and just totally shocked. >> reporter: we met jim's wife. this is jan. >> i won't be walking after dark. >> reporter: does it make you rethink your habit? >> well, yeah. i felt pretty safe until found out about this. >> reporter: she's not the only one rethinking her surroundings. this young woman runs here daily. >> that's just shocking. i usually feel this neighborhood is very safe. you run through here about every day. to hear that such a vicious attack took place, i'm going to have to rethink my running routes. >> reporter: this past summer arlington county had about a half dozen similar assaults that they had to investigate. now, folks here, they're wondering are these connected to what happened here last night? we took that question to police. we'll tell you what they have to say about it ahead on news4 at 6:00. jim? >> david culver. david, thank you. now to the latest overseas where a memorial is growing in brussels after yesterday's deadly bombings that killed at least 34 and wounded more than 200. h

the man in the light colored jacket captured in yesterday's airport surveillance image. that search as authorities carried out more raids. nbc news reports recovered ammonium nitrate at the home of two suspected bombers has been seized. the same material used in the oklahoma city bombing, by the way. and we've learned one of the suspected airport bombers had been deported from turkey to the netherlands last summer but was allowed to go free because authorities couldn't find any ties to terror. and on friday secretary of state john kerry will travel to belgium. back here in washington, our mayor, muriel bowser, says the city remains, as always, at a heightened level of security. >> the chief, of course, works very closely with our federal intelligence agencies and moves resources around the city as they're needed. >> at least a dozen americans were hurt in yesterday's blast

from kentucky, remain unaccounted for. we have learned that one of the americans wounded at the airport had survived another attack just a few years ago. mason wells is one of the mormon missionaries from utah. he had just recently moved to brussels. his family said he was a block away from the boston marathon bombing three years ago and last fall he was stationed in france at the time of the paris attacks. >> we knew when the paris attacks happened that he was a few hours outside of paris. we weren'ts a concerned, but this time we were concerned because this was mason's area. this is where he walks every day. >> wells is expected to survey. he suffered a severed achilles tendon, shrapnel injuries, and several burns. -there is a growing memorial outside the belgian embassy. that's where vice president joe biden went today to sign a book of condoe

he's been receiving e-mails from people all over the world and even ambassadors here in d.c. have stopped by to offer their condolences and this morning vice president joe biden did the same. his motorcade arrived at around 10:00 this morning. he was accompanied by his wife, jill biden, and the vice president stayed for about 15 minutes, we're told, and he also signed the book of condolences. the ambassador says he appreciates the support and says the people of belgium won't allow terrorists to change their way of life. >> it's an attack against europe, against the values for which we stand, liberty, freedom, democracy, and we will continue to stand for those values. >> reporter: meanwhile, that makeshift memorial here outside of the embassy continues to grow as people stopping by to say prayers, lay flowers and plants and show their support for the people of belgium. reporting in northwest, meagan fitzgerald, news4. and stay with us on air and online for all the latest updates from belgium and

impact the attacks are having here and abroad. ahead in the next ten minutes, we'll have a live report from brussels. here at the live desk we're getting a warning from george mason university police. they're releasing some new information about two women who were sexually assaulted in the dorms. the first happened last thursday when a female student says she was raped and may have unknowingly been given a drug before the assault. she says she knew her attacker. in the second assault that happened very early monday morning, that student says she was raped by a man who she met through an online dating app. the university is encouraging students to report these sexual assaults and is offering confidential resources to any of the victims. wendy? also at george mason university, the university says that three students have been banned from the school's property after police found explosive materials in their dorm. the school says safety remains its top priority and a

suspension. police say the materials in the dorm room did not pose an immediate threat to the campus community. gmu is not identifying those stuments. students. police are looking for the person who killed a man in a prince george's county neighborhood. sources tell news4 that man was shot and burned. his body was found outside a home on hil mar drive off of suitland road in district heights. county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live with what we're learning now. >> reporter: prince george's county police confirmed this does not appear to be a random act. yet and still, people who live in this community are worried. people who live in this district heights neighborhood didn't want their faces shown as they described what they heard and saw because there's a killer on the loose. >> i just heard like two shots. i just heard them like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. right there i knew somebody must have got shot, got killed. >> reporter: sources close to

of hil mar drive. he was lying in the grass in front of someone's home in this townhouse complex. people who live inside this home refused comment. neighbors tell me they heard gunshots around midnight but didn't know exactly where they were coming from. >> i was sitting in the car. next ning i hear two shots. i'm like, dang, somebody chasing somebody. then i look, you hear about eight shots go off at one time. >> it was seven shots and my mother called the police around 12:00. >> reporter: police sent a cruiser but nothing was found. around 5:00 a.m., residents reported a fire under this bush. turns out it was the body of the victim. >> the body was set on fire. ambulance put it out. when he pulled him out, he didn't have any clothes on because they were all burnt. >> reporter: bullets were recovered from a nearby home and vehicle. evidence markers lined the sidewalk. what happened between the time neighbors heard gunshots and the body was found burning isti

>> we have a lot of resources out here working to discover suspects and motives at this time. >> reporter: at this point there's no information on a suspect or anyone in custody. prince george's county police are still investigating what happened here. reporting live in district heights, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. in the race for the white house, another delegate divide for both the democrats and the republicans. donald trump picked up a big win in arizona. ted cruz took utah, and today earned the endorsement from former rival jeb bush. checking out the latest delegate count, trump remains firmly ahead with more than half of the required delegates for that nomination. cruz is in second. kasich a distant third. and the democrat side, hillary clinton won arizona. bernie sanders claimed victory in both idaho and utah. but looking at the current delegate count, clinton is far ahead with nearly 70% of the delegates that are required to clinch that nomination. next up, the dems have caucuses on sur

and washington state. back close to home a former frederick county commissioner is facing prostitution charges this evening. court records show blain young had been charged mopped with four counts of prostitution earlier this week. it all stems from an incident last month. young served on the county board of commissioners from 2010 to 2014 when he ran an unsuccessful bid for counsel at the exty exe. he plans to plead not guilty. d.c. mayor muriel bowser is accusing the district's public service commission tonight of favoring government and commercial rate payers over d.c. residents. and she says there could be a rate hike as early as this summer. the agency approved the pepco/exelon merger today but exelon must agree to the regulators' terms on more than $70 million for customer discounts and energy conservation. whoa, it's so nice out there. guess where doug went? to the tidal basin

>> he's soaking it all in down there. how is it looking, buddy? >> it's looking great down here, guys. some people weather, absolutely. the start of the peak of the cherry blossoms for sure. some great times. where are you from? >> beverly hills! >> beverly hills? they're from beverly hills, virginia, which is fantastic. nice to see you, guys. beverly hills kids. that's what they do in the 90210. out there right now and pretty nice afternoon. let's take a look at temperatures because again absolute gorgeous weather. temperatures in the 70s all across the region. even across d.c. and maryland up towards parts of pennsylvania, everybody in the 70s right now. we're sitting at that 74 degree mark in the city. right now 67 back to the west in pittsburgh. but we're going to continue now down to 72 in d.c. rather and richmond coming in at 75. so we've got some fantastic weather. the peak just starting out. we've got a few trees in

blossom here and that's going to be the case over the next couple days. of course, the cherry blossom festival going all the way through april 17th. when you're out here live, you never know how many people are going to be around you watching the show. hi, guys. thereto you are. at least got to wave. i at least got a wave. high five? yes. back to you guys. >> all right. doug, thank you. police have identified the suspect in what looked like an attempted abduction of a young child at one of our busiest and most popular tourist attractions and the action of the chaperone helped protect that child possibly from being harmed. plus, remembering a hip-hop eyeson. the death of phife dawg and his last performance on nbc. nobody wants to lose money riding metro buthe t

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president obama reiterated the u.s. support for belgium today and he called for a united global front in defeating isis. >> meanwhile in brussels today, a memorial is growing as people mourn those killed and wounded in the terror attacks. we are live outside the scene of the subway explosion. >> that's right, wendy and jim. we are just down the street from maalbeek metro station. today marks the first of three days of national mourning after these blasts went off that killed 34 people and injured more than 250. >> reporter: this makeshift memorial continues to grow as mourners leave candles and flowers just outside the maalbeek metro station. >> we came to show solidarity with the colleagues. we don't know yet who were the victims.

>> reporter: these women fearsome of their colleagues died in the deadly terror attack. this was the after math of the train bombing. people desperately trying to help the injured. meanwhile, the serarch is intensifying for the third suspect. authorities now say they know who set off suicide bombs, brothers ibrahim and khalid el bakraoui. a third manna gym laachraoui is still on the loose. they raided a building believing laachraoui was inside. police cordoned off and blocked roads to assist with the search. >> it's a very strange feeling because we knew that it could happen here. >> reporter: we're hearing today that it is very likely that brussels airport will remain closed until

there will be some sort of return to normalcy in this country. we are live from brussels tonigh tonight. a developing story. some harsh findings from a task force that was created to investigate the lead contaminated water in flint, michigan. that task force issued a 62-page report plami blaming the city, and federal officials for this crisis. they said a mixture of ignorance, incompetence, arrogance created a toxic and tragic situation that could have been avoided and prevented. it is a reminder for many in the district who dealt with an equally frightening situation in the early 2000s. tap water samples taken in the city between 2001 and 2004 revealed a lead problem. it was 20 to 30 times worse than flint. on the nbc washington app, a digital exclusivee

to find out more, just search d.c. water. well, the maryland terps getting ready for their sweet 16 match-up against kansas tomorrow night. this game is special for so many reasons. carol maloney is live from louisville to tell us why it is extra special for maryland's head coach. hi, carol. >> reporter: hey, guys. yeah, you've probably heard that maryland's mark turgeon hails from topeka, kansas, and he was a ku guard from 1984 to 1987. today he left no doubt and it may be the most obvious thing ever said. mark turgeon is not in kansas anymore. >> the kansas thing is not that weird to me anymore or unique. it was a little bit that way the first time we played, but being at texas a&m we played them a lot and you get used to it. so i'd rather play them in a national championship game than a sweet 16 game, but here we are so we'll play. >> reporter: before they play it, a chance to play around. check outo

court shot bounced and in. trying to keep them loose and keep their minds on the match-up. how do you know that coach wants nothing to do with part of the story line? >> he told us that yesterday. he made it very clear that that has no effect on him. >> just because he went to kansas is not going to help us score any points. he always talks about his on the floor experience. >> coach is 100% locked in on us. he's excited for us as a team. this unit, what we accomplished this year, and the opportunity we still have going forward. he hasn't really talked that much about, you know, him being there. he's our coach, he's our leader for maryland, and, you know, we're ready to go out there and try to win for maryland. >> not saying he doesn't care about the school. of course that's where he graduated but i mean he just wants us to come out, have fun, and win, and i don't think he don't want no pressure

us. i think he wants to take it as another game and advance to the next round. >> reporter: advancing would mean that turgeon has done something he's never done before. he's 0-6 against his alma mater all coming with texas a&m. a win for maryland would break hearts across his hometown and he's fine with that. how he's going to do that, we'll talk about that on news4 at 6:00. >> thanks, carol. a group of nuns leading the protesters in washington. it's a battle over religious rights and birth control as it takes center stage at the supreme court. nbc's pete williams will explain why the nuns are leading the charge. plus, a deadly police shooting. why an officer in virginia used his gun during a traffic stop. a busy time down at the tidal basin, but we have rain in the forecast.

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well, everyone is down there at the tidal basin. it's a beautiful afternoon and, of course, the cherry blossom festival is under way and the blooms are starting to peak a little bit. maybe, doug? just a little? >> yeah, they really are, guys. it really depends which tree you look at. that's the thing right now. this is the start of the peak of the cherry blossoms. of course, that peak lasting about ten days, and the festival actually going right on from the weekend all the way to the middle of april. so you've got a lot of time to get down to the cherry blossoms but a lot of people taking it in today. by far the best weather we've seen this week. temperatures already in the 70s. i want to show you what's going on here because right now not quite at the peak. again, the peak is when 70% of the blossoms are peak. this of a tree not quite in paem season. you can see exactly what's happening here. just a few of the blossoms that are out on this particular tree. other trees, well, nearly full peak and it really

amazing the difference. the spectacular difference as one tree is bright white and the other trees not quite so much. this view across the tidal basin i have here, cannot wait to see that view with those trees all in white and pink. it's really going to be quite fascinating. out there temperaturewise, we're on the warm side for sure. plenty of sunshine. just a gorgeous afternoon. 72 degrees. winds out of the east right now at 17 miles per hour. temperatures around the rest of the region, we're in the 70s all across the area. 75 degrees right now over towards manassas. 75 towards fredericksburg. and 76 down towards patuxent river. a great afternoon for sure. nothing on the radar, all clear as far as that's concerned. as we move through the next couple days, we're going to be watching a storm system that right now is back towards colorado. it's bringing some snow and blizzard-like conditions. they actually had to shut down the airport back there. that same storm will move our way, but it will be so far to our north it will only bring us a chance for some shower activity. that coming on friday. let's take you tgh

nice and warm. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. on thursday night we start to see the clouds on the increase and then a good chance of shower activity coming in early friday morning. right during the morning rush. it may affect that early morning rush around the 7:00 a.m. hour in towards the early afternoon. we could see some showers too. this forecast a little different now. looks like this rain trying to stay with us a little bit more on friday but temperatures still in the 60s. now, let's take a look at the four-day forecast. next couple of days, high temperatures tomorrow right back where they were today if not a little bit warmer. we'll be a high of around 76 degrees tomorrow. we have that rain on friday. temperature around 69. if you're coming down here to the tidal basin, you may need the umbrella on friday but not on saturday and not on easter sunday. easter sunday looking like a nice day. temperatures in the mid up to upper 60s. i lo v this assignment. this is great. first time out all year and doesn't get better than this. >> you're in your element there. looking good down there, doug. thanks a lot.

studio so don't you forget it. >> when we come back tonight at 5:00, after the attacks in brussels, metro may be considering a change for riders here in washington. if there was a similar attack in our region. find out what that could mean for you. plus a deadly stabbing and the main suspect is a pregnant 16-year-old in the district. pat collins is in court getting the latest on this. and he was more than a rapper, he help set the stage for other hip-hop artists. later, a look back at the

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and at 5:30, metro is getting ready to vote on a plan to refund money to metro riders in case of service disruptions and other emergencies. >> it comes in the wake of those huge delays last week along the blue, orange, and silver lines. transportation reporter adam tuss is live now at the vienna metro station with a look at how it could become more of a priority and how it would work. adam? >> reporter: that's right, jim. you know, the general manager is loong

actually waive fares when there is an emergency situation. that incident at mcpherson square classifies as a situation where your fare would be waived. metro said in the future if you run into a situation like that, you shouldn't have to pay. what's fair is fair. and riders say they shouldn't have to pay when there are extraordinary delays. >> between rush hour fares and parking i spend about $15 a day to get into work. so it's frustrating. >> reporter: others with a much more harsh criticism of the delays and breakdowns. >> i was in london, paris, new york. this is the most outstanding mismanaged system in the world. >> reporter: paul wiedefeld has already taken some bold steps, like shutting the system down for emergency repairs. now another bold step as he asks for the ability to waive fares when the situation calls for it. >> these are complex organizations and you just got to manage them, and so, you know, can we do a better job?

>> reporter: the gm says frankly he shouldn't have to think about refunds. >> we have to do a better job so we never get to that stage. >> reporter: last week's unprecedented closure of the system for emergency cable repairs expected to cost the transit agency about $2 million in lost parking and rail revenue. this would be the first time any metro general manager has had the broad authority to give you your money back if the service level hits an emergency level. and metro is actually looking to give you more power when there are delays and breakdowns. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you how you can do that with just using your smart trip card. wendy, back to you. >> thanks, adam. a 16-year-old girl accused of stabbing another teenager to death is making her first appearance in juvenile court right now. >> this stems from a fight that broke out at a bus stop on benning road in southeast d.c. yesterday. pat collins is live outside d.c. superior court with n

pat, what are you hearing? >> reporter: she is 16 years old. she is 6 months pregnant, and tonight she's charged as a juvenile with second-degree murder. it happened yesterday morning at this bus stop on benning road in southeast. the victim identified as 19-year-old amanjane la-shell whitely stabbed to death during a fight here. clareta young said she saw the whole thing. >> and the girl stabbed her, stabbed her here, here, here, the thigh, and here. >> reporter: today the case was brought to juvenile court. on the stand a detective said that after the 16-year-old was arrested, she made this statement to police. she wanted to fight me. i whipped out my knife and stabbed her. i don't know how many times i stabbed her. i told her to wait until i had my baby to

i told her i'm six months pregnant. the mother of the 16-year-old says it's a case of self-defense, that the 19-year-old has been bullying her daughter for weeks. she said the 19-year-old followed her daughter to the bus stop yesterday morning. now, police say the murder weapon was a pink handled knife with a black blade about 3 1/2 inches. at one point the 19-year-old said if you're going to pull it, you better know how to use it. i do said the 16-year-old. more from the courtroom coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat collins. pat, thank you. we now know the name of the officer who shot and killed a man in fredericksburg. police tell us it happened after officer christopher brosmer stopped a driver yesterday wanted on a drug charge. that suspect, travis blair, took off dragging the officer about 600 feet before crashing into a

brossmer's gun went off and blair was shot in the leg. i died later at the hospital. six years after it became the law of the land, the supreme court is hearing another challenge to the affordable care act or obamacare as people like to call it. people lined up outside the high court for a chance to hear this case which was brought by the little sisters of the poor who say that the contraception mandate in that law violates their right to religious freedom. this is the fourth time the court has heard a challenge to obamacare. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is outside the supreme court now. what can we expect this time around? how is it sounding? >> reporter: well, it looked like it might be heading for a tie, wendy. here is the issue. the government says, yes, we understand you have a religious objection to providing contraceptives. all you have to do is provide written notice that you want to opt out and tell us the name of your insurance company. we'll take it from there. you don't have to pay for it. you don't have to manage it. you don't have to do anything at all. but the women's groups, the little sisters and

other -- dozens of other religious affiliated groups say even that is too much, that the government is taking over their health plan to provide contraceptives and they can't allow that. and today at least the court's four conservatives seemed to agree. chief justice john roberts said what the government wants to do is hijack their health care plans and justice anthony kennedy, who could be the likely vote here, the divisive vote, also used that word hijack. so you have a split here without justice scalia. the four conservatives, the four liberals. if this case does, in fact, result in a 4-4 tie, and it looked that way from the argument that it might, that would leave the lower court rulings intact. that would be bad for the little sisters because they lost in the court below, but some of these groups won and some lost so you'd have a split among the states. some women who work for these groups could get the contraceptive care and in other states they couldn't. jim and wendy. >> when do we expect a decision? >> reporter: late june. >> pete williams. thank u,

>> reporter: you bet. remember all those snow days for the schools during the blizzard? well, the schools in prince george's county have figured out how those days could impact summer vacation. but, doug, snow is the farthest thing from your mind. >> you're talking snow, wendy? we're down here talking the cherry blossoms. that snow a distant memory. we'll be back in a couple minutes. more on the cherry blossoms and the weeke

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diabetes. he struggled with diabetes for years. he last performed with a tribe called quest on the tonight show back in november. it was for the 25th anniversary of their hit single "can i kick it it". more than 100,000 cases of colon cancer are diagnosed every year. the guidelines recommend getting a first cancer screening at age 50 unless off family history but a troubling new uptick in cases have doctors wondering if they should change those rules. doreen gentzler is here with more. >> doctors are seeing more and more patients in their 20s and 30s often in advanced stages of the disease. the patients might have symptoms but because colon cancer typically happens to older people, many attribute their symptoms to something else. amanda did. >> it's very vague but unwell, off. things were just different. i was fatigued but i

off because i was a new mom. >> i'll have more of amanda's story tonight and what you should know when it comes to getting tested for colon cancer tonight on news4 at 11:00. >> good stuff. thank you, doreen. this is women's history month, and up next i'm going to introduce you to someone who knows me even better than wendy. >> what? thousands of children come and go from the air and space museum here every day. i'm mark segraves. now police have identified a suspect who they say tried to abduct one of those children. and we have some very may-like temperatures out there right now. mid-70s. the question is can it hold through your easter weekend? i'm back. doug's back.

police have identified the man who they say tried to kidnap a young child at the air and space museum. this is one of the most shared stories on our facebook page. today park police released a picture of a man who they are looking for. it's this man they say. news4's mark segraves is outside the museum with more on what police know about this guy and where they think he is. mark? >> reporter: good evening, wendy. yeah, police know who he is. they've actually issued an arrest warrant for him, but they say he may have left the country. but there is a second

to talk to, and they think he may still be in our area. >> in connection with the attempted abduction from the air and space museum, united states park police have identified a man and we believe him to be involved in the case we highlighted. >> reporter: it was thursday march 3rd between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. these two men were seen leaving the air and space museum. police say this man, 60-year-old bernard drai, took the hand of an elementary school aged child and began to talk away. that child was with a group when a chaperone noticed the man and child walking away. that chaperone began yelling at the man to leave the child alone. police say the man then boarded a white shuttle bus like this and left the area. they believe he has now left the country. but police are still looking for one man they say may still be in the area. this man, seen walking out of the museum directly behin

suspect. police add that the public can learn a good lesson from the actions of the chaperone in this case who saw something that didn't seem right and then took immediate action. >> in today's world you just never know. with the volume of people coming in and out of d.c. and with the people that live here and work here daily, it's important for all of us to keep our eyes open. if you see something, do not hesitate. if you think there's something wrong with a situation, do not hesitate to call 911. >> reporter: now, i poke spoke official with the smithsonian and they tell us more than 30,000 people come and go from just the air and space museum every day this time of year. they say they have no recollection of any reports of attempted onducti eed abduction memory. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what the police have told us about the travel patterns of the suspect that may give them a clue where they are. thanks. the school year wi

longer. june 20th will be the last day for students in prince george's county. the district needed to add four days to the end of the year because of all that big blizzardy snow. is that a meteorological term? blizzardy snow? it could have been more days but the state issued a waiver because of the bad weather. >> i guess it's true unless you're a senior. it's so good to not see snow or anything overcast or dreary today. >> which is why the first time when it's really sunny you love it which is why doug is having fun today. he's out down by the tidal basin. so we're kind of living through him, you know? really mild conditions today. like a may day for us. low to mid-70s across the area and that means a pretty good evening too. take a look down around the tidal basin with that sun soon setting after 7:00. mid-60s by the time we goat to 8:00 this evening. we've had a few high clouds but i think more and more of the clouds will be thinning as we turn mostly clear late. so nice and mild. nohe

to -- the weather is going to have a low impact on our area. even warmer conditions. it's going to be a little breezy during the afternoon hours, but, hey, that's just going to blow around more of the pollen that continues to build. cool start, 47 to 53. a little nippy in the morning but we'll warm very quickly. so for many of you, you'll be able to get by without the jacket. mid-70s or mid-60s by 11:00 a.m. and mid-70s in the afternoon. the change you will notice is when we have our next rain coming into the area. looks like for the friday morning rush. temperatures though will be in the low 60s across the area. we could get a little bit of wind with that rain as well. you can see we get a break on friday during the late morning hours, early afternoon. and then around 2:00, 3:00 it's another wave of rain that comes in. good news if you have plans to go out friday night. a lot of folks getting ready to start spring break coming through easter weekend. it's looking dry now after about 7:00 friday night. in terms of rain intensity, we're not going to get the heavy rain with it and not the light rain. we'll be somewhere in the middle and it could be

too on friday. for the weekend, cherry trees, yes, they will be i think hitting peak bloom by then. we're at 50% around the tidal basin. for the easter egg hunts it's looking dry. for any yard work, a lot of folks already talking about it. it's going to be a good weekend to prep the ground. around 60 degrees. we're seasonably cool on sunday. now looking milder on sunday with our temperatures getting into the upper 60s. but, again, nice weekend and looking like a pretty nice week after that rain on monday for all the spring breakers. i know doug is down by the tidal basin talking to folks from all over the country. doug? >> that's right, veronica. it's amazing how many people you meet. i have met people with south carolina, california a little earlier, and you saw the lady from as far away as maryland. yeah, she drove in earlier. probably took her just as long to get here from maryland as it did from those people in california. traffic down here has been a mess early. a lot of people down here. you guys are watching right now. they're down here.

they're down here right now checking out the cherry blossoms. peak season is when they have 70% of the blooms on the trees. right now i'd say we're at about 40% to 50% of the blooms across the region. that's going to increase over the next couple days so this is the start of the peak. ask the cherry blossom festival going on between now and april 17th. there's a family day from 9:00 to 5:00, take all the kids to see that and then, of course, the big parade on april 16th. i'm just happy to get out of the office a little bit on a beautiful day. temperatures in the 70s. you guys like this weather, right? >> yeah! >> i would say it doesn't get better than this, but guys, handily, it gets better that be this tomorrow. 76 degrees for a high. >> and you're going to be back down there? wendy and i will join you. we're all camping out down there. >> i'm calling in sick tomorrow. i'm off. >> all right, doug. thanks a lot. well, march is women's history month and the woman who has known me since the day i was born still inspires me and makes

we survived those awkward teenage years together and, yes, we could give each other as good as we got. she's my sister. >> reporter: it all started out sweet and innocent enough, but check out the kick from my older sis when i was the ripe old age of 1. little did she know i'd grow to be the bigger sibling soon enough. like most, we had our knock down, drag out fights. sometimes bruises, sometimes blood drawn scratches on those long trips in the family station wagon. but the battles were always over small stuff. for the big moments, the successes, challenges, and milestones in life, we've always had each other's backs. always that is since i was in the fifth grade walking after school one day i came across a crowd around an ambulance. my sister had just gone head first into the windshield of an oncoming van while riding her bike. there were no helmets back then, and we almost lost

something like that can shift how you few a sibling. sometimes i still think about that day when we report on cycling accidents that end tragically. how different things would have been. for one, the more than 2,000 students she's taught over 26 years would have never gotten to know who this biased brother can only assume would be their favorite teacher. to this day she's just as creative and passionate about teaching as her first year in the classroom. this is the same big sister who helped me get ready for school every fall, read to me, and being the first born let me know what i couldn't get away with. as with most teachers, she lights up seeing the curiosity in her students and she takes pride when they learn new things and dream big. you really come to appreciate your sibling when you lose a parent. our mom passed away three years ago. family and growing up together became our shared history that only we share. today

family grow and thrive, i chuckle hearing the same things that made us rebel and roll our eyes at our parents pass from her lips to her own now adult kids. so i salute my sister, katherine, for the difference she's made in my life and the lives she continues to touch today. just don't call her kathy or she might scratch or kick you. and, of course, there are plenty of other nicknames that i can't repeat on television, of course, and even though katherine lives about seven hours away, we talk four or five times a week on the phone like we can't talk with anybody else. >> you are very close. >> there's a language we speak. >> it's fun having siblings. and i love your sister. i love your sister and i love how close you are to her and her -- >> we've had our moments. i'm going to call her and find out what are some of the nicknam nicknames. i will share some of mine with her. >> we've got them, don't we? hey, it's because we are celebrating women's history month we're going to tell but

and the northern virginia community college to recognize the success of the women's cross country team and their head coach, nicole mancini. in honor of her community contributions, allstate donated $5,000 to doorways for women and families. that organization helps women with homelessness, domestic violence, and sexual assault. a major summer vacation destination is changing. first goes the casinos. well, now more changes have people out of a

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

first some major casinos in atlantic city closed and now it's city hall. >> they have no choice but to temporarily close city hall and that means employees could be working without a paycheck. >> we have more on the impact on city workers and the rest of the community. >> reporter: do you know now if you're going tav

the last information we got was after april 8th they're going to keep us or they're going to let us go and if they keep us, we're not going to get paid. >> reporter: the cement is churning but dennis mcreynolds doesn't know when the money will run out. today he directs crews on storm drain repairs, the residual damage of hurricane sandy. >> i'm a supervising for atlantic city public works. >> they earn $22,000 a year so to not get a paycheck for a few weeks -- >> it's harsh. i have a mortgage, kids in school. i'm the breadwinner. >> reporter: he's holding on to hope something will rescue atlantic city from having to shut down city hall april 8th. born here, latifa came to get her birth certificate. >> to see it going under. now city hall, the most vital part where people can come to get these, if this was closed and i had

long they would have took for me to even get my passport. >> reporter: the mayor plans to reveal on thursday how many of its 950 employees will be asked to work without a paycheck. many affected by the krcrisis weighing in on governor christie's approach for a full state controlled city. >> if you're going to be governor, show your strength that's beneficial for everybody, a good solution. don't just play the blame game. now at 6:00, new fears of violence all over europe in the wake of the terror attacks in brussels. a woman attacked and nearly abducted in arlington. tonight the case is raising questions about whether it's tied to a series of violent sex assaults in the same area over the summer. the race for the white house getting even uglier. we'll report why the candidates' wives are now in the middle

plus, the new effort to reimburse metro passengers for long delays and chaotic commutes. first tonight, a new warning after the terror attacks in brussels. there are potentially hundreds of isis fighters in europe right now planning more violence. >> a security official says the terror group trained at least 400 fighters specifically to hit european targets and fears of more attacks continue to grow as investigators learn more about the men who carried out the bombings in brussels. today we learned the names of two brothers who acted as suicide bombers. investigators say these guys were in trouble with police before. one of them had been deported to the netherlands after he was arrested in turkey. tonight we are also learning the airport in brussels will remain closed at least until saturday as people continue to pay tribute to the victims there. nbc's steve handelsman begins our coverage from brussels.