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president trump about to head to philadelphia to meet with congressional republicans ahead of the trip. the president was back on twitter with why mexico should be willing to pay for the border wall and what could happen if they don't. >> 21 metro workers terminated, the firings come after this derailment and falsified inspection report. how the transit agency is going about replacing those workers. >> and temperatures are warming up quickly with a strong wind developing, some areas are under a wind advisory. we'll talk about what to expect for the rest of the day and a big cooldown
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>> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us, i'm erika gonzal gonzales. >> we have breaking news just come in from oxen hill maryland, there was a shooting near oxen hill high school. students were not involved. that school was at one point on lockdown but that has just ended. prince george's county police say this started with an argument off school grounds and that no one was hit by gunfire. they have arrested a suspect and we're working to learn what charges that person could face. stay with us for that. >> now to a disruptive protest you may have seen it if you were downtown and we showed it to you first on news 4 midday yesterday. seven pro testers were arrested after hanging that giant yellow banner with the word resist. they are in court today. news 4's megan mcgrath is there live on indiana avenue. megan? >> well, it
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between green peace protesters and the police. and later this afternoon, those protesters are going to make their very first court appearance. take a look at this video, it's really something to see here. yesterday morning, seven protesters climbed a construction crane just a few blocks away from the white house. they then unfurled a massive banner that said resist. they were up there all day long and they didn't climb down until a little after 10:00 last night. once they got down on the ground, that's when all seven were arrested. they have been charged with second degree burglary, unlawful entry as well as destruction of property. we are expecting to see them here before a judge sometime after 1:00 this afternoon. now, the seven climbed the crane to protest president donald trump's policies, police though say they respect everybody's right to protest but they say this was extremely dangerous and unlawful. back to you all in e
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>> thank you. new today, thieves robbed two pharmacies in montgomery county. the first one happened after 3:00 in the morning. this was at a cvs in bethesda. thieves broke in the right aid in silver spring. no word on what was stolen or if the robberies are connected. metro's safety committee is meeting right now. news 4's transportation reporter is at that meeting and reports that 21 metro workers have now been terminated in connection with a train derailment at east falls church. remember this video, this happened last summer. metro said trank inspection records were falsified. backgrounds to fill the roles who were fired and adam has new information why a door opened on a moving train. >> let's
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area. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is here with what we can expect. >> hey, guys, it is warming up quickly and winds are increasing very quickly. when you have that strong westerly wind flow, sometimes really it starts to jump temperatures up and that's what we're seeing, 59 degrees and some areas in the low 60s, today the clouds are breaking sustained winds at 20 miles per hour. martinsburg, 54-mile-per-hour wind gusts right now there's a wind advisory for the higher elevation that even includes parts of loudoun county and frederick county. winds gusting near 30 miles per hour. there's a wind advisory until 7:00 p.m. tonight. the showers we have this morning are gone but as we go through the day today west wind, 20 to 30 miles an hour, gusting near 50 in the advisory area but gusting near 30 elsewhere. closer look at the forecast and cooldown for the weekend straight ahead. >> sheena, thank you so much. right now president
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moment and he'll be headed to philadelphia to speak to republican lawmakers at their retreat. that's a live look to you from joint base andrews at air force one. this will be the president's first trip on air force one. in philadelphia, you can expect one of the big topics there will be his proposal to build a border wall. there you can see that live look there where they are getting set for the president's arrival. while mexico's president says they won't pay for it, president trump is suggesting that if they don't, a planned meeting with the leaders next week should be canceled. tracie has the latest. >> we'll begin immediate construction of a border wall. >> 2,000 miles along the u.s.-mexico border, mexico's president again in a new statement insists his country will not pay for. >> he has to say that. but i'm just telling you that there will be a payment. it will be in
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complicated form. >> planning is already under way. mixed reaction at the border. >> the family and then just a waste of money. >> we need to stop people from coming in -- >> there's no clear plan on how mexico would reimburse the u.s. >> there's a lot of different ways of getting mexico to contribute to doing this. >> now reaction in sanctuary cities like new york and see eightle. >> the city will not be bullied by this administration. >> reporter: and san francisco after president trump's order to pull federal funds from cities that protect undocumented immigrants. >> you better be ready for a fight because we are protecting our sanctuary city and our immigrant communities. >> san francisco stands to lose up to $1 billion. >> as for the millions of
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president voted in the last election, no evidence of that but he may be acting on it soon. a source tells nbc he may order that investigation as early as today. nbc news, washington. >> like you heard in tracy's report, another part of the president's executive orders deal with stripping funding from cities that shield undocumented immigrants and they are known as sanctuary cities around here. we're talking about places like d.c. and takoma park and prince george's and arlington county. yesterday the mayor talked about protecting the sanctuary status and fear in the immigrant community. >> we have gotten a lot of questions and calls and feelings of anxiety, especially fro families who fear it means they could be torn apart. >> in frederick county, a voice known for speaking out against illegal
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jenkins says the executive order must be in place. >> president trump's embrace of torture in the fight -- comes after the associated press obtained a copy of a draft executive order that orders the review of interrogation methods used on terror suspects. counselor to the president kellyanne conway says before making any decision on the issue, the president will listen to the advice of his national security team. >> obviously, there's a split of opinion within the community because president trump also told abc news with david muir he talked to others in the community who believe it does work. obviously he will be meeting -- he'll do with leaders do. national security and defense team can make a judgment. >> torture is illegal under american and international law. trump spokesman sean spicer has said it is not a whiou
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document. developing at this hour, eight terror suspects now in custody in austria. they were all arrested during raids there this morning. heavily armed s.w.a.t. teams searched apartment buildings and mosques in the city in vienna and grass everyone they arrested is expected of having ties to isis. >> we're keeping an eye on wall street a day after the dow surpassed the 20,000 mark. in fact all three major u.s. indexes closed at all time highs on yesterday. right now the dow is up about 37 points at this hour. six people were hurt in a shooting at the memorial in chicago. that shooting coming days after president trump threatened to intervene in that city's crime problem. house chicago's mayor is now responding. crowds were gathered to watch fireworks when something went terribly wrong with this plane. a look at what happened next.
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two crashes on the beltway this morning in north virginia making teenager a headache to get to work this morning. you're probably watching with us this morning when this was all happening. chopper 4 over both scenes at 6:00 this morning, first happened in the northbound lanes near the dulles toll road. first responders shutting down two lanes creating major
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nobody was hurt in the crash. at the same time, on the inner loop, several cars crashed in the express lanes nearby route 123. cars were badly damaged and some people had to be taken to the hospital. delays lastsed through much of the morning. >> the man accused of opening fire at the bus stop is now facing charges in prince george's county, they charged roland sims with first degree attempted murder for the shooting. simms shot a woman at an oxen hill bus stop tuesday morning while children were there. this after he tried to grab one of the girls waiting for the bus. according to police, simms turned himself in yesterday. a deadly pedestrian crash happened on indian head highway just before 8:00 last night. this is the 15th person to die on indian head highway since 2014. you may remember last week, we told you about a aaa study that details high
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i actually covered the story that day and saw firsthand cars just slowing through red lights and going way too fast. >> a 12-year-old girl is one of six people recovering from a shooting in chicago. that shooting happened at a memorial for a victim of the gun violence there. that victim's mother was also among the people who were hurt. chicago had come under scrutiny lately for its high crime rate. president trump tweeting he would quote send in the feds if things don't improve. chicago's mayor then responded to that statement. >> chicago like other cities right now that are dealing with gun violence, wants a partnership with federal law enforcement in a more significant way than we're having it today. >> here's that tweet from the president in an interview on abc news last night. mr. trump said quote, you can't have thousands of people being shot in
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i happen to be president of. end quote. two people are dead after a plane crash in australia. look at this incredible video. it crashed into a river during australia day celebrations. police say the pilot and another person were only people on board. the sky works show which was expected to draw 300,000 people was canceled. so just last month, amazon sent its first parcel by drone. we've also seen pizza delivered by drone and we've seen drones used in more serious situations like flying over wildfires and earthquake zones, but now there is a drone that can go right into the danger zone, not just to take pictures of it from far away. keir simmons shows us how it all works. >> reporter: crashed cars and trains and airplanes, this facility prepares rescuers for any disaster. 'm
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about to demonstrate new drone technology. future uses may include rescuing people in earthquake zones and even from terrorist attacks. >> the scenario is this building is too dangerous for you to go into, right? >> that's correct. >> that's where want me to go? >> absolutely. >> i'm positioning myself deep inside this building. i could be injured or even a hostage. the drone will seek me out. with over 9,000 hours of flying experience, the guys specialize in hard to get at places like oil rigs and they train to be emergency services. >> i'm ready, come find me. >> launching, three, two, one. first the crew deploys surveillance drone to make a reconnaissance sweep of the danger zone. then with the area secure, we launch
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it goes into the building. >> the drone is going out. >> good luck. >> they are already be used to help rescue workers but this drone, designed to fly inside an ice kraf vas is special. it can bounce off walls and floors, float upstairsand get into incredibly tight spaces. >> you can send in the drone where you wouldn't want to send a person. >> where are you now? >> identified one to the left, one to the right. >> the drone enters the room. the remotely controlled cameras hunting
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drones are controversial as they reach expands concerns about privacy grow. while any new technology can fall into the hands of the bad guys, isis has been using drones and this drone has limitations. while the technology can be ham perred by thick concrete walls and batteries only allows ten minutes flying time but that's long enough to do its job. >> i can hear the drone, getting closer. it's a weird sound -- like a swarm of bees. >> technology that may soon be coming to the rescue in a place near you. >> pretty incredible there. that was keir simmons reporting. more road construction beginning today in
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afternoon. breaking ground -- tyson's east and west by bypassing the beltway and route 123 interchange. a new bill in virginia could soon become a big deal for smokers. according to the "washington post," democratic delegate is proposing a measure that would label cigarettes and cigar butts as litter, which would mean you could be issued a ticket. it has been getting bipartisan support but still needs to pass the house and senate before going to the governor's desk. >> you have a chance to bid on items from tom clancy's maryland estate, besides furniture, items from the cold war. derrick ward takes us inside the auction house with a look at what you might be able to take home today. >> writing successes began with
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october", cold war entry with amazingaccuracy. tom clancy would surface as a leading writer of espionage. he built a home in southern maryland on the bay and died in 2013. now some of clancy's collection is in alexandria. >> the clancy estate was referred to us and we were thrilled to have it. >> potomac trading company says there are two groups of clancy items going up for bids. one group reflects clancy the man, his affinity for unusual furnituring and rare material. this is covered in sting ray. >> this is an entertainment cabinet or could be converted into a closet as well. >> how about snakeskin tables or this glass table and these leather chairs, a little more pedestrian but no means run of the mill. there's the other side of clancy. >> his personal collection reflects his fascination with the cold war and soviet era.
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model fly plane. >> soviet trench periscope with the distinctive markers, it said he would use these knot cal search lights to scan the chesapeake. there's yet another side to clancy reflected here, a bit of extraf gans? >> how much fun to be driving in tom clancy government cart. >> people live clanciesque lives here in town. >> the last sales jackie and ted kennedy, the benchmark for interesting province and i would say tom clancy is a close second. >> derrick ward, news 4. >> we also should mention you can bid on items today in fact for the next couple of days and the actual auction will be next week on the 31st in case you're wondering. >> snakeskin tables. >> i don't know. you may have thaty
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want something exotic in your house. >> the destruction of human civ civilization is closer. we'll tell you how much closer the dooms day clock is to mid night. >> we're seeing the winds kick up this morning. sheena will let us know what areas could see wind gusts near 50 les per hour. mi
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the doom'sday clock is closer to midnight. not sure of the exact date or year. the clock is a symbolic countdown to the world's end. the dial is set at two and a half minutes to 12:00 a.m. now scientists move the clock because not enough is being done about nuclear weapons and climate change and they also are concerned about comments president trump has made on both of those issues. >> all right, switching gears now. >> i want to know who the scientists are, where are they? >> i don't know if you want to be associated with that, sheena. this is a different kind of sign, we're talking about things happening around the globe right now as far as weather is concerned and we're talking about a windy day today. we have a wind advisory through the area and just in the past 30 minutes that wind advisory has been extended for a good portion of the area. this includes the district and surrounding c
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it goes all the way to the shenandoah valley. that is why the advisory is extended. winds gusting near 50 miles an hour today. that could be damaging and we're going to be still mild today with the wind direction and colder friday and the weekend and nice dry stretch of weather. here's the wind advisory surrounding the district. prince george's county and anne arundel and fairfax and prince william county, this extends north and over to the west. we are looking at this even through the higher elevations gusting near 50 miles an hour today. with the 450-mile-per-hour wind small trees and power lines, we'll watch this closely and keep that in mind. as we go through the day, winds can increase. martinsburg, 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts, in addition, 31-mile-per-hour wind gusts and again this will continue and get even stronger. temperaturewise we're close to 60 in the different and
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fredericksburg, that is helping to warm temperatures up and it's going to be a mild day today. future weather showing us nice and dry. tomorrow we stay dry, not as windy and it will be cooler, down in the 40s. for today forecast high around the low 60s for much of the area. mild and gusty again, keep in mind those winds could be a little bit damaging at times. we go through friday and the weekend and we're cooler and colder as we go into monday. closer look at the forecast coming up. we're going to take a look at the three lead gs contenders to become the next supreme court justice. >> plus a look ahead to tomorrow's march for life. thousands are expected in d.c. for the event. what you can expect if you're attending or driving inhe city. t
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now to president trump's first 100 days. a week from now, we should know president trump's pick for the supreme court. the list is said to be done to three leading contenders, all are federal appeals court judges and were appointed by george w. bush. let's go through this short list. this is neil gorsuch, the 49-year-old is a favorite among conservatives for saying that the federal government has taken on too much power. let's go to thomas
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years of age and supports the right to have a gun outside his home and was also the first person in his family, if i'm not mistaken to go to college. on the short list, judge william pryor is considered but probably considered less likely, an outspoken opponent of the roe versus wade abortion ruling. whoever the president picks would replace justice scalia, replacing him with a conservative will not alter the court's idealogical makeup. >> 8,000 teens are expected to pack the eagle arena for the 12th annual life is very good prayer rally. it is a prelude to the march for life event tomorrow. this is a look at the route for that march. it will start at noon on the grounds of the washington monument and march happens every year during the anniversary week of roe versus wade. >> and the rally will have speeches from
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including counselor to president trump kellyanne conway, the highest ranking white house official to ever attend the event now in its 43rd year. >> the president of the march for life joins us this morning. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> we're talking 43 years here, is this year different than previous years? is there a special meeting i can ask maybe of this year? >> you know, every year is unique and there's always something happening in the culture. many pro-lifers are excited about the new administration and promises of the new administration and it was mentioned kellyanne is going to be spiing tomorrow. we have a special unannounced guest and we're asking people to arrive early to get through security and everything. we're really just excited. it's going to be a historic march for life. we have a great lineup and lots ever enthusiasm. >> we've seen a lot of marches the last couple of days and protests. talk to me i
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different from previous years? >> any time you organize something of this magnitude you think of those things but we meet with three different jurisdictions of police and plan this a year in advance. we have emergency plans in place. we try to minimize every possible threat that would be out there. and the thing that we're most concerned about is marching for those who don't have a voice. we want to get people out so they can defend those -- the unborn. >> we were talking about when molette was showing us a map. how many people are you expecting? >> we don't do say crowd estimate but i'd say in the tens of thousands if not more. at one time when the park service used toe do estimates, they did estimate half a million. we get quite a boisterrous crowd and very youthful crowd. it starts at noon on the ground and we march up constitution avenue and ultimately end near the supreme court and marchers speak to members of congress about these iss
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>> get their early and check out the website, march for life.org and you'll get all of the logistical information. >> we appreciate your time. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. good luck tomorrow. >> back over to you. i should mention along with that, you may need to find an alternate route if you're driving around there getting to work. there may be more than a handful of road closures starting at 6:00 in the morning. everything should be clear --. check out the nbc washington app for a full list of closures. >> imagine taking out a student loan and seeing it balloon to more than three times that amount. that happened to one man with his college student loans jolene kent explains how this happened. >> when matt wanted to study music in
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$41,000 in private loans from navient. after his dad died he could no longer afford to pay when the interest rate jumped as high as 21%. >> i did everything i could to make good on my end of the bargain. >> they recommended he stop paying temporarily called forebearance. he was not told that interest would still pile up. what was originally a $41,000 loan ballooned to $127,000. >> beat myself up, why didn't you ask more questions and i didn't know. >> they declined to comment on his case but after thousands of similar complaints, the consumer financial protection bureau and several state attorneys general filed suit last week. >> navient's priority was their profits over student's best interests. >> they failed borrowers at every stage of repayment. >> what we saw consistently, people were not gettin
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struggling to make loan payments. >> reporter: they deny the allegations calling them unsubstantiated and unjustified and politically motivated. the company says their borrowers are 31% less likely to default than those with other companies. they also say the call for improvement to the system but says the government has failed to take steps to simplify it. >> it's affected my ability to buy a home, to get a car loan, all of the normal day to day things that adults have to do. >> reporter: if you've got problems with a navient loan, ask about a repayment plan based on income and contact your attorney general. he hopes he can reach a settlement and get on with his life. nbc news, danville, indiana. >> there's encouraging news for students and teachers in maryland, more than 87% of high schoolers graduated in 2016. that's up six points from 2010. the dropout rate fell belo
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for the very first time. now locally, prince george's county had a record amount of graduates, montgomery county sits at 89.8%, which is an increase. both charles and frederick are at 92%. frederick saw a slight drop in graduates. >> it is incredibly hard to get into any one of the united states military academies but a northern virginia student had a big choice to make after he was accepted into four of them. >> amy cho went to trinity christian school to talk to a senior timothy park. >> i couldn't hold back emotions, chanting for joy, it was amazing. >> timothy park showing off his acceptance letters, got into four of the five of the military academies. coast guard and naval and west point. >> it took a miracle to have all fo
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being able to be in that environment to develop myself to later serve my country, that's really what i'm looking forward to the most. >> reporter: he hasn't picked one yet but leaning towards west point. the reason for wanting to join the military, his family. his grandfather rescued by american soldiers during the korean war and later opened a clinic for veterans. his father serving 21 years and counting in the army. >> i want to follow the legacy that my grandfather and father started. it was a lot of hard work and initiative and sacrifice and we're happy to see it bear through. >> reporter: it's a long list, captain of the cross country team, member of the varsity baseball team, principle cellist and mentoring younger students. >> this is skewed because at this point it's decreasing. >> reporter: he's still in high school but already gotten a taste of the military life. a youth cadet for the air force and attended all four summer programs. >> they challenge you a lot
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mind. do i really want to do this? can i do this or not? maybe they want to go there even more after going through it. >> and now he can in fairfax amy cho, news 4. >> i was a good kid in high school but you know, like senior year, we're picking each other up to go to school, where are we going to break fast? what military academy did you get into. >> we're going to hear from him down the road. >> without a doubt. >> oprah winfrey getting into the food business. who she's partnering with you to bring you prepackaged meals. >> this is described as a car vendor machine. >> how it's reducing the car buying
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us on news 4 midday. sheena parveen joining us with this mild weather but chance for rain. >> wind gusts too. >> the rain was early this morning and we'll be in a pretty long dry stretch for a while but the wind is out there, it is already beginning and near 50 miles an hour. that is a good portion of the area. earlier today was the shenandoah valley, but now it includes the district and parts of northern virginia and much of maryland. right now we have sustained winds at 21 miles per hour and temperatures in the upper 50s and i think we can get in the low 60s today. when you have strong winds coming down from mountains like that, they tend to warm things up quickly. that's what's happening right now. winds sustained today around 20 to 30 miles an hour gusting closer to 50. here's the advisory area. that goes all the way up to philadelphia. this is a very large area expecting very powerful winds including district of northern virginia and much of maryland. with these type of winds we could s
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limb power lines. keep that in minds the winds will continue to increase until 7:00 p.m. tonight. we're going to see clearing. here's a look at satellite and radar. the clouds to the west and current clouds around now trying to break up and move through but more sunshine for the afternoon. current winds gusting at 31 in the district. 54 in martinsburg, you can see how windy it is across the area. temperatures mostly about the mid to upper 50s, fredericks burg is 65 degrees already. take a look what's going to happen to our temperatures, yesterday we hit 61. we can get into the low 60s today, big drop going into the weekend but the normal high around 44 degrees. dry stretch through the weekend will feel like winter, coldest day being on monday. thanks, sheena. >> this morning the tributes are pouring in for mary tyler moore. after the break how she's being remembered and the gender barriers that she
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there's a pretty good chance you saw the hash free shia, he was arrested at a protest he's been leading in new york city against president trump. he ripped off a man's scarf and shoved and scratched him. charged with misdemeanor assault and later released. >> feeling a lot of love for mary tyler moore. >> we can't stop talking about her comedic talent a
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trailblazer. she died yesterday. she was 80 years old. >> nbc's lester holt shows us the legacy that moore leaves behind. ♪ who can the turn the world on with her smile ♪ >> mary tyler moore's smile lit up the most enduring and blofred sitcoms of the 60s and 70s, as laurie petry, the stay at home wife and mother and later up ending tv gender stereo types as a career woman in the mary tyler moore show. >> you've got spunk. >> well -- >> i hate spunk. >> born in brooklyn in 1936, moore landed her first job out of high school. >> appearing in appliance commercials as the hot point elf. she married richard meeker and lost her job when she became pregnant with her only son
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star on various series until joining the cast of richard diamond private detective in 1957. >> grab your pencil. >> the dick van dyke show. >> she became the tv wife. >> oh. >> show creator carl reiner today fondly recalling her audition for the role. >> she read the first line and i heard a ping in her voice that absolutely tickled me. >> hi, guys. >> in 1970 she appeared on the mary tyler moore show produced by her own company, mtm. it broke the mold for women in tv sitco plxt s, single, over 30 and employed and spend the night with a man. >> why are you here? >> well, i haven't seen you in a month or so and i -- oh, you
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that i was here was to -- >> reporter: instead of family she had co-workers and friends. ♪ it's a long way -- >> from former co-star ed asner, i'll never be able to repay her for the blessings she gave me and from carol burnett, one of the sweetest, nicest people i ever knew. mary tyler moore struggled at times in her private life. there was alcoholism. >> about the early '70s that i began to drink to the point where i thought about it as a solution. >> but it's the funny moments we cherish and remember most. the spunky ambitious and hopelessly optimistic mary. ♪ you're going to make it after all ♪ >> that smile that nobody will ever forget and that iconic hat toss. >> right in the
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>> beautiful. >> switching gears here, a chip maker is teaming up with the group madd. >> the result a new chip bag that makes sure that you are partying safely.
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oprah win free is launching a new line of packaged foods, making real nutritious foods more
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end hunger. oprah owns 10% of weight watcher which has its own line of packaged meals. frito lay has a limited number of bags, party bags with sensors to detect whether you've had something to drink and turns from green to red with a sign that says don't drink and drive and you can tap with your phone to get an uber offering a $10 credit on super bowl sunday. >> speaking of super bowl weekend, metro is getting backlash for its plan for limited service. the system will shut down and the blue and orange and the silver lines through downtown d.c. and our february 4th and the 5g9. our news partner, wtop rorlts the local restaurant association says it was not consulted. closing complex not only with the super bowl but also with the group's winter restaurant w
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metro plans track work and to fix ceiling tiles as well. the system will offer shuttle buses. >> if you love cars you'll want to head out to the washington auto show this weekend. it's my favorite thing to do at the end of january every year. it kicks off tomorrow. love it. i love going and sitting in the car. >> it's going to be at the washington convention center. it features more than 600 makes and models from 35 manufacturers. there are classic cars there too. the auto show runs through next sunday later on today news 4's susan hogan will take you inside the show and give ut a preview of the really cool cars out there to check out. >> clearly i'm not -- >> i've got to check some stuff out. once you pick that perfect car at the auto show, many people don't want to really go into the dealership because of all of the pushy sales people you seem to run into. one arizona company is taking the sales person out of the equation to make your buying experience more
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nbc's owen con flenty has more on the car vending machine. >> it's a one of a kind car buying experience. purchase your vehicle online, and then pick up from a vending machine or have it delivered to your door. >> buying things online is nothing new. i mean, we do amazon, even in the days of your grandparents, mail order through the catalog, jc penny, sears, whatever, cars it's unique. >> there are no sales people or spending hours on a lot trying to make the right deal. it's done virtually. >> it took me about 13 minutes. it was glorious experience. >> the phoenix based company prides itself on creating the ultimate customer service experience. >> you can buy a car from your own home and really dictate your own purchase process. part of the draw of carvana is the ability to get your own financing and determine your own down payment and be able to determine alswh
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be delivered to your home. it's really about the customer experience and dealership experience. >> purchased the 7 series bmw and says the process was easy. >> it's a painful process when you go to a dealership. you won't have to leave your computer or office, whatever you're doing this and you can be done in under 30 minutes with buying a whole car. >> here's how it works, hop on the carvana site and find the vehicle you want in a car inventory of 7,000 vehicles and enter your financing information which can be done through your bank or yours, just like that the deal is done. >> once you completed everything for your purchase, then comes the fun part. >> just like that, you're ready to role. the vending machine is eight stories high and holds up to 30 vehicles, the customers don't get to ride in the vehicle as it comes down but they do get a video of the vending process. buyers do get to interact with a
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>> the journey is really online, this is the personal touch once we get it here. they are here to make that unpersonal experience really personal and comfortable. >> you have up to seven days or 400 miles to test drive the vehicle you purchased. if you don't like it, simply return it. start all over again. since the deal isn't complete until you sign the paperwork in person. kristen says carvana wants to help customers change how they feel about buying cars, especially those disenchanted with the hard sell of dealerships. >> that's really important piece of the puzzle, there's no selling once you enter this facility. all done online from the comfort of your home. >> and we're talking about a lot of wind today, wind advisory for a good portion of the area gusting near 50 miles an hour. temperatures right around the low 60s, more sunshine through the afternoon but keep in mind those winds will be strong. mid-40s and that way through the weekend. >> that's it. thanks for joining us, we're back thi
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