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you saw all hell break radios. this and that, incredible screens. >> packing a punch. this morning we're hearing what he has to say about the violent crescendo. and she's accused in the disappearance of her own son and daughter. what officials say catherine hoggle has tried more than once. >> and a look at radar. there is barely any trace of snow this morning.
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at 6:00, you can tell it's always overcast out there, but as far as all that snow, remember that that started falling in some spots last night? nowhere to be found. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today" on this sunday morning. first day of spring. i'm david culver, adam has the morning off. >> and hello, everyone. i'm angie goff and i'm with my pal tom kierein who is here to tell us more where did the snow go. >> we might get a little more this afternoon. but mostly rain will be falling this afternoon. in addition will, we might get a few wet snowflakes mixing in. there is storm team 4 radar showing an area of some rain that is now in southern maryland, northern neck of the eastern shore. that is all rain. and it's on the very northern extent of it there. you see a little patch of white just to the south of cambridge there, may be a few wet
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off to the north and east and as it does, we will have the ground beginning to dry out. it's chilly. we're just in the mid reagan national at 39. shenandoah valley, it's above freezing so the snow that fell there up to 3, 4, 5, 6 inches, it's been glradually melting overnight. higher elevations along the blue ridge, and the panhandle of west virginia. look at hour by hour timing for more rain on the way, that is coming up in a few minutes. today prince george's county police officers will hold a candlelight vigil to remember 29-year-old officer jacai colson. he was killed in a shootout with a suspect who police say wanted to provoke officers in to killing him. the vigil will be
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barlow road where the shooting happened. it begins a 4:15 this evening. at 4:30 which is the same time the shooting began last week, there is going to be a moment of silence. michael ford and his two brothers are charged with planning carrying out and recording that attack. more drama this morning on the campaign trail. another protester at a donald trump rally gets punched. this time in the state of arizona. two protesters were being escorted from the event when a man started punching and kicking one of them. the man assaulted was not seriously hurt. last night he spoke to nbc news about the whole or dedeal. >> this and that and stomping me. incredible scenes. i understand that people support
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scene really? >> the protests go on as the race for the whus heats up. chris pollone has more from the campaign trail. >> reporter: in tucson, violence marred another donald trump rally. video shows a man kicking and punching a protester who was being led from the arena before local police stepped in. the event was constantly interrupted. >> this disgusting guy puts a ku klux klan hat on. he's a disgusting guy. >> reporter: protesters in scottsdale blocked a road leading to the rally by parking their cars in the middle will of the road. the republican frontrunner ignored those protesters taking aim instead at republican insiders. >> you have the establishment, they don't foe what they're doing. >> reporter: bernie sanders also campaigning in arizona saturday. >> and attacks against people
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this country is supposed to be about. >> reporter: john kasich tried to stay above the fray while campaigni ining in utah. >> i will not at that time the low road to the highest office in the land. i will not do it. >> reporter: also campaigning in utah, ted cruz, did touchdown's chief rival. >> donald has been supporting liberal democratic politicians for 40 years. >> reporter: the gloves are off literally and figuratively, but will any of it slow trump's path to the nomination. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. 6:05 on this sunday. we're learning new details about how officials say katherining onle hoggle tried to break out of psychiatric hospital. the "washington post" reporting that hoggle has tried to e
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once she did get a hold of a staff member's badge. according to court documents, hoggle admitted to trying to break out in order to see her children, sarah and jacob with last seen with her mother in 2014. two americans among those dead following a suicide attack in istanbul. five people in all died, two have been identified as israeli americans with dual nationalities. the white house has called this a heinous attack. this is the sixth suicide bombing attack in turkey in the last year. so far no one has claimed responsibility. and this morning europe's most wanted man is behind bars talking to investigators about his connection to the terror attacks in paris. salah abdeslam was transferred to a high security prison in belgium one day after being captured in a police raid there. investigators say that he played a central role in the attacks driving some of attackers to paris. but he backed out of participating in
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himself. now he's fighting extradition to france. a traffic alert for you this morning. heads up, there will be tons of street closures in effect today for the scope it out 5 k race and walk. we can show you where they will be. many of them along pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 14th streets. stretching over to constitution and independence avenue. the closures will let up around noon today. so be careful while you're out and about this morning. another wild day this in the ncaa tournament. number one seed uva squeezing out a win and heading now to the sweet 16. this this is the second time for t in three years. they beat butler. and let's go terps, they take on hawaii out of spoof spokane, washington. carol malone will bring us a live report tonight at 6:00. this morning we're on, yeah, you guessed
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round two. we can show you a live look at the eagle cam, we're still waiting for the second egg to hatch. looks like they're sleeping there, mom is. yesterday we saw the beginning of some cracking of the egg. you can see that. the shell right there pushed through a little bit. i know there was some panic in the newsroom briefly where we thought perhaps this is it. all right. so they're taking in the sights just two days in to-at least that little one right there. d.c. 2 i believe the name. his parents fed some of the fish they had caught earlier. you can open up our app and check out more adorable pictures. people just loving this. >> they are. how long did it take for the first one to hatch? >> i don't know. folks are watching it really closely, though. if you're walking to church for palm sunday service, don't leave the house without that umbrella. when the rain and snow showers could return. and then we're talking
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is rg3 heading to cleveland? sources say robert griffin iii met with hue jackson and members of the front office in ohio after griffin's redskins departure. they just let johnny manziel go, so it looks like we'll have to wait and see what happens there. but people saying that the new head coach hue jackson has a really great
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be a stellar pairing. coming up on 6:30 right now. let's head over to tom kierein. a lot of folks talking about yesterday the concern of snow and rain. not too much lingering today. >> those flakes were like the pancake flakes, thissing down yesterday giant flakes, but melting almost as fast as they hit the ground. some of the north and western suburbs had about half an inch. in the mntdountains, anywhere f 2 to 6 inches. right now the rain has exited our region. still in southeastern virginia and lower part of the eastern shore. that's all tracking off to the north and east. and quickly pulling away. temperatures are chilly. all above freezing, so even though where the snow did fall, most of those locations the temperatures are a little above freezing, so we are getting some melting of the snow. right around the metro area, we're in the upper 30
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right around the bay. here's what to wear today. rep for a winterlike day this first day of spring. have the umbrella ready during the afternoon. dev definitely long pants because it will be a chilly day. through the day, by:0 10, just few lingering sprinkles. and then the rain will creep closer to washington by 2:00 this afternoon, maybe eastern is you bushesuburbs. light rain gets closer to the metro area by 4:00, 5:00. and then the rain does move in this evening. and maybe some snow showers way out in the mountains. and then colder air brings some snow down jersey, across the delaware bay on to the eastern shore where there could be some brief a accumulations on grassy areas. calvert, st. mary's, northern neck could get a brief accumulation of snow late tonight. and then dawn tomorrow, most of
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the day, chilly day. upper 30s, near 4011:00 to 1:00. only the low 40s between 2:00 and 6:00 with showers likely coming through. bus stop tomorrow morning, upper 30s with some sun. afternoon, low 50s and a blustery wind with the sunshine returning. four day forecast near 60 tuesday, low 70s to mid-70s wednesday and thursday. chillier toward the end of the the week. might get a little rain on friday. >> i'm still thinking about those pancake flakes. >> have to let that go. >> we're hungry. >> i like the 70s in the forecast. 6:15, next up reporter's notebook for you. a look at stories affecting our community. >> and we'll be back in 15 minutes. welcome to reporter's notebook. what a week we had. how did did you like your wednesday without metro? we learned a lot about our town and
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fit into downtown d.c., didn't we. wow, that was really a shock to the system, wasn't it, when we hear tuesday afternoon, hey, at like 4:30, met row is shutting down at midnight. >> first thing i thought about is that you really have to give the new head of metro credit. that is a gutty call. and that shows real leadership. now, the reality is that people are wondering what took the government so long to decide what are you going to do in terms of the next more than. the mayor said, well, business as usual. and when you think about it, i don't think we did id too badl. of course i did a lot of walking. >> it's good for you. >> that's right. but i will give the new head of metro -- you know, he showed real leadership. >> shows he's all business. he's his own man. >> that's right. >> and i think he looked at this
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if we shut it down for a darks it will cost us $2 million. if we don't, you just saw what happened when we he had a small fire, if something else happens, someone sues, it will cost you a lot more. so i would agree with joe, there is a new sheriff in town. i'm in charge, this is what we're going to do. and i think it showed itself because he made a decision quickly and he didn't really consult for too much time with anyone else. i think the mayor said she found out about an hour half before it happened. but i do think what is interesting, you see gerry connolly, congressman out of virginia, he's coming back saying, listen, some heads should roll over the findings here. we find these wires still not coated, not covered. ntsb put out a report a year ago saying these repairs should have been done. why haven't they been done. so as much credit as we give wiedefeld, i think connolly is still holding thei
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have been done a year ago. >> the issue is not inconvenience and it's not that people were able to get -- but the issue here is safety. and as connolly said and i've talked to him and the the other members of the local delegation, why are we doing this now when it should have been done in the past year. this electrical wiring needed to be repaired. they discovered it was this great it is repair disrepair. what took us so long. they all say who are we hiring, who are we firing. is there cronyism going on will. and i have heard from my own sources that there is cronyism on that level. that there isn't the supervision and the maintenance that there ought to be. so if they want heads to roll, then there has to be a response to metro. >> the cabinet member fox who testified this week, he said just what you said. there was some culture inside metro and i think he's absolutely right.
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in mind is that we've had deaths. you had a fire. and we have cherry blossom season coming up. so can you imagine what we saw on channel 4 this week with the what do they call them, the frayed -- >> the cables, the jumper cables. >> imagine if something would have happened while all these tourists were here for cherry blos oms. >> and you're trapped underneath in a smoky situation like we saw what happened at l'enfant plaza. >> it's not about money as it is about lives. >> money still plays a part. jack evans came out and they put money in front of it saying, listen, we need the money from congress to make these repairs. money that is being held up right now. so he put money out there. >> and an offshoot of this is these ride shares like uber, i think their ride share went up like 70% in that break. so in a
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ride sharing. you can see the taxi drivers saying wait a minute, this is something that as an offshoot helps the ride sharing even though i think -- >> money is not a factor in hiring, in firing and work maintenance and work habits. that's not money. but you're right, congress appropriates a certain amount of money, there should be matching funds. and d.c., maryland and virginia have they have been able to figure out on getting comparable matching funds. >> taxi commission, they change their rules. uber went up. and even the bicycles, i mean they even made -- >> but they give you a 24 hour -- you could join for free during wednesday. >> right. i think the other thing, if there was one negative point and it was that we were talking about down when i was around the agent 7 gallery place city center -- >> you said it looked like manhattan. fr
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had just come from manhattan the day before. it looked like manhattan. the next time the businesses should get together and stagger time off. so one group gets off at 2:00, one gets off at 4:00. that way you don't have everyone off at 5:00, 5:30. >> next time they shut down metro, is that what you're saying? is wiedefeld the guy to get rid? >> that's the question. he's shown excellence in his own characteristics. spotting a problem, doing something about it, not being afraid to it on probably the busiest travel day of the week. >> something unpopular. >> but it remains to be seen if he can get through whatever that bureaucracy is in metro. if he can get through that. and it will be interesting to see if the members of congress keep prodding him, make sure that he does. >> he did say more needs to be done. but i think what is interesting about this whole issue is that it sort of spreads out what so many other things that are going on
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secretary anthony fox. remember, he keeps making the point maryland, virginia and d.c., this oversight group that you need to put together and get it done quickly, he keeps saying i want it done by the end of the year in maryland, virginia. and they say our jen assemblies end in a couple weeks. so this puts more pressure i think on them to find a way to take control of the oversight. >> and when we talk about cronyism and i'm just thinking now, we always look at the staff, we always look at whoever the director is. these guys and ladies who sit on the board, come on. now, they have been sitting up will all this time and it's so easy for them to point fingers to the people below them. but what about their responsibilities as board members? maybe that's where the buck ought to stop is with them. >> okay. we'll so that right there and go to a commercial break. we'll be right back.
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welcome back. we had a tragic awful story that every day it just got worse and worse and this is the death of prince george's county police detective jacai colson. after someone -- after michael ford allegedly opened fire on the palmer park headquarters in prince george's county. undercover detective who helped, you know, engage the shooter and then we learned this is why the story just got more and more devastating, that he was killed by friendly fire when one of his officers responding to the chaos of the shooting mistakened him for the shooter. because he was in his
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outfit. where are the words. >> it's one of the worst kind of situations that you can have. and shows you often what police are dealing with. you have to have a quick response, you have to react quickly. as you mentioned, in this case the undercover officer was not dressed. did not have a vest on because of that unfortunately. and whether or not his fellow officers even knew who he was because, you know, he was undercover. i will give the police force credit in this sense is that they came out very quickly and said this was friendly fire. you know, it would have been easy to sort of still have the investigation, but to really not sort of get in to that. you could say we're not sure what happened there. so i think it's good at least in this tragic situation that they're being as transparent as they can be early on. >> and a
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i almost hate the term friendly fire because i know that the family of detective colson, there is nothing friendly about that. and i was wondering if there is something that is required when you're an undercover officer in order to maintain your anonymity so that you can operate safely and penetrate these groups that you're trying to crack, that maybe you're not -- your rank and file are not supposed to know you so that no one can leak who you are and expose you and expose you to the danger of that exposure. so i'm just wondering -- but i don't know. >> i'm sure in a lessons learned situation, they will go over that kind of thing and coordination. you wonder about that. but it's such a bizarre incident. here are these people on a suicide mission against that, a police station. they were just walking in. they were aiming at declaring war on iit this place sta.
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in the room is once again the issue of gun control control. if in fact we're dealing with -- and i don't know if we are -- but whatever the mental state, but if we're dealing with individuals who do have a mental problem, once again, how is it that they got the fwuguns to atk the police department. >> the gun was stolen. >> there you go. see, this is once again an issue that we just honestly have to look at in addition to all the other things. but you're right, you have to give the prince george's county police chief credit. he did not try to cover this up. they came out. they -- and we have to be very careful because it is and ongoing investigation and we need to wait and see what happens. but i think the issue of gun control should be at the top when they look into this. >> but i also think, you know, we've seen this nationwide, but locally we've seen this, you know, tragically in the last couple of weeks.
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and whether or not there is this so-called attack on police. we see the video of police dealing with civilians. and now you have many police unions around the nation who are saying we feel like we'ring attacked. and when i talked to this former officer, i said do you feel like for you that it's really open season on police. and more so than in the past. and this officer said, no, i don't think so. i don't think it's any different. >> it isn't. and the statistics -- and this is not just anecdotal. the statistics and reporting -- >> are actually lower. >> absolutely right. shows that. but once again -- here is the other issue. everybody talks about if you've got a fwun gun, it's safety. this is a perfect example, here you have trained policemen who have guns and they ended up shooting one of their opwn. and people say just give me a gun and i'm in a crow
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to shoot. >> it's like the fog of war. >> and we don't know the motive yet, the thinking is this is a bizarre incident with unstable people, not a direct assault on police. we don't know that yet. but you're right, police must will be very peerffearful at th point. >> and michael ford, the alleged gun man, he said that he wanted to commit suicide by cop. and his two brothers were videotaping the act as he opened fire on the station. and an ambulance and two cars. he was just firing wildly. and then there is that, you know, suicide by cop. >> he wanted on make himself a martyr, then i somewhat retract what i just said. this is another attempt to get the police. but it's thush because unusual mental instability. >> and the whole thing of social
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media and everyone will be is star, have their 15 minutes of fame. all right. so something happy we'll end on in our last minute before cherry blossom festival starts this weekend. peak bloom has changed constantly now. is it going to be this wednesday and thursday? do we believe it? >> they can't really predict. i don't know if we can. my family is ready to go. my daughter has terrible allergies, so she says no. but i think they were -- it was supposed to be about 70 or 80 degrees at this time like two weeks ago. >> just keep the spoke awsnow a. >> that will do it for us. enjoy the cherry blossoms if you see them. have a good one.
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at 6:30, we are now six hours into the first day of spring. not feeling like it, though. we're off to a cold blustery and in some parts snowy start. >> you're looking live at radar showing a little blue, a little green this morning. and not one, but two live looks outside for you, a lot of you saw some snow where you live last night, but as you take a look at your window now, there is probably none to be be found. it's 6:31. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm david culver. adam has the morning off. let's get right to tom kyrgios o kyrgios oierein and the first d spring. >> psychologically, i'm already there. it's march 20th. first day of spring. that should lift your spirits. certainly not going to feel
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february. we're starting off with quite a chill in the air. get something chilly rain all that area in the moving color, that is rain. southeastern virginia, northern neck, and on the eastern shore. tracking off to the north and east. no more rain in the metro area, no more snow. that has all ended. and we have temperatures that have remained above freezing most locations. in the mid and upper 30s. near 40 fredegrees right arounde bay. so the snow that fell continues to melt. a cold morning. afternoon sprinkles and then evening rain likely much of the region, but wet snow on the eastern shore is possible late afternoon and into the evening hours. we'll take a look at that in the hour by hour timing coming up. happening today, president obama going to be the first u.s. president in nearly 90 years to step foot on cuban soil. the president and his family going to arrive in havana today.
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state dinner and catch a baseball game. he also will meet with political dissidents and address the island nation through a it televised speech. last minute preps are under way in havana for the president's visit. all week workers have been painting walls along the streets where the obama family will take a tour today. many city roads also being repaved. some of this work has not been done in havana in decades. cubans say they're eager to see how much reform president obama will call for during his visit to the islands nation. in our next hour, you will hear from some of those cubans that we met on our trip to havana last month. as for the cuban government, they say they want to see the u.s. trade embargo lifted and they want guantanamo closed and returned. search and rescue operations are over after a flydubai jet crashed on landing. physicians are still trying to figure out exactly what caused the crash that killed all 62 people on board. right now the weather is amon
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the issues being considered. and we continue to work to find out what caused a house fire in riverdale maryland on tuckerman street yesterday. two people live at the house but no one was at home at the time. officials believe the house is a total loss. this past week's metro shutdown is costing local transit agencies big. wtop reporting that the fairfax connector for example spent $10,000 to run emergency shuttle routes. .entire metro system shut down on wednesday for a rail wide safety inspection. now, the pair fd.c. circulator buses also transported folks for free. metro inspection revealed badly damaged power cables. happening today, a healthy discussion about teen dating violence. co
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high school students physically hurt by their partner. it is called the choose respect conference. you can join the discussion at richard montgomery high school that starts at 1:00 p.m. also happening today, there is another chance to support the prince william county police officers who survived a shooting on the job. a fund raiser is happening today at the blu 1681 bar in woodbridge. proceeds support officer h echlt mchm den. and they're planning to land in the parking lot of the restaurant and to a shift change while there. that will all start at 3:30 this afternoon. and this comes after what you see here, saturday a very successful fundraiser in prince william county. the hero workout as it was called benefited the family of fallen police officer ashley guindon and the two other officers you saw there who
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cross fit woodbridge developed the workout and sponsored the benefit. one of the injured officers jes jes jesse hempen attended the event. >> my physical therapy and everything, so doing well. >> you can still help the police fundraising effort. just search hero workout in the nbc washington app. and as you can see, they had quite a showing. a lot of folks there wanting to offer their support in some way. >> really pushing themselves to help these officers. and it's important to note that 100% of the proceeds will be split among the three families. >> well deserved. the time is 6:36. it you know take is the first official day of the national cherry blossom festival. there will be musical performers all day starting at noon. they will happen until 5:00 this evening. peak bloom for the
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this thursday. after another day of violent protests, the effort to, quote, dump trump continues. but what will it take to stop him from claiming the republican nomination? chuck todd joining us live next to talk about it all. putting the brakes on driving. why more and more teenagers are waiting to get their driver's license.
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i'll take on republicans - for all of us. police make a disturbing discovery while investigating a shooting. they found a man shot on golden leaf circle late friday night. but while police were canvassing the neighborhood, they found another man dead. his body found on blue gray circle. police have not said how the man died, but some neighbors are thinking about making some changes. >> i don't know how much longer we'll
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something you want to have happen this your neighborhood all the time. in police still have not released the identity of the man who died. d.c. police need your help solving two different robberies died. d.c. police need your help solving two different robberies. they are looking for this person who entered a building on h street northeast thursday night. police say that the man stole money and electronics. thursday d.c. police say this man pick pocketed a woman. the suspect reached in to a woman's purse and stole personal items from it. women, ell, as most know, i right of passage, getting a driver's license. but did you know more and more teens are actually saying no thanks? at least for now? joe fryer reports on what is steering this trend. >> reporter: when the school day comes to an end, will is where the rubber meets the road for many students. even though millie jones is nearly 18,
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nearly 18, she walks just about everywhere. >> i don't feel like i'm really missing out on that much by not having a car. >> reporter: at nathan hale high school, millie is far from alone. show of hands who here does not have their driver's license? everyone in this group relies on the city bus or their own two feet. >> i have a lot of friends who drive and a lot that don't. so i say it's like 50/50. >> reporter: it's a national trend. far fewer teens are rushing to the dmv when they turn 16. report by the university of michigan found will in 19 83, 8d their license, and by 2014, it dropped to 60%. why? >> insurance, we don't have the money. >> mainly because i think my mom is a little scared for me to get one. >> reporter: researchers also say teens today are too busy and surprisingly can still rely on the family taxi. >> there is a recent
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with parptd parents driving them to school. >> reporter: ride sharing services also offer a way to get around or like this group, you can just call your friends. >> even though it's uncomfortable, even though it can be tedious and annoying to have to ask people, it works. >> reporter: for students who are getting a license, many must now pay commercial companies like defensive driving school because fewer public schools are offering driver's ed. as for millie -- >> i feel okay without a driver's license. >> reporter: -- she's this no rush. life is fast enough already even without a license to drive. joe fryer, nbc news, seattle. now to politics. donald trump has been dominating the headlines in decision 2016. >> and that even more true now. but not necessarily for the same reasons. we have "meet the press" moderator chuck todd with us. so this unified strategy to stop trump, we saw romney coming out saying he was going to vote for cruz.
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what do you make of the strategy? >> well, there is no -- i mean there is an idea to stop him, but there is no cohesive strategy. that's been the problem. there is no -- will everybody rally ou and kasichstart colluding based on who has the better shot at getting delegates. there is certainly a desire, perhaps even a majority of republicans who would like this. there just doesn't seem to be focus on how to do it. >> romney has come out and said that he doesn't think that anyone will have enough delegates at the end. and that there will be a contested convention. >> and i think it's a little less than 50/50 that we have a contested convention. i think we'll learn a lot on tuesday. it looks like it will be two splits, the two states that are up there with trump winning arizona, probably cruz winning utah. we'll learn a lot in wisconsin rs
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on the calendar after this tuesday. and it's an open state, but it's a teach of state kasich has done well in the past. a lot of people can cross over like virginia can, anybody can vote in either primary. so if they stop him there, then i'll be more convinced that we'll have a contested convention. >> and when we look did at the democratic party, the new report suggesting that president obama should come behind hillary clinton and support her. what do we think his role will be as we go forward? >> i think he wants to play an active role in this general election. trump in particular does motivate him in a way that maybe another opponent of hers wouldn't have been as motivating to him. so will there is that. he wants to fight the supreme court nominee and i believe he thinks doing it on the campaign trail is the best way. i wouldn't be surprised if before the end of this month, he comes out. >> and that will be a big topic on your show today.
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and mcconnell. there has been enough hypocrisy over the years that about it were water in washington, the senate would have drowned a long time ago. but they're definitely trying to fight the same fight that they fought eight years ago except on the other side of the argument. >> and i know you'll be speaking with john kasich, as well. and recently he made that news because he said that he would consider nominating merrick garland. >> he told me that. i happened to interview him yesterday and he told me that. i guess he told a couple others that. he has since walked that back, but it was way of saying i'll consider all types of people. i did take it when he said it as, look, i'll consider all. doesn't mean i'll nominate him, but i'll consider anybody. it was just to me a very kasichy answer. but i can see how he felt the need to walk it back. >> kasichy. >> well, the longer he's in the race, you'llnd
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trust me. >> all right. three hours and 45 minutes until your show starts. >> two hours and 45 minutes. >> am i off on my time? >> you haven't sprung forward yet. we go 10:30. >> so am i right? >> you're right on that hath. fair enough. >> this is a first. 10:30 in either case. we won't make you do the math. chuck todd right here on "meet the press." thank you, chuck. >> before 7:00 a.m., we don't do ma math. that's right. take da is palm sunday and this morning the palm branches will be blessed. christians believe palm sunday signifies jesus christ's journey to jerusalem. so a lot of people probably up getting ready for church saying wher t
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i will tell you, the kids got a kick out of it yesterday. they love seeing tbig flakes. >> size of dipp dinner plates. they were melting almost as fast as they landed. suburbs about half an inch, but some locations in mountains picked up 5, 6, 7 inches of wet snow. and that has gradually been melting overnight. as we've stayed above freezing, radar showing some showers on the eastern shore. that is rain, not snow. the area of moving color is rain. southeastern virginia, lower part of the bay, eastern shore, still getting light rain there along the atlantic beaches. that is moving off to the north and east. and pulling away. as we go forward later this morning, heigmight get a few sn showers out in the mountains. the green is light rain. by 10:00 maybe a little light rain richmond over to the northern neck. around 2:00, the rain gets
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eastern, southern suburbs by 4:00, light rain. but then it doeshe troh area, eastern, southern suburbs by 4:00, light rain. but then it does start filling in. by 8:00, it's all rain in the metro area and across virginia. but there is colder air that will be sneaking down across jersey into northern delaware in the form of some snow take will move a little bit farther south by midnight tonight on the eastern shore, some of the grassy areas there may get a little bit of accumulation. may briefly get into anne arundel, calvert, st. mary's, northern neck by around between 3:00, 4:00. briefly. just maybe a brief accumulation on the grassy areas there. and then the snow away the eastern shore tapering off and ending during the day on monday during the morning hours. chilly day for a bike ride. but should stay dry until about 1:00, 2:00. and at 4:00 to the early evening hours, we'll be getting wet. it will be chilly,
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layer up. at the bus stop tomorrow morning, you'll immediate yome gear. just in the upper 30s. and during the afternoon with sunshine and a bit of a blustery wind, but should be climbing into the low 50s by monday afternoon. four day forecast, milder weather moves in tuesday. partly cloudy, 30s in the morning. but soaring to near 60 tuesday afternoon. but look at wednesday, feast your eyes on wednesday and thursday. afternoon highs low to mid-70s. that will coax those cherry blossoms out. we should get peak blossoms coming out by wednesday and thursday with the temperatures low to mid-70s. and then toward the end of the week, friday might get a little light rain. mainly in the morning with some sun back in the afternoon. and cooler, high around 60. and then a bit of a chill in the air on saturday in the upper 50s. we'll have partly cloudy sky and cool next saturday.
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game on the line for maryland in round one and it's a little player making a big difference. 12 seconds left, jalen brantley stepping up. he tells us it's the voice in his head that helped save the game. >> all i could think about is mom just mad at the tv that i missed the shot. so i just wanted to make the shot. it calmed me down a lot, just to make me laugh a bit. soma t made the shot. >> did you call your mom some in yeah. gli told him he had to call bank on that first one and he didn't do that. so second one he switched. >> just as important, his
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forcing a turnover leading to a game saving dunk. >> i think it showed how valuable is he is team. everybody believes in him will. so he's definitely a valuable asset for us. and i think going forward his confidence will continue to elevate and he'll continue to be an integral part of our team. >> have to stay ready because you never know what will happen like yesterday. in foul drill andtrouble and i step up. so just stay positive mentally. >> this is my first time being here, so it's just a lot of fun from me. this is all different from what i'm coming from, so i'm just happy to be here. >> advancing to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2003, what makes the terps beyond happy. tip tonight versus hawaii at 7:00. from spokane, carol maloney, news 4 sp
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today. this morning we are officially on eagle watch again. here is a live look at the eagle cam. we are still waiting for the second egg to hatch. and president obama will be the first u.s. president in nearly nine decades to step food on cuban soil. he will meet with raul castro, attend a state a dinner and catch a baseball game. morning we're learning catherine hoggle tried to break out of her maximum security psychiatric hospital eight times. hoggle is expected in the disappearance of her two children from germantown. today a vigil for a fallen officer, jacai colson. it will start at 4:15 at the district 3 station in palmer park. and then at 4:30 this afternoon, which is the exact time that he was shot one week ago, they will hold a moment of silence.
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official day for the cherry blossom festival. peak bloom will be thursday. if you go to our nbc washington app, those are some of the most popular stories we're seeing people tune into. >> and the eaglets. >> and that. we have a link to the eagle cam. waiting for d.c. 3 to finally break out of his shell. we've already seen it crack. >> a lot of excitement there. search eagle if you want to check that out. we have much more ahead on "news 4 today." >> and that includes an hour by hour look at your forecast with meteorologist tom kiern. ei
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you saw all hell break loose. this and that and stomping me. incredible scenes. packing a punch, a protester gets hit and kicked after interrupting a donald trump rally and this morning we're hearing what he had to say about the violent crescendo that took place. and she's accused this in the disappearance of her son and daughter, but that is not all. what officials say catherine hoggle has tried to do more than once while at a psychiatric hospital. and where is that snow in take a live look at radar. just hours after flakes fell, there is no trace of snow this morning in many of our places.
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a live look outside where you can tell a little overcast to start out this sunday morning. but the snow that started falling in some spots last night, you won't find that around here. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm david culver in for adam. >> and i'm angie goff right here with my good pal tom kierein, we're in the storm team 4 "weather center." and we're talking more clouds, more chill today. and you've already confessed to checking out of winter already. you're ready to spring. >> psychologically i'm all in. 12 is here, it arrived 12:30 a.m. but the calendar is not cooperating with the weather. that's for sure. because the temperatures are feeling pore like winter this morning. we're getting more some rain. the moving color is rain on the storm team 4 radar. that is in far southern maryland and the northern neck. it's quickly crossing the bay heading out over toward atlantic beaches. got another area of just a few snow flui
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patches of gray frederick county, up near the pennsylvania border, a few scattered flurries there this morning. a lot of clouds around. quite a chill in the air. it's above freezing, though. so wherever the snow fell, especially the higher elevations where there was over 4 inches in many locations there, it's a little bit above freezing. near 40 around washington, right by the chesapeake bay. but there are the low delay chilly clouds over washington how. a cold morning. afternoon sprinkles, and some evening rain is likely and even some wet snow on the eastern shore. today prince george's county police officers will hold a candlelight vigil, they will remember 28-year-old officer jacai colson. he died one week ago take. officer colson was killed during a shoot-out with a suspect who police say wanted to provoke officers into killing him. the vigil will be at the district 3 police station on barlow road in palmer park. it's also where the shooting happened
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the same time the shooting began, there will be a moment of silence. michael ford and his two brothers, elijah and malik, are charged with planning, carrying out and recording that attack. this morning on the campaign trail, another protester at a donald trump rally gets punched, this time in arizona. two protesters were being escorted from the event when a man started punching and kicking one of them. the man assaulted was not seriously hurt. last night he spoke to nbc news about the ordeal. >> this and that and he's stomping me. incredible scenes. i understand that people support donald trump, but do they support this kind of scene really? >> the protest goes on as the race not white house heats up. chris pollone has more from the campaign trail.
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>> reporter: in tucson, violence marred another donald trump rally. video shows a man kicking and punching a protester who was being led from the arena before local police stepped in. the event was constantly interrupted. >> this disgusting guy puts a ku klux klan hat on. he's a disgusting guy. >> reporter: protesters in scottsdale blocked a road leading to the rally by parking their cars in the middle of the road. the republican frontrunner ignored those protesters taking aim instead at republican insiders. >> you have the establishment, they don't know what they're doing. >> reporter: bernie sanders also campaigning in arizona saturday. >> and attacks against people in a very personal way is not what this country is supposed to be about. >> reporter: john kasich tried to stay above the fray while campaigning in utah.
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>> i will not take the the low road to the highest office in the land. i will not do it. >> reporter: also campaigning in utah, ted cruz, trump's chief rival. >> donald has been supporting liberal democratic politicians for 40 years. >> reporter: the gloves are off literally and figuratively, but will any of it slow trump's path to the nomination. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. 7:05. we're learning new details about how officials say katherine hoggle tried to break out of psychiatric hospital. the "washington post" reporting that hoggle has tried to escape at least eight times, but never succeeded. once she did get a hold of a staff member's badge. according to court documents, hoggle admitted to trying to break out in order to see her children, sarah and jacob with last seen with her mother in 2014.
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two americans among those dead following a suicide attack in istanbul. five people in all died, two have been identified as israeli americans with dual nationalities. the white house has called this a heinous attack. this is the sixth suicide bombing attack in turkey in the last year. so far no one has claimed responsibility. and this morning europe's most wanted man is behind bars talking to investigators about his connection to the terror attacks in paris. salah abdeslam was transferred to a high security prison in belgium one day after being captured in a police raid there. investigators say that he played a central role in the attacks driving some of attackers to paris. but he backed out of participating in the attacks himself. now he's fighting extradition to france. a traffic alert for you this morning. closures in effect today for the scope it out 5 k race and walk. we can show you e
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many of them along pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 14th streets. stretching over to constitution and independence avenue. the closures will let up around noon today. so be careful while you're out and about this morning. another wild day in the ncaa tournament. number one seed uva squeezing out a win and heading now to the sweet 16. this is the second time in three years. they beat butler. and let's go terps, they take on hawaii out of spokane, washington. carol malone will bring us a live report tonight at 6:00. >> and even bigger than march madness, eagle watch. we can show you a live look at the eagle cam, we're still waiting for the second egg to hatch. she's awake. >> see, it works. had her coffee.
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d.c. 2 is the first eaglet's na name. really catchy there. you can check out more of adorable pictures. people are watching this for hours. >> kids are loving it. >> pandas are getting jealous. >> that's right. if you're walking to church for palm sunday service, don't leave the house without that umbrella. when the rain and snow showers could return. and then we're talking rg3. is it possible that he found a new home? the team rumored to be interested in the former redskins quarterback. and the historic trip president obama will make in just a matter of hours.
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is rg3 heading to cleveland? sources say robert griffin iii met with hue jackson and members of the front office in ohio after griffin's redskins departure. they just let johnny manziel go, so it looks like we'll have to wait and see what happens there. he was also hosted by the jets. so he's looking. a new documentary is giving an inside look at the british royal family ahead of queen elizabeth's 90th birthday. >> they got close access
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members of the mop monarchy. the duchess says the queen has helped her transition to royal life and cope with public scrutiny. >> she was very supportive. she made sure that i was happy and looked after which probably is just a small element. shows how caring she is. >> it's incredible to see how trance pasparent the family has. it will be shown on sunday march 27 on britain's network. >> the queen is cool. on youtube and everything. 7:12. take a live look outside. the sun trying to come up. most of you are waking up in the 30s this morning. but meteorologist tom kierein says the 70s are back in the forecast. halleluj hallelujah. when we can expect that warm-up.
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u taking a zumba class? talking broken markers, tire tracks over graves, grieving families contacted the iteam about the damage they saw in a local cemetery and how they had to pay for the repairs. >> scott macfarlane found out what do if
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damage. >> reporter: jesse spent more than a half century married to her husband, willie. >> it's very difficult. i miss him a lot. we did everything together. >> reporter: he died in 2013. mccray bought the burial plot next to her husband's and a headstone that will eventually bear both their names. >> i know it's going to happen. >> reporter: until then, this it temporary plaque marks the resting place. but it's not the first or second plaque she has bought. sglifs ve >> i was very devastated what i found. the place we had purchased was broken to pieces. >> reporter: the grounds keepers trae trackers may have run over it but it was up to her to play for the replacement. and her granddaughter also witnessed the damage. >> my granddad's name was not
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>> reporter: when the news 4 iteam visited the cemetery last year and again this year, we also found several chipped, cracked or broken grave markers at fort lincoln. the director of the office of cemetery oversight receives complaints. in the last year the iteam found there have been 183 complaints statewide, 40% jump from the previous year. harris davis says her office can level penalties, but we found the state has yet to do that. >> never issued a citation or violati violation? >> never. never issued a fine either. >> reporter: she says thfd she and another inspector will check out the problems themselves and if they find cemetery to fix i. this this gets customers a faster resolution. >> they comply. they do comply. sometimes it takes a little more
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>> reporter: the company that owns fort lincoln cemetery told the iteam it couldn't share details on the mccray family case but that it takes all client complaints very seriously and that fort lincoln's policy on replacing markers damaged by maintenance crews only applies to permanent ones, not the temporary markers who have not designed to last and endure the elements. you abo but even harris davis says no family should ever have to pay for damage that is not their fault. >> people pay a lot of money for those graves. it's not acceptable to us at all. >> and scott macfarlane reporting there. jesse mccray and her family did not file a complaint with the state at first because they didn't know that they could. but now they have started that process. we have details about how you can get the a cemetery complaint resolved on our nbc washington app. click investigations. tom kierein with us now. we coordinated for the first day
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>> yeah, just trying to lift my mood and maybe yours. >> it's cold, rainy, snow in some parts? >> maybe wet snow maybe this afternoon and this evening, but we had the big pancake size flakes coming down yesterday afternoon. they're long gone. right now radar showing some rain on the eastern shore and southeastern virginia. that rain tracking off to the north and east and pulling away temporarily. it's all part of a developing area of coastal low pressure with a southwesterly flow taking that away. we will have hour by hour here just light rain, maybe a little bit of wet snow out here in mountains. but staying dry in the metro area. these little areas this green are potential zones of some light rain. and that is going to be creeping up southern maryland, our eastern suburbs by 2:00 it afternoon. and on the eastern shore, that's rain. and then it moves right into washington and our nearby suburbs in maryland by 4:00 p.m. much of northern virginia and
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during the evening hours. big area of rain moves on through. and this area in the lavender color, that is a zone of some snow that will be developing and creeping back down toward us as we get into around midnight tonight and then overnight tonight, maybe briefly some wet snow around the metro area and points south and east. but really no accumulation. maybe a light a accumulation southern maryland, northern neck and the eastern shore. on grassy areas only. so if you plan on a run this morning, you will stay try until 2:00, 3:00, but then showers move in. we'll hover in the low 40s. and then by dawn tomorrow, the upper 30s as we clear out and it will be cold, but in the upper tir 30s. so whatever snow did does fall tonight will be melting off for the morning commute tomorrow. and then during the afternoon, you're heading back home, it will be breezy, temperatures touching the low 50s tomorrow afternoon. storm team 4 four day forecast as
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cloudy day and milder weather moving this, although another cold morning in the upper 30s. afternoon highs on tuesday should make it up to right around 60 degrees. now, feast your eyes on wednesday and thursday. mild temperatures moving in both days in the low and mid-70s. morning lows 40s on wednesday, 50s on thursday. take will get the cherry blossoms to come out on wednesday and thursday. then on friday, maybe getting a morning shower midday shower and then a little sun back in the afternoon with highs around 60 degrees. here is a look at next weekend. next saturday, cool day, some sunshine, temperatures in the upper 50s. and then next sunday a week from today, looking kind of rainy now with temperatures in the upper 50s for next weekend. so big changes on the way here over the next seven days with the cold temperatures today and chance of rain and snow tonight. blustery winds tomorrow in the 50s p. and then near 60 tuesday. and
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week. up and down we go. it must be spring. >> thank you, tom. new develops just days after a passenger jet crashed while landing in russia. >> wh glenn: the republicans: government shutdowns threatening federal workers; over 60 votes to repeal obamacare. now they're refusing to even consider president obama's nominee for the supreme court. it disrespects the president and all of us --
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test to more quickly determine whether a person has zika virus. pregnant women are most at risk from severe complications of zika which has been linked to birth defects. it was a miracle birth, their baby one of the smallest born in the country to survive. in his short life, nathan has been through so much and continues on with the fight. >> truly blessed that he's here. i thank god every day that he's here. >> reporter: eric and mary says it's nothing short of a miracle. it was dream week 24, hair world came crashing down. >> i knew something was off. my ob knew something was off the way i looked. >> reporter: mary was diagnosed with preeclampsia, and now faced with delivering her baby boy 16 weeks early. >> would he survive basically. >> reporter: nathan came in
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he was only 10 inches long. >> his first picture i have my pinky right next to his hand. and my nail of my pinky is as big as his hand. >> reporter: this doctor has more than 30 years experience. mahan is the smallest baby they have ever had in the nic chu. >> there have been ear others of this small. >> reporter: he had kidney failure, a brain bleed, pneumonia. the heartbeat showed nathan's were not staying consistent. >> in his case, it clearly gave us a warning that things were changing before any of us could make that assessment. and in fact he was developing pneumonia and got quite ill. >> reporter: armed with antibiotics, this super hero bounced back. >> from the minute i saw his first ultrasound, i knew he was going to be a fighter. he had his hands up like he was fighting. >> reporter: this was the size
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was first born. you can see how small it is. his parents say this the super here owo was a fight aer. he's quintupled his size. weighing in now at nearly 5 pounds. >> i can't believe how big he's got. >> reporter: his parents cherish every moment and now they just hope to bring him home. >> for him to be here still is a miracle. >> and a little hero indeed. >> good story. the snow and rain you saw last night, it's gone for now. but could we see a repeat later today? storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has a look at your weather headlines. and putting the brakes on driving and why more and more tes areen
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at 7:30, we are now seven hours into the first day of spring. doesn't it feel like it? no, we're off to a cold blustery and snowy start in some spots. >> you are looking live at a lot. storm team # ream 4 ray dadar s and green. a lot of you saw some snow last night a, but if you look out the window right now, most likely it is nowhere to be found. welcome back. i'm angie goff.
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adam has the morning off. let's get right to tom kierein who is tracking some moisture still left out will. >> yeah, still getting some rain far south and east of the metro area. the wet snow we had overnight is long gone, but it leave several inches on the ground in elevations above 1,000 feet or so. locally about half an inch on glass city areas north and west of the metro area. right now just low clouds passing over the metro area. with chilly temperature, cold morning, afternoon sprinkles. your weather headlines for this sunday also include evening rain likely. and a chance of some wet snow mixing this in tonight. right now the rain continuing to track off to the north and east pulling away from the metro area. could have a little bit of
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pennsylvania border. i have new timing on the rain coming in late today coming up. happening today, president obama going to be the first u.u.s. president in nearly 90 years to step foot on cuban soil. president and his family arriving in that shana lathavan. he will meet with raul castro, attend a state dinner and a baseball game. several state and local leaders have made recent trips to cuba all in hopes of establishing lasting business relationships. we were in havana just last month and met cubans who were preparing for today, the president's historic trip. >> reporter: following the dmv delegation's historic trip cuba this meant a warm embrace, could you bans now preparing for an even
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president is following us cuba. >> reporter: with so many recent visits to their country, we wanted to know what they think of the planned trip. of those we spoke with, the excitement held true. guarded optimism over these new relations. i asked this man what needs to change here. everything, he says. pointing specifically to the economy. he says that the food situation is horrific, prices soaring. >> you understand the spirit of the people here a lot more once you're here. >> reporter: daniella is an nyu student studying here for the semester.
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interested in returning. >> in the end they encouraged me to come to learn more about my family and where we came from. >> reporter: she and fellow nyu student driven by curiosity surprised by how closely cubans are following the u.s. elections. >> and it's really surprised me because i didn't expect cuban people to know that much considering the information they get is often censored. but they seem to know a lot about the american politics. >> reporter: as for how the new relations, these high profile visits and the next u.s. president might impact cubans, still to be determined. >> the president will also meet with political dissidents and address the island nation through a televised speech. search and rescue operations are over after a flydubai jet crashed on landing. you're looking at video of recovery efforts. officials are still trying to figure out exactlyat
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the crash. it killed all 62 people on board. right now the weather is among the issues. we're still working to find out what caused a house fire in riverdale on tuckerman street about 1:00 in the morning yesterday. two people live at that house but no one was home at the time. officials believe the home is a total loss. metro shutdown is costing local transit agencies bringing. wtop reporting that fairfax connector spent $10,000 to run emergency shuttle routes. the entire metro system you'll recall was shut down for a day on wednesday all for safety inspections. the fairfax county department of transportation says it will cover the cost. d.c. circulator buses also transported folks for free. the ddot says it will cover those costs. metro in-sectispection revealed damaged power cables. happening today, a healthy discussion about
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violence. community members will gather to talk about the one in ten high school students that have been physically hurt by their partner. it is called choose respect conference. and you can join the discussion at richard montgomery high school starting at the 1:00 p.m. also happening today, another chance to saupt the prince william county officers who survived a shooting on the job. a funds raiser happening today at the blu 1681 bar in woodbridge. proceeds will support officers jels city hempen and david hk come mccown. the helicopter crew who through ashley beg ashl ashley guindon will also land there. all of it begins at 3:30. and there was a hero workout benefited the family of fallen officer guindon and the other
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cross fit woodbridge developed the workout and sponsored the benefit. one of the injured officers jesse hempen attended the event. >> starting to be able to move around a little bit. my physical therapy and everything. so doing well. >> you can still help in the police fund raising effort. just question to our nbc washington app and search hero workout. >> jesse looked great. >> everybody supporting the recovery there. well, we are rooting for them. and it's 7:37. take by the way, the first official day of the cherry blossom festival. unfortunately we're using our umbrellas this weekend. there will be musical performances noon to 5:00. peak bloom by the way
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was pushed back until thursday. >> it is cloudy out there, but tom kierein says you will need a the sun graglasses tomorrow. >> and we are all over this camera this morning. eagle watch 2016 continues. you're looking live at the d.c. eagle cam where we are still waiting for the second egg to hatch. you can watch it live on the nbc washington app.
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back at 7:40. a one was shot and killed after she threatened police with a gun. turns out the gun was fake. police say she pointed what looked like a gun at
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man and two officers opened fire. the officers say she made a threatening move. her family says that she was a mother of four. this is the third police-involved shooting in authorize follo norfolk this year. and fears are growing over lead in the school district's water after a lab found elevated levels. the newark district quickly shut off sinks and fountains and has offered to test at many as 17,000 kids for contamination. officials have actually been testing the water for unsafe lead levels since 2003. the school superintendent believes it's time for federal investigators to get involved. given and you live look outside this morning on this first official day of spring. doesn't really feel like it, hoe. >> a lot of you saw rain, snow or even both last night. tom says you might see more today. he's back with that and your "7-day forecast."
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welcome back. the "today" show is next. >> and let's get a preview with sheinelle jones and craig melvin. >> good morning. >> coming up on a sunday morning, more violence at the du donald trump's rallies. we'll talk o
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>> and also ahead, silicon valley geeking out with its first ever comic-con event. it is the brain child steve wozniak. we'll talk to him about that and also about apple's ongoing fight against the federal government. plus we'll introduce you to the 14-year-old rock climbing sensation who is making her way to the top of some impressive heights. and she's even showing dylan a thing or two. flori >> and breaking news from the eagle cam as you probably know by now, baby number intwo has hatched there. we're all over the latest greatest eagle news when we get started. and we should also know i know you spent a fair amount of time in cuba on assignment. we're also live in cuba this morning ahead of the president's visit. >> it is a historic trip, yeah. and eagle cam is all the rage here. >> we've been obsessed. i haven't been tweeting all morning because it's constantly on eagle
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on darn cute. >> d.c. 2 and 3. >> catchy names. >> you just broke some news. >> that's the name. there you go. guys, we'll see you coming up. 7:46 is your time. in prince william county, police made a disturbing discovery while investigating a shooting. they found a man shot on golden leaf circle late friday night, but while canvassing the neighborhood, they found another than dead on blue gray circle. police have not said how that man died. some neighbors are thinking about making some changes, though. >> i don't know how much longer we'll be here, but it's not something you want to have happen in your neighborhood all the time. >> police still have not released the identity of that man who died. in the district, police there need your help solving two different robberies. they're looking for this person, they say he
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on h street northeast thursday night. police say the man stole money and electronics. on thursday police say he pick pocketed a woman i street northwest. the suspect reached into a woman's purse and stole some personal items. it is 7:47. as most teenagers and their cautious parents know, it takes right of passage getting a driver's license. but did you know that more and more teenagers are saying no thanks at least for now? joe fryer reports on what is steering the trend. >> reporter: when the school day comes to an end, this is where the rubber meets the road for many students. even though millie jones is nearly 18, she walks just about everywhere. >> i don't feel like i'm really missing out on that much by not having a car. >> reporter: at nathan hale high school, millie is far from alone. show of hands who here does not have their driver's license? everyone in tgr
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the city bus or their own two feet. >> i have a lot of friends who drive and a lot that don't. so i say it's like 50/50. >> reporter: it's a national trend. far fewer teens are rushing to the dmv when they turn 16. report by the university of michigan found in 1983, 80% had their license, and by 2014, it dropped to 60%. why? >> insurance, we don't have the money. >> mainly because i think my mom is a little scared for me to get one. >> reporter: researchers also say teens today are too busy and surprisingly can still rely on the family taxi. >> there is a recent phenomenon with parents driving them to school. >> reporter: ride sharing services also offer a way to get around or like this group, you can just call your friends. >> even though it's uncomfortable, even though it can be tedious and annoying to have to ask people, i
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are getting a license, many must now pay commercial companies like defensive driving school because fewer public schools are offering driver's ed. as for millie -- >> i feel okay without a driver's license. >> reporter: -- she's in no rush. life is fast enough already even without a license to drive. joe fryer, nbc news, seattle. >> i remember i had high learner's permit probably about 16 months. i liked being driven around. >> we're talking about getting out this morning and people who are planning to walk anywhere, they will need to keep the umbrella in hand even though a lot of the snow melted overnight. >> calendar is not cooperating with the weather or the other way around. it's supposed to be the first day of spring. and it is astronomically. but it's certainly not feeling like it. about you do plan on a morning run, layer up as you strap on your running shoes. we'll have temperes
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hours. your forecast going forward for the rest of the day, getting some exercise, there will be a chill in the air. so layer up a little bit and then have an umbrella handy. you may be dodging interest raindrops during the latter part of the afternoon into early this evening as we hold steady in the low 40s. storm team 4 radar showing some rain showers exiting virginia now in the eastern shore, those are quickly pulling away off to the north and east. here is the hour by hour timing of another round of some rain beginning to move in later this morning. by 10:00, we'll still be dry throughout most of the region. and during the afternoon, we'll begin to see some rain developing, southern maryland, up through virginia, coming into our eastern suburbs by 2:00 p.m. and then after that coming right into the district and maryland. by 4:00 this afternoon, rain continues to move through and then a rainy evening, by 8:00 p.m., it's all rain. and then cold air starts
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and changing the rain into snow p. and some of the cold air tries to drag the snow area down into our southern and eastern suburbs around midnight. maybe even parts of virginia and the district. may get wet snowflakes 2:00 to 5:00 a.m. monday. and then monday morning by #:8:, maybe lingering snow. on friday, i took about picture in northern montgomery county of the happy daffodils. and yesterday afternoon, i took the same location photo of sad taf dil daffodils of snow. this is in northern montgomery county. but all of that is now melted off. bus stop forecast tomorrow morning, it will be cold in the upper 30s. partly cloudy. a blustery wind. and during the afternoon with the sun back, we'll be in the low 50s on monday afternoon. big changes on the way as we get into the rest of the week. tuesday, partly cloudy, 30s in
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near 60 degrees with a lighter wind. and then on wednesday and thursday, soaring into the low and mid-70s both of those days. 40s in the morning wednesday, thursday morning in the 50s. so mild days coming in, that will get the cherry blossoms to come out. already some have popped and starting to show up, but likely still some peak blossoms expected wednesday and thursday perhaps into friday. friday morning height get a little bit of rain. some sun back in the afternoon. highs right around 60 degrees. and then on saturday, temperatures in the upper 50s. next sunday we might get some rain.
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we need women in congress. if we want to be heard, it was the women who forced republicans to include women's health and contraceptive coverage in the affordable care act. in congress, i'll fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. and, as an environmentalist, i'll work combat climate change. i know as a journalist and as a senior executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. i'm kathleen mathews and i approve this message.
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game on the line if maryland in round one and it's a little used player making a big difference. 12 seconds left, jalen brantley stepping up. he tells us it's the voice in his head that helped save the game. >> all i could think about is mom just mad at the tv that i missed the shot. so i just wanted to make the shot. it calmed me down a lot, just to make me laugh a bit. made the shot. >> did you call your mom? >> yeah. >> i told him he had to call bank on that first one and he didn't do that. so second one he switched. >> just as important, his defense on the next play. forcing a turnover leading to a game saving dunk. >> i think it showed how
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valuable he is to the team. everybody believes in him. so he's definitely a valuable asset for us. and i think going forward his confidence will continue to elevate and he'll continue to be an integral part of our team. >> have to stay ready because you never know what will happen like yesterday. in foul trouble and i had to step up. so just stay positive mentally. >> this is my first time being here, so it's just a lot of fun from me. this is all different from what i'm coming from, so i'm just happy to be here. >> advancing to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2003, what makes the terps beyond happy. tip tonight versus hawaii at 7:00. from spokane, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> and we have to show you the live eagle cam. everybody is wondering about d.c.
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>> the newest addition. >> look at that, that is a picture of the whole family. first family right there. wow. >> on saturday we showed you that the second egg started to crack. i think it's called pitting. but about an hour ago, that's m when we saw the pictures emerge of the second eaglet. how cute are they. and they were doing feeding time this morning. just precious. >> with mom and dad right there. they wanted to wait until spring. >> good day to be born. >> that wll do iti f
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good morning. all-out brawl, violence breaks out at a donald trump criminally rally in arizona. at least one arrest. this morning the man is speaking out. >> what was going through my mind was put your arms over your head because this political movement has gotten to the point where you may get beat to death inside of a rally. >> trump's campaign manager wading into the crowd to grab another protester. this as the race to stop the billionaire becomes more frantic. we're live on the campaign trail this morning. historic visit. president obama set to arrive in cuba later today, first visit by any sitting president in nearly 100 years. what it means for the relationship between the united states and

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