>> there's a reason they call it supertuesday. this is a critical night many the race for the white house. there are more delegates at stake this night than any other in the presidential campaign. >> and, tonight, virginia voters, they've spoken. the democratic race was called early for hillary clinton today. but the race was much tighter on the republican side with donald trump, marco rubio and record turnout. >> here's a look at the latest numbers. you can see donald trump leads with 35 pnt of the vote. >> on the dechl cattic side, clinton leading. al

looking ahead to another big night on the primary calendar, that is march 15th. and while she did not mention trump by name tonight, make no mistake, her remarks were pointed straight at him. >> stakes in this election have never been higher. and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower. trying to divide america between us and them is wrong. and we're not going to let it work. >> virginia just one part of the story. and the election map is changing. we'll show you who's leading across the nation in just a moment. but, first, the common welt and the reaction to tonight's results. >> we have supertuesday deep coverage for you tonight.

>> no question, jim. and while trump is certainly going to get the win here in the commonwealth of virginia, it's rubio's performance that's getting a lot of attention. for rubio, it's going do be 16. for trump, 17. just one delegate in the difference. we caught up with trump's chairman for his party right here in virginia. i asked him what he makes of this tight race here. >> we knew because of northern virginia which tends to support more established candidates, it was going to benefit rubio. so it's pretty much exactly what we expected for virginia. >> just a short time ago, we caught up with some of the local republican leaders here. i asked them about rubio's strong showing. what does that suggest? >> when you

when you have a ground game, when you show up, when you have the fun thinking, when you raise the money, good things happen. and that's what all five of our candidates show. >> the gop also stressing tonight voter turnout. in fact, they say they have broken the primary record when it was set back in 2008 over a million voters turning out for the republican ticket. so a big win for them as they're putting it out there. no big surprises. >> hey, david. well, no real surprise. confident he'd be celebrating the victory. but he was especially without convincing us. clinton's margin of

>> i just got off the phone and spoke to hillary and president clinton. thank you for what you have done. they love you. >> in arlington, a much more quiet launch party. clinton backers say her strong virginia win proves she's the best choice to represent the party in the fall. >> virginia is as good a bellwether as there is for the national electorate. we wanted her to have a big win because that sends her message about her power as a candidate in virginia in november. >> it's a i have ders elector rat here. it means a lot. it's going to propel her all the way into the white house. >> the focus still clearly on the primaries. but he's told hillary clinton he has a couple virginia senators in mind as running mate if she does wind the nomination. >> news 4's press lawrence has

and the breakdown of votes in our region. he continues our team coverage from our live desk. >> the only candidates who won any of the counties in our area were hillary clinton. a closer look at the numbers shows us why. first off, on the republican side, rubio won in the cities of alexanderia. >> donald trump won in the city of monasis. so the closer you get to the distriblgt, the more rubios. in fact, he won huge swaths in the state with the exception of areas arnold college towns like charlottesville and richmond. more than a mitton people have voted.

groups powered hillary clinton to a big win in virginia. women, african americans and older voters. bernie sanders did well in college town. but most of his voters were under the age of 30. but one more note about that turnout. it was so high on the republican side, they had to photocopy extra ballots to meet the demand. >> we want to take a good look now at how things are shaping up around the country with a dozen states holding connell test today, looking first at the democrats tonight. right now, hillary clinton can claim victory in six states with a big sweep of those southern states. bernie sanders picking up three wins in his home state of vermont. massachusetts, minnesota, still too close to call at this hour. on the republican sid

front runner donald trump had a big night with six wins so far. ted cruz had his home state of texas. and oklahoma neighboring, vermont and minnesota, still too close to call tonight. rb e rebel, in the end, it's all act delegate counts. in a distant second, rubio further behind at third for the dem cats. hillary krclinton has a sizable lead. now, both front runners still have a long road ahead of them. you need more than 1200 delegates and nearly 2400 to clinch the democratic nomination. >> as we mentioned earlier, the next big primary election day, xv, march 15th. that's when florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina and ohio will all be voting. but, before

contests this weekend. our decision 2016 coverage doesn't stop here. head to nbcwashington.com for n interactive map: some of the results may surprise you. >> all right. to storm team 4 we go on a changing weather situation. you can see rain on our strm team 4 radar. >> but that's not the only change in the air. doug is in the storm center. what's happening tomorrow? >> i'm sorry to say that we're ending the warm weather. we've seen it for the last couple of days, all right around 65 degrees. today, yeah, quiet nice. tomorrow, not so much. take a look. what we're dealing with now, here's the current numbers around the area. 61 degrees in d. kr6789. 28, 28 towards columbus ohio. that's the cold air that's going to be sweeping on in. and it's all thanks to this cold front that we have moving on in. you can see that on the radar

so, tomorrow, much colder early tomorrow morning. windchills below freezing. that sets the stage for our next storm which could bring us some snow. again, some brand new information on that system thursday night into friday morning. >> all right. doug. thank you. i'll see you then. >> thousands of people gathered today in prince william county. aurs ashley was shot saturday responding to a domestic violence call in woodbridge. today, she was remembered as someone driven to public service. tonight, her body is being flown to massachusetts. >> the man charged with killing officer gwendon is charged with killing his wife. tonight, a vigil is being held. ♪

>> a memorial grows outside the home where crystal hamilton was shot and killed. tonight, her family and friends hold candles. her sister, wendy howard, says crystal was her best friend. >> it was only the two of us. so missing my other half when i turned to my left, i don't see her anymore. >> police say crystal's husband, ronald hamilton, killed her after she made a domestic violence call for help. when officers arrived, police say ronald hamilton also killed an officer and wounded two other officers. >> today, we had to say good-bye to someone in this community who was very loved. but i want to share with you the 400,000 people love crystal as well. >> her family says she was a dead kated mother. her 11-year-old son was at the house when she was killed. >> and i think that's going to be the toughest thing is trying the get him passed allf

but how can you? >> this heartbroken crowd will remember crystal hamilton as amazing, passionate and beautiful. >> as for victims of domestic violence, this family encourages people to get help. >> coming up on news 4, elementary students for more than two generations is now on the budget chopping wlok. hear whooi parents say d.c. public schools is putting new meaning to the term pay to play. >> you'll hear a lot of folks talking about our famous cherry blossoms tomorrow.

back at the live desk, this is one we had been saying was too close to call. it's a new england state that bernie sanders was hoping to put in the win column. but right now, nbc calling massachusetts for clinton with about 51% of the vote. >> how could someone kill our daughter? how can that be? it's an illogical act.

the act make sense. >> more than six years after her daughter was abducted and murdered, jesse matthew was expected to make a plea deal tomorrow. the college students were abducted in charlottesville and murdered five years apart. matthew is charged in both cases and is also serving a life sentence for a sex assault. >> children's futures are in question after almost half a century, a local art center is about to close. >> since 1974, afarntly, kids from five schools are bussed in one day a week for classes ranging from band to dance to digital arts. parents we talked with say their kids love the experience.

>> i just have seen his artistic ability blossom in front of my eyes. >> the program, including the cost of bussing the students back and forth, has been paid for out of the d.c. school budget. >> we have been funding a program and sup lemting that program above and beyond what other schools have been getting. >> in fact, filmore which receivables about 1700 students costs about twice what d.c. schools spend on arts and music. next year, if the five schools sending students want to continue, then the individual schools will have to pay for it out of their own budgets. >> that you would require the schools to cut instructionble staff. >> the other sopgs to close and move the arts programs into the schools. >> we literally have no space in the school. we have no extra class roomts. >>ar

schools. >> instead of this program being on the chopping block, it should be served as a model. we should expand this program. >> reporting in north wesz, mark seagraves, news four. >> now to an unthinkable situation that's adding more pain to a family in our area already coping with loss. virginia great died last month after falling unconscious in her dchlt c. home. her family tells they made all the funeral arrangements. but when they arrived for the viewing, someone else was in their grandmother's kas ket. >> lunacy is what it is. it's unspeakable. >> just want to have a proper funeral and burial if it's not too late. >> still, the family does not know what happened to their grandmother's body. and it's unclear who it was in that casket. >> there's a new legal battle in the debate over the purple line. the light rail system

link montgomery and prince george's counties. but a federal lawsuit has now been filed to try and stop the project. purple line supporters believer it and the trail can co-exist peacefully. if chevy chase linked shopping center will be torn down to make way for the new development t. >> it's another sure sign of spring in d.c. tomorrow. we'll find out when those cherry blossoms are set for peak bloom. we'll post the dates as soon as we get them in. we'll be expecteding an update on the national cherry blosz some festival.

>> with've got a lot more warm weather in the forecast. we go back to wait a minuter for at least a little bit. out there right now, look at the temperature. still very mild. 61 degrees, winds out ft south at about 17 miles an hour. the temperatures there about to take a huge, huge nose dive. look at these wind gusts. up to 32 miles an hour. 26 in d.c. cumberland, maryland. 50 miles per hour. peters burg, 47. that's what i'm watching come into the area. and that wind is going to just knock those temperatures down by some 20-30 degrees by early tomorrow morning. here's the shower activity we've across the region right now. again, just some shower activity. those winds coming with the heavier showers that are just back to the west here:

for those strong winds. and in behind this, that's where you have the very cold air. so once again, waking um tomorrow morning, you're going to feel the difference. at 11:00, not much going on. right around 1:00, that's when we see the line come through. would not be surprised to see a little rumble of thunder. that moves through quickly. and then, blind it, tomorrow, we're just on the cold side. not just cold, but windy and cold. windchills tomorrow may not get above freezing. so it's going to be a much different day. and that sets the stage for whapgs on thursday. we have another system that moves in thursday thiegt. thursday afternoon, we see the clouds coming into cold day and then here comes our next stornl system. look at the snow developing around 11:00 on thursday night with rain to the south. fry

so we've got a lot to talk about. 43 toerm morning, 43 around 111:00. high in the afternoon, only around 45. so make sure you take thing ja et. 42 for a high on thursday. and then snow into friday. a letle more snow friday morning. we could see some problems and then 46 on saturday, back to '50 on sunday. and then, an ex week, we get nice and mild again of, wac to 65 degrees by next tuesday. there are some 70s next week, as well: >> there's something to look forward to. >> all right, thanks, doug. >> we just got word from chris lawrence on a first win for a candidate. he's on the live desk with the news. >> yeah, jim, this is the first time a candidate other than dwonld trump or ted cruz has won in the republican side since

1234 campaign starte eed nbc ne saying rubio is the inwither of the caucuses. now, it doesn change delegate math all of that mump: >> come bienl that with a strong showing in virginia tonight. it could give him some momentum

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tonight against the penguins, huh? >> never count this capitals team out no matter how far they're behind. you know, in their last 18 games, 15 times the opposing team has scored the first goal. and that was the case again tonight against the penguins. but like so many other times before this season, the best team in hockey, they didn't panic. they traited 2-0 in this game. the caps tie this game at 2 in the third. they're on the power play here. buries the one-timer. a rock et right there. and the caps have a 3-2 lead. minute to play. trying to be the hero. the first in franchise history with c

your final score, 3-2. meanwhile, a big news play, the nonexclusive franchise play. they will make more than $20 million. the red skins so have it on july 5th in a long term deal. a senior night at the smith center. kevin larsson, saying good-bye against george mason. first half, it's the big fella. larsson knocking down the three opponent. gw is the half on the 10-0 run. second half, this time. patricio arena. the seniors, they go out with a w. the final score, 74-5.

hoyast down one. devonfe smith, a beautiful step back there. it's been a tough season. >> yeah, it is.

a winner tonight in vermont, oklahoma and colorado. hillary krin ton won seven

>> home at last after nearly a year up in space. scott kelly has just landed back on earth. kelly and a russian koz mo naught spent nearly 420 days. now facing a battery of medical tests under the effects of long term space fravl.

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