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the wind is still a little blustery this morning, gusting around 20 miles an hour. yeah, we're talking windchill starting off early on this sunday morning. we'll get quite a bit of cloudiness. live view from the tower camera. a predawn glow behind those clouds. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-30s. right near freezing in the suburbs and rural areas. feels-like temperatures, that wind making it feel like it's only in the low to mid-20s. you do have to layer up, pull out winter coat on this sunday morning. i've got big changes on the way over the next ten days coming up. >> tom, thank you. we continue to follow developments out of prince george's county. police there trying to find out who shot two men outside of a sports bar in oxen hill. this hpe
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road. they were conscious and taken to the hospital after 1:00 this morning. no suspect information has been released. we're also following a developing story out of new orleans, where chaos broke out during a mardi gras parade. a suspected drunk driver is in custody after that person plowed into a crowd, injuring at least 28 people. emergency crews say five people were in guarded condition, but none appeared to be life threatening. the truck hit other vehicles then veered into the crowd just before 7:00 last night. the victims ranged in age from around 3 to 40 years old. meanwhile in grcermany, a rd driver killed one and hurt two others after steering into a crowd. the suspect was seen getting out of the car holding a knife following that crash. virginia governor terry
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john kelly today. one of the topics, i.c.e. raids. mcauliffe was outraged after some latino men were arrested this month. he's expected to address his concerns with the secretary today. mcauliffe is in washington for the national governor's association winter meeting. how to reform health care led to some tense moments a the that meeting yesterday. the main sticking point, a republican proposal to overhaul medicaid. it urges congress to change medicaid from an open-ended federal entitlement to a program designed by each state with a financial limit. republican governors say their plan protects states from absorbing the cost of repealing the affordable care act. democrats say it would take away people's health coverage to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. this is likely to be a big topic when the governors meet with congressional leaders and president trump tomorrow. and democrats have a new chairman, and he's already mixing it up with president trump. this all started
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congratulations to thomas perez yesterday, writing, i could not be happier for him or the republican party. perez responded saying, call me tom and don't get too happy. keith ellison and democrats united across the country will be your worst night more. >> reporter: after two ballots in atlanta, members of the democratic national committee chose a former obama cabinet member as their new party chair. he's former labor secretary tom perez, a favorite of the party establishment. immediately, perez moved to unite the party, naming ellison deputy chair. ellison quickly embraced the message. >> if you're wearing the
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asking you give everything you've got to support chairman perez. >> reporter: perez has a tall task ahead, reolympianishing the party's dwindling cash supply and trying to elect democrats to governor's offices, state legislatures, and congress. >> we need to make house calls. we need to listen to people. we need to get back to basics. >> reporter: if perez has any advantage, it's that the young presidency of donald trump has energized large groups of opposition. >> i know we can win the battles ahead. i know we will win the battles ahead, when we put our values forward, when we lead together. >> so now more than ever, we need to stay engaged, in the field and online. >> reporter: the collapse of hillary clinton's campaign still looms over the democrats. but with their former presidential nominee pledging her continued support, democrats in atlanta say they see better days ahead for the party. chris pollone, nbc news. for the first time in over 35 years, the
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attend the annual white house correspondents' dinner. president trump tweeted yesterday that he will not be attending this year's event. organizers say the dinner on april 29th will go on as planned. president reagan missed a dinner in 1981 because he was recovering from an attempted assassination. he did call in to provide a few remarks. well, we've all seen the video. lawmakers dealing with angry voters at town halls across the country. well, that will be a big topic on this week's "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with senator tom cotton. chuck will join us for a live preview in a few minutes. 6:06 on this sunday morning. let's take a live look outside at the washington monument. not a bad start but a chilly one. tom is tracking if we'll stay dry today and when we can expect the temperatures to warm back up. what a difference a day makes. the hail that came crashing down on homes and yards. the bigger impact to our north. stayith us. w
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wow. many of you are waking up to some storm damage that was left behind by yesterday's severe storm. a news 4 viewer sent in this hail footage from charles county. officials there say they got multiple reports of uprooted trees and minor damage to homes and apartments. thankfully, no injuries have been reported, and no one was displaced from their home. and south of there, the storm dumped sizable hail. this is what it looked like in richmond. you can just see the hail pounding the ground here. even creating an almost white effect out in the distance. >> speaking of effects, that same storm system being felt a bit more intensely. take a look here. this is out in northeastern pennsylvania. the storm flooded streets, uprooted trees, also knocked over a whole lot of power lines. i
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mountains caused several feet of water to pool in the streets. a few drivers got stuck. >> definitely a wild storm system that came through. but tom, it really kind of depended on where you were, right. that's the case with everything storm, but it didn't necessarily impact everyone the same way. >> right, that hail in stafford county, charles county, that's where we saw most of that. elsewhere, we had pretty blustery winds. gusts up to 60 miles an hour, mainly just south of the metro. behind that cold front, lo and behold, it got cold. temperatures are down near freezing. there's the sky off to the east, predawn on this sunday. what to wear today, well, you're going to need your warm winter coat this morning and gloves. then it will be comfortable with a light jacket this afternoon. you'll need your sunglasses as well. we're down to near freezing all around the region from the mountains, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west
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metro area and around the bay, generally above freezing. windchills, the wind is gusting around 20 miles an hour. the windchills are down just into the 20s much of the region. windchill in washington right now, feels-like temperature is at 27 degrees. here's your metro planner for this sunday. breezy and cool by 2:00. ought to be reaching the low 50s. lots of sunshine. clear and chilly by 6:00 p.m. then cold by 10:00 tonight. back down to near 40 degrees under a clear sky. and for the monday commute, we'll have our temperatures right around dawn in the upper 30s and dry roads through the day. increasing clouds, mostly cloudy during the afternoon. ought to hit the mid and upper 50s in the late afternoon. ten-day outlook, into the 40s on tuesday morning. milder air m
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tuesday. much warmer wednesday. first day of march. climbing into the mid and upper 70s by early to mid afternoon. then a cold front does come on through. it does look like it may trigger a kround round of storms. stay tuned for that. we'll be keeping on top of the possibility for thunderstorms. that's going to be late on wednesday afternoon. after that, chillier on thursday. partly cloudy, 40s in the morning, afternoon highs in the upper 50s. end of the week, kind of cold. by next friday and saturday, friday's temperatures in the 30s in the morning. afternoon highs, low 50s. then next weekend, saturday looks to be the coldest day here over the next ten days. near 30 degrees in the morning. afternoon highs in the mid-40s. then mild again. next sunday, a week from today, back into the mid-60s and maybe near 70 that
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that's the way it looks. >> all over the place. thanks, tom. "reporters notebook" is up next. good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. d.c. now has a new police chief. he has been serving since kathy lennier stepped down. so the question is, what does this mean for the department and the district. tom sherwood and tracy wilkins are with us this morning. tom, starting with you, you broke this story. what does it mean for the department and for the district? >> the mayor promised she would take a wide look at people inside the department, outside the department. she wants the continuum of the improving police department. pete has 27, 28 years on the force, assistant chief for 14 years, interim since la
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september. he got the city through this inauguration with all those demonstrations. he's liked by the police force itself. and he also has strong community ties. many people around the city like him. he's accessible, speaks clearly and simply to them. the mayor has picked a good choice. the mayor is running for re-election. she's running right now for re-election. she wanted continuity and somebody who knew what he or she would be doing. >> so he was always a favorite. >> he's been the favorite since he was named the interim. once you're named the interim, people should assume you're probably going to get it. that doesn't always happen, of course. but he proved his meddle to the mayor and to the community, and she made -- people say she made a good choice, others say she made a safe choice. >> will he help bring
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>> everybody has complainted about their boss. i do too. but they think he understands what the officers go through day in and day out. they think he's a chief with his feet on the ground and that's a good thing. >> all right. d.c.'s 911 response times to medical calls still not what they should be. the fire chief admitted that in a message sent to firefighters, a message obtained by news 4. so tom, dean says overall response times have improved over the past year, but not for the most critical calls. why is this still a problem a year after the city brought in a private ambulance service? >> as tracy would agree, the response times by the ambulances and friire departments is a nationwide problem. the city, for example, gets 170,000 calls a year. they think that more than half of them a
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almost are calls that aren't true emergencies. the city hired this private ambulance service to help out, but it's very, very difficult to respond to all the people. >> tracy, not an issue in prince george's? >> no, they're happy with the response times in prince george's county. we just have a new fire chief coming in. he has been there for six years, joined the fire department from arlington a few years ago, was made deputy chief in prince george's county when he came on board. the challenge really in prince george's county for this new chief is going to be to continue to nurture that relationship between career firefighters and volunteer staff. this has been an ongoing issue in the county. it's not so much response times in prince george's county as much as it is interpersonnel communication and relatioip
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they have to work on. >> to be cmes are better, but i most serious cases, like a heart attack, those are not as good as chief dean would like for them to be. they're talking about maybe hiring nurses to work in the 911 call center who on the phone will be able to assess whether somebody needs more help or not. that could help. they have like 500 calls a day where they think it's just somebody needing a taxi service and they're going to try to eliminate those. >> talking about putting the nurses in the call center and at the scene. >> mainly at the call center so they can make a medical assessment in talking to someone. also, montgomery county, i think it is, they have a strong list of people who habitually call the fire department for nonemergency reasons. so after somebody calls 150 times, you know that person is not likely to be a medical emergency and do something
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>> one of the other recommendations coming from the mayor to help ease the city's 911 response time issue and the issue of the number of calls they're getting is to have insurance companies pay more for -- to pay more. what do they pay now? >> many people can't afford to pay. others, the insurance will pay, but you have to follow up with the paperwork and do all that. the mayor wants legislation to make a stronger case -- mayor bowser says we want the insurance companies more directly involved. it can be $700 or more for an ambulance. she wants to cut the cost of that. >> all right. i want to talk about national harbor. tracee, you've been covering that story. record crowds, lot of business. you've got mgm, cpac just a couple days ago. what's the story at nation
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and how is the harbor handling all these people pouring in? >> they're handling it very well. this is exactly what they wanted. it's a perfect storm like cpac that brings all these people to the national harbor. and all the great weather we've been experiencing. they've been breaking records down there for the first time. part of the reason for this would be that we've got mgm up there now running. you have just as many people downtown. they call it downtown national harbor now. so you have just as many people downtown national harbor as you do inside of the mgm national harbor complex. huge numbers. they're saying the traffic improvements that they put in place have been helping. people are getting used to the signage. they're not dealing with congestion. you go down there on a sunny day, and it is packed. the restaurants are packed. there are waits, sometimes two hours, to get into restaurants. you and i both remember when that was not the se
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you could easily walk in. >> there are ways et on to the property though. >> in some instances there are. what they're saying is that, you know, while there may be days when they're filled to capacity, where mgm national harbor is very busy, that by and large they're happy with their traffic plan. people are coming in and out. they call it a good problem to ha have. >> it's how to manage the crowds. mr. peterson and the developers just built that up out of bare ground. it has been slow to take off. but there are more diversity in restaurants, more things to go. there's the shopping outlet. it creates a real community. financially it's been good for prince george's county too in terms of tax revenue. >> the thing to remember about what's happening in prince george's county right now, that they have the second highest rate of tourism in the state of maryland. and they say that's all
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conferences they have there. so national harbor is a very big deal. to think that now prince george's county has more tourists coming to it than even baltimore. >> does the casino count as tourism? when i go, i'm going to stay in the hotel so i don't have to worry about traffic. >> what's interesting here is these latest numbers were before mgm national harbor. >> that tells a really successful story. we've got to take a break. we'll be right back.
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back to d.c. the battle over paid family leave has heated up again. the mayor let the law take effect without her signature. now mayor bowser and the council are battling out again over costs, tom. >> this is a real surprise. d.c. council chairman phil mendelssohn was the leader on this program. he kept the
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leave, which gives eight weeks of paid family leave for adopted or born, six weeks of leave for family emergencies, or two for individuals. he spent a year crafting the legislation, how it would be paid for with a tax, just under 1% on employers. they passed it. the mayor didn't veto it. then he announced we're going reconsider how we pay for it. the business community in the city and the nonprofit community complained mightily that the tax was too much of a burden, that some of the benefits were too much. there was going to be a big bureaucracy to run this paid family leave program. so he said, okay, we'll reconsider it. he said by summer recess, they'll figure out whether or not they're going to change the taxing structure. >> is he battling pressure, and does this help the mayor? >> yes, it does help the mayor because she didn't like the bill. his critics say he's bowing to busines p
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enough complaints that he's willing to reopen the discussion, but he's not promising to change a thing. so we'll just have to see how it works out. it's just so unusual to have near l nearly a two-year debate over this, several alternative plans, then the chairman after he wins snatches defeat from the jaws of victory and says we're going to look at it again. >> tracee, a lot of surprise in prince george's county when the county executives not only renamed the school superintendent, kevin maxwell, but gave him another contract. this is the first time this has happened in 25 years. >> more than 25 years. this is the first time a superintendent has decided to stay on for a second term. some folks will say what happens is you have superintendents come, make a name for themselves, and move on to other school sye
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we've had past superintendents go on to philadelphia, los angeles, go on to have some really good careers. what that's created is inconsistency. it's impacted the kids, the education, and the direction. principals will tell you that, you know, we jump on board, we have a leader, we follow that leader's lead, then they're gone and somebody else comes in and it's this constant rotation. what's interesting about maxwell is we have people calling for maxwell to step down just a few months ago because of all of the allegations of physical and sexual abuse within the prince george's county school system. it loses funding for its head start program behind some of these scandals. folks felt like he just wasn't in control of the school system. the thing that's important to remember is a number of these people who were causing the problems in that school system were there before he got there. so i think that what he that to learn to do was how to get control of the system, manage it better, look at their checks and balance, and the county executive feels he's done that work and that this is the man to continue to lead. ad
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they've ever been since they've been keeping track. so the things that are supposed to be working in terms of academics, it's improving. it was security issue he had to get under control. >> and the county executive is exploring seriously a run for governor next year, or later this year. so it would help him to have some stability in the school system with somebody who's improved the things you just said. even as national harbor is a positive, now if they can just get the fbi headquarters, which will be announced in march. if it gets into prince george's county, that's a big boost for the county. >> i know there's a lot of conversation, speaking of the fbi, over whether the fact that prince george's county considers itself to be a sanctuary county is going to derail this project. "the washington post" had an interesting editorial where they said that should not be the case and that we shouldn't be looking -- >>
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>> there's one side in virginia, two in prince george's. if they're roughly the same for the amenity, they offer, then it is a political decision. the gsa has been working on this for a long time. prince george's has a lot to offer. i don't think somebody's going to sabotage the fbi before something like sanctuary city. >> and i wonder with the success in the southern part of the county, if it will play a role in a addition that's made. >> i think that what they're really going to be taking a look at is what each site has to offer. i think from what i'm hearing and all the folks who are inside of this situation, prince george's county has two very strong sites in terms of transportation, how folks can get to and from work, and the locations are id
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infrastructure and financing. at this point, maryland is saying we will go all in, whatever is necessary. they really want that fbi in prince george's county. it would be a very big deal for the county. >> governor mcauliffe says the same thing about the site of springfield. he says there's no way it's big enough. he says that's where most of the fbi employees live. that's where the quantico training center is. their lab is down there. it's a great battle. one of the biggest stories in the washington region. they'll make the announcement in march. >> we can't wait. thank you, tom and tracee. thank you for being with us. that's "reporters notebook." time right now, 6:29 on this sunday morning. here's what we're following. two men are in the hospital in pr
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early morning shooting. police say the men were shot outside a sports bar on livingston road. a mardi gras parade in new orleans turns into chaos after a pickup truck driver slams into a crowd, hurting 28 people. the driver suspected of driving drunk and is now in custody. virginia governor terry mcauliffe expected to meet with homeland security secretary john kelly today. he's expected to talk about his concerns after i.c.e. arrested some latino men who had just left a church hypothermia shelter earlier this month. 6:30 on the dot on this sunday morning. man, we have had some changeable weather around here. yesterday, you know, nice day out. storm came in. today. >> yeah, february is like, you know what, i'm back. >> i'm here. >> we thought she'd left us for a while. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff along with adam
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tom kierein also standig tell u changes. >> this is the time of year we see that battle between winter and spring. springtime won out yesterday. middle of the afternoon, mid-70s. now winter is winning out. we're back down to near freezing at dawn here on this sunday morning. there's capitol hill under a clearing sky. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. temperatures right now are right at or a little below freezing. most of maryland, virginia, west virginia, and in the district and right near the bay waters a bit milder. in the mid and upper 30s there. the feels-like temperatures are down into the 20s. you need your warm winter coat. temperatures here hour by hour, we'll stay in the low 30s for another hour or so, then get to near 40 by 10:00. starting to cl starting to climb into the mid-40s by mid afternoon. we'll see it even a bit milder, maybe up around 50 degrees or so. we'll have a lot of sunshine throughout the day. bigng
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a look at that this half hour. >> thank you, tom. we have an update to the bus stop shooting we first told you about yesterday morning. police telling us they're looking for a male suspect. early yesterday morning, two teenagers were shot right outside the nailor road med row station. they're both in stable condition now. metro transit police and prince george's county police both investigating. meanwhile, d.c. police faced off with students on the court instead of in the courtroom. it's part of a new event called stop the violence. this first event was yesterday afternoon in southeast. it was organized by teachers, religious leaders, and the police. teachers say it allows students to have positive interactions with police. >> we have a lot of issues. you know, we've had student deaths, things that impact our community from outside into the building. it's really important we get involved with the churches, any type of community leaders. >> acting d.c. police chief was on the court as well. he said eventsi
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relationships between the officers and their community. the trial for a chilling montgomery county case is now delayed. lloyd welch is charged with killing sheila and katherine lyon in 1975. they were abducted while walking to wheaton mall. according to wtop, a judge granted a defense request and delayed the april trial until september. welch could get the death penalty if convicted. another peace of this case is welch's uncle, richard welch. no charges have been filed, but prosecutors have called him a person of interest. and this story is also a parent's worst fear turned reality. according to "the washington post," an elementary schoolteacher is facing three counts of child sexual abuse charges. manuel garcia fernandez was arrested on friday. he taught at the northeast campus of the latin american
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police say the victims included two girls and one boy. montgomery county dealership is repairing this is gaping hole in its building. check it out. this is after a chain reaction crash happened. fire officials saying that an employee at the mazda dealership had a medical emergency while driving an suv. you can see the suv crashed and stopped right there. the man accidently hit the gas and drove into another car. that car then went through the wall of the dealership building and ruptures a 55-gallon oil drum. hazmat crews were called to handle that spuill. we're told the man should be okay. and take a look at this. a home damaged after a man in an suv did not stop at the stop sign, went airborne, and actually pushed a parked car into this house. police say this happened yesterday evening. bystanders helped the
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out of the suv. he does have minor injuries, but no one was home when this happened. police are now looking into why he didn't stop at that stop sign. and it looks like the proposed fine for driving too slow in the fast lane is not going to cost as much in virginia. our news partner wtop reports that the house of delegates approved lower the proposed fine yesterday. instead of $250, drivers would pay $100 for going too slow in the left lane. the amendment was first proposed by the governor. the state senate is set to take up this measure in april. and a controversial redevelopment plan in roselyn has been given the green light. the post reports the arlington county board gave final approval to a massive super block plan yesterday. that project will include a new school, park, fire station, and residential buildings along wilson boulevard. it also includes affordable housing, but some have questioned the plan to build high-rise buildings. the project is set to be done in the early 2020s. for
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into george washington's boyhood home. >> that's right. as david culver shows us, you'll soon get a chance to stand where he once played. >> reporter: open land along the river. what do you envision here? a subdivision of homes? maybe a big box store? a few years ago, both of those were being considered. >> because of that, local preservationists got together, banded together, and preserved this land. >> reporter: most historians always believed this to be where a young george washington came of age and where legendary stories might have happened. but for years, no physical proof, at laeast in the until te george washington foundation took over and archaeologists started digging. >> i couldn't breathe. i gnaw my life w-- knew my lifeg to change. >>
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confirmed this to be the foundation of the washington family's home. >> he lived here from age 6 to 22. so the formative years are here. >> reporter: today is a construction zone, or rather reconstruction. >> they made sure that everybody in the town of fredericksburg could see this house. >> reporter: crews about a year away from finishing. >> there's only a certain number of crafts people that can work on the house that know the 18th century techniques. >> reporter: eventually, they'll rebuild other structures that once stood here, including the nearby slave's quarters, all aimed to authentically re-create what was. >> there are not many people who are able to do such work. >> reporter: those working this project absorbing its significance. >> when i put my hands on those stones and know that a young george washington probably did the same thing, it sends a little chill down my spine, yeah. >> the more i see of him as a person, the more i admire him. >> reporter: in stafford
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david culver, news 4. well, here's something you don't expect to happen while flying. an air canada jet with 112 people on board made a rough landing in toronto early yesterday morning due to fog and rain. initial reports say part of the plane's landing gear slid off the runway. the pilot had to abruptly steer back on to the tarmac then. passenge passengers recalled the tense moments. >> seemed to hit the brake really fast. kind of shifted forward. it was pretty tense. >> the plane was not able to reach its terminal, so finally an hour and a half after landing, passengers were transported off the plane by runway and buses. air canada says they were provided with hotel accommodations. those passengers, no one was injured. 15 to 20 minutes. that's how long malaysia's health minister says it took for kim jong-nam to die after being poisoned. the half brother of north korea's leader died almost two weeks ago at the kuala lumpur airport. oia
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vx nerve agent was used to kill him. two women are in jail following that deadly attack. all right. let's take a look outside this morning on this sunday at the capital wheel. the sun is starting to come up. you're going to feel the breeze as soon as you step outside. tom is tracking a chilly start. a brand new play is capturing the challenges and struggles african-american performers faced in the early 1900s. it's a love story told through the eyes of a couple from la plata.
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part sports car. all mercedes-benz. a cool start on this sunday morning, but a great day to get out and get some exercise later this morning. that rain yesterday washed a lot of the pollen out of the air. and as we see the day progressing, our ter
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by mid afternoon, we'll see the low 50s. a good day to get out and get in a run, get in a bike ride. a pretty chilly morning. milder weather returning here for the next ten days. we'll take a look at that. up and down temperatures. >> thank you, tom. there's a new man in charge of the democratic national committee. >> yep, democrats elected former labor secretary tom perez as chairman yesterday. he beat congressman keith ellison, who was backed by bernie sanders. joining us now to talk about all of it, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. the president and the new head of the dnc now in a twitter battle. president trump just responded this morning. >> i missed the response already. >> saying he believes the whole thing was rigged. the race for dnc chairman was, of course, totally rigged. bernie's guy, like bernie, never had a chance. is he trying to deflect
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>> it's a smart strategy. keep your opponents divided. try to keep alive this idea of the sanders/clinton split. i think it's true. donald trump believes some sanders supporters helped him, either by not showing up or by voting for him in places like michigan and wisconsin. so this is politically helpful to him if he can do this. look, this is tom perez's challenge. he somehow became the candidate of the establishment. it is ironic. we know him here locally. he was a maryland official for years. when he was nominated to be labor secretary, it was, oh, my gosh, he's so liberal, he's so progressive, this is going to be a tough battle to get him confirmed. all the sudden now, he's being positioned as the establishment guy against keith ellison. it just gets to the old sanders/clinton divide here. i think perez's challenge is going to have
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he can convince sanders' folks that he'll shake up the party. the party needs some shaking up. perez has to prove that. i think that's the bottom line for him. >> he wasted no time firing back on twitter, saying he along with the democratic party are going to be trump's worst nightmare. >> trump is helping him already in some ways. who is tom perez? who knows him outside of washington that much? well, donald trump just elevated him in a way that tom perez couldn't have. >> so when we talk about perez, i know you're going to have him on the show, and the job he's been tasked to do, when it comes to unifying the party, would you say that naming keith ellison as his deputy chair is a good first step? >> that was a smart first step. it sounds like they may have had a deal. they knew it was going to be a close vote, that the loser would agree to serve as the deputy chair. i think that was a smart, quick show of unity that was necessary there. again, i think it'll all be -- look, the g
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perezatic party. it's donald trump. >> president trump's not going to go to the white house correspondents' dinner. big deal, little deal? >> i think he did the press a favor. >> really? >> honestly, i think he did. i think there were a lot of news organizations wringing their hands about this. i would argue the president did this entire dinner a favor. let's be honest. the whole thing was becoming -- it had gotten taken over by a lot of lobbyists, interest groups. there is an argument to be made here. it's doing everybody a favor here if we sort of get rid of the nerd prom aspect. i think this will turn out to be everybody should be relieved. >> angie is still going to go. >> no, i'm not. i got to work sunday morning. >> i can't go. it's saturday night. saturday night is a school night for me. that's a school night for all of
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>> thank you. >> we're not partying. we'll go to those sunday night dinners. we love sunday night dinners. and monday holidays. we love it. suncht >> sunday brunch. and a reminder, you can see "meet the press" every sunday here at 10:30. as we celebrate black history month, the power of family struggle and love is coming to life. >> megan fitzgerald shows us how the show's creator didn't have to look far to find inspiration. >> i bring to you benjamin boswell. >> reporter: for generations, the circus has been a place of excitement and laughter. >> a circus is always part of our childhood. >> reporter: but for african-american performers in the early 1900s, there was great pain behind the masks they'd wear
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>> behind the music, behind the laughter, it's not always joyous. >> reporter: it's a story about steven a. butler's great-great grant par grandparents who tefell in love while performing in a circus. their lives are brought to life nearly a century later inside the playhouse. >> they had been violated. they'd been subjugated. they'd been forced into situations that are unimaginable to us now. >> reporter: courtney baker oliver is the artistic director to who says through powerful performances, the audience travels back in time to experience life through a couple who had to fight for their love. >> how do you love a man who has to say yes, sir, and what he wants to do is purnch him in th face? but that's how we had to live. we persevered through that.
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♪ >> reporter: like so many others, olly and rouby thomas were surrounded by racism, but butler will tell you it was their bond that gave them the strength to carry on. >> love will get you through it all. forgiveness is the root of that love. >> reporter: reporting in anacostia, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> looks like it's going to be a good show and one that runs through march 5th at anacostia playhouse. find out more details and ticket information on our nbc washington app. tom is here. i'm not used to seeing the 37. it's february, but 37 degrees. i was getting used to 60s and 70s. >> rude awakening. a reality check. it is a winter month, after all. and certainly feeling like that this morning. here's your hour-by-hour planner here for this sunday. temperatures will be climbing out of the 30s, where we are now, into the low to mid-40s by 10:00. a lot of sunshine through the day. ought to hit low 50s by mid afternoon.
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a lighter wind, bit of a blustery wind now. windchills are in the 20s. that'll diminish during the day. as we get into monday for the monday morning commute, we'll have dry roads, temperatures in the 30s. waiting at the bus stop and driving around, you need to be warm monday morning. by wednesday, it's going to be warm again. temperatures monday afternoon coming up right around 60ing d degrees or so. mid-60s on tuesday. might get a few sprinkles. look at wednesday. we warm all the way back into the 70s again. then a cold front comes through wednesday afternoon triggering some storms. we may have storms similar to what we had on saturday on wednesday afternoon. stay tuned. storm team 4 will be on top of it for you and let you know. as we get into thursday morning, a bit chillier in the 40s. afternoon highs, mid-50s. a chance of a few morning sprinkles as another cool front sweeps in on friday. then during the afternoon, friday only in the low 50s.
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30 in the mild again next sunday. back into the 60s, near 70 that following monday. up and down roller coaster ride over the next ten days. >> thank you, tom. the biggest night in hollywood is here. the favorites looking to bring home the gold, and the top contenders who may te them by aks
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bryce harper crashes one to deep right center, well back out. >> that's what he does. bryce harper is definitely not taking a vacation during spring training in florida. he hit it out of the park during his first at-bat of the year. the nats faced off against the new york mets. they hit a total of four homers yesterday. they won the game 8-6. all right. so hollywood going to get all dressed up to the nines this evening for the movie industry's biggest event, the 89th annual academy awards. >> that's right.
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nbc's mark barger looks at what film could be the big winners tonight. >> reporter: it's been 14 years since "chicago" hit the oscars high note. best picture and five other awards. tonight another musical "la la land" with a record tying 14 nominations could echo "chicago's" big night. >> i think it's the presumptivive front runner in a lot of major categories. >> reporter: golden globe winner "moonlight" is a rival for best picture, as is "manchester by the sea." there's also late momentum with "hidden figures." it scored a major win at the s.a.g. awards. >> usually the movie with the most nominations wins. as we saw last year with "spotlight," it's not always the case. >> reporter: after last
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color are among this year's nominees. >> it's definitely a step in the right direction. >> reporter: "moonlight" is favored for best supporting actor, while denzel washington is neck and neck with casey affleck for best actor. >> there's something to be said for how much the academy loves the performances in that film. >> reporter: there's less doubt about supporting actress, dominated throughout awards season by viola davis. >> that performance is so off the charts, there's absolutely no way she's going to lose. >> reporter: for the oscar winners in 24 categories, hollywood dreams come true tonight. mark barger, nbc news. >> i got some movie watching to do. >> i mean, i've got to spend the whole afternoon watching these movies. we have much more ahead coming upn
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heading into the 7:00 hour on news 4 today. right now a violent start to sundayo
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about a double shooting outside a sports bar. parade disaster. a driver plows into a mardi gras crowd, sending dozens to the hospital. what investigators are saying about the man behind the wheel. and from sunny and 70s to chilly and in the 30s. a major temperature swing we're going through and how you can plan for another week of big changes. hope you're having a great start to your sunday morning so far. >> we really hope those winds settle down. >> yeah, definitely. i'm not used to the big puffy coat after last week. but you got to put it on this morning. right, tom? >> it's back to winter weather this morning. at least feeling that way. we just saw the feels like temperatures in the 20s. the wind is still a little blustery, but it is diminishing. peak gusts around 20 miles an hour. look at our sunrise. golden start to this sunday morning. live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. sun coming up in a partly cloudy sky. under this
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at or below freezing temperatures. manassas, gaithersburg, 30 degrees. right around the beltway, we're hovering around freezing. right on the potomac, generally in the mid and upper 30s. we'll stay here in the 30s for another few hours, then climb into the 40s by noontime. climbing up to around 50 by mid afternoon. a look at the big changes on the way this half hour. >> thank you, tom. we are following developments out of prince george's county, where police are trying to find out who shot two men outside of a sports bar in oxen hill. this happened on livingston road. both men were found with gunshot wound to their lower bodies. they were conscious and taken to the hospital just after 1:00 this morning. no suspect information was released. we are also following a developing story out of new orleans where chaos broke out during a mardi gras parade. a suspected drunk driver in custody after that person plowed into a crowd, injuring at least 28 people. emergency crews say
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nonappeared to be life threatening. police say the pickup truck hit other vehicles then veered into the crowd just before 7:00 last night. the victims ranged in age from 3 years old to 40 years old. meanwhile in germany, a rogue driver killed one man, hurt two other people after stre steering into a crowd outside a bakery. that suspect was shot after his arrest and has serious injury. police don't believe this was a terror related attack, but the driver's emotional state and motives were not known. the suspect was seen getting out of the car holding a knife following the crash. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to meet with homeland security secretary john kelly today. one of the topics, i.c.e. raids. mcauliffe was outraged after some latino men were arrested this month. he's expected to address his concerns with the secretary today. mcauliffe is in washington for the national governor's association winter meeting. how to reform health care led to some tense moments a the
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the main sticking point, a republican proposal to overhaul medicaid. it urges congress to change medicaid from an open-ended federal entitlement to a program designed by each state with a financial limit. republican governors say their plan protects states from absorbing the cost of repealing the affordable care act. democrats say it would take away people's health coverage to finance tax cuts for the wealthy. this is likely to be a big topic when the governors meet with congressional leaders and president trump tomorrow. meanwhile, the president and the new chairman of the democratic national committee already mixing it up on twitter. the president wrote, quote, the race for dnc chairman was, of course, totally rigged. bernie's guy, like bernie himself, never had a chance. it comes as perez faces a challenge in uniting the party and winning elections across the party. chris pollone has
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>> reporter: after two ballots in atlanta, members of the democratic national committee chose a former obama cabinet member as their new party chair. he's former labor secretary tom perez, a favorite of the party establishment. he beat minnesota congressman keith ellison, backed by the party's more liberal faction, by 35 votes. immediately, perez moved to unite the party, naming ellison deputy chair. ellison quickly embraced the unity message. >> if you're wearing a keith t-shirt, or any t-shirt, i'm asking you to give everything you've got to support chairman perez. >> reporter: perez has a tall task ahead, replenishing the party's dwindling cash supply and trying to elect democrats to governor's offices, state legislatures, and congress. >> we need to make house calls. we need to listen to people. we need to get back to basics. >> reporter: if perez has any advantage, it's that the young
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energized large groups of opposition. >> i know we can win the battles ahead. i know we will win the battles ahead, when we put our values forward, when we lead together. >> so now more than ever, we need to stay engaged, in the field and online. >> reporter: the collapse of hillary clinton's campaign still looms over the democrats. but with their former presidential nominee pledging her continued support, democrats in atlanta say they see better days ahead for the party. chris pollone, nbc news. for the first time in over 35 years, the president will not attend the annual white house correspondents' dinner. president trump tweeted yesterday that he will not be attending this year's event. organizers say the dinner on april 29th will go on as planned. president reagan missed a dinner in 1981 because he was recovering from an attempted assassination. he did call in to provide a few remarks. we've all seen the video. lawmakers dealing with angry votat
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well, that will be a big topic on this week's "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with senator tom cotton. chuck will join us for a live preview at 10:15 this morning. let's take a live look outside right now. beautiful sunrise. tom is tracking if we're going to stay dry today and when we can expect the temperatures to warm back up. and what a difference a day makes. the hail, check this out, that came crashing down on homes and yards and the bigger impact to our north. stay with us.
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look at this. how this car caught fire after a crash early this morning. fire crews on the scene putting out the flames around 3:00 this morning. it happened at route 1 and the intercounty connector. we have a call into police to find out if anybody was hurt. a major anniversary set for tomorrow
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launch of the d.c. streetcar. january set a monthly ridership record with more than 92,000 passengers, which included the people who took trips during the presidential inauguration and the women's march. the straet ceetcar will remain to ride until ddot makes a change. the vatican says it's too easy these days to take pope francis's image and put it on trinkets. because of that, it worries about losing control of the pope's image. the vatican also wants to protect the emblem of the holy see. time right now is 7:09. like it or not, we're not done with winter yet. you see the flag flapping in the wind at union station. tom is updating the forecast with how much long you are you're going to need the heavy jacket. a former cia official maps out the l
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cold start on this sunday morning. we've got a mostly clear sky. just a few clouds off to the north and west. all dry, though, on storm team h4 radar. if you plan on getting out, it's in
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morning. by noontime, ought to be in the upper 40s. by mid afternoon, briefly touching around 50 degrees or so with a lighter wind and lots of sunshine. up and down temperatures over the next ten days. a look at that in a few minutes. many of you waking up to storm damage left behind by stuff like this, a lot of hail. a news 4 viewer sending this video in. thankfully, no injuries were reported and no one was displaced from their home. >> that's wild. and south of there, the storm dumped sizable hail as well. this is what it looked like in richmond. you can see the hail pounding the ground and almost creating white-out effect on the ground. the effects of the same
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more intensely in eastern pennsylvania. the storm flooding the streets there, uprooting trees, knocking over power lines. drivers had to navigate around closed roads. in low-lying area, run off from mountains caused several feet of water to pool up in the streets. ever look at your neighbors like, what's going on with you? >> there are a lot of interesting people. >> in fact, there are hundreds of spy sites in and around our nation's capital. the places where spies live, work, or hold secret meetings. >> and get this, according to a former cia official, there is a 100% chance that you can walk to a so-called spy site. news 4 mark seagraves talks to robert wallace, who wrote a book detailing those sites. >> one would never suspect a spy might live here. >> reporter: bob wallace spent 33 years at the cia. >> do we really kn
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neighbors are? the answer is usually not. >> reporter: walking the streets of d.c., he says they're all around us. locations where spies lived, worked, held secret meetings, and conducted dead drops. >> i think it's about 100% certain that there is a spy site in your neighborhood. >> somewhere in our area. >> somewhere in your neighborhood. you can walk to it. >> reporter: wallace has a new book out detailing hundreds of spy sites across our region that you can visit. he took us to this house on fort sumner in bethesda. a retired cia employee called this home. >> he decided to go to the other side. >> reporter: it turned out moore had stolen enough classified documents to fill several boxes, and then he tried to sell them to the soviets. he wrapped up a sample of the secret documents with a note and threw the bundle over the fence of the soviet embassy, which is
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found the package and called d.c. police, fearing it was a bomb. >> they come, retrieve the package. they determine it isn't a bomb. they open the package, and some very alert police officer in washington said, hmm, i think the fbi might be interested in this. and in fact, they were. >> reporter: moore's note instructed the soviets to deliver $3,000 in cash to a dead drop location by a fire hydrant right across the street from his house, and that's just what an undercover fbi agent did. >> he's arrested. he's tried. he's convicted. he's sentenced to 15 years in prison. and then subsequently paroled, released after about three years. >> reporter: while edwin moore's story begins and ends here in bethesda, remember that security guard who found the package he threw over the fence? well, it turns out he was kgb, and he's got a comply
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difficult story that we pick up in georgetown. in bethesda, mark seagraves, news 4. >> we have a map of some of the most important spy sites on our nbc washington app. we'll bring you part two of mark's report at 9:15 this morning. tom, i've always wondered about you. >> you never invite us over for dinner. >> i play a weatherman on tv. but when i go home. >> i wouldn't put it past you. >> it is funny though, isn't it. you forget living around here that stuff happens. >> a lot of drama going on under the surface. >> i don't know about you, but when i saw the story, i just thought the hollywood tour bus, just renting a bus and going house to house. it could be a business. >> there you go. well, if you plan on doing that today, you need to layer up. if you want to get in a morning run or bike ride, it's going to be a cold start on this sunday morning. we have a mostly clear sky now. live
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tower camera. yesterday afternoon it was clogged with angry clouds. now they've cleared out. warm coat this morning and gloves and a hat. then this afternoon you'll be comfortable with a light jacket. you'll need your sunglasses all day. we'll have lots of sunshine throughout the day. look at our temperatures. they're at or below freezing just about everywhere, from the mountains to the bay, although right on the waters it's generally in the mid and upper 30s. reagan national at 36. look at our windchills. winds gusting around 20 miles an hour. our windchills are down into the 20s this morning. february acting like a winter month of all things. then by 10:00, we'll be into the mid-40s. early to mid afternoon, ought to climb into the 50s. clear and chilly this evening. getting cold by late evening. by 10:00, back down to near 40. for the monday commute,
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roads. temperatures around dawn will be in the 30s. for your lunch hour, we'll be in the mid-50s. dry roads when you're heading back home. maybe up near 60 mid afternoon. by 5:00 p.m., back to the mid-50s. by dawn on tuesday, we'll be down into the 40s. milder air moves in, a lot of clouds around on tuesday. that mild air pushes in. we might get a few sprinkles of light rain tuesday. highs in the mid-60s tuesday afternoon. wednesday, much milder. these are the up and down temperatures. back up again into the mid to upper 70s on wednesday. cold front comes in late in the day. likely triggering showers, maybe some thunderstorms. then back down to the 40s by dawn thursday. down we go again toward the end of the week with dry weather. maybe a few sprinkles as another cold front comes in friday morning. that'll usher in colder air by dawn on next saturday. back down to near freezing. the first saturday of march. as we get into that saturday
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afternoon, next weekend, mid-40s. a week from today, it may be soaring right back up again. the roeller coaster ride. that following monday, it may make it up to near 70 degrees. this is the time of year we see this up and down pattern. >> all right, tom. definitely keeping things interesting. it's one of the biggest battles parents face with their kids. how a couple local moms started a retail revolution to c
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a high school junior in texas who is transgender won the state wrestling championships yesterday in the girls' league. this is a story you might see on social media. it's upsetting some competitors, coaches, and parents. they say it's not fair that he competed against girls since he has to use testosterone as part of his transition. mack wanted to compete in the boys' league, but a recently pass the birth certificate policy forces them to compete as the gender on their birth certificate. as a parent, it can be hard to find clothes that your son or daughter really likes to wear. >> we know the struggle. some virginia moms and d.c. moms found a creative way to give parents more
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>> reporter: when this oakton mom could not find clothes hers a spiring astronaut wanted to wear, she felt guilt. >> i found one in the boy's department. >> reporter: then she got an idea to make clothes. >> if girls want to wear monster truck t-shirt, perfectly fine. >> reporter: her mission struck a nerve with her friend, who struggled finding clothes for her sons in the bright colors and prints that they love. >> when i saw what she was doing, i absolutely knew i wanted to be a part of it. >> we have an abc of science. >> reporter: in 2015, the two moms teamed up and launched svaha apparel, a clothing line specializing in kids clothe named after the little girl who inspired it. >> this is actually ,
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value of pi. >> reporter: with its science and technology themed dresses, svaha has become part of a growing trend of clothing brands confronting gender stereotypes. they say the response has been overwhelming and empowering. >> girls are not all about princesses and pink anymore. so that's why i think it resonated really well with all the people who saw our products. >> reporter: across the potomac, we find more moms with a hand in this retail revolution. it was in this silver spring basement princess awesome was born. a line of gender defying dresses they say fill a gap. >> we have no problem with pink dresses with flowers. my daughter has them. but the problem that we see is that much of girls' clothing, if you like red or dragons or math or science, there's just -- and you also like dresses, there's
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>> reporter: cars, trains, pay rats, and dinosaur dresses continue to fly off the shelf. their kick starter campaign raised $215,000, six times their goal. >> now we hear from our customers, people come up to their daughters and say, wow, rockets, are you interested in space? then there's this conversation about space that happens. >> reporter: more clothes, changing conversation and the face of kids' fashion. more ways to match ever changing minds. >> what do you want to be now? >> a painter, a singer, and a doctor. >> try putting all that on one dress. that would be some dress. well, some mainstream retailers like target have started incooperatii incooperatii incorporating some of these gender neutral clothes. some of the big chain stores ar
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specific. i don't know. they're trying to change the landscape. looks like some parents are responding. >> the older they get, the more opinionated they get about what they wear for sure. all right. we're seeing a battle between spring and winter right here in our backyard. tom is tracking the up and down temperatures and a wild weather week ahead. turning back time. the remarkable discovery into george washington's childhood and the projects
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[001:27:24;00] time right now, 7:29. here's what's going on. a double shooting in prince george's county has sent two men to the hospital. police say it happened outside a sports bar on livingston road. a suspected drunk driver is in custody in new orleans after a terrifying crash during a mardi gras parade. at least 28 people were hurt when the driver plowed a pickup truck through a kroutd lacrowd night. virginia governor terry mcauliffe is expected to meet with homeland security secretary john kelly today. he's expected to talk about his concerns after immigrations and customs enforcement arrested some latino men who had just left a hypothermia church shelter earlier this month. take a look at the temperature. >> oh, right over there. >> 36. >> usually it's like 63.
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so our bodies are well after being so conditioned. yesterday all i heard from people were like, it's so cold. oh, my gosh, it just changed like that. that seems to be the situation. the ups and downs continue. >> let's check in with tom kierein, who can tell us more. >> we were in the mid-70s early afternoon yesterday. then a storm came through. the temperature dropped 20 degrees in only about ten minutes. then it's dropped another 20 degrees all the way down into the mid-30s this morning. there's the view from our storm team 4 tower camera -- rather prince george's county camera overlooking national harbor. the capital wheel there. it doesn't move like that. the video stream is intermittent this morning. we have a blustery wind on the potomac river under a sunny sky. 36 at reagan national. upper 30s near the bay. elsewhere, it's right near phrasing this morning. hour by hour temperatures. we'll stay in the 30s for another couple hours. hitting the 40s late morning
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into early afternoon. then up around 50 degrees the way over the next ten days. a look at that this half hour. >> thank you, tom. moving on to the news right now. d.c. police faced off with students on the court -- actually, let's go to the bus stop shooting we told you about yesterday. police tell us right now that they are now looking for a male suspect. early yesterday morning, two teenagers were shot right outside the metro station. the 16-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy are both in stable condition this hour. metro transit police and prince george's county police are now both investigating. meanwhile, d.c. police faced off with students on the court instead of in the courtroom. this is all part of a new effort called stop the violence. this first event was yesterday afternoon in southeast. it was organized by teachers, religious leaders, and the police.
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teachers say it allows students to have positive inct with police. >> we have a lot of issues. you know, we've had student deaths, things that impact our community from outside into the building. it's really important we get involved with the churches, any type of community leaders. >> acting d.c. police chief was on the court as well. he said events like these translate to better relationships between the officers and their community. the trial for a chilling montgomery county case is now delayed. lloyd welch is charged with killing sheila and katherine lyon in 1975. they were abducted while walking to wheaton mall. according to wtop, a judge granted a defense request and delayed the april trial until september. welch could get the death penalty if convicted. another piece of this case is welch's uncle, richard welch. no charges have been filed, but prosecutors have called him a person of interest. and this story is also a parent's worst fear turned
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reality. according to "the washington schoolteacher is facing three counts of child sexual abuse charges. manuel garcia fernandez was arrested on friday. he taught at the northeast campus of the latin american bilingual charter school. police say the incidents happened on multiple occasions from august 17th to february 6th. police say the victims included two girls and one boy. montgomery county dealership is repairing this is gaping hole in its building. fur -- fire officials say an employee had a medical emergency while driving an suv. you can see the suv crashed and stopped right there. the man accidently hit the gas and drove into another car. that car then went through the wall of the dealership building and ruptures a 55-gallon oil drum. hazmat crews were called to handle that spill. we're told the man should be okay.
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and in waynesboro, a home damagete stop at a stop sign. he pushed a parked car into this house. police say this happened yesterday evening. bystanders helped the man get out of the suv. he does have minor injuries, but no one was home when this happened. police are now looking into why he didn't stop at that stop sign. and it looks like the proposed fine for driving too slow in the fast lane is not going to cost as much in virginia. our news partner wtop reports that the house of delegates approved lower the proposed fine yesterday. instead of $250, drivers would pay $100 for going too slow in the left lane. the amendment was first proposed by the governor. the state senate is set to take up this measure in april. and a controversial redevelopment plan in roselyn has been given the green light. the post reports the arlington county board gave final approval to a massive super block plan yesterday. that project will include a new school, park, fire station, and
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residential buildings along it also includes affordable housing, but some have questioned the plan to build high-rise buildings. the project is set to be done in the early 2020s. for the first time in centuries, we're getting a look into george washington's boyhood home. >> that's right. ferry farm is in fredericksburg. as david culver shows us, you'll soon get a chance to stand where he once played. >> reporter: open land along the river. what do you envision here? a subdivision of homes? maybe a big box store? a few years ago, both of those were being considered. >> because of that, local preservationists got together, banded together, and preserved this land. >> reporter: most historians always believed this to be where a young george washington came of age and where legendary
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stories might have happened. george washington foundation took over and archaeologists started digging. >> i couldn't breathe. i gnaw -- knew my life was going to change. >> reporter: dade and his team confirmed this to be the foundation of the washington family's home. >> he lived here from age 6 to 22. so the formative years are here. >> reporter: today is a construction zone, or rather reconstruction. >> they made sure that everybody in the town of fredericksburg could see this house. >> reporter: crews about a year away from finishing. >> there's only a certain number of crafts people that can work on the house that know the 18th century techniques. >> reporter: eventually, they'll rebuild other structures that once stood here, including the nearby slave's quarters, all aimed to authentically re-create what was. >> there are not many people who are able to do such work. >> reporter: those working this project absorbing its significance.
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>wh stones and know that a young george washington probably did the same thing, it sends a little chill down my spine, yeah. >> the more i see of him as a person, the more i admire him. >> reporter: in stafford county, david culver, news 4. all right. we'll take a look outside right now at the washington monument. you see the sun hitting it right there. it's not feeling too warm out there. tom is watching a big temperature change coming up in the next few days. and they were promised a pathway to immigration for their service. now a revised travel ban might put their future in jeopardy. how a local veteran is taking on a new mission.
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♪ welcome back. more than 100 air canada passengers are now dealing with the memories of an unexpected landing experience. initial reports say part of the plane's landing gear slid off the runway.
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the pilot wast passengers. no one was injured. the budget terminal at the kuala lumpur airport has reopened. they found no trace of the deadly vx nerve agent, which is believed to have killed the north korean leader's half brother. you are going to feel the breeze the second you step outside today. tom is tracking a chilly start and what you can expect for tomorrow morning's commute. capturing the challenges african-american performers faced in the early 1900s. a look at black history month
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througthe arts is coming up.h welcome back. a revised travel ban from the trump administration could come out any day now. >> but while the original order is tied up in court, it's putting interpreters who accompanied u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan in limbo. they were promised a pathway to immigration for their service. nbc's jo ling kent is in springfield, virginia, with more. >> reporter: immigrating to the united states can leave even the most experienced afghan and iraqi war translators at a loss
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for words. executive order to ban immigrants from seven muslim countries. while the order is tied up in court, it has left translators in limbo. >> he saved my life by shooting dead two taliban fighters. >> reporter: in 2008, he was an afghan translator. when asked why he risked his life for a stranger -- >> you have a guest in my country. this was my responsibility to save your life. >> reporter: after his tour ended, the taliban threatened to kill shinwari. he called his friend for help. >> i owe him a life debt. >> reporter: after four years, zeller got his comrade home on a special immigrant visa. this experience led them to start no one left behind, a charity helping former translators resettle in the u.s., but collecting donated furniture and moving them in. >> these people should be celebrated as veterans.
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>> reporter: these two recently arrived afghan translatwishre t with their families. no one left behind has helped more than a thousand families in nine cities. they're now taking on a second mission to convince lawmakers and voters that an immigration ban of muslims does not lead to a safer country. >> diversity is our greatest strength. >> reporter: as for a federal court halting trump's travel ban -- >> it doesn't mean this issue is in any way settled. there's still 35,000 people in the pipeline awaiting a visa. >> reporter: these combat veterans are now family. >> the american people ought to be known as a people who welcome and thank the people who stood with us. >> reporter: a brotherhood forged in war for an ideal that needs no translation. jo ling kent, nbc news. >> great story. as we celebrate black history month, the power of the family struggle and love is coming to life at the anacostia
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play house the show's creator didn't have to look far to find inspiration. >> i bring to you benjamin boswell. >> reporter: for generations, the circus has been a place of excitement and laughter. >> a circus is always part of our childhood. >> reporter: but for african-american performers in the early 1900s, there was great pain behind the masks they'd wear every day. >> behind the music, behind the laughter, it's not always joyous. >> reporter: it's a story about steven a. butler's great-great grandparents who fell in love while performing in a circus. their lives are brought to life nearly a century later inside the playhouse.
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>> they had been violated. they'd been subjugated. they'd been forced into situations that are unimaginable to us now. >> reporter: courtney baker oliver is the artistic director to who says through powerful performances, the audience travels back in time to experience life through a couple who had to fight for their love. >> how do you love a man who has to say yes, sir, and what he wants to do is punch him in the face? but that's how we had to live. we persevered through that. ♪ >> reporter: like so many others, olly and ruby thomas were surrounded by racism, but butler will tell you it was their bond that gave them the strength to carry on. >> love will get you through it all. forgiveness is the root of that love. >> reporter: reporting in anacostia, megan fitzgerald,
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news 4. the show runs through march 5th at anacostia play house. you can find more details in our nbc washington app, which is also a great place to get your weather updates. i was shocked at so many people i came across yesterday like, it was going to rain? are you watching the news? >> you get to pay attention, especially this time of year. we have such changeable weather. we're starting to get into spring storm season. that's what we had yesterday. now what a dramatic change here on this sunday morning. our sky is cleared out. beautiful blue sky. just a few cotton ball clouds rolling through. the winds still a little blustery. the wind has been gusting up to around 20 miles an hour. so quite a cold start. you need a warm coat this morning. your gloves, a hat. then this afternoon you'll be comfortable with a light spring jacket. you'll need your sunglasses all day. right now it is cold.
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just now getting a little above freezing in ourar the rural areas right at the freezing mark. with that 20-mile-an-hour wind, our windchill is just in the 20s. february feeling like a winter month, of all things. mid-40s by 10:00 this morning. lots of sunshine into the afternoon. ought to make it to around 50 or so by mid afternoon. back down to the 40s by this evening. by 10:00, we'll be back down to near 40 degrees. for the commute tomorrow morning, waiting at the bus stop and the metro, you'll need the warm winter coat again. driving tomorrow, we'll be dry. dry roads throughout the day. mid-50s for your lunch hour. near 60 in the afternoon. storm team 4 ten-day outlook, into the mid-60s on tuesday. a lot of clouds around. maybe a few sprinkles. much milder wednesday, in the upper 70s. may get strong storms wednesday afternoon.
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then down we go again, getting chilly end of the week into next into the 60s and following monday near 70 degrees. >> take us there. take us there, tom. thank you, tom. the biggest night in hollywood is here, and the favorites looking to bring home the gold and the top contenders who could take them by surprise.
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bryce harper crashes one to deep right center, well back >> he looks okay. bryce harper made it look easy during his first at-bat of spring training with that home run. this was yesterday during the spring training game in florida. the nats and the new york mets faced off with the nats hitting four homers yesterday. they won the game 8-6. good start for him. hollywood is going to get all dressed up to the nines this evening for the movie industry's biggest event, the 89th annual academy awards. >> and this reminds us we have many movies to watch this afternoon. nbc's mark barger looks at what film could be the big winners tonight. >> reporter: it's been 14 years since "chicago" hit the oscars high note. best picture and five other awards. tonight another musical "la la land" with a record tying 14 nominations could echo "chicago's" big night. >> i think it's the presumptivive front runner in a
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lot of major categories. >> reporter: golden globe winner "moonlight" is a rival for best picture, as is "manchester by the sea." there's also late momentum with "hidden figures." it scored a major win at the s.a.g. awards. >> usually the movie with the most nominations wins. as we saw last year with "spotlight," it's not always the case. >> reporter: after last year's controversy, seven performers of color are among this year's nominees. >> it's definitely a step in the right direction. >> reporter: "moonlight" is favored for best supporting actor, while denzel washington is neck and neck with casey affleck for best actor. >> there's something to be said for how much the academy loves the performances in that film. >> reporter: there's less doubt about supporting actress,
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dominated ro >> that performance is so off the charts, there's absolutely no way she's going to lose. >> reporter: for the oscar winners in 24 categories, hollywood dreams come true tonight. mark barger, nbc news. 7:56 on this sunday morning. here are the four things you need to know. two men in the hospital in prince george's county after an early morning shooting. the men were shot outside a sports bar. a mardi gras parade in new orleans turned into chaos after a pickup truck driver slammed into a crowd, injuring 28 people. the driver is now in custody. >> the murder trial for lloyd welch delayed until september. it had been set for april. according to our news partners at wtop, his defense asked for more time. welch is charged with the 1975 killings of sheila and katherine lyon. virginia governor terry
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mcauliffe is expected to meet secretary today. this coming after mcauliffe was outraged after some latino men were arrested after leaving a church shelter. shouldn't be too bad later today, right? >> it is wintry right now. dress accordingly if you're about to head out the door. keep up with this changeable weather with the nbc washington app. we'll have up and down temperatures for the week ahead. a lot to look at. each day is going to be markedly different. >> all right. that's going to do it for news 4 today. thank you so much for joining us. >> we'll be back here with more weather and news at 9:00. until then, enjoy your sunday
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morning. . we are fighting the fake news. >> every day it is going to be a fight. >> he was saying, i'm going to sue you. >> are we alone in the universe? good morning. welcome to "sunday today." i'm willie geist. we appreciate you being up with us on another busy morning. there is breaking news out of new orleans where a pickup truck plowed into a sea of people during one of the biggest mardi gras parades. we'll update you about the victims. plus, the president is butting

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