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.

off new attacks by surviving terrorists. belgium's federal prosecutor admitting only one of the men in yesterday's surveillance shot is identified. ibrahim el bakraoui in the middle killed in the airport suicide bombing. police say the man at the left may not be ibrahim's brother khalid who died in the metro attack ap, and they did not say who the man in white is or where he might be. police are questioning a fourth suspect. after the attacks that killed 34, including the bombers, and wounded over 270, sources tell nbc news police found at the brothers' house along with an isis flag and unexploded bombs, ammonium nitrate, the same easily made high explosive used by timothy mcveigh in the oklahoma city bombing in 1995. last week when police arrested salah abdeslam, the key suspect in the paris attacks,

an apartment rented by one of yesterday's bombers. it's all one isis cell, and people in belgium expect another attack. >> i think terrorists can do anywhere, but, you know, you can't stop them but you can't -- they can't stop us. >> reporter: and luigi, who ran from the train station yesterday then went back, he said, to render aid, is out again today. >> the message is that, you know, we have to keep believing and we need to stand together and face this problem. >> reporter: hundreds in brussels stood together today to honor the victims and defy the terrorists. the brussels attack highlights the difficulty of preventing a terrorist attack on soft targets. those are places terrorists can easily hide and cause widespread damage. tom costello reports on what you can do to make yourself less vulnerable. >> reporter: look around. soft targets are everywhere.

restaurants, shopping malls. any place where people come and go freely without significant security can be considered a soft target. easy for terrorists to attack. >> if you have a determined terrorist who is willing to give up their lives, it's almost impossible to prevent that across the board. >> reporter: we've seen it multiple times with devastating effect. london 2005, 52 dead, 700 wounded after coordinated suicide attacks on the subway and bus systems. in paris last year, terrorists struck a theater, restaurant, and kosher market. 130 killed, hundreds wounded. and in this country a self radicalized couple working out of their home shot and killed 14 people wounding 21 at a holiday party. police later found three pipe bombs and speculated the terrorists had planned more attacks. >> in democracies there are certain places where by definition you need lots of people to go

set up where there's security because then you simply couldn't have the flow of people you need. >> reporter: in the wake of the brussels' attacks, securities at airports worldwide has been beefed up this morning. but experts say outside security screening areas, they can be as vuler innage as shopping malls. >> airports are not -- they're not built like castles, not built with security in mind. a lot of them are built for shopping, transportation and shopping. >> reporter: experts say especially when it comes to soft targets, the public has to be extra vigilant looking out for people who seem to be surveilling a location, gathering information about things like shift changes, and testing security with false alarms. >> it boils down, and this is a saying that's a cliche, but i believe in it, see something, say something. >> it has become cliche and yet that is also the most critical deterrent, say security experts, to preventing a terrorist attack.

safer we all are. i'm tom costello here in the network newsroom. back to you. >> thank you, tom. tonight a memorial is growing outside the belgium embassy in northwest. people are laying flowers there in honor of those who were killed. vice president joe biden came by today to sign a book of condolences. he says the belgium people want to show the world the terrorists won't change their way of life. tonight, george mason university police are alerting students after two sex assaults in campus residence halls in the past week. the first one happened last thursday. a female student says she was raped and may have unknowingly been drugged before the assault. she says she knew her attacker. the second assault happened very early monday morning. that student says she was raped by a man who she met through an online dating app. all of this comes as the university is taking action against three students who were arrested for making bombs

having bombmaking materials. those suspects have now been kicked off campus. police arrested them last week after reports of flames shooting out of their dorm window. investigators found drug paraphernalia inside along with match books, lighter fluid, a pvc pipe and other items that can be used to make bombs. tonight arlington county police are trying to find two men who are accused of attacking a woman. it happened along north columbus street as the victim was out on an evening stroll. neighbors are asking david culver if the crime is related to assaults from last summer. he joins us live now with some answers. david? >> reporter: hi there, doreen. this most recent attack happened right here in front of the entrance to lubber run park. really it's a pleasant area but it's created this uneasiness with neighbors that i have spoken with tonight, and as you mentioned, they're asking me if this most recent attack could be connected to more cases. >> i walk every day, twice a day

>> reporter: jan hall finally has pleasant weather and a beautiful neighborhood to make those outdoor walks. though after last night -- >> i won't be walking after dark around here. >> reporter: does it really make you rethink your habit? >> well, yeah. i mean, i felt pretty safe until found out about this. >> reporter: around 8:30 tuesday night, police say a woman decided to go for an evening stroll. as she gotter in t er inear the lubber run park she noticed two men following here. >> one grabbed her and put his hands over her mouth. >> reporter: they then touched the woman inappropriately. she fought them off, got away, called police. >> they came up behind young women and put bags over their heads and that's kind of what this is. maybe they're copycat or something. >> reporter: jan is connecting the similarities to a string of sexual assaults from this past summer. but police already made two arrests in those

but is it fair to say these are not connected? >> correct. we have two individuals in custody. we were able to connect them through dna evidence. >> reporter: that would mean two more bold attackers are out there. uneasy for this young woman who is like jan and rethinking her routine. >> i think it's just disappointing because a lot of people consider this to be such a good, safe, almost family-oriented neighborhood. it's been on the rise for a few years. when something like this happens, it's just very discouraging. >> reporter: the victim was able to give police a rather detailed description of her attackers. you can read that under my twitter handle @david-sul vculv. a neighborhood of prince george's county has changed. neighbors woke up to find a man's body on a front lawn. somebody had shot him and burned him. tracee wilkins with the latest on the iti

just a few minutes ago this was a southeast man. 32-year-old rashad garnet tate is the man who police say was found burned here in front of this home. when you walk over there, you can still smell the smoke. people who live in this community say they are afraid. >> we don't have stuff like that happening over here. very rarely. i mean, in this area it's quiet over here. >> reporter: most people who live in this district heights neighborhood did not 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 him like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. right there just knew somebody must have got shot and got killed. >> reporter: sources close to this investigation say a man was shot to death in the 5100 block 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

next thing i hear two shots. i'm like, dang, somebody chasing somebody. then i look, you just heard about eight shots go off at one time. >> it was seven shots and my mother called the police. she called the police around 12:00. >> reporter: police said they sent a cruiser but nothing was found. around 5:00, residents reported a fire under this bush. turns out it was the body of a victim. >> the body was still on fire. when they pulled him out, he didn't have any clothes on because they were all burned. >> 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 is still under investigation. >> as you can see, we're only a little bit into this investigation. we have a lot of resources out here working to discover suspects and motives at this time. >> reporter: it's important for folks who live in this community to know that prince george's county police do not believe this was a random act and that this man was targeted. they are offering a

can lead to an arrest and conviction in this case. reporting live in district heights, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. thank you, tracee. turning to our weather now, big crowds today as people turned out to see some of the cherry blossoms at peak bloom. >> you know who loves this kind of weather? it is our doug kammerer. you know where he is today? at the tidal basin, of course. doug? >> had to get down here, guys. we take this shot from our city cam every single day, and right now is the time we're just about at peak bloom here. peak bloom begins today, tomorrow, and then lasts all the way through the next ten days. right now i'd say about 40% to 50% of those blooms are out. so the many people out here. really quite amazed how many people are out here during the day. it was a lot harder to get here than usual. traffic going to be a big issue but weatherwise you could not have a better dan. the numbers speak for themselves. 70

time of year. that's exactly what we have. currently 71 in d.c. 72 hagerstown. richmond coming in at 74. down towards norfolk around the virginia beach area, 78. tomorrow we get even warmer, guys. some better weather tomorrow and then we have a chance for some spring showers. we'll talk about when that rain moves in coming up in a couple minutes. >> see you then. thank you, doug. next, a new clue as police search for it's men who tried to kidnap a child from a popular tourist attraction. getting personal now. we'll tell you why donald trump and ted cruz are trading new attacks as their wives are now caught up in the middle of a bitter feud. tens of thousands of dollars in medical equipment missing and posted for sale on ebay. what the investigat

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president obama's affordable care act. nbc's brian mooar has the heated debate. ♪ >> reporter: the sixth anniversary of obamacare was marked by his his fourth challe at the u.s. supreme court. the deep divisions of opinion on display outside were seemingly reflected by the justices inside. in a showdown pitting birth control rights against religious liberty. at the center of it all, this unassuming group of nuns. >> where the government is requiring us to make changes in our health care -- our religious health care plans to include services that really violate our deepest held religious beliefs. >> reporter: little sisters of the poor and a collection of other religious groups are challenging obamacare's birth control mandate. the government and obamacare proponents argue the law includes a simple opt out specially designed for these groups. >> the

for, or even appearing to approve of the services that they find objectionable. but they aren't taking yes for an answer. >> reporter: but the religious groups say that would turn them from conscientious objectors to collaborators. >> reporter: all eyes were on the swing vote justin anthony kennedy who seemed to side with the little sisters. >> even justice kennedy referred to the word hijacking. he said is this not hijacking the plan of those who object to these services? >> reporter: and that foreshadows the possibility of a 4-4 tie letting previous lower court rulings stand. effectively another win for obamacare. and until justice scalia's seat is filled, those 4-4 stalemates, which do not become the law of the land, may well become the new normal. live at the supreme court, i'm brian mooa

>> thanks, brian. turning to the race for the white house now, bernie sanders and ted cruz are banking on yesterday's wins to stall the momentum of their opponents. sanders and cruz won the idaho caucuses and the utah primaries. donald trump and hillary clinton claimed victories in arizona. taking a look now at the current delegate count, trump leads the republican field with 744 delegates. 1237 is the magic number for the nomination there. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is leading bernie sanders by 700 delegates. it takes a total of 2,383 delegates to win that party's nomination. the battle between donald trump and ted cruz is getting nastier and certainly more personal. trump is blaming cruz for an ad that's airing. it's an ad that features a semi nude photo of h

trump. last night trump posted a message on twitter threatening to, quote, spill the beans, unquote on cruz's wife. but cruz's campaign says it had nothing to do with that ad. it was created by an anti-trump super pac called make america awesome again. >> and then he tries to attack and bully people, and that is his pattern he does over and over again. and i will say even for donald though he reached a new low. it's one thing to try to attack another candidate. it's another thing to come after my wife. >> reporter: heidi cruz, his wife, rallied for her husband in wisconsin today. she told reporters that cruz will not stoop to trump's level. federal agencies are investigating whether an employee at the u.s. navy facility in ba these da is stealing medical quiget and s l

selling it on ebay. >> at least $18,000 worth of medical equipment at the naval support activity complex in bethesda just off wisconsin avenue. it's the same complex th-- but search warrant and affidavit from the feds say the thefts have been happening at a military medical training facility there called the uniform services university. medical dummies, tubing equipment, and electronics turned up missing from a storage closet beginning in december. an investigator with the ncis, the naval criminal investigative service, reported the same items were spotted posted on ebay. the feds subpoenaed ebay for information about the seller and they found the seller was an employee. we checked and found images listed by that same seller identified at the court filings still posted on ebay. medical devices and training equipment included. ncis won't comment to news4 say it doe't

investigations. they have searched the suspect's car. the suspect is named in the court filing but the feds say no charges have been filed yet. we'll keep watching. jim? >> thanks, scott. a new scandal for a maryland politician. he's facing charges after an undercover sting at a hotel. she's 16 years old, she's 6 months pregnant. she's charged with second-degree murder. what happened in court today might surprise you.

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you add that with the holiday weekend and you really do have some great weather combined with what's happening down here at the tidal basin. peak blooms starting now but not quite there just yet. i'm with the national park service. we were just talking about this. not peak just yet but you say come on down because the next couple days going to be fantastic. >> we're probably just this side of peak. temperatures in the 70s today, forecast tomorrow the same. that's going to be the final push i think we need. make no mistake, there's a great show already under way around the tidal basin. you don't need to wait for it to be officially at 70% to see the sights. >> you're 100% dependent on the weather for the festival and for the blossoms. >> the forecast we do for when peak is going to occur is contingent on the weather forecast. we also look at the historic forecast. what are the blooms telling us. we factored in a five

that week where we were 20 degrees above every day. so, yeah, it slid around this year much more than usual. we'll come back and point the fingers at the meteorologists on that one. >> if i find one i'll be sure to talk to him for you. next couple days really looking good weatherwise. the with unthing he doesn't want to see a heavy rain and wind. we have a little bit of wind coming tomorrow and we also have a little bit of rain but not together and not too strong. 71 degrees right now. a little bit of wind with winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour. as we move around the west of the region, everybody got into the 70s early and we're still there for the most part. 74 around waldorf. 75 in fredericksburg and 75 in leesburg. no rain or snow, so those cherry blossoms a-okay tonight. what i am watching the wider view. not much in the way of sunshine. so the full moon, nearly a full moon coming up, should be a nice moon rise. back towards denver though, they're under blizzard warnings.

today they have a blizzard. the airport closed. it will go way to our north. we're going to stay on the warm side but it will bring us the shower chances tomorrow night into friday. let's talk about that shower chance. thursday, warm, plenty of sunshine tomorrow. here come the clouds and the rain in here by around 7:00 a.m. it may impact that morning rush. and the showers may stick around. if you're thinking about coming down on friday, you may be dodging some showers. you may need the umbrellas on friday but this weekend no problem at all. let's take you through the next couple days and show you what we are going to be dealing with temperaturewise. temperatures the next few days, high temperatures tomorrow into the 70s. 76 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow. 69 on friday with that chance for some shower activity. most of it early and then this weekend come on down this weekend. a high of 60 on saturday. 68, easter sunday really looking od. and even next week temperatures remain above average. the only system i'm worried about not just for the cherry blossoms but for the rest of us, monday's system could be a

we could see heavy rain. get down here while you can. a lot of other people down here too. they expect normally about 1.5 million people. now it's 1.5 million and one. glad we made it. >> thank you, doug. metro overhaul. we'll break down the new plan to refund ride whose deal with major delays. coming up on news4, a man tries to abduct a child outside the air and space museum. i'm mark segraves. why this has now become an international manhunt. and a deadly stabbing involving teenage girls. one of them was pregnant. they were in court today and we leaed what happened justrn

here at the live desk, we're getting our first look at some brush fires that are definitely causing a snarl to the evening commute. chopper4 just got over the scene. this is in

100. you can see the smoke kicking up from the brush fires. the firefighters are there on the ground trying to create a barrier. they're a few feet off the tracks but again with this smoke kicking up like that, marc trains are holding all their trains away from that area. so this is impacting the area around the dorsey station not far from the baltimore/washington parkway. the fire department is down there on the scene. no estimate right now how long these fires are going to delay those trains. we're going to keep an eye on it, bring you any updates on the nbc washington app. >> thanks, chris. homeland security now involved in an attempted abduction at a popular tourist attraction. >> today police released a new picture of a person of interest. they say this man tried to grab a child from the air and space museum on the national mall earlier this month. >> mark segraves is outside the museum with new details on the manhu manhunt. >> reporter: jim and

police have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect they believe is responsible for this. it happened as this child was walking out of the doors at the air and space museum a few weeks ago but police say they believe the suspect has fled the country and he may have gone to israel. >> we all have to work together to make sure everybody is safe. >> reporter: everyone working together is why the young child is safe today. police say if it hadn't been for an alert chaperone, this incident could have had a much worse outcome. police have identified the suspect who is known to have ties to israel and canada. it was thursday march 3rd between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. these two men were seen leaving the air and space museum from the exit that leads to the national mall. police say this man, 60-year-old bernard drai, took the hand of an elementary school aged child and began to walk away. that child was with a group when a chaperone noticed the man and child walking away. that chaperone began yelling at

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. police have issued an arrest warrant for drai and have alerted immigration and customs enforcement. police are still looking to interview the second man seen walking out of the museum with him. >> we need people to know that we will seriously investigate it and they can't get away with that on our watch. >> reporter: now, one thing police say did delay this investigation, the victim and the chaperone did not report the attempted abduction until they got home later that day. police would not say what nationality the suspect is. jim, back to you. >> mark segraves, thanks a lot. a former frederick county, maryland, commissioner is facing prostitutios prostitution charges. blaine young is accused of offering an undercover

money for sex. they say he responded to an escort ad on the website back page. he met the undercover officer at a hotel last month in anne arundel county. he's facing up to four years in prison if he's convicted. young's lawyer says he will plead not guilty to the charges. a pregnant 16-year-old d.c. girl is now charged with murder. she's accused of killing another teenager at a bus stop in the city. pat collins was there as the teen made her first appearance in juvenile court. pat joins us live from d.c. superior court with our report. pat? >> reporter: doreen, she is 16 years old. she is 6 months pregnant. she already has a young child, and now she's facing second-degree murder charges. it happened yesterday morning at this bus stop on benning road. two young women, an exchange of words. a fight and then a stabbing. when it was e

was dead. the victim identified as 19-year-old amanjane la-shell whitely. this woman said she saw the whole thing. you were right here on the bus stop. >> yeah, i was. >> reporter: were you scared? >> no. i wasn't because i know it was kids. i wasn't scared at all, but it was a shame that it went down. >> reporter: in court today a 16-year-old teen age girl charged as a juvenile with second-degree murder. after her arrest, she told police she wanted to fight me. i whipped out my knife and stabbed her. i don't know how many times. i told her to wait until i had my baby. i'm six months pregnant. at the court today the mother of the 16-year-old described this as a case of self-defense. she said the 19-year-old has been bullying her daughter for weeks, that she followed her daughter to the bus stop yesterday morning, thatt

fight. now, the police say the murder weapon was a pink handled knife with a black blade about 3 1/2 inches. they found that knife right near the bus shelter. the prosecutors want the 16-year-old held in something they call secure confinement. the judge has yet to rule on that. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins. thank you. the snow is long gone around here, but some are still dealing with the effects of that historic blizzard. how much longer some local children will have to stay in school to make up for all those snow days. metro about to give you some power back when there's a big delay. i'm adam tuss. i'll tell you how you can do it right with your smart trip card. did doreen say we had snow days? how long ago was that? plenty of spring weather. beautiful afternoon. the cherry blossoms. they don't get much

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net tro riders may be about to get a level of power they never had before. when there are massive delays, they could be allowed to leave the system without paying. a transportation reporter adam tuss tells us now that proposal is part of a broader refund strategy for the transit system. >> reporter: well, it's one. most frustrating parts of being a metro rider. tapping into the system only to see the big delay. then you tap out and you still have to pay.

the ability to tap into the system, tap out when there's a big delay, and not be charged. metro calls it the grace period. riders will have a 15-minute window to leave the station without being charged if there's a major delay. >> i think that's something they should implement. if you decide you have to get out, get an uber you're still paying $1.50 just to stand there and do nothing. >> reporter: the change wouldn't fake effect until july 1st but it's part of a larger strategy to refund riders when things don't go right. paul wiedefeld is expected to ask the board to waive fares when things don't go right. >> can we do a better job? yes. >> reporter: the gm says he shunt have to think about refunds. >> we have to do a much better job that we never get to that stage. what did we learn? how do we then apply it? >> reporter: this would

first time any general manager has the broad authority to give you your money back if the service level hits an emergency level. adam tuss, news4. it went unsolved for nearly a century but today federal investigators say they officially have cracked the case of a mysterious shipwreck. the u.s. navy says the records discovers near san francisco is that of the "uss conestoga." it was a tug boat that disappeared in 1921 when it set sail from california headed to hawaii. investigators say they now know that the tug boat was swamped when it encountered gale-force winds and what they described as monster waves in the gulf. 56 sailors were killed when that ship went down. back to doug out amongst the beautiful cherry blossoms and all the people admiring them.

hasn't it, doug? >> reporter: doreen, it has been a great afternoon, but i forgot one thing. >> what's that? >> what's that, doug? sorry. a lawn chair. i forgot a lawn chair because it's been great but i have been standing around the whole time. i can sit right there but that's about it. how are you guys doing? they're all down here checking out the cherry blossoms. anybody bring a lawn chair? no. no. okay. these kids, they have the right idea in the strollers. remember when you were in the stroller and how great it was to be pushed around your whole life. maybe not. let's take a look and show you what's happening outside right now. again, just fantastic conditions. here we are with the cherry blossoms coming out with temperatures like this. 71 degrees right now. temperatures dropping through the 60s by around 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight but still very, very nice night and a great couple days here over the next few. i do think we are going to see those temperatures even warmer tomorrow. right now we're still in the upper 60s to low 70s all across

right through the sunset tonight. sun goes down right around half an hour from now. nothing on the radar. storm team4 radar is all clear. it's going to stay that way through the next 24 hours but then we'll start to see the chance for some showers come in. so that's something we're going to be watching. now, as far as the temperatures go the next couple days, plenty of sunshine during the day tomorrow. that's what we'll see for sure. temperatures between 72 and 77 degrees. so a great afternoon there. if you're out and about, a lot of people doing a little biking out there today. biking is great out here. temperatures really nice tomorrow up into the mid-70s. by 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. good time to do it. take a look at the four-day forecast. 76 tomorrow. on friday a good chance of shower activity mostly early in the day. early in the day meaning between, say, 7:00 a.m. and around 1:00 p.m., but we could even see some showers extending. if you're coming down on friday you may need the umbrella but not bad

50s to 60. easter sunday looking good and most of next week okay. but monday a good chance of rain. where are you from? >> i'm from virginia. >> i'm from egypt. >> she's from egypt. virginia is right there, egypt is right that way. you came a long way. thanks for coming. are you enjoying it? >> huh? >> are you enjoying it? >> yeah! >> yes, she says. she's having a great time. send it back into you guys. >> everybody is a little giddy down there. >> there's nothing like the giggle of a little girl. no sound on earth as precious as that. thanks, doug. we have sports coming up. the terps great to make the sweet 16. not to great to go up against the

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this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> terps in the sweet 16 and we love the way that that sounds, about you we also love the fact that carol maloney is out there in louisville looking like she just celebrated her sweet 16th birthday. >> oh, my. >> how about that, carol? >> reporter: bless you, bless

>> that's all right. >> reporter: i'm here looking excited because as the number of teams still in the tournament, that number gets smaller, the arenas are getting better. we're at the kfc yum center. that makes you hungry. they seat 22,000. so that's sweet. the maryland terrapins, they definitely have a tall task taking on number one kansas on sunday. hoping to hand the jayhawks their first loss in two months. the jayhawks are a beast. maryland travelled to louisville this morning. a shoot around on the floor of kfc, long range was the name of the game. terps missed their first 15 three pointers on sunday. finished 1 for 18. worst shooting percentage beyond the arc for any winning team in the history of the tournament. putting that in the rear view and game planning to win in other ways. only one way to explain the degree of their focus. >> kansas is a great offense team so

using like them. i'm trying to look for something different. we have to be locked in on defense but we have to close out each defensive possession with a rebound. >> we start off with great defense. defense is going to lead to our offense and we just got to be locked in for 40 straight minutes. if we're locked in for 40 straight minutes, we're one of the best teams in the country. >> we played against the best teams in the country. we feel we're one of the best teams in the country. this is coming out here and competing and trying to advance in the tournament and win another game. >> reporter: win another game, that means the elite eight. that's up for grabs. it's going to be a tough one tomorrow night. tip at 9:40. the nfl a 24/7/365 machine. this week it's down in florida. the owners' meetings. owners, general managers, coaches, they're meeting about rule changes. they get to meet with the media. some contracts hammered out this week. one that may be close involves robert griffin

griffin, he's trying to get his career back on track after being released by the redskins has reportedly impressed both the jets and the browns after meeting with them. but all signals right now pointing to cleveland. new browns head coach hugh jackson who coached with jay gruden in cincy appears ready to take on the former qb and the redskins head coach thinks that would be a good move for both. >> i haven't talked to hugh at all about robert but i think a change of scenery could be good for robert. sometimes you just want to get out of a situation and start new and fresh and learn something new and i think it would be a good fit because a lot of things that hugh does i believe are similar. i don't think it will be a drastic change. very talented, we all know that. now just continue to gain knowledge of the systems and keep him healthy and on the field, i think he's got a chance. now on the ice the washington capitals alr

last night. they clinched the metropolitan division and the top spot in the eastern conference. meaning home ice advantage throughout the playoffs, baby. the caps with some unusual sloppy play lately. so glad they achieved regular season goals early because now they can work on prepping for the playoff. >> we have some really important games. we haven't played our best hockey since after christmas i think. we got some errors we have to get better on and we got to keep working. >> it's a blessing in disguise that we can wrap it up. now we have something to play for. we want to make sure we're getting to our top level coming into game one of the playoffs and it's a luxury we have ten games to do it and it's our job to use them. >> reporter: getting down to the nitty-gritty. wizards tonight in action against a team they just faced, the atlanta hawks, and they're a game and a half out of the playoffs. yeah, i sala

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