breaking news, the trump administration is considering a proposal to use the national guard to round up undocumented immigrants. we're seeing a quick negative response from the white house. >> integration is a hot topic in fairfafrm where they are protesting the arrest of a few men outside a church shelter last week. temperatures are still in the 30s but climbing and we'll continue to do so. wait until you see your weekend forecast that's coming up. >> good morning, everybody, thanks for joining us.

>> lawson muse. we're following breaking news, a complicated story happening right now in last half hour. white house press secretary sean spicer responded to a report from the associated press that report says the president is considering using national guard troops to round up undocumented immigrants. it says the plan could involve as many as 100,000 troops. however, spicer says that report is quote 100% not true. it's false. that's a quote. the ap says asked the white house for comment before publishing the piece but did not get a response. all of this comes as immigrants are feeling a lot of tension and anxiety. >> especially with reports of new detentions from federal immigration agents, justin finch is live in alexandria where people are responding to those reports this morning. justin. >> reporter: that's right. in fact, members of the faith based community and also protesters went inside this i.c.e. field office behinde

latino men detained last week. we were told the names are not given and they are pursuing other means to free them. >> your heads are in conflict between church and state. >> reporter: what they are calling the illegal detaining of immigrants is specifically a case we have been following. news 4 first to tell you about several latino men arrested outside the rising hope mission church in levalexandria. all detained by i.c.e. agents after leaving the hypothermia shelter last thursday morning. of the dozen or so taken in, one was let's go and did have a green card. today's protest concerned president trump's executive order puts undocumented immigrants without criminal past at risk. previously i.c.e. was going after undocumented people

government is staking out homeless shelters to arrest people inside will turn people away who otherwise might be sleeping and freezing on the streets. >> a huge role in helping us to end the criminalization of immigrants and end the exploiltation of people of color and immigrants. that's why we're very glad to stand here today with the faith based community as well. >> i.c.e. maintains those detainments respect their sensitive locations procedure, not arresting those outside places of worship and churches and schools and medical treatment facilities. now after our report, the office reached out to i.c.e. for more clarification for the safety of virginia residents. back into you. >> justin finch, thank you. president trump heads to south carolina today to meet with leaders from boeing. the president sent out this tweet

plant and after spend the weekend at his winter white house in florida. the founder of crossroads media could start as early as today. sean spicer filling two jobs stays on as press secretary. much of the talk across the country is still focused on president trump's news conference. one of the most contentious moments came when the president was asked about including the congressional black caucus in discussions on urban policy. >> are you going to include the congressional black caucus? >> i would. do you want to set up meeting? do you want to set up the meeting? >> no. >> are they friends of yours? >> i know some of them but -- >> set up a meeting. i would love to meet with the black caucus. >> chairman of the congressional black caucus says the white house has now asked for a meeting. maryland congressman elijah cummings put ot ata

meeting with president trump and the decision to ask for michael flynn's resignation came solely because flynn misled the vice president about phone calls with a russian ambassador. the man asked to fill the role of national security adviser has turned the job down. robert harward said his decision was personal and general michael flynn was forced to resign after admitting he misled vice president pence about phone calls with the russian ambassador. democrats have been on the hill for hours now. they were there all night speaking out against another one of president's nominees, overnight we are heard from senator after senator saying scott pruitt isn't the right person to lead the epa. many say they don't approve of his record in his home state. >> someone who is standing with the industries and contrary to people suffering in their own state has not earned the right to be our adminit

epa. >> a few hours ago senator chris van hollen spoke of the importance of protecting the chesapeake bay. the nomination is expected to pass. >> a cold morning but sheena parveen is here with when we start to feel the warm-up. it's coming. >> it is coming and it will continue as we go through the weekend. wait until you see the forecast. we're still in the 30s in the district. 37 degrees. the clouds are starting to break and they'll continue to do so by noon, temperatures around 40 by then. 4:00 p.m., 50 degrees and if you have plans this evening, we're going to stay dry, about the upper 40s. look at the weekend forecast, we'll being in the 60s well above the normal high of 48 degrees. we'll look at the three-day weekend and we'll look at a very mild stretch under way that's straight ahead. >> all right, thanks, sheena. new this morning, somebody is now checking out how bad the damage is at this house that was hit by a car. we sent chopper 4 to

on oak view drive. you can see the car slammed into the back door. we're told that nobody was inside the house or i should say nobody that was inside was hurt. the driver of the car was hurt but is expected to survive. and we're working to learn how two people are doing after this bad crash on suitland parkway. this picture from the morningside volunteer fire department. you can see how bad that car was banged up. it looks like at some point it managed to flip on its side about 3:00 in the morning when this happened. two people had to be flown to the hospital. take a look at this car. it is riddled with bullets. 13 shots fired into the car during rush hour on route 50. prince george's police are still trying to figure out who fired on the car yesterday and why. they had to shut down eastbound route 50 for nearly five hours. the three men inside are being treated for gunshot wounds. they are expected to be okay. neighbors in high

they've had eight armed robberies reported in the city since mid-december. many of the robberies are taking place in one specific area. we're talking about the part roughly bordered by queens chapel road and hamilton street and ager road. the suspect or suspects are targeting latino men, leaving for work at this time in the morning. the robberies are taking place between 4:00 and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays and more frequently on fridays. the crime streak is forcing neighbors to be even more on alert. >> from now on, i'll be watching who is behind me and front of me and aside. it's terrible. >> police believe there could be more victims however some may be reluctant to come forward. >> bao bao's flight plans are set and she's going to china. you only have four more days to see the panda. she's leaving for china to take part in a

bao bao has a 16-hour flight from fedex that leaves dulles this tuesday afternoon. get out there, you'll have good weather to enjoy her one last time. >> remember when tie shawn was sent back, my niece was heart broken for months. >> we're trying to pick aun up off the floor. she's in pieces. looking for an explanation atwo passenger planes collide. after the break, a look at what happened to the people on the frontier and southwest flight. >> and facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg is laying out his vision for the future, doing it in a 5700 word essay and he's earing that

no one was injured but frightening moments in phoenix. >> the wings clipped and you can see the wing tip right there, came up a mangled mess. we don't know whether this was a pilot error or something else, put on another plane to get where they were going. two things can slow you down this weekend, safe track work and a da

>> your first alert traffic and look at this weekend. safe track surge number 12 still under way, no service there. taking a look elsewhere, orange and green line running on a regular weekend schedule. that is good. on the yellow line, every 20 minutes trains will be running between huntington and mount vernon square only. on the green line 15 minutes and silver, every 20. remember president's day on monday. we have a special schedule. metro hours 5:00 a.m. until midnight. trains operating on that saturday schedule. see you monday morning. this morning, ceo and founder of facebook mark zuckerberg is sounding off about the world around him and big changes coming to facebook. >> here's more from his 5,000 word manifest to that talks about the global

political ambition and fiery debate over fake news, mark zuckerberg laying out his vision for future in a 5700 word essay, 1.86 billion users. the 32-year-old executive wrote progress requires humanity coming together, but also as a global community. zuckerberg says after 13 years of connecting individuals, facebook is now shifting its focus to develop the social infrastructure that works for all of us. zuckerberg published a statement thursday as an update to the founders letter. the year facebook went public, setting it on the path to become one of the most valuable companies in the world. new comments comes weeks after donald trump rolled out the america first policy. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. america first. >> zuckerberg did not mention

trump by name and says he started working on the statement before election day. according to cara swisher. >> one of the criticisms it created filter bubbles where you only hang out with people you like and creating a more global facebook. >> reporter: addressing fake news, writing we've made progress fighting hoaxes the way we fight spam but we have more work to do. >> he was moving ever closer to the idea that facebook is a media company and does have responsibility, something he had never done before. >> reporter: on facebook, a wide range of reactions, some positive saying thank you for standing up for the global vision. others pushing back saying you're good with computers but your politics need serious work. some wonder if zuckerberg is a close stepper to running for public office. >> he's sort of preparing himself for it and has the wherewithal to do it, enormously wealthy and popular and people like a business person in office, not out of the realm of

possibility. i don't think he's doing it any said he has no plans to run for president. he's currently in the middle of a tour of the entire country trying to meet people in all 50 states by the end of the year. there is a brand-new online tool to help you figure out when to go to the dmv, the best times and this is only for virginia customers. it shows how many people are currently waiting at each office as well as the current longest wait time. the estimated wait times begin a half hour each office opens and the times are updated every five minutes, we'll link you there if you go to the nbc washington app. >> voters are electing a new virginia governor and new poll says democrats have the inside track for the job. the poll comes out of quinnipiac and says if the general election were today the democratic candidates for governor would beat all of the republicans running. the democrats are pretty much

deadlocked for the nomination. polls saying they each have 19% support from voters with 61% undecided. four republicans are fighting for nomination of governor and ed gillespie and rigleman and wagner will say why they deserve it most. there's a public debate at 3:00 and primaries are in june this year. gillespie is consider the republican front-runner, we'll see if the ties to president trump will help stewart's bid. >> you can save time simply by talking to your google home device. the new shopping feature is google's way of competing with the alexa device, a few google express retail partners include costco and whole foods and wahl greenz and pet smart. it is free through the 30th of april. >> you go milk, eggs, put in the

basket. >> whatever. >> there's a new efo to save you money by streamlining the way food is labeled right now. it's pretty confusing if you're trying to figure out when something is going to go bad. >> and most of us the scientific way smell the milk jug and as tom costello explains, the two new categories. >> safe to assume nearly all of us at some point have done a food label double take, sell by, best by, best before, enjoy by, use by, best if use by. 15 to 20 variations of that message appear on food labels today. >> sometimes the label is wrong. i know i have that problem sometimes if they use it by a certain time. >> i think i would do the smell test to see if it smells like it's on the verge of rotting or spoiling. >> now two food industry giants are moving to simplify the language to just two new standard phrases. best if used by will

product quality before it diminishes and though not necessarily become unsafe. think cookies and crackers and pasta. use by will apply to the few products highly perishable and eaten before they pose a safety issue, think protein like uncooked chicken and beef and seafood. milk and yogurt, companies will decide which is best. >> because consumers are afraid by what they mean, consumers might be throwing food away when it's still perfectly good or perfectly safe to eat. >> reporter: and americans throw away a lot of food, 30 to 40% of all food is wasted. equally 20 pounds of food per person per month. >> i always say when in doubt, throw it out. >> keeping food longer should save families money. with the voluntary rollout, the simplify labels should be in place by 2018. tom costello, washington. played ale

apollo and space shuttle programs, we're going to tell you about the launch taking place this weekend and -- >> he was a great man. and that is a quick sample of a documentary being shown as part of a film festival here in the district next week. we'll tell you how you can screen the films during

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mars, spacex is about to send a rocket to the international space station with a long range goal in mind. kerrie sanders explains the plan. elon musk and engineers at spacex have a dream of going to mars and the launch set for saturday morning is a big step for getting there. this morning, spacex engineers say they are highly confident but it is rocket science after all. a tough reminder of that last september, when one of the spacex rockets blew up on the launch pad caused by a highly technical fueling problem. but elon musk is undeterred and his team back at it this morning. the mission to resupply the international space station but the launch of a reusable rocket one step closer to his grand idea to send humans to mars. but musk's dream of getting to mars has a wr

in nasa's labs -- >> it is not easy to grow things in space. that's the real challenge. >> reporter: fiction meets science. >> you are actually growing a potato on what would be mars? >> correct. >> reporter: plants create vital oxygen to astro knots can breathe which is 35 million miles from earth's atmosphere. >> are we going to mars? >> eventually, we are, that's the ultimate destination and we can get there in the 2030s. >> reporter: that would mean if you have a newborn at home right now, by the time that child is in high school, they'll be launching rockets from here with astro astro knots, designation, mars. a huge rain storm is rolling into southern california. >> some communities could see a month's worth of rain now through tomorrow morning. the storm comes just days after tens of thousands of families

they were ordered to leave after water levels at the oroville dam became so dangerous. these images so impressive. the water levels at the dam were 32 feet below the emergency spill way. officials say at that level they feel comfortable with the incoming storm. >> meanwhile, back here, our weather is going to warm up take little? >> it's going to improve. it will be very nice especially for those who have a three-day weekend. they can enjoy it -- >> absolutely. >> unseasonably warm weather again. we'll have another warm-up and rise well above normal for this time of year. it's going to carry over into monday, president's day, if you have the three-day weekend it's going to be nice. for your friday, we have the clouds around, a little bit stubborn to start off the day, stratus clouds are sometimes hard to clear but these are passing through. we'll be seeing these break and we'll have a decent afternoon i

not nearly as wi nxt week and following weekend, we have no big cool coming. this morning, is actually going to be our coldest morning for quite a while looking forward. temperatureswise right now, we have 40s on the map. 41 leesburg with a little more clearing and if you're in quantico, still in the 30s, 37 even in the district right now. if you have the plans to head out today, it's going to shape up nicely around lunchtime, temperatures closer to 40. happy hour, low 50s and more sunshine and by dinner time, temperatures will be in the upper 40s. nice and dry for your friday night plans. there's the area of cloud cover i was telling you about. it is moving through the area. we'll see improvements today developing sunshine and 52 for a high temperature. here's your weekend forecast, saturday and sunday, early chance of showers, early saturday, maybe late -- early sunday maybe late saturday, either way. very mild weekend we'll look at your ten-day coming up.

>> we have been waiting all weat if our own shomari stone is the most romantic man in america. he is appearing on the steve harvey show and one of three charming contestants who is competing. he was nominated by his sweet wife and you can watch what happens here on nbc 4 at 2:00 in the afternoon. >> what a love story. >> they have a great story. coming up, the county executive of prince george's county just made a major announcement about the county's school district. the new information just coming in. two pregnant women who tested negative for the zika virus last year retested positive. the flaw in the testing that caused a false gative result. ne

flawed testing results in false negatives for two pregnant women who tested for zika here in the district. between july and december of last year, more than 400 people were tested late last year health officials discovered the test results were flawed. now, all of the results have been sent back to the cdc for retesting. of the 62 that came back to far, two were in fact positiver

may be some in there and we are also hopeful that the majority of those will continue to be retested as being negative. >> this isn't the first time problems have come up at the district's department of forensic scientists the former director resigned two years after after reports of ignored warnings of faulty dna testing. >> today is the final day of tax week, we're keeping you informed about a major problem affecting millions of taxpayers. this new scam involves fake tax bills tied to the affordable care act and there are a couple of different versions making the rounds. consumer reporter susan hogan explains what some people are getting in the mail. >> scammers are sending fraudulent versions of the cp 2,000 notices for tax year 2015. here are a few warning signs that it is fak

related to the aca and if it lists the letter number in the payment voucher as 105 c and request checks made out to the irs and be sent to the austin processing center. bottom line, whether you get a notice or a call from someone claiming to be from the irs, if you have any question about the legitimacy of it, call the irs directly to verify that information. by the way, don't use the number listed on that letter or on the caller i.d. >> if you've missed any of our tax week reports don't worry, we've got i covered. search tax tips in the nbc washington app. >> the mother tongue film festival is a free five-day event and offers feature length and short films across the globe. the screenings take place at smithsonian and other districts. joining us today with more on this

>> good morning. >> thank you for being with us today. this festival starts on tuesday and it starts it happens to be on international mother languages day. tell me what this is and how all of that tie into together? >> that's a great question. the united nations designated international mother's tongue day in 1999 and they first celebrated in 2000 and it's basically to help celebrate the 7,000 languages spoken worldwide. >> 7,000 languages. >> e i presume you're supposed to speak in your native tongue? >> correct. >> tell me about the involvement of the different smithsonian muse smuseums? >> the national museum of natural history and american indian and folk life and culture at heritage and as well as we have fundsing from the smithsonian latino

we have named recovery voices program and you'll be able to come see the films across the smithsonian at various different locations. >> start time and date? starts on tuesday? >> runs through saturday. there are detail screenings including free children's films, there's going to be a program on saturday at natural history museum and during the week on thursday at national museum of american indian at 11:00. if there are moms with little kids -- >> great idea. tell me about the films that you had the opportunity to see that we can either take the kids to or something that's more geared towards adults. >> i think most of our feature films are adult films in the evening around 7:00, almost all of them. they are very diverse. we have films from arctic canada, we have films from venezuela and it's really interesting. we're showing a very group

very short film from many different mexican communities. we're just show casing four of the 50 plus languages that are still spoken in mexico besides spanish. and then we have some really cute films made by kids, we have a mali film that i really enjoy called chubby bunny, a bunch of kids putting marshmallows in their mouths and saying chubby bunny, the rest of the game in their native language and that is a big accomplishment of new zealand bringing back a language that was at risk a couple of generations ago. >> do you have a favorite film quickly before we leave? and we have to tell people where to find this, do you have a favorite film at all? >> my favorite film is probably a short from australia called nula by dillon river and features a language spoken by 2,000 people and short comedic

the films n back over to you. >> thank you, erika. we'll show you this video out of houston. it will make any parent's heart sink. a toddler standing on the counter losing his balance and then falling. thankfully the employee behind the counter was quick and caught the child. the employee did a little showing off after that flexing for the camera and showing a thumb's up. he credited sky diving training for his cat like reflexes. by the way the family was there to do a little indoor sky diving. don't be surprised if your favorite convenience store is a little busier than usual today. a lottery jackpot is reaching a level that gets a lot of attention. and it's a day that's gotten off to a cloudy start but sheena will be back to tell us what's

there is an announcement about your children's education happening right now. the county executive is at due val high school and just said he is keeping school ceo kevin max well for a second term. >> what i want him to do and what this announcement is today, is continue the great work that he's doing. that is why i'm recommending dr. maxwell continue as our ceo. >> our prince george's county bureau chief tracie wilkins ses this is the first time in 20 years that a prince george's school superintendent is getting a second term. you can follow tracy on twitter and look for her report later on news 4. >> we always ask this question but i don't think it gets old. what would you do with $349 million? tomorrow, somebody could find out. the powerball jackpot is up to $349 million and it i

by the day. right now that cash payout is just over $213 million. and you have about a 1 in 292 million chance of taking home the big prize in tomorrow's drawing. good luck with that. >> appropriate use of the phrase, sheena, absolutely. >> i was saying this morning to you, i never buy powerball tickets unless it's over 200 million and makes the news then i'm like, okay, i'll buy it. >> a couple of bucks, okay. >> i don't think i'm the only one that does that. >> i would agree. >> we're all winning this weekend with the weather especially if you have a three-day weekend. if you have a three-day weekend you're lucky and the weather will be cooperating with all of your plans. we'll be in the 60s, that is unseasonably warm. we've been talking about unseasonably warm weather a lot this winter and if we look at next week and following weekend, we are looking at unseasonably warm days and this morning, actually is the cold

believe it or not. the clouds will break later today and we'll see more sunshine. these type of clouds are pretty stubborn but they are moving and getting out of here. the day will be shaping up nice, developing sunshine across the area. it's going to be a pretty nice afternoon. the normal high this time of year 48 degrees, talking about unseasonably warm, we expect to be around 50 degrees, that's still above normal. 68 saturday, 65 on sunday. 63 on monday. there's your nice three-day weekend. we have a small chance for a shower, maybe very late saturday or very early sunday. not going to ruin your plans. we'll see 60s all the way through your three-day weekend and here's a look at the ten-day forecast. as we go through the entire week, even into next weekend, these are unseasonably warm temperatures, even the morning temperatures, enjoy your weekend. >> coming up after th

teen suicide and how the memory of one young man is helping other students dealing with depression. >> educating children about animals and how to treat them. why the lesson could last a fetime. li

>> we're back with a story about a problem that a lot of families are quietly dealing with, t

facts. >> last year five students in loudoun county took their own lives. now a theater group is reaching out to teens and families with a message they are hoping will save a life. amy cho shows us how. >> between the singing and movements and remembering their lines -- ♪ >> it isn't much of a reach to say these cast members are stars. but the real star of this show isn't in the room at all. ♪ will robinson, 17 years old, a junior. >> he was the guy that was giving people hugs in the hall first thing in the morning to cheer them up. he was the guy that so many people went to with their problems. >> nobody knew but beneath the big smile was a world of depression. in january of last year, will robinson took his own

going on withow-- he was way do path, we're losing a lot of young people and we just got to have better solutions. >> this show, part of that solution, it's called a will to survive. ♪ >> reporter: many here knew will but all want to share the message that no one should feel alone. >> if it can save a life and start a conversation, it can help one kid know they are actually not alone in the world, then we have to do it over and over. ♪ >> in middleburg, amy cho, news 4. >> the theater group puts on several shows that are open to the public and they are hoping to expand even to other counties in the future. >> here at nbc 4, we are committed to changing minds. we want to help get rid of the stig ma of talking about depression. we have a lot of information about the warning signs and links to crisis hot lines, you'll find them

washington app. search changing minds. having empathy for furry and feathered and finned friends can be a vital life lesson. here now with me to tell you whether you have a pet or not at home for a child perspective, to tell you what to do as a child as far as treating animals and caring for animals with respect. >> thank you for having us. >> the humane education program that you guys have, tell us what it is. >> humane education where we go into the schools with elementary and middle school aged children and welcome school aged children into our shelters via summer camp and spring break camp. it's an opportunity to teach kindness and compassion and attitude that a community is inclusive of the animals who live within the community. we teach compassion towards animals because what that is, if children can learn to have

possibilities and rest of their lives. how that expands into howthy treat other people and interact with their siblings and families, it's just an incredibly important value and starts with animals. >> i totally agree with that. the program is so amazing and that's the thing. when kids are growing up, if they don't have exposure to animals, then other people have, they can go down the wrong path in some cases, what are the negative things you have seen in the community to want to start a program like this. >> first of all, you have animals that are on the ends of chains and hidden away from who we believe are their families without possibility for -- dogs left outside in back yards and cats not given perhaps proper socialization or scared of the people because people don't know how to interact with them. it's important we understand not everybody is born knowing how to interact with these animals and how to care for them. we're here to teach the proper ways and what

everyone can live sim bee ottically in the community. >> these are all things that humans are doing because they don't know -- >> we have animals coming in the shelter every day from perfectly preventible situations and additionally if we help everyone learn how to listen with their animals and family -- then perhaps there's less of a reason for a lot of animals to be surrendered to us. we receive animals every day from owners and -- sorry, we receive animals every day from situations that we think have reasonable solutions to help them stay with their families. and again we have homeless animals and want people in the community to be aware of the services we offer that we're even a resource for them. >> we do have video of a bunch of children touring the humane rescue alliance and this is part of the program walking through seeing the animals and basically being taught how to treat

>> when they come in, they learn basic question. they go through behavior modifications an we want to model behavior that they may see in the community or have at home. we talk abo our adoption program and the fact that we're looking -- what types of homes we're looking for and how the adoption process works and we also talk about the basic principles of animal care and we just again, this is a model to people who may not have had exposure to this in their own life. i personally grew up with dogs being in the backyard. i don't believe that should be the case anymore. it's a learning curve for anyone and everyone we're here to help people along the path. >> the program is fantastic and i hope the kids take it with them later in life to make them a better person individual. so it's so fantastic. thank you so much for being here. nbc 4 is part of clear the shelters. that is going to be in august. we're a proud partner the clear of shelters august 19th. youe

on ou're interested in adopting nbc washington app and we have one here available for you. >> we have a dog available, this is pearl, about 3 years old. she was an example of animal we want to teach people about, she was found abandoned with her puppies and she's still waiting for her forever home. >> hopefully we can give pearl a home through the hue man rescue alliance. thanks for being here and hopefully more kids can join that program. >> all right, sweet pearl is ready to go. >> yeah. >> we know, it's a lot to be on camera. >> great program though. >> yes, it is. there's so much you can learn from animals. >> absolutely, we hope pearl finds a home soon. >> and sheena will be back in a couple of more minutes to let us know how long this warm weekend is going to stick around. >> and take a look at this face-off, these two men are boxers set to get in the ring next month at the m gmti

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you're generations to know their african-american roots in prince george's county. >> news 4 carol maloney is in west palm beach today, the brand-new spring training home and the whole team is there. spring training games begin next week and one of the big questions how healthy max scherzer is. >> i don't experience any

one thing that hurts, which is the only thing i want to -- i don't want to experience pain with. >> scherzer won the cy young award as best pitcher in the league last year but he has a fraukt tour on the knuckle of the right ring finger still healing. a former olympic boxer is getting ready for the match of his life, gary russell jr. was born in the district and lives in prince george's county and headlining the first boxing match at mgm national harbor next month. russell is excited to fight in front of his hometown fans. >> the classic face-off before the bout. the first mgm casino boxing match march 11th between oscar and gary russell junior. he grew up in prince george's county, foremaner olympian turned pro now fighting at home. >> it's my hometown.

compete. i wanted to come home and compete unless i was the world champion. >> russell remembers before the mgm was even here. >> i remember being kids running around this place before this even was established. you know, it's amazing. >> reporter: colombian challenger spoke through a interpreter, it was gary russell senior who used the moment to talk about family and trust sean respect. >> you won't hear ug ranting and raving trying to make it negative. >> reporter: talking with nbc 4, russell's father says he raised try sons who all box to defy stereo types. >> coming from broken homes and coming out of jail or something like that, i've been married 31 years to their mom. i made sure they went to school, went to church together and everything. >> the senior russell grew up in d.c.'s trinidad neighborhood fo

>> i'm lost now when i go through d.c. that was one of the worst neighborhoods in the united states. >> a long way and long time ago from the main event at the mgm. tom sherwood, news 4. >> boxing fans will be looking forward to that. how about you? >> yes, i will be very much looking forward to that, see if we can get tickets. let's check in with sheena, it's going to be a gorgeous weekend. >> yes, it is, hopefully everyone is excited and you have a three-day weekend. more sunshine developing through the afternoon, 52 for a high temperature this weekend, unseasonably warm all three days and very slight chance of rain late saturday early sunday. nothing to be concerned about, we're looking at 60s and next week, unseasonably warm throughout the entire week. believe it or not this morning was the coldest one in a while. >> unbelievable. >> thank you, sheena, looking forward to the weekend. >> that's it for news 4 midday, thanks for being with us this morning. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> remember you can get

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