prime minister shinzo abe will play a round of golf at mr. trump's mar-a-lago resort. first lady melania trump caught up with them at joint base andrews today and caught a ride to florida on air force one. >> the rejection of his temporary travel ban. >> reporter: so they just landed and while the president was aboard air force one, he confirmed what we were hearing in washington that it looked like they're not going to be taking the appeal of this travel ban all the way to the u.s. supreme court. the white house instead rewriting the order and trying to fight it out in the lower courts. the president said tonight his concern is getting it done quickly. president trump today promised more security and an eventually court win on his temporary travel ban. >> we'll be doing something very rapidly having to do with additl

you'll be seeing that some time next week. >> reporter: senior administration officials tell nbc the president is rewriting the order. >> what the president did was unconstitutional and, in my view, immoral. >> reporter: the president welcomed japan's prime minister. they talked trade and security. questions about whether the raid in yemen was a failure. confirmation that mike flynn did discuss sanctions with russia after aides said he didn't. >> go buy ivanka's stuff. >> reporter: and senior advisor kellyanne conway promoting ivanka trump's product, sparking calls for an ethics review. the fallout being felt at town halls across america. in north carolina, in utah. booing congressmen. and in d.c. where mr. trump's education secretary was temporarily blocked from entering the school today.

health and human services secretary was sworn in this morning. tom price will be in charge of replacing the affordable care act. health care, the affordable care act, obamacare, that's what people. >> reporter: dr were frustrated about. not coming to any conclusions yet. republicani ins throwing some i out there, but no one plan yet that everybody can seem to get behind. more on those reported contacts between national security advisor mike flynn and the russian ambassador back in december, before donald trump took office. flynn and the ambassador talked about the sanctions that president obama's administration levelled in retaliation for russian meddling in the u.s. election, that's according to a us intelligence official who talked to nbc news today after a deeply sourced report on in in the "washington post." flynn repeatedly denied that he talked to theam

while there is no indication right now that he broke the law, senior officials say the communication could be interpreted as inappropriate. democratic leaders want a investigation. >> we have been pressing chairman chaffetz to look into this situation too. because i consider this very serious. we consider whether or not she should have a security clearance. i am very concerned about general flynn. >> when this story first came to light last month, vice president mike pence and reince priebus both said mike flynn told him he did not talk about the sanctions with the russian ambassador. there's a new gallup poll out that suggests few americans believe the rest of the world respects president trump. 67% of the people polled say world leaders do not have much respect for the president. 29% of those polled say other leaders respect him. those results are a stark contrast to the same

2009 when barack obama took office. at that time, 67% of americans polled thought global leaders respected the new american president. 20% thought world leaders did not respect mr. obama back at that time. that west coast court ruling over the immigration order has gotten the most attention but a virginia challenge is also moving forward tonight. that state's attorney general told a federal judge that the economic cost of the order is already adding up. julie carey is live at the courthouse in alexandria with more. >> reporter: remember, it was just a week ago that virginia was allowed to take the lead in this case. today's hearing on its request for a permanent injunction to make sure that travel ban remains blocked as this case marches forward. we also got a much better picture of how many people in virginia could be impacted by the travel ban. this george

senior from libya just one of the college students virginia's attorney general had in mind when the commonwealth decided to challenge the travel ban. at first stranded overseas by the immigration order she made it back to campus this week. but in court today virginia's lawyers say it's now believed that more than a thousand students, famiculty or staff fa irreparable harm because they no longer feel free to leave. >> we are those who are unable to travel abroad because their visas will be cancelled. >> reporter: perspective students from abroad are withdrawing applications now, the possible cost to virginia universities $20 million in lost enrollment. the justice department lawyer pushed back, arguing virginia can't prove a single student is truly harmed with an urgent need to travel. the judge had tough questions about the travel ban, ea

attorney to explain the security reason for the ban, saying, the court has been begging you to give us some information. you haven't given us any information whatsoever. the commonwealth team kept up its attack on the immigration order, calling it a muslim ban. >> president trump's ban was conceived on religious bigotry. >> the best thing the trump administration can do at this point would be to rewrite the order, make it narrower, make it not apply to people with green cards, maybe add north korea or one or two other countries to get rid of this idea it's an anti-muslim bias. >> reporter: the judge will order a written order. she says that will happen as soon as possible.

brutal cold. we are getting a look at the damage that winter storm left behind when it dumped more than a foot of snow all along the northeast corridor. boston was hit with 14 impnchesf snow. about 50,000 people lost power in massachusetts. the new jersey state police say they responded to about 200 crashes there. that storm is blamed for at least one death in new york city where a doorman died shoveling snow. we got lucky on this one. we didn't get the snow, but we sure did get the cold. deal is now -- am i hearing you right that we're going to take our coats off again? >> yes. thanks for listening, by the way, man. i appreciate that. take the coats off, enjoy the day. take the top down by sunday although we have a few showers that we're going to be tracking out there as well. temperatures today definitely on the cold side. windchill 27 in

it's a cold night on your friday. this is all part of a system coming through that's a warm front. that means we're in for much warmer temperatures. a chilly night tonight. much warmer for the weekend. showers on sunday and unsettled next week. right now at 6:00, police tell us there is no threat to the public after a deadly shooting in montgomery village. authorities found a man's body in the parking lot of a complex in the 8500 block of hawk run terrace. it's not clear what role, if any, those people have in the investigation. the prince george's county executive says he is standing behind the county police chief. this comes as the police department deals with a discrimination complaint filed

>> reporter: this complaint continues to grow. more officers signing their name to it. the department of justice has acknowledged receiving it. they're not commenting on what's happening with it at this point. meanwhile, county leaders are speaking out. >> whatever we can do to assist, we are ready to do it. >> reporter: one day after prince george's county police chief addressed a discrimination complaint filed against his department by some of his own officers, county leaders are speaking out. >> we must work to improve this institution. >> reporter: prince george's county conty executive released a state saying i support the chief's form mags of an outside panel to review alleged acts of racial discrimination within our police department. i believe the obviously way to improve race relations is to acknowledge and address the ue

yesterday the chief addressed some of the photos included in the department of justice complaint. one showed the face of a black man taped to a training dummy used for punching and tasing. it was also the black officers locker in the special operations department. the word color guard was stricken and replaced with african-american. the chief says both of those incidents are under investigation. he also addressed vanity plates that seemed to read go eff yourself obama. they were on the vehicle of a sergeant in internal affairs. the maryland motor vehicle administration recalled the plates after a citizen complained. >> i found that repulsive, repulsive. >> prince george's county state's attorney appeared on wamu radio where she addressed the complaint. she says while her office has not been presented with anything criminal for her to investigate. >> unfairness anywhere is a problem for

if that is the perception or reality here, i think it ought to be addressed. >> reporter: the chief has started that outside panel. they had their first meeting yesterday. he's saying he wants officers to come forward if they have experienced any of these issues. they can also do this anonymously anonymous ly as well. he says he wants to get rid of this issue even before he knows if the department of justice is going to formally investigate. >> reporter: a drone buzzing way too close to an airliner as it was trying to land right here at dulles airport. you're going to hear the communications from the cockpit and why these may become more frequent. just three weeks in and things are not going all that welfor the president. l

>> reporter: a drone flying deep inside the restricted air space,

>> be advised we just had a report of a drone spotting just west of waxin. >> it will definitely shake you up. if you see a drone 100 feet above you and you're already at 700 feet. >> reporter: a former navy pilot, he's been flying for a commercial airline for the past 20 years. he warns something that small can cause major damage or worse. especially during takeoff or landing. >> you're low on energy at that point. you can't maneuver that airplane around to avoid it. >> reporter: he's also a drone owner. he's got an faa license to use drones for his real estate business. he takes extra precautions, giving smaller airports like leesburg executive a courtesy

the airport manager. i always call him before i fly. >> reporter: some numbers tonight from the faa. they say there are registered 722,000 drones out there in the u.s. again, those are registered. many thousand many out there unregistered. they go on to say they have seen a big jump in these so-called close calls from 2015 to 2016 they saw a 50% increase. you may be asking yourself, what about some software or technology thakt could detect te drones near airports? that part of the story will be on nbc nightly news tonight at 7:00. an angry crowd of con spiti

constituents chanting do your job last night. to do your job chant began when people were pressing chaffetz to investigate president trump with the same vigor he used to pursue hillary clinton. >> meet the press moderator chuck todd joins us now. let's start with ethics. just before congressman chaffetz left town, he said he thought -- he called for a review of white house advisor kellyanne conway and her remarks endorsing ivanka trump. >> those are lest potentially problematic than the original tweet that the president did on nordstrom. that is what i think could haunt him here. we already know of one lawsuit that's been inspired. no

why does that matter? you get discovery. the state of california could end up filing suit on unfair trade practices. you get discovery. guess what happens in discovery? >> you get tax returns? >> you get tax returns. all of a sudden it opens up a can of worms. >> so many federal employees who have to live but they these rul it's an insult to them. >> i know so many think we're arguing over shoes at a department store. again, we put these rules in place for a reason. this is taxpayer money. you know, what happens if it's -- imagine if the next president say is the owner and founder of facebook. and if we're suddenly allowing precedent of no divesting, then you could have a sitting president controlling the most powerful medi

world. that's why these things are in place. >> brings us to general mike flynn and his alleged meeting and conversation with the russian ambassador. elijah cummings the ranking member of the oversight committee says he's not sure flynn should even have security clearance. what do you say? >> flynn's bigger problem is inside the white house and it's political. he might have been better off saying we were talking about future prols. they got their information from mike flynn. now the president of the united states is dealing with an internal problem here. his national security advi

misled his vice president. did he do so intentionally? donald trump is pretty loyal to people who are loyal to him. mike flynn was loyal to him, but this is a test i think of his relationship with mike pence. >> the big story yesterday, president trump's travel ban still on hold. what happens next with that? >> the president himself, he and the first lady went back and visits the press cab inon air force one going down. he went even further than what he said is they may have a replacement executive order. it's what his aides have been pushing him to do for a few days now. it's the politically expedient way to go. the ninth circuit in their denial of lifting the stay, gave a road map of how they can do this. they said, look, there's a legal way to do this, here, go do it. if he's as worried about these people mi

as he says he is, then you don't have a court fight. you redo the order. we're going to be talking to the administration about the order and talking about -- you opened with the protests. bernie sanders, who's now among the faces of now the democratic leadership that is listening to the base, we're also going to have jim webb on, former virginia senator, former member of what used to be the centrist wing of the democratic party. he has been a little more open and understands why trump won. and i think they'll have two different prescriptions on what to do. >> interesting to hear what he has to say. >> see you sunday morning. meet the press sunday morning 10:30 here on nbc 4. his ground breaking medical work has saved lives here in washington and around the country. while he's helped so many people live longer, his own story of survival is just

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doug, you've got some better news about the rest of the weekend. >> temperatures are going to rise overnight tonight. we've got some good news out there for sure. temperatures rising as a warm front pushes across the area. you look at the skyline right

you've got a nice little orange glow toward the sky this evening. >> very dry atmosphere right now. 32 degrees in winchester, 35 in culpepper. the winds 10-15 miles per hour, so you still get a windchill. it's going to be in the 20s. we're dealing with snow showers. they're pushing across. that's the warm front. most of it is dry before it hits the ground. here is that warm front. that warm front moving across. as it does, we're going to be seeing the warmer air. back to the west, temperatures 70 degrees in st. louis. now at 69. nashville at 62. the cold air that we've

as we make our way towards saturday and sunday. tomorrow's forecast, 62 tomorrow. much warmer. you're going to notice it right away when you stoep out the frot door tomorrow. future weather tomorrow, just a few clouds, mixture of sun and clouds during the day. sunday morning you notice cloud cover and showers back to the north and west. these showers remain to the north and west most of the day. that allows d.c. and areas south to really warm before everybody sees a chance for shower activity coming in during the latter portions of the day. talking about temperatures near 70. cooler to the north up in the low to mid 50s or even close to 60 in places like frederick or dpa gaithersburg.

chance of showers and a chance of a storm coming wednesday and thursday. this is something we're going to watch closely. i'll have a little bit more on that coming up in about 20 minutes. the scene outside a local school makes national news when a controversial new member of the trump administration shows up. what she's saying about the protesters who were there to meet her. also why people at a

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more than 100 students walked out of class at broad run to protest president trump's travel ban. >> administrators there say they got wind of the plan earlier this week from social media and they were prepared to keep the kids safe. the students went back to class after about 20 minutes. protesters tried to block president trump's new education secretary from entering a d.c. public school today. >> betsy devos has proven to be a polarizing figure for the trump administration. the backlash continued today outside of jefferson academy in

southwest d.c. >> reporter: dozens of protesters gathered outside jefferson academy in southwest d.c. today waiting for education secretary betsy devos. it was devos's first trip to a public school since taking over the department of education. >> this is very personal for me. i came up as the child of two educators. i don't believe she's fit to do the job. i don't think you should be able to purchase a cabinet seat. >> reporter: protesters blocked some of her motorcade. the suv carrying devos went to a rear entrance, where more protesters physically blocked her from entering the school. staff escorted devos back to her car and she was driven to another entrance after observing classes and speaking with the school's principal, devos made a brief statement to reporters. >> it was really wonderful to visit

forward to many visits of many great public schools, both in d.c. and across the country. thanks very much. >> reporter: what did you think of the froprotesters this morni? not everyone who came to jefferson school today was there to protest. jennifer gibbs spent 50 years as a public school educator, 17 of those years teaching at jefferson. she came today to offer the new secretary support. >> i want to know what can i do to help her in that position since her position is going to have an impact on all of our young people in the united states. >> reporter: mrs. gibbs tried to get into her old school to present secretary devos with a book on teaching. >> i was turned away. i'm very disappointing. >> reporter: police say one man was arrested during the protest fors

crawford served as a member of the d.c. council from ward seven from 1980 to 1992. news4 caught up with him go years ago during a d.c. government workers reunion. crawford became widely known in the district for his management and redevelopment of public housing complexes. that work led him to a job as assistant secretary in the department of housing and urban development back in 1973. he was ultimately fired from that job but he remained active in housing issues throughout his time on the d.c. council. he was 78 years old. tears inside a federal courtroom in alexandria today as a judge sentenced a former virginia national guardsman who admitted to helping isis. mohammed jala was sentenced to 11 years in prison. his lawyers say he's not an

extremist. >> the family cried in court as he spoke. he told the judge, i made the mistake of my life to give any support to isil. renounce and denounce any actions they've taken. the judge sentenced him to 11 years and mental health treatment. i asked defense lawyer glenn ivy why the judge may have given him a shorter sentence. >> the defense raised issues about the defendant having grown up in war torn sierra leone, had a very difficult childhood, that led to problems when he got to the united states. >> reporter: prosecutors said he spoke to fbi informants about a

he says he's not a radical extremist. he was being pushed by an undercover fbi informant. he bought an assault style rifle but the stop render-- store ren it inoperable. his lawyer says he is a refugee from sierra leone and is saddened if his case has made it more difficult for any other refugees to now enter the u.s. folks who operate montgomery county's jail are requesting a million dollars in security upgrades. they say some of their security cameras are failing and aging quickly. on monday the county's department of corrections will formally request

the director of the jail says he needs new digital cameras by this summer because the old analog cameras are failing. some people think it's a crime that only happens in third world countries but it's happening in our own back yard. >> what it looks like here in northern virginia is me. it looks like some people that you might meet in the grocery

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a dubious distinction for northern virginia. it's one of the busiest areas in the nation when it comes to human trafficking. >> a community in prince william county is asking for help to put an end to that. >> when it comes to stopping this disturbing crime, awareness is key to rescuing the victims,

what to do makes a big difference. >> people traditionally would think it would be something you'd see in a third world country. they don't understand that northern virginia is the fifth largest hub for human trafficking in the united states. >> reporter: monterey church near gainesville is sponsoring an event to empower people to help stop human trafficking. >> victims of human trafficking are modern day slaves. >> reporter: the church's message, most cases are not like what we see on tv dramas. >> what trafficking looks like in northern virginia is not handcuffs. what it looks like here in northern virginia is me. it looks like people you might meet in the grocery store. >> reporter: the community effort seems to be making a difference. >> just general awareness, i think, is the main thing, educating people like residents or people visiting hotels or people who work in hotels to know that's a primary area where th

>> reporter: since last january, the human traffic initiative has helped rescue 22 juveniles and 68 adults. as metro plans a major shutdown the agency is dealt a serious blow. as we celebrate black history month, we'll meet a local doctor who over came considerable hardshipo make t

the federal transit administration is withholding about $15 million in money for metro because of safety concerns. that agency will hold the money from d.c., maryland and virginia until a safety oversight program is established. once it is established, money would be restored. the fda has had oversight over metro since 2015 after a number of safety lapses. a reminder that metro's safe track work will idle trains on part of the blue line. no trains will run between the pentagon and roslyn stations. the arlington cemetery station will be closed. free buses will run between the pentagon and arlington cemetery. as we celebrate black history month, we love to visit with some of the living legends who have de

history. >> tonight we get to visit with a man who changed a lot of lives, not just in this area but around the country with his pioneering work in organ transplant surgery. dr. calendar has made a lot of people believe in miracles. >> not only did dr. clive calendar bring transplant surgery to howard university hospital. he also met the greatest obstacle to transplant medicine with the scarcity of donors, founded the national minority transplant program that grew to 26 cities around the country. he thinks he's the lucky one to have had that opportunity. miracle is a word dr. clive calendar uses often, especially when he describes his interesting tale of survival. >> interesting story because i was born at

to be born at home, but this is new york city. his mother? >> she had two girls and two boys before me. the boys died. >> she grieved for her loss and was praying for another son. >> she got pregnant again and lo and behold twin boys. >> it was a miracle for her. >> within 38 hours she died of complications from delivery. that left me and me twin brother without our mother. >> he and his brother were placed in foster care when he father from the railroad couldn't care for him. their mother's sister who was devoutly religious came forward and took them both to raise them with her own family. >> i spent most of my early days in church reading the bible, learned how to read reading the bible. decided i wanted to be a medical missionary.

'30s and '40s new york city was teaming with due tuberculosis. after 18 months in hospitals he knew what he wanted to do. >> i had an opportunity to see people dying, people living. >> after those 18 months he took two tests. one proved that he was cured. the other, an iq test, proved that he was smart enough to pursue any occupation that he wanted. medicine was still his choice. >> i was going to be a medical missionary. >> with no school since entering the hospital wi, the prospect o medical school was dim. >> i was the first person in the class to get accepted into medical school. how that miracle took place, i'll never know. >> he went onto become a doctor and to make miracles happen for others.

missionary. >> it's maiamazing how in my li i've had faith and would step out and the ground would be there. >> and making more miracles for others, creating the transplant center at howard university and saving even more lives. like this one. dr. calendar continues as a professor of surgery now at howard university. he just celebrated his 80th university. his twin brother wasn't as diligent a student as his brother clive. he dropped out of school and joined the service. when he got out he went to law school and became a judge in new york city. their mother would be proud. >> before you go, you ever see barba

coming. 35 years at nbc 4. we're celebrating you tonight. >> i am about to cry. >> i know you are. that's okay. >> you were only a teenager when you started working here. >> wow. >> there she is. that's the first time i think -- look at that hair, girl. you remember that? >> vaguely. >> barbara walked in and all of us said, whoa. >> oh my goodness. >> all those years ago and what a wonderful career it has been since then. >> and so many years you've been doing the wonderful wednesday's child reports. >> we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with you all this time, baby girl. >> i'm so grateful to be sitting here next to you guys. thank you. this is wonderful. >> many more to come. >> i hope

>> so do we. >> way to go, barbara. >> thank you. we're going to switch over to doug. we've got some weather to celebrate too this weekend. it's going to be pretty warm again, huh? >> i grew up watching barbara too. it's great to be around you guys. so cool. the history up on this desk is so cool. i'm just happy to be here. pretty good weather the next couple of days, temperatures into the 60s and maybe even 70 again after we hit 70 twice over the last couple of days. 38 in d.c., 38 lorton, 38 along the i-95 corridor. winchester now at 32 degrees. that was the high

for us, 37 degrees, wind out of the south at 12 miles per hour. it's a cold night. windchills are in the 20s. temperatures are right around 36 in riverdale. that warm front right there that's coming on through the area, behind it we do get warmer and much warmer tomorrow. if you're thinking about skiing, great ski day tomorrow. it really will be a very nice day to go skiing tomorrow. exercise, rain gear on sunday. saturday is a bitter day. rain gear on sunday. downtown stroll, very important. check our app if you're thinking about getting out on sunday where we do have a chance of showers. download the nbc app. you can take a look at the latest radar there. most of the showers early on sunday will be to the north

west. 68, very warm on sunday. 46 on monday. we're still watching that chance of a storm next wednesday and thursday. right now chance of showers wednesday, rain or snow on thursday. coming up, watch as we welcome the newest star today. she got game, folks. as one arrives, another one says good-bye. ♪ new year, time to get rid of stuff. simplify, declutter, unplug, purge, or even quit cold turkey. i raise turkeys without growth-promoting antibiotics, hormones, or steroids. if you're looking for little ways to simplify life, feeling good about what your family eats is a pretty simple place to start. my name is tammy plumlee, and i raise honest, simple turkey for shady brook farms.

all kind of good stuff coming today, chris. >> we've got a new star in town. >> that's right. we know some of the names already, john wall, bryce harper, alex ovechkin. elaina delladon was introduced at the verizon center. in 2013 she was the second player taken in the draft by the chicago sky and in 2015 she was named the wnba mvp. the mystics also added christy toliver. there's a reason for optimism for the mystics this upcoming season. >> i feel like it's just putting the pieces of the puzzle together. they all fit and they all match up.

court, get the chemistry, bring that effort daily. those pieces are going to come together. i can't wait. we can all play so many different positions. it's just going to be a lot of fun. >> if the nba playoffs started today the wizards and pacers would meet in the first round. they play tonight in their third matchup of the season. the wizards have not won the series in ten years. in order to change that, they need to win tonight. the keys to the game, they're courtesy of one bradley beal. >> they can score the ball in a bunch of ways. they're a dangerous three-point shooting team. they're playing at a high level now. we both have been kind of neck and neck with our records. they've been playing tremendously well. it's up to us to be physical, make sure we're taking care of the ball. >> the caps

but over the next few weeks they'll have to continue to do it without burakovsky. the center is out until the middle of march with a hand injury. it does look as though he'll be back for the playoff run. at 31 years young, redskins veteran kory lichenstieger is retiring. he has been in the district since 2010. clearly he'll be missed by his teammates. here's what some of the guys said on twitter. there's kirk cousins chiming in. ryan carr car-- going to miss b the trenches with you, big dog. maryland tips off against ohi

we'll have more on them tonight at 11:00. the wizards start at 8:00. that wizards band wagon is growing. even chuck todd is on it now. >> if chuck todd is on it, it's going all the way.

tonight, nbc news exclusive -- senior u.s. officials say the russian government is considering offering up american fugitive, edward snowden, handing him over to the u.s. to win favor with president trump. caught in a lie? a mysterious phone call and a storm of controversy around trump national security adviser michael flynn. did the vice president give false information on national tv because flynn didn't tell him the truth? breaking news -- after a big setback in court, president trump says he may sign a new order on immigration. dangerously close, several new incidents of drones nearly crashing into passenger planes, what's being done to prevent a tragedy. and bye-bye bao bao, fans rushing to say good-bye. where the zoo's biggest