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the fire today. >> yeah, we went from having the windows open to the furnace kicking on last night as we had a dramatic drop in temperatures from yesterday to this morning, down to near freezing at dawn. now we have rebounded back up into the upper 30s. a much colder day on tap. a lot of sunshine though. certainly looks nice. live view from our storm team 4 tower camera. in the froer ground theoregroun high rises on madison avenue. all around the region, a lot of sunshine on tap for the rest of the day. temperatures right now are climbing out of the mid to upper 30s to near 40 now around the bay. reagan national now at 38 degrees. hour by hour temperatures here into the afternoon, hitting the upper 40s to near 50 by mid afternoon. more up and down changes for the week ahead. a look at that this half hour. >> thank you, tom. 9:00 on the dot. we continue to follow developments out of prince george's county. police there tryi t
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this happened on livingston road. we know both men were found with gunshot wounds to their lower bodies. they were conscious and taken to the hospital just after 1:00 this morning. so far no suspect information has been released. and 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, hurting at least 28 people. emergency crews say five people were in guarded condition, but none of them appear to be in life threatening condition. police say the pickup truck hit other vehicles and veered into the crowd. the victims range in age from 3 to 40 years old. meanwhile in germany, a rogue driver killed one man and hurt two other people after steering into a crowd outside a bakery yesterday. the 35-year-old suspect was shot during his arrest and now has serious injuries. police don't believe this was a terror related attack. they say the driver's motives
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known. the suspect was seen getting out of the car holding a knife following that crash. 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. >> derrick ward joining us with more. >> reporter: good morning. that winter meeting has been going on for several days now. later today, virginia governor terry mcauliffe will have a one on one with the homeland security secretary. this all stems from a raid earlier this month at a church. i.c.e. has a policy regarding what they call sensitive locations. that would be churches, hospitals, schools. they say they won't target those locations. in this instance, we understand that the agents waited directly
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sensitive location before detaining and arresting several latino men. the governor sent a letter to homeland security regarding their policies. this meeting is expected to take place at 11:00 today. governor mcauliffe is actually the head of the governor's association. so he plays a big role in this meeting. but this is a one on one he requested. a lot of governors probably have similar questions on their minds. it'll be interesting to hear what comes out of that meeting. we hope to talk to the governor after that meeting and have some clarification and more information. we're live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4. >> derrick, thank you. how to reform health care led to some tense moments at the national governor's association meeting yesterday. the main sticking point, a republican proposal to overhaul medicaid. it urges congress to
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federal entitlement to a program designed by each state with a financial limit. republican governors say that their plan protects states from absorbing the cost of repealing the accordable care act, while 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, tom perez, already mixing up the on twitter. the latest tweet coming about two hours ago from the president. he wrote, quote, the race for dnc chairman was, of course, totally rigged. bernie's guy, like bernie himself, never had a chance. clinton demanded perez. it comes as perez faces a challenge in you natiuniting th. nbc's chris pollone has more. >> reporter: after two ballots in atlanta, members of the democratic national committee chose a former obama cabinet
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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 presidency of donald trump has energized large groups of opposition. >> i know we can win the battles ahead.
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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 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.
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preview at 10:15 this morning. let's take a live look outside right now. the capitol dome right there. chilly start as we look over the potomac. tom is tracking if we'll stay dry and when we can expect the temperature to warm back up. and what a difference a day makes. this is from yesterday. the hail just crashing down on to homes, cars, yards. also, there's a bigger impact to the north of us. we'l
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look at this video here. this car catching fire after a crash early this morning. this is in beltsville. fire views on the scene were 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 try to find out if anybody was hurt. we have a major anniversary that's set t
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how about this. it's one year since the launch of the dc streetcar. remember when it couldn't even get started. >> delayed how many times? >> a long time. january set a monthly ridership record with more than 92,000 passengers. it included the people who took trips during the presidential inauguration and the women's march. the straet c our high-tech world is causing the vatican to do something that it has never done before, copyright the pope's image. the vatican says it is too easy these days to take pope francis' 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 crossed keys emblem of the holy see. all right. like it or not, look at the flag right there. whipping in the wind outside june union station. tom is updating the forecast. quiet neighborhoods yaused
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hours. by noontime, we'll be seeing our temperatures into the mid and upper 40s. a diminishing wind as well. big changes on the way over the next ten days. a look at that in just a few minutes. many of you are waking up to storm damage left behind by yesterday's storm. a news 4 viewer setting in this hail footage. officials say they got multiple reports of uprooted trees and minor damage to homes and apartments. thankfully, though, no injuries were reported and no one was displaced from their home. >> wow. and just south of there, the storm dumped sizable hail. take a look at what it looked like here in richmond. you can just see the hail pounding the ground. it almost created a white-out effect in the distance. they got it really bad down south. we felt it. then look at what happened up not. the effects
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system being felt more intensely. this is in pennsylvania. storm flooded streets, you see how it uprooted the trees. drivers had to navigate around closed roads. in low-lying areas can, run off from mountains caused several feet of water to pool up in the streets. all right. hey, we brought you the first part of the story in the 7:00 hour. now here's the second part that you got to watch. espionage. it's all around us. living around d.c. means that you probably live near or even know a spy. >> but the fact you don't know it means they're a good spy. earlier we brought you part one, as adam mentioned. now we continue with the connection between a spy ling in bethesda and a kgb officer who slipped away from the cia one night in georgetown. >> reporter: this was the bethesda home of edwin moore, a retired cia employee, who in 1976 tried to sell secrets
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he threw a package of classified documents over the fence of the soviet embassy, which is now the russian ambassador's residence. moore was found out because the security guard who found that package thought it was a bomb and called police. eight years after he turned over moore's package of secrets to d.c. police, that security guard was back in the soviet union. it turns out he was more than just a security guard. >> he was a fast rising officer of the kgb. >> reporter: in 1985, after being diagnosed with cancer, he returned to the united states, but this time as a defector. >> he had knowledge of a lot of kgb operations in the united states. so of course we were especially interested from a counterintelligence standpoint to debrief him thoroughly, and we did. >> reporter: but his defection
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one night while having dinner at a georgetown restaurant that's now this pizza shop, he told his cia security officer that he was stepping outside for some fresh air. >> when he came out of the restaurant and walked down the street, maybe a block or so, he was likely picked up by the kgb at that point. >> and that's the last we ever saw of him? >> no, we saw him a day or so later on television announcing that he had been drugged by the cia for the last three months and he was very happy to be back in friendly hands. >> reporter: in his book, bob wallace recounts hundreds of spy stories from across our region. one of the most famous, this garage in roselyn where bob woodward held secret meetings with his source, deep throat. >> the watergate story is an adaptation of espionage techniques for a political purpose.
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maps of neighc., maryland, and virginia, where you can walk in the footsteps of real spies. >> 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 them. >> you can walk to them? >> i assure you you can walk to them. >> reporter: mark seagraves, news 4. >> going to have to get the book now. there's just no way i can't read the book. >> i know. just fascinating stuff. >> love it. >> hey, tom. let's talk about the weather. that's pretty fascinating too, the way we've gone through a change. >> we've had a lot of drama, up and down. this is sort of the seasons battling each other. you get to this time of year, we see winter trying to make a turn. spring says, no, no, i'm going to take over. winter is taking over on this sunday morning. after yesterday's storms, the sky was filled with angry clouds, but now look at it. we have some happy
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the winds are up around 20, 25 miles an hour. still a bit blustery. the temperatures right now are getting above freezing just about everywhere, but struggling to make it into the upper 40s. with those winds, we're still talking about windchills in the 20s. if you're about to head out, you're going to need to layer up and need your warm winter coat for another couple hours. by the time we get into the late morning hours, well into the 40s, then by mid afternoon, may actually make it up to around 50 degrees or so. by 6:00 p.m., back down into the 40s under a clear sky with a diminishing wind. getting cold again late tonight. by 10:00, back down to near 40 degrees. then by dawn monday, waiting at the metro and the bus stop. we'll just be in the 30s. you'll need a winter coat tomorrow morning. for the commute, a little sunshine in the morning. clouds midday for your lunch
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milder weather moving in. low 50s by noontime, maybe 60 by 3:00 or 4:00. by 5:00, back down to the mid-50s. and the storm team 4 ten-day outlook, showing the roller coaster ride. mild air returns on tuesday. as it does, maybe triggering a few sprinkles of light rain. back into the mid-60s tuesday afternoon. soaring into the 70s on wednesday. cold front may trigger some storms late wednesday afternoon into the evening. storm team 4 will keep you fully informed on that. after that, some chillier air moving in on thursday, friday, into next saturday. a week from today, here we go. back up again. that'll linger into the first part of the following week. that's the way it looks. i'm mark murray. >> and i'm kerry dan. >> president donald trump will address a joint session of congress this week in a state of the union style speech. >> and the speech comes as trump and republican leaders in congress are not exactly on the same page on big k
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signature health care law, but congressional republicans are still trying to figure out what exactly that repeal looks like. >> and trump also promised big moves on tax policies, but it's not exactly clear he's committed to the same kind of deficit reduction and strategies that his own party has been pushing for decades. >> all of this comes after a week that republicans home for presidents' day recess face angry questioners at town halls. >> tuesday could give trump a chance to reset or it could just underscore how deep these party divisions run. the biggest night in hollywood is here. the favorites looking to bring home the gold and the top contenders who may take them by surpri. se y29kwy ysty
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z29ktz zstz y29kty ysty bryce harper crashes one to deep right center, well back out. >> i can do that. 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. >> he does make it look effortless. well, hollywood will be dressed to
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the 89th annual academy awards. >> nbc's mark barger looks at what film could be the big winner 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 presumptive 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 year's
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controversy, seven performers of 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. big night tonight. time right now, 9:26, as you look over the dulles toll road. we've been seeing a battle between spring and winter.
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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 a driver plowed a pickup truck through a crowd last night. virginia governor terry mcauliffe expected to meet with homeland security secretary john kelly today. he's expected to talk about his concerns after immigrations and u.s. c customs enforcement who arrested some latino men after leaving a church shelter earlier this month. 9:30 on the dot on this sunday morning. hope you're having a good one so far. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. if there's any indication from our flag-o-meter, it tells you that breeze is still pretty strong. >> the hair-o-meter is saying that as well. your hair will be flying around in the breeze. the winds still gusting around 20, 25 miles an hour. you need to dress warmly
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well. it is a coldunrground net work, which internationally has thousands of reporting stations. our local ones are reporting temperatures generally in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. there's the sky. lots of sunshine. this is the time of year that we are getting increasing daylight. we're gaining daylight every day now. today, 11 hours and 14 minutes of daylight. sunset today is at 5:58. by the equinox on march 20th, 12 hours and 9 minutes of daylight. so rapidly each day more and more daylight. a look at changes on the way over the next ten days coming up this half hour. >> thank you, tom. we have an update to that bus stop shooting that we first told you about yesterday. police now tell us they are looking for a male suspect. early yesterday morning, two teenagers were shot outside the naylor road metro station. the 16-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy are both in stable condition this hour. metro transit police an
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are investigating. 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 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
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september. welch could get the death penalty if convicted. another piece to this case is welch's uncle, richard welch. lloyd told detectives he saw richard sexually abuse one of the sisters. 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 bilingual charter school. 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 whi
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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. 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 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.
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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. time right now is 9:35. for the first time in centuries, we are getting a look into george washington's boyhood home. >> ferry farm is in fredericksburg in stafford county. as northern vrginia bureau reporter david culver shows us, you'll soon get a chance to stand where washington 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
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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 least in the until the george washington foundation took over and archaeologists started digging. >> i couldn't breathe. i gnaw -- knew my life was going to change. >> reporter: in july 2008, david and his team confirmed this to be the foundation of the washington family's home. >> he lived here from age 6 to age 22. so the formative years are here. >> reporter: today it's a construction zone, or rather a 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: eventuallyth
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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 county, david culver, news 4. coming up, new twists in the bizarre death of kim jong-nam. what officials are uncovering about the deadly nerve agent. and from parking lots to public parks. ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv?
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welcome back. more than a hundred air canada passengers are now dealing with the memories of an unexpected landing experience. the jet they were on was met by fog and rain when it landed in toronto early yesterday morning. initial reports say part of the plane's landing gear slid off the runway. the pilot was not able to get the plane to its terminal, so buses picked everyone up. the budget terminal at the kuala lumpur airport has been given the all clear. police in malaysia completed their sweep of the airport and found no trace of the deadly vx nerve agent. the chemical is believe tofd been used to kill the half brother of north korea's leader. malaysia's health minister says kim jong-nam died within 15 to 20 minutes of being poisoned nearly two weeks ago. two women are in jail following that deadly attack. let's take a look outside the a the washington monument. sun is out, but it probably doesn't feel like it. tom is watching a big temperature change coming up in the next few days. they were promised a pathway to im
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today with the bright sunshine, temperatures are going to struggle to make it into the upper 40s. maybe briefly around 50 degrees by mid afternoon. the winds we have now are gusting around 20 to 25 miles an hour. they'll be diminishing by the afternoon. a look at more up and down changes over the next ten days. that's in just a few minutes. >> tom, thank you very much. a revised travel ban from the trump administrationing come out any day now. >> but while the original order is tied up in court, it's putting interpreters in limbo. 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 for words. this joy now tempered by the executive order to ban immigrants from seven muslim countries. while the order is tied up in court, it has left translators
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des. >> 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. >> reporter: these two recently arrived afghan translators will share this four bedroom house with their families. no one left behind has helped more than a thousand families in nine cities. they're now taking on a second
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mission to convince lawmakers 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. all right. finding a parking spot in downtown bethesda, that's not always easy. now there's a foush gpush to gef hundreds of parking spaces and turn them into parks. >> there's been a drought, a park drought in downtown bethesda. >> reporter: this is amanda farber. she's leading the
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grassroots effort to turn parking spaces into parks. >> we need more fields for kids to play on, more playgrounds, dog parks. >> reporter: she calls bethesda the brick oven because there's so much paved over space here. but to get green space, you have to lose hundreds of parking spaces. 500, to be exact. there are four county owned lots off wisconsin avenue that this group wants to change to parks. that would translate to five acres of new parks. one supporter of the plan explains why now is the time to do this. >> if you're waiting for private property owners, you know, for the value of their property to become so low that we can afford to buy it, going to be waiting a really long time. you got to look at what land you have and make the best use of that. >> reporter: but as we know, drivers are particular about their spaces. >> a lot of people do drive around here, so we do need places to park. >> reporter: this is all happening as the county is in the midst of a new master plan for downtown bethesda.
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funding to make this a reality. >> now, if these parking spaces do end up going away, the county says they could possibly be replaced, putting them under any new parks that are created or relocated in bethesda. >> pretty complex. >> but the county owns the land. they're saying there's not enough green space in bethesda, which if you've been there recently, you can tell there's a lot of development. so it's a debate going on right now. >> i feel like our whole metro area is going to be facing issues like that. so outside, everything looks pretty nice. boy, what a change. >> maybe folks want to go to a park today and enjoy spring-like weather. not today. certainly going to be feeling more like wintertime. just dress accordingly. a great day to get out and get some exercise. we'll have lots of sunshine. winds will be diminishing. here's
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center. there's the dulles tollway. just a few clouds are rolling over now. the reston live camera capturing that sunshine pouring down there. as we take a look at leesburg, they're up to 37 now. reagan national at 38. getting above freezing just about everywhere. the windchills are still in the 20s because the winds are still gusting around 20, 25 miles an hour. so it should be climbing into the 40s in the next hour. hitting the low 50s right downtown, much of the region upper 40s to just near 50 for a high by mid afternoon. getting chilly again this evening under a clear sky and cold by 10:00. back down to just near 40. by dawn tomorrow, in the upper 30s. for the monday commute, we'll stay dry. dry roads throughout your lunch hour. then late afternoon, temperatures climbing into the upper 50s and hovering in the upper 50s until sunset, which is just before 6:00 p.m. as we get
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air up and down we go. back up into the mid-60s tuesday afternoon. maybe a few sprinkles of some light rain through the day as a warm front pushes in. that'll usher in much milder air on wednesday. wednesday afternoon temperatures in the upper 70s. another cold front comes in, triggering some storms maybe wednesday afternoon. stay with storm team 4. we'll keep you fully informed on that threat. colder after that into the first part of next weekend. then we bounce back into the 60s a week from today. the following monday, maybe back up to near 70 degrees. >> wow. thanks, tom. well, it's one of the biggest battles parents face with their kids. how a couple local moms started a retail revolution to change perceptions about children's clothes.
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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.
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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 choices. >> 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
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named after the little girl who inspired it. >> this is actually pi, all the 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 witpi
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dresses with flowers. 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 just no option out there. >> 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. >> that's a lot for a dress, right? but it would be way cool. some mainstream retailers like target have incorporated more of
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considered more gender neutral. but it's not widespread. market research shows children's wear at most stores and chains are still pretty specific to boy and girl and what we traditionally see them to be. >> absolutely. all right. let's take a live look outside right now. don't let the sun fool you today. it looks warmer than it actually is. tom is tracking chilly temperatures and how soon rain will be back. virginia's governor set to meet with the top man at homeland security after some controversial i.
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heading into the 10:00 hour on "news 4 today." a violent start to sunday morning. what police are discovering about a double shooting outside a sports bar. parade disaster. a driver plows into a mardi gras crowd, sending does tons tzens hospital. and from sunny and 70 to chilly and 30. the major temperature swing and how you can plan for another week of big changes. we've had some wild weather. >> yeah, it's so questionable. every day it's something different. and good morning to you. i'm angie goff here along with adam tuss. tom kierein also here to break it all down. >> even though it has turned colder on this sunday, don't let that stop you from getting out there and getting some
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