76-year-old woman beat a man to death with a bat. on friday officers found clark inside a closet in a home on 21st street. he died in the hospital. bennett told officers she hit clark with the bat. this morning arlington county police are looking for a suspected killer they say is armed and dangerous. jason johnson is accused of killing another man at a house party yesterday. the two had an argument, neighbors say waking up to a swarm of police cars was scary. >> this is an extremely quiet neighborhood. really family oriented. never a disturbance. just really out of character for the neighborhood. >> again, police say the suspect, jason johnson, is considered armed and dangerous. if you see him, call police. there is growing concern for a missing d.c. teenager.

she went missing last thursday and has not been seen since. this is torri marie gibson, she's been missing since saturday morning. she's just 11. she has braces with blue bands on her teeth. we put the pictures and the information on our facebook page so you can share the posts and help spread the word. in montgomery county, fire destroys a family's new home. it only took a few moments for this home to go up in flames. the parents and two children inside escaped early this morning. now we are learning an on-duty montgomery county police officer came to the rescue. he made sure neighboring families got out of the way. >> by the time i knocked on that end door down there the whole roof was engulfed, the second floor was

>> no one was hurt here. the fire was started by improperly smoking materials discarded on a porch. we could see protests like this one in washington today. this one was held in chicago yesterday as people protested against president trump. it is part of the not my president's day rallies. they're expected to happen in at least a dozen cities today. some of the biggest are taking place in philadelphia, new york, chicago, dallas, los angeles. the rally here in washington is expected to begin at 2:00 p.m. the protests are against president trump and the policies he's put in place since taking office. any day now president trump could unveil his revised travel ban, a draft of the order obtained by the associated press targets the same seven muslim majority countries listed in the original order, iran, iraq,

libya. the a.p. reports that the order exempts travel others who already have a visa from traveling to the u.s., and it exempts green card holders and dual citizen holders. the president interviewed these four candidates yesterday for national security adviser. reince reince says the person selected will not be forced to keep michael flynn's original team. coming up, we will head to capitol hill where jay gray will have details on how the president is explaining his comments about sweden at a rally over the weekend. we want to turn to baseball. bryce harper, daniel murphy, adam eaton, it's spring training and they're all down in florida now. the team says they have high expectations this year. >> reporter: the sound that can only mean one thing, the off-season is over.

opening day is six weeks away. opening squad workouts are beginning for the washington nationals who are ready to rise and shine for the spring. a lot of people think you have the team, the tools, have world series as a goal is that the message? you met with the team, whole squad what did you say to them? >> i can't tell you everything. >> tell me something no one else knows. >> i did tell them, hey, you know, we're in position to win. we have a lot of competition. a lot to of depth. and that, you know, we come here to win. we won't take any prisoners. we have a long way to go. you can't think about your window. you have to think about what we have to do today, and boom, you plan on what we have to do tomorrow. >> in west palm beach, florida, karl maloneny, news 4 sports. >> we are on eagle watch this morning, this time at the national

a live look at the d.c. cam this morning. an egg was laid last night just before 6:30. mr. president and the first lady are proud soon to be parents. >> this is not confused with the eggs near the d.c. police headquarters training facility. that's liberty and justice. this is mr. and mrs. president at the arboretum. we have two sets of eagles. they had eagles last year, the ones at the arboretum. >> we're on eagle watch all over the city. >> these birds are mating like rabbits. >> i think it's the weather. i think it's the warm weather. >> i think it is, too. >> don't keep your pet rabbits and pet eagles close to one another. >> that would be weird. >> that will not end well for one of them. >> a knew species, that would be nice. >> will be called lunch. >> it is mild this morning for presidents' day. beautiful start. >> sure is. the outdoor

off today. if you have one, no worries at all for today. temperatures this afternoon running nearly 15 degrees or so warmer than average. tomorrow, turning cooler, but no real rain chances. so maybe wednesday, later on in the week, thursday, we might be back in the mid 70s again. if you're already starting to think about the weekend, well, let's just say that saturday might be filled with rain chances and maybe even a spring-like rumble of thunder. as far as staying ahead of the weather, use our nbc washington app, find us and follow us on our social media pages. >> especially as we go through the week. we do have a few different things in the weather department as we change for the weekend forecast. rain is on the way, temperatures way above normal for this time of year. 47 degrees right now. this is unseasonably warm for this time of morning. mostly clear skies, mild start, by 7:00 a.m., 48 degrees. by noon, temperatures near 60. so nice day no matter what your pl a

5:00 p.m., we could be in the mid 60s in many locations. expect mostly sunny skies. enjoy your president's day. as we go through the rest of the week, we expect warmer temperatures than this. coming up, chuck will have a closer look at that and i'll have your ten-day forecast. let's check the roads this monday morning. >> still have the situation here. really the only big issue now in alexandria, a water main break, all lanes blocked north jordan street at north howard street because of those repairs. we spoke with police, they were on the scene trying to get things cleared out of the way. 270 southbound from germantown to the spur, on time. no problems southbound or northbound. prince george's county rolling along. we'll look at 95 coming up. >> we'll see you then. the clock is ticking to see bao bao. >> a family saved from a carbon monoxide leak. the appliance to blameh

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equipment on its way to the international space station. the spacex rocket launched into the cloudy skies over florida yesterday. went off from the same launchpad built for the apollo spacecraft that sent astronauts to the moon. saturday's spacex was forced to scrub a launch. a close call for two children and their parents after carbon monoxide leaks sent them to the hospital. according to wtop, the family lives in an apartment near 51st street and nannie helen boroughs avenue. the leak started yesterday and came from their water heater. for tips on keeping your home free of carbon monoxide, search carbon monoxide safety in the nbc washington app. a lot of people in california trying to keep families safe today. >> there's more heavy rain expected there today. this comes after rain caused severe flooding and mud slides over the weekend. >> look at this video. this

this was called the strongest storm of the season. people will to be evacuated, roads washed away. >> people are getting back to normal but this could happen all over again today. >> no major rain in the forecast for our area. >> let's check in with chuck bell for another check of our forecast. >> current temperatures are anything but february-like considering what time of day it is. 48 is the average high this time of year. that's about where we are this morning. mid to upper 40s. we should make it back into the 60s for today. when i see you with that ten-day forecast. we'll talk whether or not winter is ever going to make a comeback. stay with us. >> sweeping new guidelines for the homeland security. and kiss those lower gas prices good-bye.

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good morning. i hope you enjoy your presidents' day today if you have the day off. temperatures are starting out around 50 degrees for much of the area. a mild start. you will like the afternoon. we also have some unseasonably warm temperatures later this week. i'll telling your rain chances coming up. >> also ahead, preventing peanut allergies. when doctors say you should introduce your food to help them avoid becoming allergic to it. >> now to president trump's first 100 days where we're getting a look at how the president could detain an deport undocumented immigrants living in the u.s. >> nbc news obtained two memos on the subject signed by the security of homeland security. jay gray is live on capitol hill with more what do these memos say? >> dpu

advocates. they outline a plan being presented to president trump to help with his campaign promise of handling immigration and deportation. they look to speed up deportation hearings, prosecute parents who pay smugglers to get children into the country. they talk about hiring tens of thousands of new agents and deputizing local agents as well. again, this is just a preliminary draft, but it does, according to many watching this, point out the direction the white house intends to go. >> jay, the president facing a lot of questions when he said something about sweden, a major incident in sweden on saturday at a rally when he spoke what do we know about what he was referring to? >> at first no one understood what president trump was talking about. the swedish embassy asking the state department for clarification. the president did that himself online, on his twitter account saying "he was talking about a story broadcast on fox news

in that story there was an interview with a filmmaker who talked about his belief that the wave of immigrants in sweden is adding to a crime wave there. >> jay gray live on capitol hill for us. thank you. a federal elections commissioner told the news 4 iteam that the agency she works for is broken and now she's quiten. anne rivell sent a letter of resignation to president trump effect tively march 1st. the fec is supposed to money ton campaign finance complaints. it takes an average of 22 months for the commissioners to decide if they will even investigate, and the vote is often along party lines. in her resignation letter she said the campaign finance system should promote citizen engagement in the political process.

four more people, all from north korea, now being called suspects in kim jong-un's half brother's death. kim jong nam was estranged from the family. he was killed at the malaysian airport earlier this month. several other suspects have already been arrested. several are asking whether kim jong un had any role in the killing. this crash could have ended a whole lot worse. a drunk driver slammed into the back of a montgomery police officer's cruiser in colesville saturday night. officer matthew runkels was responding to another call when the mercedes dented the trunk of the vehicle. the officer was not seriously hurt. getting stuck in traffic between 95 and richmond could give you a headache. there's a not so secret road that u.s. der

301, and now the virginia department of transportation is looking to make sure that route doesn't also become clogged with cars. v-dot is trying to push the more scenic highway as an alternative. vre is considering making your ride to work more expensive, they want to hear what you think about it. officials are proposing a 3% hike that would take place july 1st. the price for an amtrak step-up ticket would go up $2. the first hearing is tuesday, march 7th at noon. there will also be an evening hearing that same day at the commons community center in burke. if you're already thinking about your summer travel plans, you may want to budget for a little more gas money right now. that's because gas prices are expected to inch up. right now gas prices appear to be staying steady with prices at about 2.28 a gallon for r

that's the same as the national average right now. these prices are about 50 cents higher than a year ago. aaa says expected to see higher prices soon as refineries switch to the summer blend for gasoline. right now the lights are back on at the washington monument. last night electricians with the national park service had to fix the lights that illuminate the monument. however the red aviation lights were working normally. this is the third time there's been an issue with lights at the monument which is also closed for extensive elevator repairs. the monument is slated to reopen in 2019. thousands of people are expected to head to george washington's virginia estate for the holiday weekend. this morning there will be a wreath laying at washington's tomb as well as patriotic music and military performances. wednesday would have been his 285th birthday. in about a year, visitors to monticello will be able t

she was a slave of thomas jefferson and historians believe he fathered at least four of her children. her bedroom was steps away from jefferson's. it will include art facts found on the property and furniture from the era. it's the day we've been dreading. today is your last chance to see bao bao at the national zoo. last day. our beloved giant panda leaves for china on tuesday, tomorrow. all giant pandas originally from china have to go back by the time they're four. bao bao is 3 1/2, and keepers say she will be more comfortable traveling in cooler weather. i had a chance to say good-bye to bao bao. this weekend was a zoo. get it? the traffic was insane. you can watch a little video on my facebook live. i put it on my facebook page from a week ago. i'll try to repost that. some great video of her. she's adorable. >> tomorrow will be a sad day. >> it

they'll take care of her. they don't sedate her. they give her lots of treats. >> this is what happens with the kids. they grow up, they move out. they have to start their own lives. >> so the parents stay. but any panda cup born at the national zoo, because of this conservation program, they must leave before they're 4 to go to china. >> bao bao will have a better life, more room. >> exactly. >> so we're happy. it's bitter sweet. it's a bitter sweet good-bye, but at least bao bao will have nice weather. beautiful today, if you have presidents' day off, which many of you do. it is just going to be a nice day. unseasonably warm all week in the ten-day forecast. we have no freezing mornings ahead. a couple spots that might get near freezing. one of the mornings this week, but we will continue to see this unseasonably warm weather last. president's day outlook, if you are exercising, sunny and mild. lunch out, takee

if you are grilling out today, nice and dry, dinner out, we'll still be mild. beautiful day. 47 degrees now. this is a milder start. unseasonably warm even for this time of morning. we have some temperature differences. warrington, 34. al gait hersburg, 52. we are clear this afternoon. tomorrow will be dry. we'll see a few more clouds roll in. by wednesday, our next chance for rain, maybe wednesday night we'll see most of that rain moving in. here is the unseasonably warm forecast. normal high this time of year, 48 degrees. tomorrow, 58. we'll be above normal. rain comes as we go into wednesday, going into the weekend we have a stormy chance on saturday. look at those temperatures. we could be seeing 74 by thursday. i know, very warm. let's check the roadways on this presidents' day. hi, melissa. >> good morning. right now roads

good. we'll look at a couple problems here and there. wanted to remind you about metro. we'll be opening here in the next ten minutes. because it's a holiday, 5:00 a.m. to midnight, trains running on that saturday schedule and free parking. north howard street at north jordan street blocked because of those water main repairs. those are underway right now. top of the beltway, everything looking good. earlier, 95 northbound near the exit for bwi airport was partially closed that has reopened and been cleared. >> thank you. it is an allergy a lot of kids have, but not forever, when to reintroduce your kids to peanuts and how much you should expose them to. everyone loves a good deal, but how do you know those deep discounts are actual price cuts? the popular stores accused of duping customers. and kids in cuffs. the increase inecurity and s

welcome back. before you hit the stores for the presidents' day sales, we're working to tell you how to spot whether something is really on sale. so, it seems that these days something is always marked down. the consumer non-profit group checkbook.org found perpetual sales are on the rise. they say stores including kohl's, macies and sears are the worst offenders both in

they lure you in by advertising special low prices that are the same price most of the year. >> in most stores, don't get sucked in by a special offer or a sale price, because often that sale price will be around the next day, the next week, the next month. >> on the flip side, checkbook.org found walmart, costco and target put out sales that are genuinely low prices for a limited time. >> the discounts, i feel like they mark the original price up, and the discount is just the original price again. >> food allergies are a big danger out there. >> we're talking about food fears this week and what you can do about them. doreen talked to people trying to prevent nut allergies before they begin. >> one of the most serious food allergies out there is to nuts, especially peanuts. it can be hard on kids and

difficult. i never paid attention to ingredients. i would pick stuff up, buy it, go home. i had to really read the ingredients even look for peanut oil. >> peanut allergy is the most concerning allergy, primarily because it's the most fatal or potentially fatal allergy in the united states. by that i mean in terms of all of the food allergies. it's the one most likely to cause severe reactions in the united states. >> reporter: new guidelines shook up conventional thinking last year. >> the most recent study has looked at introducing peanuts early in order to prevent development of peanut allergy. >> reporter: sasha started slowly with gabriella, and so far so good. >> they suggested a teaspoon of peanut butter. we gave her that. she's been having peanut butter cookies, and peanut butter and jelly

reaction. >> speak to your doctor about introducing safely into your child's diet. they will probably want to run tests and look into other allergies and will ask you about your background as well. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrest. >> i'm eun yang. we want to get you up to date on weather and traffic. >> we will start with chuck and shee sheena. are we done with winter? is it over? >> i've been here long enough to know sometimes we get snow in march. >> sometimes. >> we can never rule out a piece of arctic air dropping down and combining with moisture, right now it looks unseasonably warm. >> our last freeze was last friday.