just minutes ago, president obama said the detention facility at guantanamo bay undermines national security and u.s. values. i'm barbara harrison with his plan to shut it down. >> plenty of rain out there today and more on the way. possibly some thunderstorms. a lot of wacky weather going on. we'll let you know what to expect coming up. i'm melissa mollet with more about those elevator problems that have kept people out of the washington monument since friday. news4 midday starts now. yeah, it was a really messy morning commute out there. plenty of rain. that rain is still cong

around our region. no signs of soppin int stopping is slowing down. now the backside starting to move in here. we'll see that rain transition from a steady, moderate rain to more of a light and showery, almost drizzle-type of rain. that's what we'll be dealing with as we get into the afternoon. temperatures in the 40s, that's it for daytime highs, plus a wind picking up. so, again, spotty showers, still wet through your evening commute, nothing as your morning commute. we'll keep a chance of drizzle in the forecast. we have thunderstorms, maybe a 20 degree temperature increase. that's coming up. president obama at the white house just finished speaking about closing guantanamo. he said this is about

chapter in our history. >> for many years it's been clear the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. >> in the plan it calls for up to 475 million in construction costs. he said it would be offset by 180 million per year, this is an operating cost savings. this includes transferring other detainees to facilities in the u.s. we're hearing political leaders weighing in on this. mitch mcconnell saying it would be illegal for the president to do such a thing. though veil view su local leaders on a mission to cuba are focusing on education today. d.c. mayor muriel bowser plans to visit two high-performing schools. one idea being discussed is having schools and universities in the district an cuba work

programs. david culver is the only local tv reporter with the delegation. look for his reports later today. developing this morning, new charges could be announced against a former prince gornls county teachers aid accused of abusing children. the state's attorney and u.s. attorney will hold a news conference this afternoon. deonte carraway is accused of sexually abusing students and making child pornography videos. some of the abuse allegedly happened at sylvania woods elementary school. school officials have set up a student safety task force. they will conduct an independent review of the school district's policies, focus on the role of volunteers and whether they should be supervised while working with students. in april the task force will make recommendations on how to improve existing policy and enact new ones. this day care employee is in court facing 57 counts of child abuse.

kiara sprigs had already pled not guilty. she was arrested in 2013 after accusations that they stepped on children's toes and sprayed them with hoses. in january a prince william county judge found jordan guilty on each of the 13 counts she faced. now to decision 2016 and four things you should know about the gop caucus in nevada. donald trump is looking for his third win in a row. he's ahead in the polls after winning south carolina over the weekend and the new hampshire primary earlier this month. in all likelihood, senator ted cruise and marco rubio are battling for second place. senator rubio hoping to build momentum. voter turnout could affect results today. some states have faced record number of polls this year, but in the last presidential cycle only 12% of republicans turned out to caucus in nea.

ben carson to make a serious play for nevada. carson has not put out a single advertisement in that state, kasich spent yesterday campaigning here in virginia. if you're hoping to vote absentee in virginia in the primary, today is the deadline to request a ballot if you want it mailed to you. you can mail, fax, e-mail or hand deliver applications. most voter registration offices close at 5:00, a few will stay open until 8:00 to give you more time. the washington monument now back open to the public. the national park service reopened the monument about an hour ago. it's been closed since friday because of repairs to a damaged elevator control box. the monument has been closed at least eight times since may because of various elevator m b problems. if you're planning for a walk on the mall or around your neighborhood, just pretend its florida it's 80 degrees there today and the nationals are getting closer to their first spring training games. look at the sunny skies there. also d

pew, that was his video there. that was his video. you can follow the team and him on twitter. a basketball star taken out of the game by bed bugs. and a developing story out of phoenix. a shooting at a house on fire. when police and fire crews arrive, an active

i'm eun yang, here are some stories lighting up social media. kyrie irving says bed bugs at a hotel in oklahoma city caused his flu. the team stayed at a hilton hotel on sunday. irving played just nine minutes against the oklahoma city thunder and sat out the second half. irving t

bugs in the hotel room that made him sick. the worst part is the hotel confirmed it. . the charlotte city council approved a controversial nondiscrimination ordinance known as the bathroom bill. if you look at this, the council voted in favor 7-4. transgender people can choose bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. it aims to amend city code. during the meeting more than 100 people were given one minute to tell the council what they thought about the bathroom bill. we spotted this next story on time.com. it seems an internet rumor that astronauts heard alien music coming from behind the moon is not true. however it is true that the

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>> well, we've got some rain that continues to fall out of the region. it is easing up a bit. it's lightening up as we continue through the afternoon, which is good for evening commuters. we have some storms on wednesday. temperatures today in the 40s. nearing 60 tomorrow. doesn't make sense. dry weather thursday through the weekend. at least it's looking good for the weekend. we have the rain moving through. there's the back edge of it. the shenandoah valley drying out. we'll go with showers, maybe a bit of drizzle as we continue into the afternoon. there's still a lot of moisture that's well gown down to the south. this storm is lifting up out of here. it will continue to lift up out

afternoon. then we have to wait for tomorrow. we'll have some afternoon storms tomorrow. maybe some drizzle and spotty showers, but afternoon storms tomorrow. drying on thursday. we'll time out today and tomorrow and let you know what to expect hour by hour coming up. . following this developing story out of phoenix, arizona. this is the site of a dramatic house fire. look at some of this video we got. this is of the scene. also the site of a tragic shooting. four people we know are dead. a child is in critical condition. police say that the shooter was killed and is believed to have been a son who shot his parents, a sister, as well as a 12-year-old. we're told one of the shooting victims was able to call 911. that's how police knew to respond. they still don't know, though, how this fire started. we know that no officers were hurt. such a sad, sad story out of phoenix today. barbara? >> when my dad tried to come and help

>> this story is amazing. a 10-year-old girl struggling to hold on as she falls deeper and deeper into a snow-covered hole. look at that. the little girl was snowshoeing with her parents in the sierras in california over the weekend. that's when she says she suddenly started sinking into the snow. her mom grabbed her cell phone thinking her daughter was just stuck. the mother and the girl's father jumped in to help once she realize she could not get out. >> agonizing, daughter screaming, don't let me go, daddy. wife yelling don't let her go, honey. the choice is let her go, live with that if something bad happened, or hold on and all three of us end up in the hole. >> the girl fell 10 feet and landed in frigid water. the county search and rescue team came down the hill ten minutes later. they were able to pull the girl out of the hole wiin

talk about luck. >> scary. but lucky. incredible. early morning disrpuption fr children at a day care. and montgomery county businesses targeted overnight. the mess they left behind. kathleen matthews: imagine paying 20% more for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message.

>> david culver coming to you from havana, cuba with reaction ol

his plans unveiled to close guantanamo bay. i have with me an expert in cuban relations, carlos aguare. i want to take your take on this from the cuban perspective. >> from the cuban perspective, it seems that won't work because of the politics in the united states. reiteration of the president of the united states that he's willing to close down the prison camp, it's an important first step towards what is the desire of most cubans, which is that eventually guantanamo will be returned to cuban sovereignty. >> you talk about the priorities here from the cuban government perspective. when it came to renegotiating new relations in 2014, you said number one, the embargo has to go, number two, guantanamo. it was that highly placed? >> i was kind of surprised that in recent statements by the

guantanamo on second place. there are -- there is the cuban adjustment act, the claims, the claims that cuba has against the united states and the united states against cuba. but the government surprisingly has put guantanamo in place number two. myself, i thought guantanamo, the way the cuban government has been saying, they firmly said we want a solution to this problem. the cuban government has also behaved patiently about it. i mean, the cuban government could announce a treaty. the cuban government could send a verbal note to the u.s. government saying we want to review the treaty. the cuban government has not done any of these things. which gave the impression that they were firm, but that they expected that gan

problems. >> we'll have more from carlos coming up on news 4. we'll hear more about this announcement from the president this morning. for now, that's the latest live from havana, cuba. david culver, news 4. >> thank you, david. a close call in prince george's county. a car drove into a day care center in largo. take a look. you can see the car damaged the brick wall at the rising generations early learning center. this happened around 7:30 this morning. no kids were inside the room at the time of the accident. fire officials say the driver was hurt and taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. this morning police in montgomery county are trying to figure out if a series of smash and grab robberies could be the work of the same person. overnight one shopping center had at least three shops broken into. derrick ward is live in colesville with details of that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are two doz

hampshire avenue. a handful of them, there's glass being repaired. they were hit sometime overnight, early morning. was it robbery or vandalism? nobody knows for sure. three of the businesses in this strip mall had an unexpected open door policy this morning. though it wasn't the case when they closed shop last night. >> i had a call at 3:00 a.m., security people called us. >> reporter: this dollar store, a pizza parlor and a doughnut shop had their glass front door smashed. for what? merchants and police are trying to figure that out. >> it was unfortunate. >> reporter: at the dollar store there may have been something taken a bottle of gatorade, it's doubtful that was the target of the culprit or culprits. some businesses opened early this morning as usual. others would wait until contractors finished replacing the broken glass. there is something else that

shattered, something that can't be dlecollected in a dustpan or easily replaced, a sense of security. >> it happened. >> reporter: but their determination to stay in a community that is a good place to do business. that wasn't broken. >> this is a good community. we want to stay positive. >> reporter: this similar incident reported in cabin john this morning. we're told this dunkin' donuts was broken into a while back. and there's another establishment that had a similar incident to this a while back as well. whether they're connected or not, montgomery county police are investigating. we are live in montgomery county, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you. neighbors in kalamazoo, michigan are not allowing tragedy and violence to define their community. hundreds packed a church to have a vigil for the six people killed this weekend in a

kalamazoo's mayor spoke. a 14-year-old is in the hospital still in critical condition. a disturbing assault on a school bus has two middle schoolers facing sexual battery sources. wtop reports the 11-year-old and 12-year-old students assaulted a female student on the bus last november. the bus was still parked on school property. the female student told police that the boys held her down and grabbed her body parts. fairfax county schools released a statement saying the students involved have been removed from classes. the changes coming to the starbucks rewards program. and catch news4 midday from anywhere. all you need is your smartphone or tablet. open the nbc washington app. hit watch live tv

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america. the poll ranks perception of the most 100 visible companies in the u.s. amazon takes the top spot despite reports over the years about its tough working conditions. the rest of the top five, apple, google, usaa and disney. there's new concern that certain types of flooring may put you at greater risk of cancer. it all surrounds lumber liquidators, and the cdc says the danger could be three times higher than first thought. >> reporter: the cdc admits it miscalculated. it now says the potential cancer risk for people exposed to certain types of laminate flooring from lumber liquidators is not 2-9 cases per 100,000 people, but three times that. >> it's never a good feeling to find out your kids are on a floor that could be making them sick. >> reporter: we met haley and matt last year after they spent $2500 installing new

flooring. they say they since ripped it out and settled with lumber liquidators. chinese versions have high levels of formaldehyde. hundreds of houses lumber liquidators is offering free test kits to all purchasers. the cdc is reviewing how it tested for exposure and is reviewing a report, meanwhile families should try to reduce exposure by adding air conditioning, humidifiers and increasing ventilation. just when you thought you had enough rewards for a free cup of joe at starbucks, changes are coming. in mid-april starbucks will change how you earn your loyalty rewards. you'll get two stars for every

lashed out on social media because you'll need 125 stars to get something for free. right now you need just a dozen stars, and you get one for every purchase. come on. all right. the fight for privacy, where you can expect to see pro testers today and storm team 4 is tracking rain. what you can expect in your

>> all right. who's tired of the rain? i definitely am. we're going to continue to have some rain throughout the afternoon. even through tomorrow. but the good news is it's lightening up as we continue into the afternoon. this is what it's going to look like at 5:15 right here. you can see very spotty out there. we're still going with light showers. spotty in nature, even drizzle, nothing like that steady, moderate rain we saw today. stopping at 11:15, still spotty showers out there around the

morning, we could have more showers fill back in by the morning commute. it will lighten up and then as we go into the afternoon, look what happens. we have a heavy line of storms, even strong to severe. it will be windy all day. temperatures around 60. this is moving along 95. we will get clearing for thursday night. guys? thank you. protesters are take up the fight for your privacy. today rallies in support of apple are happening all over the country including right here in d.c. demonstrators will be outside fbi headquarters at 5:30 this evening. they say apple should not be forced to break into iphone, even one belonging to a terrorist. the fbi wants apple to help investigators access the san bernardino shooters iphone. apple says that could compromise the privacy of millions of customers. a busy morning on capitol hill. we're staying on top of developments for you including theou

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i'm angie goss here at the live desk. an arrest made in the assault and robbery of a former marine, a veteran. this was outside of a d.c. mcdonald's. hearing two 17-year-olds, they are in custody. one of them charged with

this is for this attack that happened on february 12th outside the fast food restaurant on e street northwest. the suspects hit the victim, stole credit cards and cash from him. there was a third suspect that fled from the scene. police are asking anyone with information to still contact them. melissa? if we don't do what's required now, i think future generations will look back and ask why we failed to act when the right course -- >> right now, a plan is in place to close guantanamo bay for good. president obama spoke less than an hour ago. he says the detention camp is a waste of resources and hurts our standing in the world. republicans in congress are already responding, gearing up for what could be a big political fight. it's also a busy morning on capitol hill. secretary of state john kerry is

facing spectacle centk skeptica after russia and tsyria reacheda cease-fire. he's trying to also get approval forever the state department's 2017 budget. right now the senate judiciary committee is holding a hearing on the unaccompanied children's crisis. most of the children are from south america and cross illegally into the u.s. hoping to be reunited with family members here. witnesses at the hearing include members of i.c.e. and the department of health and human services. bernie sanders is in virginia right now. the commonwealth is more than a dozen states taking part in super tuesday primaries a week from today. before that happens, south carolina will hold its democratic primary this weekend. now to hillary clinton whose campaign just announced will

virginia. clinton is leading the national polls going into the south carolina primary this weekend. the african-american vote will likely be a key to her success there. the latest nbc news survey monkey poll shows nationwide clinton has a double digit lead over bernie sanders among black voters, 65% to 22%. politics closer to home now. maryland governor larry hogan is getting more popular. in a new poll out this morning, 63% of maryland residents polled say they approve of the job governor hogan is doing. that's up from 58% in another college pool from october. half the residents who describe themselves as democrats say they approve at republican governor's job. now to police use of force. 85% of residents thought officers should be required to use body cameras, less than 40% of african-american residents felt police were held accountable for misconduct.

error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. >> it's on the dreary side out there. definitely foggy. this is our view from the national harbor. not much of a view today. we can barely see anything due to low visibility. we have rain showers out there. temperatures in the 40s, that's it for daytime highs. we won't fall too far tonight. we have showers and drizzle throughout the afternoon. again, the bulk of the heavy rain gone for today. we have weather alert, storms in the region. temperatures topping out around 60 degrees tomorrow. as we get into thursday, we'll see lingering showers probably before daybreak. most of the day will be dry, definitely windy. temperatures falling through the day on thursday. look at this, friday, saturday, sunday looking good. plenty of sunshine and seasonable. guys? >> we have made arrests in virtually every one of the cases that the public heard about that

involves juveniles. that's metro's spokesperson who now says the transit agency can add more arrests to that list. it follows an attack on metrobus. it all started when a group of teens attacked an elderly woman and ran off with her purse. it happened yesterday when a group snatched a bag from the woman's hands and ran. the driver chased the teens into the metro station. police saw what happened and followed. >> it's a little alarming. i'm scared when there's a group of teens. >> tends to make you clench your bag tighter. >> police caught up with the teens and arrested them. three teens face robbery and resisting arrest charges. the small every-day object that will give new

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the good news is the rain is easing up right now. we're not going to have to deal with that s

were dealing with this morning. just light showers, even a bit of drizzle. still moderate, that's what we expect as we continue through the afternoon and even for the evening commute. you can see it getting out of here quickly. thank goodness. not a lot more with this storm. i will keep some drizzle in there, keep spotty showers in there, that's about it. now turn your focus to the deep south. we have a storm system lifting out of texas, moving to the gulf coast. that storm system will shoot up through the tennessee valley. that's the next storm system. it will create a good amount of problems down here. we're talking about some tornadic activity down in the deep south. that will bring us strong thunderstorms tomorrow. we'll time it out for you coming up. i'm angies s ggoss with brg news. fire crews in prince george's county responding to a two alarm fire on depot lane.

thing is spreading, extend nothing multiple storage units. sounds like it's in an industrial area. it looks like they're requesting additional help from calvert and anne arundel counties. we have a crew headed to the scene. more as we get it. all right. an update to metro trackwork. work will start at 10:00 instead of 8:00. they moved that back. trains will be single tracking from mcpherson square to federal center southwest. 28-minute delays in each directions. silver line trains will run between boston and reston east stations after 10:00 p.m. after the break, the youngest victim of the kalamazoo

to decision 2016, later today nevada will hold its gop caucuses. senator ted cruz may find himself on defense after the statements he made about undocumented immigrants last night. he told fox news he would support federal law enforcement agents searching for undocumented immigrants to deport. no shame for donald trump on the night before the caucuses. the front-runner said he would like to punch a protester in the face. he finally recalled days when people who disrupted a political rally would be

stretcher. this kind of rhetoric may work for trump who says it like he sees it approach earned him support in the first place. >> we've got that rain, that's continuing through the region. the good news, as i've been saying, it's lightening up. it's easing up continuing into the afternoon. this is our future weather. we'll show you here at 12:15. moving out of i-95 corridor. keeping a chance for some spotty showers, even a bit of drizzle as we continue into the afternoon and evening commute. i don't think that evening commute will be quite as bad as the morning commute. this is 11:15 tonight. we could have another round of some light rain that moves through for the morning commute tomorrow morning. look at this. starting to get more spotty throughout the day. and then some thunderstorms headed our way. strong thunderstorms possibly severe. it's a storm team 4 weather alert day. clearing up by thursday night. drying out. it looks like we'll be dry for friday and also into the weekend. if you are traveling out

again, tomorrow morning not too bad. tomorrow afternoon, could have some thunderstorms in our area. guys? >> thanks. we're learning more about the uber driver accused of gunning down six people in kalamazoo, michigan. right now the focus is on one of the victims. a 14-year-old girl who is clinging to life. >> she is alive, and she is fighting for her life. >> reporter: late monday, tears and hope from the parents of abigail kopf, the youngest victim in the kalamazoo shooting spree. >> abigail is strong, and she is a vibrant, beautiful young lady and didn't deserve this. >> reporter: the 14-year-old was shot at a cracker barrel parking lot, along with four women who were all killed. at the hospital, abigail was pronounced dead. while doctors prepared for organ donation, she squeezed her mother's hand. >> breath taking. it was a miracle on its own. >> reporter: doctors say the other survivor has a bullet lodged in her kidney but is expected to recover. nbc news learned the girlfriend

of tyler smith, killed alongside with his father in a car dealership, survived by hiding under a blanket in the backseat of the car. the suspect, uber driver, jason dalton, admitted involvement in the random rampage that killed six people. >> he made a statement acknowledging his involvement in this incident. >> from his responses, there's little remorse. >> reporter: this morning, still no answers to the qustion why. >> i prefer to remain silent. >> reporter: authorities allege dalton was picking up uber passengers between shootings. >> we did not have any red flags. prior to that day, his record looked good. >> reporter: uber said dalton had been on the job for one month, had undergone a background check by the company and had a high rating before his arrest. hundreds came together at a vigil monday night to pray for the survivors and remember the victims. >> that was

the 45-year-old suspect is due back in court in a few weeks. something you never want to see on an airplane. smoke. right now 150 people are back on the ground. smoke filled the cabin of their plane before it took off in japan today. japan airlines says there was a problem with the engine, but it's not clear if it caught fire. four people were hurt. in the netherlands, an investigation is underway into a deadly train derailment. the train slammed into a crane that was crossing the tracks earlier this morning. the train's driver died. you can see the major damage there at the scene. a mayor in the nearby town said the train was mostly empty. the train crash left four train cars lying there on their sides. we're back in 60 webbings with the incredible

for a cup of coffee just because you're a woman. so why does congress think it's ok that women get paid 20% less than a man for doing the same job? i'll fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. now some politicians will belittle this as a women's agenda. more proof that we just need more women in congress. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message. i'm eun yang, we're following the stories you're clicking on. you have ever wondered where the

u.s. is? it has a 5th avenue, a lot of shopping and real estate. it's not new york city, it's naples, florida. gallop released its 2015 community rankings today. making it into the top five, salinas, california, ft. collins, colorado and barnstable town, massachusetts. >> you lost 160 pounds. you are the big of the loser, roberto! >> the biggest loser has a winner, roberto hernandez lost 160 pounds this season. oh, my goodness. he walked away with a $250,000 grand prize. steven nett took in second place after losing 133 pounds. still a great feat. spotted this next story on mashible. the first rule of performing

look at this chinese folk singer, caught red handed on national tv. she held her mike upside down. this was during a live performance at the lantern festival gala in china. she realized quickly but it was caught on camera. she may want to lay off lip-syncing for now. back to you. >> hard to tell which end was up. >> it was a little difficult. after the break, turtle-saving cops. a

>> sheriffs deputies off the coast of jacksonville, florida captured some incredible video. this nine-foot sea turtle was caught in a crab trap line. the deputies were about two miles off shore when they spotted the distressed turtle. within minutes they cut

swam out to sea. probably pretty old. >> probably. >> let's check our forecast. we have weather good for turtles today. >> we go. that's probably about it in the mid-atlantic. we have enough rain for today and tomorrow. we could get over an inch, possibly up to an inch and a half before it's all said and done. for today, you can see most of this rain moving out. i'm keeping the chance of a spotty shower. some road spray tonight, not as bad as the morning commute. it's also going to be cold out there. winds are picking up. a spotty shower, still wet going through the evening. maybe a bit of drizzle. definitely on the cloudy side. temperatures will fall just a little bit as we get into the overnight. overnight lows around the 30 degree mark, 40 degree mark into thpe

rainy out there. you see on the radar, that's what you will be dealing with. regional, dry in the west. heading into western pennsylvania along i 81 and western virginia, just a little on the dry side. north of boston good. national there could be ripple effects if you have flights out of atlanta or the deep south. they're seeing our next storm system that will be knocking on the doorstep for tomorrow. what to wear for your wednesday, keep that raincoat handy. pants and umbrella. some people maybe wearing shorts. look at the temperature tomorrow. upper 50s. we have a storm team 4 weather alert day. we will get storm activity by tomorrow afternoon, some of which could be strong to severe. temperatures will drop through the day. windy on wednesday, thursday and friday. friday, saturday and sunday looking nice and seasonable for this time of year. guys? >> counting down to the weekend. >> me, too. >> that's it for news 4 midday. thank you very much for joining us. we're back on air at

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