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throughout the day today. tomorrow the better of the two weekend days. here's the latest. you can see rain showers and snow showers moving through the area. little or no accumulation. montgomery, frederick, baltimore, carroll county, seeing snowfall. this will move out rather quickly. this activity back here in west virginia moves in during the afternoon hours. now, most of the day will be largely dry. you will just notice the chill and the high winds. a wind advisory will run from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for gusts during that time period up to 50 miles per hour. that could lead to power outages. after that, it is all about the temperatures, plummeting into the 20s. freeze warning in effect for everybody. i'll have more coming up in 10 minutes, david. >> we will check in with you then. 6:01 your time now. a developing story this morning. someone shot a 7-year-old girl in the district.

hartford street. she was breathing and conscious as she was rushed to the hospital. ward 8 council member say the shootings have to stop. >> we've got to figure something out, right? this is unis acceptable. we have to figure out the ways in which we are keeping those in our community from shooting those in our community. >> there is no word on a suspect. a strict moratorium on new liquor licenses in georgetown is ending after three decades. beginning today, restaurants and other public places like theaters can apply for a new liquor license. they voted to end the moratorium last week. >> six months in prison. that's

hastrick to spend in prison. the former speaker guilty to a financial violation for allege paying hush money to a victim. his lawyer has not admitted his client abused anyone but did say is sorry. >> ted cruz can add 21 more delegates to his count. cruz swept seven congressional districts. donald trump only picked up two delegates. 13 more are at stake tonight. there is a look at the overall delegate count. the magic number is 1,237. donald trump with 756. cruz with 532. john kasich with 143. let's head to the democratic side of things. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders

york. clinton is slipping in the polls of her state. at her rochester rally on friday, clinton shifted the focus to the republican candidates. >> a lot of what we're hearing is not reassuring. it is a kind of amateur hour. >> you can expect both democratic candidates to continue making their way through new york today. we do want to remind you, tomorrow morning on "meet the press", moderator chuck todd going to sit down exclusively with donald trump's campaign manager, paul manafort, to discuss new strategies ahead of new york's primary. and bernie sanders will talk about the state of his campaign tomorrow right

today julia brant was charged with locking her child out of the house in the cold. they saw her 10-year-old son on the back deck in shorts, crying, and knocking on the door. she was upset with him and locked him out. she is on unpaid leave from lane elementary school an all-out manhunt for a suspect is now over. his mom and dad took him in. garver escaped from a psychiatric hospital in washington state wednesday night and popped in to see his parents thursday afternoon. he is charged with stabbing a woman to death in her home but officials found he was too mentally ill for that trial. a big step forward in piecing together the terror cell that carried out the

he's the latest known suspect in the paris attacks. investigate issors are trying to figure out if he is the man in the hat that got away. police arrested four other men yesterday. they believe one of them had connections to the attacks in brussels. north korea claimed to have successfully checked the engine of a missile. north korea seems to be trying to tell the world they are not bluffing. in march, the country made nuclear threats to the u.s. in opposition to joint u.s. is and south korean military exercises. all right. hold on tight to your bags if you plan to go out shopping this weekend. they might fly away. storm team 4 is tracking strong gusts of wind and bitter cold temperatures that could impact your plans.

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command, urgent, we have guys down, urgent. >> six firefighters here in a massive fire that consumed three buildings on the jersey shore. this were able to get everyone out. the exact cause of the fire still under investigation. a group of teenagers attacked a d.c. man on the way home from the metro station this week. their target, apparently his cell phone. the man was leaving the noma gallaudet station. the teen stopped and asked him about the presidential election. he told the teen he didn't know anything about that. >>

behind me. as i turned, one of the kids punched me in my face. >> five teenagers beat him up and ran off with his cell phone. they flagged down a police officer, who was able to make one arrest. the victim said he is concerned about youth violence in the district. he's been in touch with the mayor's office about adding more patrols in that area. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor said the nation's highest court needs more diversity. sotomayor didn't mention garland. the court's first latina justice said the court could benefit from more diversity. senate republicans won't confirm anyone before the presidential election >> 6:10 your time now. it is supposed to be spring. doesn't feel like it. high winds, rain. a big tempere

to run errands. we'll tell you about that. reminder, you can get the latest storm team 4 forecast on the nbc washington app. we'll send out alerts on the latest weather advisories so you can stay ahead of this strange, strange weather. overcoming a tragedy and at giant, shoppers are discovering low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. all these low prices! what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood? no. just trying to save you a whole lot of "bread." [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. my giant.

because of high winds in the forecast and rain at times, today is a storm team 4 weather alert day. we're talking near record or record low temps. more on facebook and twitter. if you're going to the nationals game later, wear layers and poncho as well. tomorrow's weather better for a ball game. we lose the wind. i'll track your hourly forecast. he carjacked an ambulance on the beltway and caused a deadly crash in maryland. sebastien

a pregnant woman was in the car but survived. she had a healthy baby. >> i looked over. i didn't know he was gone. seeing him lay over the steering wheel. i've never seen is anybody like that, you know. >> shirley lincoln survived the crash that took the life of a close friend. 77-year-old al hargrave. she was pregnant at the time and feared losing her baby. >> i didn't know if i was having a girl or boy. all i wanted was a little girl. after two boys. and she's the best thing. >> little alana was born 10 months ago, beautiful and healthy, named in part after al. they were hit by an ambulance carjacked by this man, sebastia

son. he was sentenced to serve 16 years of a 40-year sentence. >> do you think he deserved the full 40? >> definitely. he would have deserved that plus more. but i guess he got away with it >> lincoln spent six weeks in the hospital with a broken hip and pelvis and concussion. and a sound of an plans causes panic attacks. >> ambulances, terrified. they scare me completely. i cannot drive and have one come in behind me. it's terrible. >> but she is staying strong for her kids. as they grow, she will tell them more about the man whose life was lost that day. darcy spencer reporting there. two burglars who broke into a home in massachusetts yesterday got more than they

for. now you can hear one of the men offering the hold dog a treat. the home owner called police after he saw the man through a live stream video from his security system. police arrested one of the men at the house. the second man jumped from a second floor window. he was caught a few hours later. they are now facing several charges, including breaking and entering. police arrested one of the men. >> yeah, at the house. the second man jumped from a second floor window and was caught a few hours later. they are facing several charges, including breaking and entering. incredible how clear the video was too. count them. we're 117 days of the summer olympics in rio. we have reached a big milestone in

game. the aquatic center has been complete. organizers only sold off the available tickets for olympic events >> police in montgomery county need your help. they are looking for spring. >> that's right. this is according to some of the officers. they say they are looking for spring. so they posted this urgent message on facebook with the suspect description. spring is described as the time of year between winther summer. she sometimes goes by the name of spring time or vernal season. anybody with information about spring's whereabouts is asked to call police immediately. >> come on, amelia. we have got to get this together. i had my big giant puffy coat on. a amelia is working on the

i shared it on my facebook page. if you want people responding to it, that is actually pretty incredible. 1200 shares. funny responses there. >> most of us struggle to get enough sleep every night. the new incentive some are giving to make sure their employees are well rested. >> two, one. engine ignition. liftoff of the falcon 9 rocket. >> all right. the liftoff there that was a success. but that's not what has space crews so excited this morning. we'll tell you about the big fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors

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balloon with a special camera to it. it got 15 miles on the edge of space but the toy became detached from the balloon and fell to earth. the search is on to find the space-exploring mascot. >> how would you like to make $300 a year just for getting a good night's sleep. >> i'll take it. >> that's the offer insurance anti aetna is making for employees. >> the plan is a wakeup call for corporate america. and for those of you not catching enough zs. >> we've all been there. that alarm goes off and it's like you haven't slept at all. but what if you were paid to sleep. >> definitely. >> oh, yeah. we would totally do it. >> yes. >> you're going to sleep anyway. might as well get paid for it. that's exactly what insurance giant aetna is doing. more sleep for

more money for his business. >> it has a lot to do with our business fundamentals. you can't be prepared if you're half asleep. >> employees can track their sleep with a fit bit. every night they sleep seven hours or more, they get up to $300 a year. it increases wages by 5% because you're more productive. which is eye ariana huffing toned we have to change culture. >> there is a dilution if you are going to succeed and if you're going to be effective that you need to forego sleep. >> some offer nap rooms. >> it is the same thing as if you would take an hour lunch break. >> sleep is a performance

show better sleep is better business. is and it's incredible. personal trainers are telling people not only eating healthy and working out but adding sleep to that is just as important. we for far too long underestimated sleep. sleepy in sound really good. >> tomorrow morning as well. >> wind, chill. what's the deal here? >> it's crazy. >> yeah. we're going to talk about windchills in the 20s and 30s. wind increase between 10:00 a.m. and noon. between 3:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. is when the wind will be the strong issest. really because of the winds and rain showers today. it is storm team weather alert today. most will largely be dry. isolated wind damage is possible. nothing like what we saw with the very strong gusty wind causing a lot of widespread damage. we lose

sunshine. the wind having a moderate impact on your saturday. it will feel like 20s and 30s. wet flakes mixing in. but absolutely no accumulation. current gusts not an issue right now. only manassas, up to 33 miles per hour. wind increase later this morning. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar. rain moving through the area. this last line in montgomery, loudoun, prince william and fairfax cats. then we will be dry midday and the afternoon hours. future weather, even seeing some limited sunshine. high temperatures today in the 40s. tomorrow, high temperature around 50 degrees with plenty of subpoena shine. we warm back up, guys, on monday. but then rain monday into tuesday cools us back down for wednesday and thursday. amelia, thank you so much. too big, too fast. the growing controversy as neighbors fight a plan they say would change

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not going to think it's spring this weekend. we're in for high wind, rain, and a chilly next few days. good morning. you can see rain slowly moving out on storm team 4 radar. >> the big issue is a lot of us have to deal with gusty winds. we have amelia siegel tracking it all from the weather center. folks will need to tune in to plan ahead for today. >> exactly, david. we will see the winds increasing later this morning. not too much of an issue right now. the winds will be the strongest during the afternoon and early evening hours, potentially gusting up to 50 miles per hour at times. with winds that strong, you could see isolated wind damage. more importantly it will feel very cold when you factor in the wind. windchills in the 20s and 30s. we're largely dry for the late morning and early afternoon hours. even getting in on sunshine. temperatures, though, only warm th

highs today. 4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., scattered rain showers. maybe wet snowflakes north and west of town. absolutely no accumulation. current temperatures in the 30s and 40s. the 60-year-old speedway closed in 2012. neighbors fought it for years arguing the noise and traffic will hurt their quality of life. the track can seat 4,000 people and also has a restaurant and go-cart track. demonstrators will head out in bethesda to protest a development plan they feel could change their community. they gathered at the giant foods. they are working with

residential and retail space. many neighbors say it would grow their community too big, too fast. >> i'm frustrated and concerned that the county council does not recognize the interest of the people. none of the people voting on this live here. >> equity one one of the developers involved released a statement yesterday and says it has been working with the community to make sure its plans fit the need of surrounding neighborhoods. today's protest kicks off at 10:00 a.m. and you can be part of a muslim town hall meeting, the first of its kind. community leaders help to go fight islama phobia. that will kick off at 2:00 today at the central library. it will look at sraeur wrous issues including how to tackle the growing wave of bigotry against muslims. a developing story this morning. a fugitive wanted for allegedly

planning the murder of a dallas woman is behind bars. she had been on the run for six months and was added to the fbi's 10 most wanted list this week. > shut down. that was the order for several strip clubs. one owner says he's not going anywhere. mustangs was open for business friday night despite court orders to close by 5:00 p.m. 11 others were given similar notices after a judge sided with the county in a year-long zoning battle. the owner of mustangsed his lawyer told him all police can do is give him a citation. he's willing to do that. a care taker who operated for more than a decade is now chargedth

years. a medical examiner determined a 9-month-old who died in her care died of a head injury. manning is also charged with assault and child abuse. she is still being held without beyond. >> you may get tax relief if you live in maryland. house ways and means will expand tax credits for the working poor and reduce taxes for individual and many businesses. the new measure would extend the benefit to low income tax payers 18 and over. it is only offered to those who are children. the session ends monday. so a house vote needs to happen soon. a former vanderbilt football player has been cued of

the judge declared a mistrial after finding out the foreman had been a victim of statutory rape. he was so drunk he could not remember the sexual assault. all eyes going to be on metro safety and security on capitol hill next wednesday. wiedefeld will be called to testify. who can forget the shutdown for inspection of safety. all right. 6:35. it is a weather alert day. high winds moving into your neighborhood and bitter cold temperatures. we'll find out how long this cold snap is going to hang around with us and how you can plan ahead the rest of your

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autograph from nicolas cage. celebrity video showed cage grabbing neil around the neck. it does not show what happened between neil and the woman. if convicted, neil could face is six months in zale >> schools in iowa clamping down on students who use smartphone apps to hide explicit photos. the use of a smartphone app at knoxville high could land students on the sex offender registry. some students alerted staff that nude photos were being used and sent through the app. parents may not know that the apps exist as they are often disguised. >> parents need to have open communication with their children. they need to talk about the dangers of, you know, not only sex at a young age but sharing photos like this. >> police say they are going to work with the

before charging or penalizing any of the students. >> big gusts of wind and temperatures close to record call. winter-like weather is sticking around and making an impact this weekend. the window of opportunity will be in the clear out shopping and get outside. happy april, right? they started last night. they're still going at it. the innovative way life's morning multitasking for a growing family, and drawers with many layers, to show exactly what you need. life's sharing a meal.

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we're chilly right now with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. look at what you can expect tomorrow morning. everybody starts off sunday in the 20s. a freeze warning will be in effect for everybody at midnight tonight and run through 10:00 a a.m. tomorrow. you want to protect any sensitive plants by covering them or bringing them indoors. more on when the wind will increase later today coming up in my full forecast. >> thanks. we'll check in with you then. the "today" show up next on nbc 4. >> sheinelle jones and craig melvin join us live from new york. coming up, another unbelievable blast of winter for parts of the northeast and midwest. is spring ever coming? we'll ask dylan. >> also ahead this morning, how would you like to make extra books just by taking a look around your house. what you should sell today to

and this soon to be mom who received backlash after being seen lifting heavyweight. those stories and more on a saturday morning here on "today". >> that's fascinating. i want to see that. lifting weights? >> looks like david culver on a thursday. >> thank you for noticing. yeah. >> there is a traffic alert in falls church because of elections. thousands of people will be casting their ballots. they are next to each other on lees burg pike on i-66. poling open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. they are expected to bring heavier than normal car and pedestrian traffic through the sunday. ava va state senator calling for improving security

commuter lots. mcpike wants security cameras at certain lots after a string of thefts last month. calls for the federal government to put the brakes on the approval of self-driving cars. the national highway traffic safety administration hosted a public meeting yesterday about this new technology. the government says it will have federal guidelines for self-driving cars in six months. consumer watch dogs and other groups want the government to take even more time. they're concerned this technology can be dangerous if it is approved before it is fine-tuned. but it may be too late. >> it's not coming. it's here. there are safety technologies already in vehicles that it will break when it needs to. prevent yo from going to the wrong lane when someone is in your way. nhtsa will hold a meeting later this month at stanford

night. i'm sure they are loaded up on sugar and caffeine as well. they are testing cyber security. it is involving local companies and northern virginia community college. >> armed with laptops and determination, these college students share a common fascination, cyber security. >> this is a good field. it is growing. >> a part of their cyber security studies, learning how to hack. it may sound criminal but -- >> we're actually teaching everyone how do you not get hacked. >> it happens all too often to government agencies. >> it is fort northern virginia area. >> the demand for cyber security impacting higher education. the assistant dean of information technology. she showed us northern virginia

facility dedicated to the topic. hacking, part of the curriculum. >> we don't teach them how to hack into businesses for negative reasons but they know how to counteract. >> students all signed in, ready for a long weekend testing their skills. >> obviously with lots of caffeine, lots of sugar. >> there are more than prizes at stake. >> it is like a job fair. like coding, programming event. all in one. >> but most rewarding for those drawn to cyber security. >> you can still protect people. i think that's remarkable. it is like being a super hero. >> i like that. cyber super hero right there. worth pointing out the students aren't actually handing into companies or government agencies. corporate cyber security sponsors provided the challenges to test their skills. >> well, today -- that's really cool. what also is cool is there will be fireworks come

david. the waterfront firework festival is one of the highlights of the cherry blossom festival. the event is free. you can take part in water activities. i don't know. i don't know if that is going to happen. you can listen to live music. it all kicks off at 8:30. >> we're talking 42 degrees in the district as we wake up. >> when you factor in the winds, it will feel like 20s and 30s. i think the real focus of today's weather is going to be the winds. yeah, there are rain showers right now. there will be some later today. largely mainly dry. we will track gusts 50 miles per hour. with winds that strong, maybe isolated a power outages, wind damage. here's the

4 radar, tracking rain showers moving through the metro area. these push off to the east. back to petersburg. that is our second wave that moves in mainly later this afternoon. cold throughout the day today you want to have the warm jacket. maybe a poncho handy. not a day for the umbrella with the winds. as we move towards the midday hours, sunshine, potentially rain in southern maryland. if we see any snowflakes, we're not talking any accumulation. scattered showers moving back into the area. much of the same at 4:00. a delay is possible. here we are at 6:00. notice rain impacting the metro area, frederick, southern maryland, baltimore metro area as well. as we

evening hours, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, we dry out. temperatures plummet as winds diminish. we'll start off with temperatures in the 20s for everybody. near record cold temperatures. tomorrow the better of the two weekend days. high of 50. monday, high of 68. shower or two as it impacts the area. some showers are looking likely. high of 62. friday, high of 65. a wind advisory for the areas in brown. this includes the entire d.c. metro area. gusts 50 miles per hour. a freeze warning for everybody overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning. >> thank you, amelia. i love this next story. you are about to see a smile you will not be able to

we first met him last fall when students helped raise money to get him a new wheelchair. >> melissa mollet was there for the big reveal. >> it's a story of love, friendship, and generosity. you can't forget his smile. you can't help but feel his gratitude. ibra shared that gratitude with hundreds of his friends who helped make this happen. >> i want to say thank you. >> when he came here from kenya six years ago, he didn't have a chair at all. his father would carry him from class to class. he got a chair but eventually started to outgrow it. it was so run down, his classmates and teach tker something, raising more than $32,000 thanks to a massive go fund me and social media campaign. >> i really did not

whole community would embrace this and rally around him. it's just amazing. >> i new customized power chair. it took months of design and testing to get it just right. a 3-d cushion controlled to his body he can control it with his head movements. as he rolled onto the track, cheers and happiness. >> were you nervous? >> no. >> independence for his self-confidence. >> huge moment in his life. i think he will remember this forever. this chair will last him many years. it is going to allow him the opportunity to go out in the community and use metro access services to go to a possible job or placement for some type of service all on his own. very incredible. >> it's awesome. i'm thankful for that. >> melissa mollet, news 4. >>

6:52 your time on this saturday. 4 things you need to know before you head out the door. a 7-year-old girl shot in the district on hartford street in southeast. she was conscious as she was rushed to the hospital. hastert pleaded guilty to a financial charge for paying money to a hush victim. raceway opening. >> demonstrators will head out to protest a development plan they fear could change the character of their community. developers are working with the council to bring new residential and retail space. many neighbors say it would grow their community too big, too fast. you might have to start paying more to watch shows and

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