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police everywhere, traffic not going anywhere. tracee wilkins was on the scene and she's live with this breaking news. >> reporter: we were first here before police were even able to put up that police tape. if you take a look behind me, that's the vehicle that was shot up today. you can see the bullet holes on the side of this car, windows blown out. i can tell you that this scene stretches on for yards down route 50. prince george's county police are leading this investigation to try and figure out what happened on this highway. as you said, this happened around 3:00 p.m., just before the height of rush hour. three men shot inside of that car. transported to the hospital, all three are expected to be okay. there's an off duty d.c. police officer who just happened to be coming down the highway when all of this happened. that police officer was not injured in any of this, but he did pull over and help to
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assist, helping to secure this scene. as you can see, detectives are still working the scene inside of that vehicle trying to find clues that can help in this investigation. they're also looking for a weapon and hoping that possibly the vehicle that shot into this car maybe tossed the weapon here on the highway. hear now from prince george's county police. >> it's excessive. we have shell cases for a good distance. we're going to go back very far and try to recover as much as we can. >> reporter: it looks like they were shooting as they went down the highway. do you have witnesses on the scene or do you want people to call you with information? >> there were people that stopped. we are definitely also asking for people to please call our crime solvers tip line or detectives. >> reporter: so again prince george's county police are saying that people who were here when this initially happened may have thought this was a car accident.
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three men again shot inside of this vehicle. prince george's county police trying to find the suspect vehicle that is not here on the scene. they're asking anyone who was driving in eastbound lanes of route 50 when this happened around 3:00 to give them a call if you think that you have some information here. now, eastbound route 50 is closed between kenilworth avenue and columbia park road. folks, i know this is a major commuter route. you're going to have to find another way around and avoid eastbound route 50 for now. now to another breaking story. right now some stunning news from the people who were testing for the zika virus here in the district. >> today we learned that hundreds of those tests were flawed and many as a result wrong. in fact, results given to two pregnant women were in fact w
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did not have zika and they have now been told they do have zika. >> we have team coverage for you tonight on this developing story. we begin with mark segraves, who's finding whose impacted and what's being done to notify people now. >> reporter: some very scary news for hundreds of people in washington, d.c. this impacts more than 400 people who were tested by d.c. health officials between july 14th and december 14th of 2016. officials here say today that if you were among those people tested for zika between july and december of last year, you should call your doctor immediately. the head of the district's department of forensic sciences stood before reporters today and acknowledged the district operated lab made mistakes when they processed the results for zika testing of more than 400 people, mostly pregnant women. >> they are complex procedures. they are multilayered.
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controls and procedures and things like that is it kind of takes constant vigilance, to be honest with you. that's what we're providing and doing. and if a mistake is found that impacts the public, we need to tell you about it. that's why we're here today to reveal that to you. >> reporter: the results of 409 tests have been sent to the cdc for re-evaluation. yesterday the first batch of results came back. the new results revealed two pregnant women who were told months ago they were negative for zika virus were in fact positive. >> it's not uncommon for there to be false reporting of results. >> reporter: now health officials would not tell us the outcome of those two pregnancies because of privacy reasons. they say the doctors for those women have been notified. they say it could take as much as four more weeks to get all the results from the
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tests being reevaluated. in 2016 the d.c. department of forensic sciences came under fire because they were doing flawed dna testing. coming up at 6:00, you'll hear what the director of the agency has to say about this latest failure. >> what are the health risks involved now? doreen gentzler is here with a closer look at the zika virus and the impact it has on the body. >> to be clear, there's still a lot we don't know about the zika virus and especially about how it affects babies exposed to the disease in the womb. zika in healthy adults usually presents as flu-like symptoms. sometimes there a rash that clears up within a week or so. since doctors are unsure how long it can stay in the system, they recommend waiting at least six months before having unprotected sex. the zika virus is most dangerous for pregnant women and their fetus.
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zika related birth defects in this country and u.s. territories. the most significant birth defect linked to the zika virus microcephaly, a condition in which the baby's head is unusually small, often due to abnormal brain development. zika first appeared in the u.s. in puerto rico in the end of 2015. and in the con continental u.s. last year. the virus is usually spread by the bite of an infected mosquito that is a , though some cases have been transmitted but sexual contact. we still have a lot to learn about all of this. there is no cure for the zika virus. multiple efforts are underway right now to develop a vaccine for it. until then, a spray-on mosquito
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a study released just today found that spray repellant with deet is the most effective against the mosquito which carries the zika virus. it was a wide ranging and combative news conference today with president trump taking questions for more than an hour at the white house. among the topics the president named alexander akcosta as his new nominee for labor secretary. the president also blasted what he calls the dishonest media for reporting what he called illegal leaks coming out of his white house. he disputed reports of trouble in his administration, calling it a fine tuned machine. many of the questions today focused on the recently dismissed national security advisor mike flynn and any potential
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>> i own nothing in russia. i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> did you direct mike flynn to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador prior to your inauguration? >> no, i didn't. i fired him because of what he said to mike pence. if he was calling countries and his counterparts, it certainly would have been okay with me if he did it. i would have directed him to do it if i thought he wasn't doing it. >> taking a closer look at the president's pick for labor secretary, if confirmed, alexander acosta will be the first latino cabinet member in his administration. he's the dean of a law school at florida international university. he previously served as u.s. attorney for the southern florida district and has been confirmed previous three times by the u.s. senate. acosta also clerked for
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court justice samuel alito. we're getting a new response to the president's news conference just into the live desk. maryland congressman eli jah cummings says president trump made up the story about plans to meet with him. president trump accused cummings of cancelling a meeting they had planned to talk about education, crime and some other issues. in a statement just released in the last hour the congressman said, quote, i have no idea why president trump would make up a story about me like he did today. of course, senator schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the president. now, cummings did say he was hoping to meet with president trump to talk about the rising cost of prescription drugs not about the overall work with the cbc. immigrants across d.c. are taking part in a nationwide
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policies put in place by the trump white house. a day without immigrants urged immigrants across the u.s. to miss work, skip class and avoid shopping to prove just how important they are to america's economy. meagan fitzgerald is live for us in northwest d.c. with how this day without immigrants is impacting our region. >> reporter: it is impacting a lot of businesses, especially restaurants, who many of them decided to close today. they've actually posted a letter on their door letting customers know they're standing in solidarity with these immigrants. we had an opportunity earlier today to speak to some immigrants who are working today. i asked them why they decided to work instead of march. they said they're grateful to be in this country and they needed the money. many business owners say it was far from business as usual. it was yesterday another protest in opposition
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administration and their policies. this time, it was immigrants and their supporters marching down and around the streets of d.c. protesting what they consider to be harmful policies against immigrants by president trump and his administration. many of these protesters are restaurant workers who are here instead of at work. that's led to more than 60 restaurant owners throughout the dmv saying they'll close their doors. teddy and the bully bar on 19th is one of several restaurants that are open. but operating with a limited staff. >> they didn't show so we're doing a lot of that work like picking up dishes. >> reporter: alan is the owner of the restaurant. he says he gave his employees a choice and says he stands by their decision but says the employees who didn't come in are certainly missed. >> we're missing the salad person.
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>> reporter: that's slowing down service, but he says many employees are worried about traveling to work because they think they could be deported so he made accommodations. >> they were afraid. they were afraid they were going to get picked up on the metro and other transportation. so we provided transportation to them too today. >> reporter: a day without immigrants is undoubtedly destructive, but many protesters will tell you that's the point. now, not everyone believes that this protest is a good idea. we did speak with some people who say they just don't believe this is going to be an effective way of communicating the position that these immigrants have. but of course that is something that is yet to be seen. on the heels of today's protests, there was a similar rally in the works that would be called a day without a woman organized by the same people who planned that women's march on washington in january. they're calling for a general strike march 8th, internaio
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they also want to call attention to the issue of gender equality. it tonight a former campaign advisor is pointing the finger. >> reporter: savage and brutal, that is how the fairfax county police chief describes the killing of 15-year-old alexandra reyes. we're going to look at the rise in gang activity. plus, the newest edition to the maryland zoo. the first in more than 20 years.
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fairfax county's police chief is talking for the first time about the murder of a 15-year-old girl. he calls it brutal and savage. late this afternoon police are announcing new murder charges. david culver has been working this story this week. he's live with new information. >> reporter: when
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alexandra reyes's mother, she told me she wanted her daughter's killers caught. i hope they find those responsible. i hope they find them and give us justice, she told me. >> the loss of life of a 15-year-old was a savage and brutal killing. >> reporter: at a press conference today fairfax county police chief tells us a video helped lead them to the suspected killers. >> we have sufficient evidence to support murder. >> reporter: alexandra disappeared in december from her gaithersburg home. her mom says her daughter left out of fear, her life threatened by members of the ms-13 gang. her mom showed me this message sent from a friend to alexandra. it w
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adding, they want to kill you. they discovered her body in this wooded area. >> during our investigation into his death, we obtained information that was pertinent to fairfax county. >> reporter: while investigates have solved alexandra's murder, prince william county police are still looking for christian's killer. i also today spoke with immigration officials at the federal level. they confirmed to me they have placed what are called i.c.e. detainers on the four adult suspects in this case all being held here in fairfax county. that does not necessarily mean they're here illegally. what it does mean, though, is an investigation has been launched to look into whether or not they could be deported from the u.s. as far as the gangs
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concerned, federal officials said those gangs are spreading across northern virginia and recruiting at young levels, high school and even middle schoolers. there was a combative and wide ranging news conference with the president today that we're going to revisit. president trump says his administration is running, quote, like a fine tuned machine. his statement comes after he fired his national security advisor, a cabinet nominee dropped out and there are reports of power struggles inside the white house. >> he took on two of his favorite targets in that news conference, blaming the democrats for delaying his cabinet nominees and the media for how it covers his administration. president trump has been tweeting about what he calls illegal leaks suggesting his own intelligence officials are giving information to reporters. that's de
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touting wikileaks on the campaign trail when the information coming out auz dama was damaging hillary clinton. on the today show former campaign advisers suggest there's a division among staff. >> is it healthy for the administration to be filled with, as you're suggesting, yes men, people who will not challenge president trump? >> i don't think that's the issue at all. i think it's healthier to have people in the administration who share the president's vision of where he wants to take the country. >> a few weeks into his office, the president still standing by his most notable rnc hire. he says chief of staff reince priebus is constantly putting out fires. coming up, new concern tonight about a recent string of arrests of undocumented immigrants in our region. tonight the request from virginia's governor ae
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a fridge on the fritz. what happed after ane
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>> reporter: you're ready for the runway. bundle up and stay warm out there today. >> that's storm team 4's chuck bell
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he was in silver spring handing out two brand new down winter coats. chuck also gave out free hugs. all week long news4 is celebrating random acts of kindness by paying it forward. this time tomorrow not a good day for coats. you could be sweating buckets. >> no real need for them. tomorrow is going to be cold to start but, boy, do we get into some warmer air. we're talking maybe even shorts weather. take a look outside. it looks really good across the area, but the air still quite cold, 39 degrees. the windchills still a factor in the 20s. temperatures dropping through the 30s, down to about 34 by 11:00.
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down to 23 in winchester, 24 in gaithersburg. we've seen winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour today. most of that wind will start to die overnight tonight. no snow or rain. we did see snow today. it was coming down pretty good at times during the morning hours today. lake-effect snow made their way all the way down, even around ocean city and down toward the atlantic. but they have all now gone. it does show you the cold air is still moving on in. current windchills. it's locked in all across the mid atlantic right up toward the northeast here. this is a deep trough of low pressure. this came right out of canada. behind it, though, we've got some warm air. 74 degrees in denver. that's a new record. that warm air wants to move our way. when it does, it's going to
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the middle of next week. we get back into the 60s for the weekend and staying mild, yes, into next week. around 50 degrees tomorrow. partly cloudy, a little bit on the warmer side tomorrow and warmer still over the weekend. if you're heading to the bus stop tomorrow, around 40 degrees. 50 by noon. by saturday and sunday the coats are out of here. 66 on saturday, 65 on sunday. some areas may be near 70 this weekend. monday is president's day. cooler on tuesday. then we rebound once agai i would not be surprised to see 70 degrees next week. we could see it two or three times in the next ten days. absolutely amazing how warm we are. we could end up being one of the warmest februarys of all time here in the d.c. metro area. he's the child of one of
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nassau county's notorious drug records. these days he's carving a dramatically different path from his father. >> reporter: emotional reaction to the sentencing of a father who is charged with first degree child abuse leading to the death of his 7 week old son right here in this house in silver spring. ahead, what the child's mother says about the sentencing. >> reporter: i'm in an nondale. now virginia's governor is weighing in with questions of his home.
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right now on news4, a 7 week old killed by his father. the emotional day in court today as his mother pleads for justice. >> he knows what he did, you know. he knows what he did. his posture, his demeanor, his action just radiates guilt. first, protests over the recent immigration raids in virginia. now concern from virginia's
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conducted those raids. our report last night about those immigration raids got the attention of virginia governor terry mcauliffe. particularly under scrutiny were those arrested after they left a church shelter. now the governor is taking action. bureau chief julie carey live from annandale. >> reporter: residents that live over there in the fairmont gardens apartments are used to seeing i.c.e. agents around usually there to arrest undocumented criminals. there is now a sense and a fear that i.c.e. is casting a wider enforcement net. so immigrant advocates came together there today to express their concerns. protesters shouting slogans, waving signs along busy little river turnpike. i.c.e. agents visited this apartment complex twice last week arresting at least four people. residents say
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before. the difference this time, when the people they were looking for were not found, they reportedly took over undocumented immigrants into custody. they pointed to this trump administration order that broadens the definition of who can be detained. >> the current administration is saying basically every single person as long as you're undocumented in this country, you're probably a priority to be deported. >> reporter: yesterday news4 spoke to three men who witnessed anoth another i.c.e. action last week. at least two were arrested as they left a church shelter. now governor terry mcauliffe is demanding answers. this letter just sent to homeland security secretary john kelly asked has i.c.e. increased operations and detentions in virginia, are agents targeting places of worship? supporters of donald trump defend the i.c.e.
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country. >> the president made it clear that he's going to make our country safe again. the order was brought in terms of anyone who's had a misdemeanor to a serious offense must not be in our communities anymore. >> reporter: now, a long side the demonstrators at the apartment complex, a woman who lived there who had i.c.e. knock on her door last week. i'll have her story when i join you at six. a maryland man will spend the next four decades in prison for the death of his newborn son. that sentence handed down today in montgomery county courtroom. chris gordon has reaction now. >> reporter: this mother makes an emotional plea in court. her 7 week old son was killed
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she asked the judge to hand down a life sentence. >> a life for a life would be better. i wish to a certain extent we lived by the code, but we don't. >> reporter: the judge sentenced the baby's father to 40 years for child abuse that led to the death of emir in february. it happened here at this house in silver spring. the father claimed that emir woke up crying at midnight and he fed the 7 week old a bottle, but the child continued to cry. the father claims at 2:30 in the morning he found emir bleeding badly. the autopsy revealed that emir died of abusive head trauma from a combination of shaking emir and impacting his head. >> i've never met somebody that can lie with so much ease and be
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>> reporter: prosecutors say serious child abuse is happening more and more. >> unfortunately this is the second time in a single week i've stood before you to talk about the murder of a child. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00, strategies to prevent child abuse by recognizing the danger signs. in less than two hours you'll get to weigh in on a controversial parking program. alexandria's 72-hour parking rule makes it illegal to park on city streets even in front of your own house for more than three days at a time. the rule is for all city streets including residential and unrestricted streets. the rule is designed to open up parking for everybody, but can pose a challenge for folks who travel or don't drive to work every day. tonight's open house starts at 7:00 at city hall. well, this was the scene on old town alexandria this morning. a broken water main unleashing this geyser. crews were there as the
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the branches on nearby trees. that water main runs under park road near the masonic temple. virginia american water says this is a six-inch main that broke. it took about eight hours to repair. it's always exciting when we get a new arrival at our zoo here in washington. >> one of the newest animal births happened just 30 miles to our north up in baltimore. the maryland zoo releasing these manages of its new female giraffe calf. >> zoo officials say mom and baby are bonding well. the new giraffe isn't on display to the public just y
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doesn't have a name. the zoo hopes to have the public help with that. we have a gallery of the newborn on our nbc washington app. just search baby giraffe. best by, use by, best before. chances are there's a food item in your cubboard with a confusing date on it. >> reporter: pam butler
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lewis was just nine when his father went to prison and he is still serving that life sentence. but the young lewis says he beat the odds and is now determined to help young people reclaim their lives. >> reporter: you are the bridge between the new and the old d.c. >> yeah. >> reporter: how are you finding ways to bridge that gap? and are you hopeful that you eel be able to bridge that gap? >> i'm a person that actually naturally coexists in both worlds. there's not a lot of that. particularly native washingtonians under 40. i try to choose my
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possible. >> that's tony lewis junior. find out more about his story about how he beat the odds and how he is inspiring the next generation. go to our nbc washington app and just search making history today. it was a rule intended to keep guns out of the hands of people with serious mental problems but it's been repealed in a move by the senate. we dig deeper into the gun bill headed to the president's december zblodesk. and a local woman frustrated by h
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we continue to follow the day without immigrants strike where more than 60 restaurants around d.c. have closed their doors like here. this the other side of this, there's many other businesses that say they remained open, but they are operating with a limited staff. many business owners tell us it is affecting their business. but many of them say they are standing in solidarity with their employees. d.c. health officials say flawed zika testing resulted in some false negatives. that includes two cases in which pregnant women were told they did not have the virus when they actually did. 600 people e
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retested. here's the traffic nightmare right now, route 50 at kenilworth aevenue is now a crie scene after three people were shot inside that car. everyone is expected to be okay but police tell us everyone should avoid route 50 because traffic is still backed up in that area. >> today the fight over gun control is back in the spotlight after a vote in the senate to roll back a rule that was intended to keep some people with severe mental illnesses from owning a gun. pat l >> federal law already prohibits the sale of guns to those who are mentally ill in cases where they've either been committed or adjudicated as mentally defective in court. the obama administration extended this list to include people considered too mentally ill to manage their own disability benef.
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the rule would have required the social security administration to report those individuals to the fbi's background check database as ineligible to buy firearms. there was immediate push back over this from a number of groups including the aclu and the nra. they both argued the regulation unfairly stigmatizes the disabled and infringes on their constitutional right to bear arms. yesterday the senate voted to nullify the rule. the bill now heads to the white house where the president is likely to sign it. nbc 4 responds to a fridge on the fritz. a virginia woman says she's fed up after numerous failed attempts by the company to fix it. she turned to our consumer reporter susan hogan. >> she says her brand new fridge stopped making ice. despite having a warranty she couldn't get the company to fix it. she turned to nbc 4 responds to heat
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no ice, time and time again. linda's $2400 samsung fridge just won't make ice. if she's lucky after two weeks, she'll get a few cubes. but more often than not no ice. in january 2013 linda bought a samsung refrigerator at a local retailer along with a five-year warranty. thankfully she did. >> everything was working well and within about a year all of a sudden there's no ice. >> linda contacted the customer service number on her contract and a repairman came out and fixed it. >> he said it will never happen again. >> but it did. >> three months later, the same thing happened again. >> no ice. >> no ice. >> another call to the company, another visit from the repairman. >> and said you're good to go. it's never going to happen again. >> guess
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>> yes, it happened again. >> four service calls and still no ice. and the fifth time the fridge stopped making ice. >> they did not come back out. when they started telling me that our warranty had expired. >> but linda's warranty doesn't expire until 2018. getting the cold shoulder from samsung, linda made one more call. >> so i finally said i'm going to nbc 4 responds because i know they take care of it and i always watch nbc 4. >> we contacted samsung. in a statement the company told us it regrets the experience linda had with her fridge and said we are working with their extended warranty provider to carefully review her experience. a short time later linda got a call she couldn't believe. >> i got a call from samsung on tuesday offering me a
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what brought you to me? >> i knew i would get results from nbc 4. >> what really helped linda with her case, she kept every single document, which is great advice for anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation. if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, give us a call at 844-nbc-dc44. every food package is different. some have those sell by dates, others have best if used by dates. now there's a push to streamline things so you don't waste your food. the plan is to break products into two groups. the first will get a use by date, reserved for food that spoils quickly and should not be eaten after the date listed. the second group will get a best if used by date. that means an item is safe to e
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though the taste may not be ideal. the food marketing institute and the grocery manufacturer's association are behind this push. the guidelines are just suggestions at this point. there's nothing forcing companies to follow these standards. news4 spent this day with some millennials as part of career day at city year. our very own meagan fitzgerald and britney johnson talked about how they made it here to news4. and they talked about why mentorship is important. it is a great program. >> they heard from two wonderful people and got some advice today. so when is it going to get warm and we can doff our coats and run barefoot? >> you can run
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february 24th. i know you have your phone on you. open it up, see what you have planned. i hope the forecast holds. we're talking about highs near 70. still this weekend you can doff the coat on saturday, sunday, president's day not too bad either. our official high today 42 degrees. a high tomorrow of 50. the wind is not an issue so it's going to feel about 20 degrees warmer throughout the day with lighter winds, plenty of sunshine and warmer air in place. it's nice for the long holiday weekend. saturday, sunday and monday all looking almost completely dry. the temperature is really nice for february. normal high now 47. after that staying warm pretty much every day on the ten-day forecast. i was sneezing. if you've been sneezing and woo wondn
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trees in the moderate to high range. your planner for tomorrow, 7:00 a.m. we're around 37 degrees. it is a cold start but there's less wind throughout the entire day and plenty of sunshine. mid 40s by lunchtime. by 3:00 p.m. 50 degrees. friday night looking good in the mid 40s. heading to and from work it's dry. make sure you have the sunglasses handy. recess for the kids, they'll want the jacket. exercise is going to be okay during the afternoon hours. a little bit on the cold side during the morning hours. and on your friday night make sure you have the warm jacket. right now temperatures coming in in the 30s. by the weekend we really warm up.
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snowboarding we're looking at spring conditions. you probably don't need the ski jacket. the bike and the hike, a little bit cool especially in the shade. golf, take a tee time for noon or a little bit later. it's going to be warmer then as well. on sunday maybe some sprinkles around early, but that's it. 66 on saturday, 65 on sunday. little cooler on president's day at 61. the 24th, 68. some showers looking likely saturday february 25th. we'll continue to monitor it. >> that pollen is going to kick in on me and i'll have to take friday off.
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>> reporter: inside lane memorial cme church in northeast d.c., a celebration
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the painful acceptance of death. >> it's not how long you live. it's what you do while you live. >> reporter: and questions that just can't be answered. >> what happened? >> reporter: pamela butler disappeared from her home in northwest valentine's day 2009. loved ones held vigils every year, praying for pam to come home. but this year the butler family planned a memorial service. a mother should never have to bury her child. if only this one could. >> very, very hard. >> reporter: not knowing? >> not knowing. i still have those trying times when i just break down. >> reporter: pam's family declared her legally dead to settle her affairs. >> i'd just like
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where and when. >> reporter: interim police chief pete newsham says the case changes now that pam is considered legally dead. >> it would give us an opportunity to pursue a homicide charge against the person that's responsible. >> reporter: the butler family has long believed that a man pam was dating was involved with her disappearance. police won't comment on that and no one has been charged. >> i'm going to still keep on fighting. i'm going to still be out there every time i get a chance to say something and bring some light to what actually happened and what's going on. >> just hoping, hoping and praying that something will come out of this. >> reporter: so that pam butler can finally rest in peace. in northeast d.c. kristin wright, news4. news4 at 6:00 starts now. now at 6:00 a combative president trump blasted the media, leaks and democrats in his first solo news conference since taking
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security advisor mike flynn and said he did not have a problem with flynn talking to the russian ambassador about sanctions. >> mike was doing his job. he was calling countries and his counterparts. so it certainly would have been okay with me if he did it. you can talk all you want about russia, which was all, you know, fake news, fabricated deal to try and make up for the loss of the democrats and the press plays right into it. where does the press get this information that's classified? how do they do it? it's an illegal process and the press should be ashamed of themselves. russia is fake news. this is fake news put out by the media. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. and the other thing, chaos. there's zero chaos. this is a fine tune machine. i just want to

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