashed in hawaii. how they're now turning to the public for help. the supreme court agreeing to take up former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's appeal

good morning. it's 6:30 your time now. here are the top stories we're following. four jihadists are dead and 126 hostages have been freed in west africa. at least 23 people were killed. an al qaeda group attacked a hotel in burkina faso. security teams were able to regain control overnight. >> and big day, it is here. talking about that little guy's big day. bei bei, the panda making his public debut at the national zoo this morning. gates opening at 8:00. the panda house will open at 9:00. anyone headed to see him this weekend should expect longer lines. it's finally a location for brand new $98 million fbi facility in our area. the new central records complex will be built on a 60-acre plot

of land just east of winchester, virginia. the plan has been in the works for more than a decade. it's expected to bring about 1,200 jobs to the area. we welcome you back to news 4 today on this saturday morning. i'm david culver. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. exciting. >> bei bei. everyone is talking about bei bei. lines will be long. if you're headed out there to wait in some of those long lines, what can folks expect weatherwise? >> you'll need a light jacket. we have fog around early this morning. reports of multiple accidents, people are spinning out on wet pavement in the wake of the rain that came through. that rain is long gone but in its wake, fog around. here's a live view from the tower camera overlooking tenleytown in the foreground. middle heights in the distance. the cloud cover beginning to break up. most of the rain is up into new england and parts of upstate new york. it's changed over to snow and a little bit of freezing rain in

new hampshire and parts of maine. but here all the rain is gone except maybe a sprinkle here, right around just east of leesburg, along the potomac river on the montgomery county border there. temperatures hover in the upper 30s. metro airea, low to mid-40s. dramatic drop over the next couple of days. we'll look at this this half hour. >> new this morning, a man is in custody after driving his car straight at howard county police officers. we're working to learn more about the suspect and the charges he faces. officers say they first went to ellicott city around 10:30 last night. someone called in a robbery. when they got there, they found the man in his car and told him to get out. they say he drove right at them. that's when officers started shooting at his car. developing off the coast of hawaii at this hour, the search forç debris after two military helicopters collided and went down during training.

marine officials are asking folks to immediately report any debris they may notice. at this point there's no word on the fate of the 12 crew members on board. marine officials say wreckage is spread over a two-mile area in the water. the helicopters involved were based in hawaii and were out for night time training late thursday evening. new video in the fight against isis. take a look at this, the defense apartment says this american air strike hit an isis cash distribution center in iraq early this week. you can see what looks like bits of paper. defense officials say that's actually cash. this is at least the second u.s. strike on an isis cash center. it's part of a wider strategy to weaken the militant's financial strength. today, a rally against gun stores near schools in fairfax county. advocates say they want to designate a gun-free distance around certain places.

questions remain in the san bernardino mass shooting six weeks later. an fbi official leading the investigation says some of the most basic questions are still unanswered. those questions include whether anyone else was involved in the december massacre and whether more violence was planned. another key question was why the shooters chose the time and place of the attack. the fbi also is trying to fill in an 18-minute gap in the whereabouts of the husband and wife killers following the shooting. a federal judge rejected boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev's appeal to pay in the attacks. he has no money or income. he was convicted and sentenced to death last year in the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured over 260 others.

two d.c. teenagers are expelled after school officials say they not only threatened their classmates but tried to get a muslim student to take the fall. the trouble began wednesday at washington latin public charter school in northwest washington. administrators tell us students found an unattended laptop in a classroom. it was signed in to a muslim student's female account. the teenager used the account to the send out a threat to hundreds of students saying, quote, friday, there will be a big boom. the school is not releasing the names of the student. virginia's former governor says he is innocent of corruption charges and is now looking to the u.s. supreme court for redemption. on friday, the court agreed to hear bob mcdonald's appeal. nbc news' justice correspondent broke this story. >> reporter: what his lawyers say is the kind ofç thing robe mcdonnell and to some extent his

wife did for this virginia man johnnie williams is basic constituent service, agreeing to meet with him, talk about it. it's the normal discourse of political conversation, his lawyers say. and to criminalize that, they say, would be a vast overreach. mcdonald never actually put his thumb on the scale of any government decision but johnnie williams never ended up getting anything out of the state of virginia. they say they can't bring corruption. the justice department argued in telling the court they should upheld his conviction, that's not how it works. as long as there's an agreement that an elected official will do something for somebody in exchange for money and favors, then that constitutes a corrupt agreement and it doesn't matter what the elected official actually does or whether the person that provides all the goodies actually gets what he wants. >> pete williams with that report right there. the court will take up the case in april. we expect to get a decision by the end of june. we can bet you'd love having

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a fairfax school bus aide is charged with sending inappropriate photos of himself to a 16-year-old student. morris stevenson allegedly sent the teen the photos it back in november and december. stevenson is charged with two felony counts of solicitation of a minor, using a communication device. he's being held without bond this morning. this next story may sound terrifying. your car could soon have the power to change lanes on its own. japan's government just approved the first software that enables cars to do so automatically. here's how it would work. you hit the turn signal, sensors, cameras and radar check

for other cars and obstacles and the computer turns the steering wheel and does the rest for you. model "s" can use the function legally on public roads. >> interesting. enjoy today while it lasts. it's going to be the warmest day all weekend and change is coming. tom's updating his forecast right now so you can plan for the week ahead. this is a creative new way to find drug overdose deaths. the weapon law enforcement is using to make changes in northern virgin

we have the "today" show up next right here on nbc 4. let's check in to see what they have coming up. >> erica hill and craig melvin join us from new york. >> good morning to you guys. just ahead on "today," donald trump and ted cruz still going at each other. hillary clinton now facing that stiff challenge from bernie sanders. the race no one really anticipated. we're live for you with the latest on the campaign trail. everything you need to know about what to do with your money. it has been as you know, a very rough week on wall street. we'll look at that. we go along for the ride with the tennessee couple who revealed right here on "today" they had won the powerball. we went with them to get the ticket certified so they could collect the giant check. >> 327 million i believe. >> after taxes. and some big changes in

store for "sesame street," ernie and abbey kadabby will join us. time now is 6:44. the 95 express lanes, they just marked their first anniversary. the reviews looking pretty good. 1,700 drivers survey say the hov toll lanes shortened most rush hour commutes by about 15 minutes on average. other toll lane projects are in the works on i-56 and outside the capital beltway. maryland's attorney general says he's not sure fantasy sports are constitutional. top state officials want to discuss websites like fanduel and draft king in the current general assembly session. the daily gains are what's under

speculation. nbc 4's parent company, comcast is an investor in fanduel. actor sean penn says he regrets the fallout of his inteinte interviewç with drug lord joaqn el chapo guzman. the told charlie rose the idea behind the interview was simple. >> this was somebody upon whose interview could i begin a conversation about the policy of the war on drugs. >> el chapo's cartel is blamed for billions of dollars worth of drugs smuggled into the u.s. the drug lord himself back in a mexican prison. now to brazil and the 2016 olympic games in rio. despite budget cuts, the international olympic committee says the city met all of its deadlines. brazil is battling its worst recession since the 1930s. committee officials set the budget at $1.85 billion.

they say some financial restraint could be good for the games. right now, history in taiwan. we're expecting the first asian woman to be elected head of state without having been the wife, daughter or sibling of a powerful man. votes are being tallied for president as we speak. her top competitor just conceded the race. wen holds a ph.d. from the london school of economics. today folks can head back to the polls in virginia. early voting started friday for the commonwealth presidential primary. they're able to cast their ballots in the race for the white house. most voters will cast their ballots on march 1st when virginia and 13 other states hold primaries on super tuesday. senator ted cruz apologizing now for slamming new york values during the gop presidential debate this past week. earlier this week, cruz said donald trump represented, quote, new york values.

cruz doubled down during that debate saying new yorkers are pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage and focus on money. trump fired back evoking memories of 9/11. trump and other leaders demanded an apology. >> donald trump, hillary clinton and andrew cuomo and bill de blasio have demanded an apology. i'm happy to apologize i apologize to the millions of new yorkers who have been let down by liberal politicians in that state. >> hillary clinton tweeted her support for new yorkers saying just this once, donald trump is right. and the democrats get their chance tomorrow night. you can watch the debate here on nbc 4. polls show senator bernie sanders surging in iowa and new hampshire. he and hillary clinton traded attacks this week and many expect a showdown on stage in charleston, south carolina. "nightly news" anchor lester holt will moderate along with

andrea mitchell. starting sunday at 9:00 p.m., followed by news 4 at 11:00. tom kierein is here with us. it starts off chilly today? >> yes, chilly and fog. if you're about to head out the door, maybe going to bei bei's public debut. the national zoo will be rolling out the red carpet. everybody will be wondering who bei bei will be waring. >> oscar de la renta or maybe just panda. we have a wonderful day on tap for that. it's going to be damp and chilly this morning. by noontime, temperatures in the 40s and it be partly sunny. sunshine breaking out this morning, a mild afternoon. a great day to get to the zoo. bei bei's viewing starts at 9:00 and ends at 4:00 at the national zoo. light fog there, live view from the storm team 4 national harbor camera overlooking the capital wheel there in prince george's

county. the rain we had overnight is now up into new england. locally, just a few sprinkles in frederick county, northern montgomery. the pavement is still wet. we've had reports of multiple accidents. watch out this morning as temperatures are hovering near 40, shenandoah valley, low to mid-40s metro area and around the chesapeake bay, we see it warming nicely. good day to get out and get exercise. by 1:00, near 50. back down to the upper 40s by 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., back down to the mid-40s. by midnight, the low 40s and by dawn sunday, down to near freezing. 32 tomorrow morning, a lot of clouds around. don't be surprised if you see a snow flurry or two by the morng hours and maybe through midday on sunday. then during the afternoon on sunday we'll get sunshine back but it will be cold with highs only in the upper 30s. don't expect any accumulation from these occasional flurries, morning and midday on sunday. that will mainly south of the metro area.

on dr. martin luther king jr. day on monday, near 20 degrees monday morning. a blustery wind. afternoon highs only the upper 20s. it will feel like the teens with bright sunshine. cold on tuesday. teens in the morning. afternoon highs, just the upper 20s. storm team 4 seven-day outlook, still cold on wednesday, afternoon highs, low 30s and partly the people and say what can we do? >> reporter: suzanne fox leading

the first of many tour groups expected here over the next several months. >> we are showing people that start life just like anyone else. >> reporter: she begins with the narrative of these individuals. all impacted in some way by drugs. >> by the time you leave, you will see how each one ofç them has had drugs affect their lives in one way or the other. >> it goes into what happens with you, your family, the destruction that it causes. >> reporter: a former dea agent himself, sheriff mike chapman has been pushing for this exhibit for years. >> what you're seeing now is an increase in overdoses in the suburbs. >> it's filtering from the inner city to the rural community. and we see the consequences. >> reporter: this is the dea special agent in charge of our region. >> for years we thought the consequence was going to jail, being incarcerated. now the cost is life. and death. >> you're not going to find

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an opportunity to give to the community today. fairfax county kicking off its annual stuff the bus campaign. fairfax connector buses will be at two locations each weekend for the next month. the two locations today will be at the fox milton giant near herndon and the one near alexandria. search stuff the bus on the nbc washington app. amazon's popular prime service is on sale for 73 bucks this weekend. the promotion is to celebrate the company winning two golden globe awards. amazon plans to allow everyone to stream the show's first two seasons free all weekend. the prime service which offers two-day shipping for free and video streaming normally costs $99 a year. this story trending on facebook this morning. a lot of you talking about it. one of the largest creatures to

ever walk the earth on display at the american museum of natural history. look at this thing. this is a titanosaur. they used fossils from an excavation a few years ago. three times as big as the t-rex. its leg bones as big as couches. this thing, as big as it is, is aç vegetarian. he used his long neck to munch on tree tops. all right. that's it for us today. ♪

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good morning. breaking overnight. terror attack. islamic militants tied to al qaeda storm a hotel. hostages held for hours. at least 23 people killed, 126 others just rescued. we are live with the overnight developments. heating up. tempers flair on the campaign trail. donald trump and ted cruz not backing down from the insults against each other as hillary clinton and bernie sanders prepare for the debate in their neck and neck race. murder mystery. an american woman killed on vacation