to homeland security. >> julie carey is live in annandale where she learned today of more arrests. >> reporter: for the third time in the last two weeks ice agents at that apartment complex where they arrested about five people, they say that's routine enforcement. it was the ice arrest outside a fairfax county church last week that brought faith leader directly to the homemade land security office. they said arrests outside a church sets up a church-state confrontation. faith leaders came to homeland security offices to deliver a warning. >> what's did outside a church to people coming out from a church shelter is the beginning of a conflict between church and state in the administration of donald trump.

>> reporter: in last week's me just left the hypothermia center. ice agents moved in. this man was released but says at least a half dozen over latino men were arrested. ice says the arrests did not violate their sensitive locations policy that discourages arrests at places of worship. these protesters see it differently. >> they might have been following the letter of the law, but they weren't following the spirit of the law. they were clearly staking out rising hope. >> reporter: trump supporters like say the arrests are making fairfax county safer. >> it's right on target. the operative word is criminal. >> reporter: as for the arrests near the church, as ice adjus

executive order, there could be a few missteps. >> are mistakes made? are sometimes things a little bit not sensitive or sympathetic? yeah. i think things like that will happen. but that doesn't mean that it is done with evil intent. >> reporter: now back to those demonstrators protesting the arrests, after they spoke to reporters, they headed inside the building to ask for a meeting and the names of those arrested outside that church last week. when i join you at 6:00, i'll tell you what happened. our area's immigrant population has nearly doubled in recent years. a survey found that our area now has about 1.3 million immigrants. that is 23% of the local population. most immigrants now hail from el salvador. rounding out the top five are india, china, souo

42% of the area's immigrants are college educated. that compares to about 31% nationally. president trump is hitting the four-week mark today. after 28 days in office he is still dealing with controversies surrounding his presidency and his cabinet picks. he's on the road this weekend. starting today he was at the boeing plant in south carolina speaking at the unveiling of boeing's newest biggest plane the 787 dreamliner. >> we want products made by our workers, in our factories, stamped with those four magnificent words, made in the usa. also today, nbc news has learned at least four men are now being considered for the national security advisor after trump fired michael flynn. vice admiral robert harwood of course declined that post last night. the congressionalck

reached out to schedule a meeting between president trump and the caucus. that invite came after yesterday's presidential news conference and this exchange that some cbc members called disrespectful. >> are you going to include the congressional black caucus and the -- >> i would. you want to set up the meeting? do you want to set up the meeting? >> no, no, no. >> reporter april ryan said as a journalist it's not her place to convene that meeting. some cbc members explaressed dismay and confusion. no word yet on when that meeting might happen. the congressional black caucus currently includes 49 lawmakers in the u.s. house and senate, making this the largest ever black caucus since its formation back in 1971. members do not have to belong to a specific race or political party, but all of its members have been black a

democrats. this evening there is a new security warning to members of congress that addresses concerns about their safety when they are outside of washington. news4's scott macfarland is here to show us what's in the memo that was issued to all lawmakers on the hill. >> this is the memo distributed as members of congress begin the president's day recess. they have to be vigilant now that they're back home and away from the protective bubble of the u.s. capital. we've seen a recent series of volatile town hall meetings in the hometowns of congressional leader passenger. at least one pers the sergeant at arms has issued a new alert to every member of the house to alert police if they plan to stage a public meeting, saying, quote contact the proper law enforcement authority to coordinate any necessary police assistance at the event. they also want them to be careful near their

number aeavailable, you should remain particularly alert regarding your surroundings. brad fich, head of the congressional management organization, says this kind of alert was sent out six years ago. >> we have occasional periods in our history where congressional offices, not just the members but the actual offices themselves become gathering places for protests or for even attacks. >> reporter: all members of congress have offices on capitol hill but all also maintain official offices in their home cities. many are well secured including locally. eleanor homlmes norton's office has a guard. jamie raskin has his offices in this downtown office tower in rockville. like so many local members of congress, his offices are in big buigs

today from 9:00 to is controllek and a security buzzer. fich says that's the challenge. members of congress must have an open door to constituents in their home state too. >> congress can't be a fortress. it has this dual responsibility of being open and accessible. >> reporter: there are also new security measures being taken at the capitol complex itself to protect members of congress against possible attack. the death with dignity law officially takes effect tomorrow in the district despite congressional efforts earlier this week to stop it. congress has the power to invalidate any district law with a disapproval resolution. but it hasn't done so since back in 1991. the resolution would have had to pass the house and the senate and be signed by president trump by today, but that hasn't happened.

allows people who are terminally ill to end their own lives with doctors' help. police have arrested a midd middle schoolteacher today for the alleged abuse of two students. jose es strad da is facing aggrava aggravated charges. parents trusted him to teach their children. now a dance instructor in virginia is accused of violating that trust. police tell us chase pecklo had inappropriate relationships with girls as young as 13 and had sex with a 14-year-old. that's not all. derrick ward is covering this investigation for us. >> reporter: we're here outside the adrenaline dance studio in the tyson's corner area. this is believed to be where it all started. someone put a note on the door saying the studio would be closed today and tomorr a

of classes. but that note makes no mention of the serious allegations levelled against one of the instructors. fairfax county police say 19-year-old chase clark pecklo has been on their radar since february 6th. that's when the owner of the dance studio called police to report an alleged sexual offense had occurred between a student and one of their instructors. detectives found inappropriate contact among pecklo and three girls. >> communicating with under aged minors 13 to 14-year-old females. >> reporter: that's alleged to have happened between december of 2015 and last november. there was even more investigation and more charges. pecklo according to police had a sexual relationship with one of the 14-year-old girls. besides being an instructor at adrenaline, he also worked at the stage door dance studio in manassas. >> detectives are looking to see

in contact with him as he was employed at the two different dance studios. >> reporter: he's facing a charge of having sex with a child between the ages of 13-15. he's also facing five counts of possession, reproduction and distribution of child pornography. he's being held in loudoun county without bond. we also now have a statement from the manassas dance studio that is the stage door dance studio. they put out a statement on their facebook page saying they're deeply saddened for the victims from this studio. they say that pecklo was released on february 6th. that's about the time the investigation started. they say they have no knowledge of any inappropriate contact between him and any of their students but they're continuing to investigate that as well. a nice day today, but we're in a day of

spectacular. this graphic really shows you exactly what i'm talking about. this is where we've been in the cold. right now only 41 in new york, 44 in philadelphia. this is where we are right now, 40s, 50s to around 60 degrees in our region. this is where we're going, into the mid to upper 60s. roanoke now coming in at 66 degrees. really quite amazing what we have coming. still cool tonight. wear the jacket if you're heading out. much warmer tomorrow. a fantastic weekend. and maybe even warmer next week, that means some sevens could be in the forecast. hundreds of people cleared of zika and then told to get retested after finding out the test was faulty. we're going to hear from a woman who is scared about what this means for her unborn child. >> reporter: a school ceo decides to

and stay a second term. why does this deserve a news conference? i'm tracee wilkins. we'll tell you about it coming up. and our own shomari stone crowned or sashed as the most romantic man in the country by talk show host steve harvey. his take on the show and something he didn't get to tell the host.

prince george's county has not had the same superintendent stay for a second term in more than 20 years. >> we don't want to have a

makes a name and we've had seven superintendents in as many years. >> reporter: the level of inconsistency in leadership contributed to a decline in school performance and enrollment. megan says after enrolling her kids in private schools, she decided to give the public schools a try, due in part to maxwell's leadership. >> we're creating a huge void in our schools. >> reporter: under maxwell, there are increased specialty programs, growing student enrollment and the highest graduation rate increases in the state. also under his watch, multiple unrelated cases of staff sexually and physically abusing students led to a number of arrests. >> at every point of an incident that has happened in our school system, i have never lost confidence in the man that is sitting there. >> reporter: coming up on

at 6:00, what this constant rotation in school leadership has done for the principals who have been trying to lead these schools. hundreds of high school students received the one thing they've been waiting for, working hard for. that acceptance letter to a ivy league school. columbia university sent the e-mails on wednesday and then sent an apology an hour later. columbia is blaming human error for this. so what if you were offered the option of medical procedures at a fraction of the usual cost? there's a doctor who's offering just that. he's revolutionizing the cost of healthcare in america. every procedure offered at his clinic in oklahoma city

listed on s up to ten times cheaper than what a hospital might charge. the catch, full payment up front. the center does not accept insurance. >> zero insurance? none whatsoever? >> yeah. that is shocking to hear at first until you realize many people have a $5,000 or $6,000 deductible and they find they can buy their entire surgery here for maybe 3,000. people are bankrupted for colonoscopies. that makes no sense to us here whatsoever. >> meet one man who drove from houston to oklahoma to save nearly $20,000 on a shoulder operation. president trump was less than complimentary to russia in that combative news conference yesterday. so nbc is in moscow with the response from the kremlin.

>> reporter: here in moscow this morning the kremlin's official spokesman was asked about president trump's news conference yesterday. in particular asked if he was disappointed that it hadn't been more positive towards russia. he said, we never wore rose tin tinted glasses. there's nothing to be disappointed with. he added russia/u.s. ties are important and we believe they deserve special attention. that's the key thing that's being discussed here. are those ties going to be improved under president trump, or is he going to be in some way dragged down by the u.s. establishment so there wouldn't be better relations with russia. to that end a very influential senator here tweeted this morning there's a high probability that trump won't drain the swamp in washington, but that the swamp will drag trump in and that will be the

hasn't even started yet. that reflects some of the worry in official washington, some of the cynicism even that, in fact, whereas it was delight and surprise at donald trump's election, there is now doubt that he will, in fact, be able to improve ties with russia and that he will, in fact, be dragged down. in fact, some people are even saying here there's a political vendetta against president trump led by u.s. intelligence agencies. controversy on a local college campus. the reaction tonight after students discovered a flyer that depicted nazi symbols and targeted the school's lgbt community. just in time for the weekend, some warm weather.

all right. a three-day weekend. >> for some. >> and temperatures are going to be like april and may. >> incredible. just skyrocketing. really it's all across most of the country. right now minneapolis 62 degrees. the warmest they've ever been in february is 64. chicago is at 67 right now.

that warmer air creeping our way. pretty nice, though, 51 was the high temperature. temperatures right now at 50 degrees. temperatures drop tonight and it's going to be a cool night. if you're heading out tonight, make sure you take the coat. it will be kind of chilly outside. not dealing with much of a windchill, however. you could see the difference just in our own zone. 48 in frederick, but 64 down towards charlottesville. tomorrow is going to be a spectacular afternoon. we've talked a lot about california and what's going on out there. look at this storm. i mean, 5-10 inches of rain over the next couple of days for areas around san francisco. the mountains getting it again, los angeles getting it again. flooding concerns. we're going to see a

the next couple of days. for us, it's been the cold. now, that warmer air is moving on in. and again, in places like minneapolis, places like chicago, all setting records. st. louis today, 75 degrees. warmer air returns. back into the 60s to around 70. it does stay mild even into next week. there's one exception. look at 75 in st. louis right now. 70 in nashville. 66 as close as roanoke. it's just on our doorstep. it will get here tomorrow. that's why i've got this nice spring picture. 67 degrees tomorrow, increasing clouds, nice and warm and just a great afternoon. 67 tomorrow, 65 on sunday, 61 on president's day. most areas in the 50s. our cool down on tuesday. going for a high of 54. next week we go to 70 on friday. only chance of rain is

somethinglse t a lot of if he is ty festivitiet the national zoo all for ba bao bao. the zoo forecast looking good, 57 at 9:00 a.m., 63 by 1:00, 65 by 5:00. if you want to go see bao bao, this is our sunday forecast. >> reporter: what students here at the university of mary washington are saying about a flyer posted on this bulletin board containing a swastika and hate speech targeting gays. and a beautiful weekend to say good-bye to bao bao as she makes his finale weekend here at the zoo.

you're watching news4 at 5:00. sfl students on a local college campus on edge after a flyer is posted that appears to target lgbt students. first tonight, an expectant mother among those getting retests for the zika virus here in the district. it comes after officials at the d.c. public health lab confirmed a botched batch of testing. today we're hearing from pregnant women and doctors who can't believe this happened.

news4's kristin wright is live with the story. >> reporter: so far there are two women who have been confirmed that they do have the zika virus. it's unknown whether their children are also affected. so that is at the heart of the matter here. we talked to an expectant mother and father today just a little while ago. they find this all really troubling. >> we find out that zika is in people and we find out that zika has been in miami for seven weeks. >> reporter: melissa and brandon left miami and moved to d.c. melissa is pregnant with their second child. >> we were terrified. we felt like this is our baby's life. we don't want to risk it. >> reporter: in washington the couple thought their zika worries were over. but brandon and melissa, now nine months pregnant, found out both of their tests for the virus were mishandled by the d.c. lab. >> for seven

to hear that, wait, this test might have given you a false negative. it's really scary. >> reporter: a spokeswoman with the d.c. department of forensic sciences says multiple controls failed. the lab botched zika tests for 409 people between last july and december, mostly pregnant women. those patients were told they tested negative, but they all the have to be retested. so far two women who were pregnant have found out they do have the virus after being told they don't. >> we'll make sure they have indeed had the follow up we had been recommending. the earlier you're informed, the more options you have in terms of what you would like to do moving forward. >> reporter: the department of forensic sciences says they're doing an internal review while patients wait for the new results to come back. >> it was a false sense of security for the last seven or eight months. it's pretty scary. >> reporter: the baby's

an help by worry. ealthy but mom >> there are some symptoms of zika that develop after birth that you couldn't even have seen in an ultrasound. >> reporter: the cdc is handling those repeat tests, but it will be a few weeks before patients like pran dbrandon and melissa for certain what the results are. a college in northern virginia is dealing with some messages of hate after someone posted offensive symbols on a bulletin board at the university of mary washington. chris gordon reports from fredericksburg. >> reporter: the hate filled flair w flyer was posted on this bulletin board. it was discovered by a student last weekend. most students were unaware of it until yesterday. the school newspaper published a story on its front page showing the flyer under a hait

swastika, it says attention, uses a gay slur and concludes we could live next door. university police are investigating to find out who posted the flyer. >> we work with the local police, the police have also consulted with the fbi, because again for us, we are about welcoming, we are about creating spaces that are safe learning environments for our students. >> reporter: many students on campus are upset by the flyer. >> i thought it was appalling, ridiculous that somebody would just put such a hate came onto the school. >> i'm jewish, so like living on a campus with not a lot of jews it's kind of hard not to be around a lot of jewish people. seeing that doesn't make me feel very welcome here. i know it's not the school that i know. >> reporter: the vulgar language is viewed as a threat to members of the lgbt community here. >> that's offensive to me. i actually have people in my family that identify

lgbt community. it really upsets me that people can't accept people for who they are. >> reporter: ahead, why a gay couple from northern virginia feel threatened by the flyer that was posted here with the swastika and hate speech. reporting from the university of mary washington, chris gordon, news4. a former prince george's county police officer learns his fate after he's caught taking up skirt photos of unsuspecting women. a judge gave james sims a one-year suspended sentence and three years supervised probation. it was last june when an officer said sims tried to take an upskirt picture of her at a store in buoy. women in virginia may soon be able to buy a year's supply of prescription birth control

worth. the legislation states that health insurance companies would have to cover a 12 month supply. it's now on its way to governor terry mcauliffe's desk. opponents have said the bill could lead to waste. it takes a lot to get a room full of journalists teary eyed and clapping. it happened this afternoon as we watched our own shomari stone declare his love for his wife on national television. >> i love you more than life itself. as long as you're happy, i'm happy and i promise to make your happy every day. >> that along with shomari and crystal's love story earned him the title most romantic man in america on today's steve harvey show. we watched it all. the man here,e

sashed up. congratulations. >> thank you. >> we are so happy for you. what was going through your mind when that confetti came down and you got teary eyed? what were you thinking? >> first of all, we did not think that we would win. we were just telling our story. when all that confetti fell and you had the audience members clapping and steve harvey. then started thinking about how special crystal is to me and how we do everything together. we're like two peas in a pod. it was unbelievable. >> tell us how this came to be. she nominated you, right? >> yeah. she sent in a video as you saw on the show. she just explained why she feels i'm the most romantic man in america. and i was really surprised. she said look at all the things you do.

supposed to do. i love you, you're my wife, you're fabulous, i'm blessed to have you in my life. >> we know you're into surprises and cards and flowers. what does crystal do romantically for you? >> she does a lot. she'll sometimes just leave random notes and cards for me every month saying how special i am to her and how fortunate she is to have me as a husband. it's just that love that we're fortunate to both have. >> you both get to go to jamaica. >> jamaica mon. >> my favorite hashtag is shomantic. >> shomari said he wants to make su

clean house. he even mops the floor for her. >> you're making us all look bad. >> exactly. that was wonderful. you are a big sweetheart. we love you. >> thank you. virginia is for lovers. it's also ripe with history. still ahead, how a celebration of a 400th anniversary is turning into a battle between the governor and other lawmakers. scientists make progress in bringing the at dominion, we're putting our energy to work creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas. we've reduced carbon emissions by nearly 25%, which is the

cleaner air and cleaner water. it's good for all of us. dominion. depend on us for more than energy.

we are just hours from the planned launch of the space x fro rocket from the kennedy space center in florida. if the weather cooperates, elon musk and his team of dreamers will be one step closer to a manned mission to mars. >> reporter: his team of engineers at space x have a dream of going to mars. the launch that's set here for saturday morning is a big step to getting there. this morning space x engineers say they're highly confident. last september one of the space x rockets blew up on the launch pad, caused by a highly technical fuelling problem.

elon musk is undeterred. his team back at it this morning. the mission, to resupply the international space station. this weekend's launch of a reusable rocket, one step closer to his grand idea to send humans to mars. but his dream of getting to mars and colonizing the red planet has a wrinkle, food. >> it is not easy to grow things in space. that's the real challenge we have. >> reporter: fictions meets science. you are actually growing a potato on what would be mars? >> correct. >> reporter: plants create vital oxygen so astronauts can breathe on a planet that is 35 million miles from the earth's atmosphere. >> i think we can get there in the 2030s. >> reporter: 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 astronauts.

from looking ahead to looking way back the woolly mammoth is long extinct. it vanished 4500 years ago. it looks like they might make a come back sort of. scientists at harvard say they're about two years away from making a hybrid woolly mammoth em pre owbryembryo. they plan to tweak elephant genes to include woolly mammoth traits. it may be many years before they create a real, living breathing animal. critics of the project say the research should be used to save animals still alive instead of trying to bring extinct ones back to life. a new survey suggests americans still worked up about politics. coming up, the surprising revelation about the impact across party

how a group of virginia teens hoping to erase the stigma of

this survey typically shows americans are worried about jobs and healthcare. but in this survey there was an increase in concerns about personal safety and violence toward minorities. the american psychological association told us about some ways to cope with political stress. >> we recommend that people stay involved and knowledgeable about what's going on, but not get consumed with all of the information over load. so if you're a social media person, pare down your sources of information. stay online for shorter periods of time. >> there can be physical consequences to stress and stress can make any already exis

it's impornt of yourself. our effort here to shine a light on mental health awareness. one group of teenagers has come up with a new way to address depression and mental illness by singing about it. they put on musical shows at schools throughout loudoun county. it's all about spreading hope, saving lives and honoring one life lost too soon. >> reporter: between the singing, the movements and remembering their lines, it isn't much oh reaf a reach to s 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 at loudoun valley high school. >> he was the guy that was

first thing in the morning to cheer them up. he was the guy that so many people went to with their problems. >> reporter: nobody knew but we beneath that big smile was a world of pain in the form of depression. in january of last year will robinson took his own life. >> we didn't realize what was going on with him until he was way down the path. we're losing a lot of young people and we just got to have better solutions. >> reporter: this show, part of that solution. it's called a will to survive. many here knew will but all want to share the message that no one has to feel alone. >> it normalizes mental illness. >> it actually has proven to be very, very healing for me to be with these young people, many of them struggling with these same issuha

>> reporter: abby doll says she's still healing too. she and will used to date. >> i know personally that will would have loved what we're doing. i always feel him there either sitting in the audience or hanging out with us on stage. he's in the show. it's hard every day because i miss him and he meant the world to so many people. >> reporter: without him, they say their world is forever different. that's why they're so determined to make a difference. this is the last weekend to take your family to see bao bao before she moves to china. and with the nice weather, we promise you won't be alone there. we're working for you to help you survive the mad dash to the zoo. get off at the chileveland park station on your way to the zoo.

park station. both walks are downhill. the earlier you go, the better. the zoo was reserve the line to cut off the line for indoor viewing areas when there is a lot of visitors at the panda house. we have survival tips including advice on parking in the nbc washington app. just search bao bao. >> sending her off with nice weather. we're talking about highs in the 60s, saturday sunday and monday. we're talking about the third or fourth warmest winter on record. the milder air lasts not only through the weekend. take a look at your second weather headline. we stay warm next week with highs in the 50s and 60s just about every

lot of rain chances. at this point we could certainly use some rain. it is a cold start tomorrow morning. take a look at your hourly planner. 39 at 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime we're already near 60 degrees. a high tomorrow of 67. we're running a good 20 degrees above normal. tomorrow night, saturday night is looking great. at least walk to dinner. a lot of cafes and restaurants across the district are possibly going to have their outdoor seating open. tomorrow night looking really great for that. as we take a look at how the weather is going to impact your weekend, if you are hitting the slopes, definitely slushy snow out there. the earlier you go, the better before the sun really starts to melt the snow. exercise this weekend, tennis, golf, going for a run or a bicycle ride is looking awesome. if you're heading to the national zoo,

standing in line. and gardening, so our director scott says can i fertilize yet. so i called johnson's. he said it's still a little bit too early to fertilize. tom took this picture today. it's all over his social media of crocus already out. as far as planting goes, johnson said if you get the cold treated plants, they're okay to put in the ground right now. the nursery would know if they have been treated to handle the cold. but still too early to fertilize. you want to wait until the forsythia is out. that's that twiggy looking branch-like tree or bush with pretty yellow flowers on it. the pollen report, trees and mold spores both low today. i can't believe it's mid to late february and we're already talking about things like that. 65 on sunday, maybe some sprinkles early. president's da

67 next thursday. 70 next friday. and then next weekend maybe some rain on saturday but highs still in the 50s and 60s. >> you have made our week.

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a replacement national security advisor and a labor secretary nominee. after all that, president trump today hit the road. from the president's travels to local tension over the immigration order, o

we start with jay gray on capitol hill. >> reporter: today's event in south carolina for president trump seemed more like a campaign stop, large cheering crowd and no questions about the controversy swirling around his first 28 days in office. leaving washington today but still dealing with questions and controversy surrounding his administration, president trump traveled to south carolina. >> boeing has done an incredible job. >> reporter: as boeing unveiled its new 787. >> when american workers win, america as a country wins. big league, wins. >> reporter: the president's speech focused on jobs. >> we want products made by our workers in our factories stamped with those four magnificent words, made in the usa. >> reporter: back in washington, nbc news has learned at least four men are being considered for the job of