back in their own classrooms, the d.c. school closed for bed bugs and rerod t rerodents is open this morning. sorry, there's a mistake. moonlight, you won best picture. >> a look at who's taking the blame for that mistake at the oscars and the reaction still pouring in from hollywood and beyond. >> and it is a cloudy day but temperatures are finally back into the 40s right now. still cool outside but another warm-up followed by a chance of storm thunderstorms. those details just ahead. >> good morning, thanks for

joining us. >> i'm aaron gilchrist, there's another reason her family is concerned about where she's gone. news 4's justin finch is live at the last place anyone saw angelica rivas. just justin? >> reporter: aaron, this is frightening and familiar for her family. they've already had a loved one go missing and wind up dead. montgomery county police are looking for the public to help in this case which dries up where we are right now outside this chinese food restaurant where angelica was last seen leaving and not been seen since. let's take you to a photo taken from her social media account. we want to take you to surve surveillance video. as she's leaving her shift at the wok express. a tan stop and skirt and gray jacket and black boots and carrying a pink purse. she's

pounds. this is a great concern for her family because her cousin was found dead a few weeks ago in springfield, virginia. the 15-year-old vanishing in december after leaving her gaithersburg home. reyes's mom told news 4 she was a target for a gang and they have arrested ten people in connection with her deadly disappearance. among those suspects those who have gang ties and back to angelica, we do know she was last seen reports have been in the new jersey area, no idea yet at this time where in that area she has been. if you have seen her or know where she has gone, you're asked to give police a call. we're live in gaithersburg, back into you. >> justin, thank at midday, th another man's face in an attack about a month ago. he approached thatth

tyson's corner a few days after black friday. according to police mcgreer insulted the other man and called him racial slurs and threatened him and bit his face. >> no one was hurt when this house caught fire in montgomery county today, chopper 4 flew over the scene. you can see smoke from one side of the home. the fire department says that fire started with the furnace and was contained to the basement. >> prince george's county firefighters on the scene -- >> prince george's county fire says the fire is out and some people were displaced and no one was hurt. this happened about an hour ago on marjorie drive. you can see smoke pouring out of the upper windows. the fire we know started in the basement. it's not clear how it began. >> it was a cold start to our workweek and taking a look outside right now, we're seeing a lot of -- trust me, there are clouds in the picture here. storm team 4 --

sky. sheena parveen has a look at conditions we'll see and what's going to be the improvement here? >> you can tell they are clouds because there's no sunlight reflection on water. there's not any shadows out there right now. 48 degrees and cloudy conditions, most of the day today is going to be kind of overcast. by noon, 48 degrees, staying cool and as we go through the afternoon, we'll be in the upper 50s. take a look at the radar, we have a few sprinkles near fredericksburg, not a big deal but you do see all of the cloud cover here. temperatures will be a little bit milder than yesterday. as we go into the middle of the week, aside from these spotty sprinkles we have a bigger area of rain approaching across the gulf coast states moving up towards our area by wednesday and we could see the possibility for strong to severe storms. i'll talk about that and the timing coming up. big cosby's lawyers are trying toef jurors brought in from another county to hear the comedian's case in

tainted by being exposed to news coverage over past year and the judge is also considering a prosecution request to let 13 other women testify to support the claim that cosby drugged and molested her. >> this morning students are back in class at savoy in southeast washington. the school was shut down for weeks after a major bed bug and rodent outbreak. >> molette green has more on this return. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, to you. the school reopened its doors about 8:15 to the students and while things certainly appear to be normal, not every parent is convinced. back to savoy elementary, parents walked their little ones to the home school for first time in weeks. >> they just want to go to school. >> reporter: germany has three children here. >> wash everything up, everything in the house and

and now they are back in school. >> reporter: it's a fresh, clean start. we were allowed inside one scrubbed down classroom. room 200, no apparent signs of pests. bed bugs or rodents. the creepy crawlers that forced a school building shutdown during breakfast in the cafeteria, cleanup happened as students carried around food trays. one very skeptical parent says he's not convinced. >> you can't tell me there's no more rats running around. you still have one and if he smells food he'll come out in the kitchen somewhere, it's ridiculous. >> i can feel for the parents and their concern. we're excited to invite them to view the classrooms, they'll see the effect of the work we've done in replacing the soft materials and making sure that the building is ready for their kids. >> things happen. they always had their

>> reporter: school leaders tell me before reopening savoy, d.c. inspections took place and they had to get the nod from the department of general services. we're live this morning in southeast, molette green, news 4. if you've ever had trouble finding a parking spot, here are the changes being made to avoid that but they are coming at a bit of a cost. new parking meeting rates go effect and prices range from 1 at the time 50 to $3.25 an hour. it's part of the pilot study and the goal is to increase turnover of high demand spaces and reduce the amount of time drivers spend looking for parking. >> it was definitely one for the books. >> we're talking about last night's academy awards and the unforgettable conclusion. here's the

>> it appeared a best picture win had captured seven but it didn't. >> there's a mistake, "moonlight won best picture. >> show producers realized presenters had read from the wrong card. >> this is not a joke. "mo "moonlight" has won best picture. >> the awudience was stunned -- >> even if my dreams this could not be true. the hell with dreams, i'm done with it, this is true. >> it was the third of the night including a best supporting win for mahershala ali. >> peace and blessings. >> reporter: la la land came away with six awards, including best director and best actress. >> a moment like this is a huge con influence of luck and opportunity. >> casey affle

>> reporter: joining the ranks of best actor winners, casey affleck for "manchester by the sea". >> i'm dumbfounded. >> reporter: supporting actress for viola davis, for "fences". >> i became an artist and thank god i did. >> reporter:his is ryan gosling, very handsome. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel sent a live tweetd to president trump. >> the moment that trumed them up. >> we didn't do this, you chose up. >> reporter: was the mix up that gave "moonlight" a best picture win. nbc news, hollywood. >> and of course the internet happened, they've been calling this o envelope gate. everybody had something to say. it was called the best troll of the night, the miss universe pa pageant said have your people call our people.

correct himself on the live broadcast. one of the most awkward award show moments ever until now. >> probably kind of relieved to see that happened. >> bringing it back up. >> the message was left at the mexican border for president trump and his administration. we'll tell you what it says. >> a new i team investigation that might shock orange eanger . government workers watching

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we're neither criminals or illegals, we're international worker ez, that's the message pointed on this part of the border fence operating mexico and texas. a group of act vist put it there, a message to president trump and positions on mexico and immigration. get ready for a very busy week in politics. president trump is expected to sign a new refuge and immigration order on wednesday. the original order was blocked by a federal judge. the president will address a joint session of congress tomorrow night. the white house is expected to release an outline of the president's budget but today highlighted with the nation's governors. edward lawrence has the latest. >> with that, i would like to toast -- >> presiden

and dined the nation's governors at the white house. at the top of the agenda, health care. >> every state is different and different requirements but i think we have something that's going to really be excellent. >> reporter: mr. trump says obamacare doesn't work and virginia governor terry mcauliffe, a democrat toasted back. >> to say we want to work with you to build on those ideals that have instilled and brought all of us governors together to respectively grow our states. >> reporter: the white house battles a growing call to investigate hacking during the campaign and any possible connection at the highest level of government. >> you're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statute and office -- >> the newly elected chairman of the democratic national committee agrees. >> having jeff sessions oversee an investigation, it's unfair to any foxes across america to say that would be the fox guarding the henhouse. >> thereot

under way by the fbi. >> reporter: at the moment, a congressional intelligence committee is working their investigation into russian activity in this country. the president wants to stick to the issues and first speaking to the governors this morning at the national governor association. then talking to health care ceos. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. all eyes will be on the president tomorrow as he addresses a joint session of congress. this comes at a time when americans remain divided on how he's performing. the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll shows his approval rating at 44% positive. that's a record low for a newly inaugurated president and also shows right now that there's a huge partisan divide as you might expect, his personal favorable rating stands at 85% among republicans and 34% positive among independents and 9% of democrats view him positively. one of the issues you could hear a lot about tomow

repeal the affordable care act and right now it's more popular than ever, 43% of americans say the health law is a good idea. about 41% say it's a bad idea. >> people packed the plauz saturday in silver spring for a town hall meeting talked about resisting and challenging president trump and his administration and also talked about hot button issues like the affordable care act and immigration. >> we have to fight but want to fight in a way that's going to produce results. >> ben cardinand chris van hollen were among those who attended. one democrat was not happy about the for mat and others wanted to hear more from more women. you pay your taxes so tens and thousands can earn a paycheck from uncle sam. >> some people are wasting

shouldn't be. why looking at pornography at work isn't uncommon. >> reporter: not everyone in the office is actually focused on the job, using the freedom of information act we pulled records from nearly a dozen federal agencies and in those records found more than 100 cases in the past five years in which federal employees spent egregious amounts of their work days surfing important, doing so on the clock, on their work computers, some for hours a day each day. 100 cases were so severe agencies called in internal investigators and notified federal prosecutors in some cases. including the case of a virginia man who worked and was caught on the job at the fbi. >> do you regret doing that? >> of course. of course. it was -- it was the best way i can describe it is ridiculous for me to do that. >> on news 4

ireport shows you why some federal officials are concerned the government isn't policing workers enough and only offering a reprimand for this computer misuse. >> the man prosecutors say killed the lion sisters isn't going on trial any soon. the trial has been moved to september. it was supposed to start in april and accused of murdering sheila and 10-year-old katherine lyon in 1975. the sisters were last seen walking near the wheaton plaza mall and never made it home and bodies have never been found. a minnesota police officer has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the july shooting death of fill an dough castile, the officer shot castile during a traffic stop after castile told him he was armed. of the aftermath was streamed

ve the car with him. authorities later discovered castile had a permit to carry a weapon. a new study says d.c. public schools are still highly seg gri gated. many schools are enroll gs almost exclusively students of color. that's despite a steady stream of white families moving into the city in recent years. the group says city officials haven't done enough to lure white families into public schools and diversify the enrollment. are you looking forward to a refund this tax season? i would love one. kelly grant explains why this year might look a bit different. >> it could take longer to get your tax refund this year. the irs has said new measures to combat identity theft and fax fraud could delay refunds for filers. in most cases you can expect your refund within three weeks. the average refund is about

$3,0. first, do you have an emergency fund? only 41% of americans could pay an unexpected expense from savings. it's smart to have three to six months of living expenses set aside to cover emergencies and think about debt. could make a dent in credit card bills or mortgage faster and saving for retirement or child's education. go ahead and splurge a little too. keep those fun purchases to a quarter of your refund at most. you're getting money you loaned the government tax free. think about a tax withholding this year. former president george w. bush has a new book of portraits from american veteran. here from the loet vel rant being honored. a woman drives off a california highway into a creek, took eight hours

a woman and her dog had to wait trapped in the car half sub merged in water all night long before being rescued. she drove off an enbankment and ended up in the water. eight hours later someone called 911. the car was lodged against the rock and that is the only reason it wasn't swept

ticket after that. >> she got lucky. not lucky to get in the situation. >> but lucky to get out of it. >> not be swept away with all of the rain they've had. >> february came back. >> february did come back, you felt it this morning, temperatures were the 20s but this afternoon we're going to get up there more with temperatures. we're talking about upper 50s, look at the cloudy picture. these clouds are locked in and not really going to be clearing out until about -- i would say thursday because today kind of a long time. today overcast skies maybe a sprinkle, we have more clouds in the forecast tomorrow with some showers and then we have more as we go into wednesday. so the better clearing and again we'll see peaks of sunshine until thursday but the better clearing will be thursday. another warm-up this week, strong storms wednesday. we have a weather alert out for that because some of those storms could be severe. temperature now in the district, 48 degrees, most of the area

quickly has warmed up to the mid to upper 40s. so as we go through the day today, mid to upper 50s and only going to be dropping into the mid-40s overnight. another mild evening. locally a few sprinkles around fredericks burg but the bigger area of rain, that's what we're watching as we go to the middle of the week. here's the severe weather threat for wednesday from philadelphia down to parts of louisiana. the yellow shaded area shows us the risk for strong to severe storms. we could be cecing damaging winds and lightning and hail and cannot rule out an isolated tornado but those do look smaller at this point but we do expect some strong winds and thunderstorms on wednesday. here's future weather this afternoon. we could see a shower north and west and otherwise cloudy. showers later in the day and wednesday, 9:00 in the morning we could see showers north and west but overall looking fairly dry. middle of the day wednesday around lunchtime, showers around. better chance of thunderstorms once we

and warm up and in the evening we could see a strong line of thunderstorms move through and that's where we could be seeing severe storms. today though, we're not going to see that, 59 degrees and mostly cloudy coming up in just a bit. we'll look at the ten-day forecast. >> it should have been a great day for a teen, a championship in wrestling but the win sparked debate, he's a transgender boy who won a girl's title. >> new information about the man accused of driving a truck into a mardi gras parade crowd injuring 28 people, including how witnesses say he reacted minus after the accident.te

breaking news, new threats around the country targeting jewish schools and jewish community centers. in rockville, the charles e smith jewish day school received a bomb threat around 9:30 a.m. derrick ward sends us new video. police went to the gesher jewish day school for a threat around the same time and the school was evacuated. they were also reports of threats in florida, north carolina, delaware and couple of other states as well. this video might make you think twice of handing your kids the car keys. a teenager drove his car off the 7th floor o

houston. the car landed on its roof. you see that right there. the teenager was okay. he had a few cuts apparently, he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. he told them he got confused and confused the gas pedal with the brake. >> witnesses say it was like a scene out of a movie. >> the driver plowing his truck into a crowd of people enjoying a parade this was saturday night in new orleans. now police say the driver had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: this morning 25-year-old is being held on $125,000 bail charged with multiple crimes. his pickup truck plowed into a crowd of bystanders injuring 28 people. among them michelle wood for in in stable

horror unfold and ran to helped. >> when he sped up people were bouncing off of the hood of his car like bowling pins. >> reporter: a police officer tried to open the driver's side door but it was jammed. he ran to the passenger side. >> he was curled up like in phetal position and grabbed his by his collar and flew on the ground. the thought crossed my mind was that he realized what he did and he was so scared that he was just like a scared little child. >> this could be a mess. casualty incident, blood alcohol content was nearly three times e legal limit. >> it was very hard to get against somebody who is intoxicated and runs through a crowd. >> reporter: some who live along the parade route say t

should have been closed. >> do you believe that street should have been closed off? >> that street 100% should be closed off. if they don't close it off for next year's there's a problem. >> that was gabe gutierrez, a 1-year-old is among the injured. everyone is expected to survive. he has not entered a plea. >> the american academy of pa pediatrics is beefing up warning about marijuana's potential affects on teenagers. teens who use it ten times a month develop changes in the brain that could affect memory and ability to plan and lower i.q. stores. some studies show using marijuana at the young age is more likely to lead to addiction than starting in adultwood. >> from politics to painting, george w. bush appeared on the "today" show to unveil his new book of portraits of american veterans. >> i want to sell a lot of books to raise money for helping our vets, which is where the proceeds of the book

secondly, i got to know all four of them pretty well and i felt great pride and people ask me do you miss being pld? the answer is not really but i miss saluting people that volunteer to wear the uniform and all four did. >> the book is called portraits of courage and features oil paintings and stories from 98 military service mebds, this morning president bush appeared with four of the wounded warriors from that book. they opened up about the advicible and invisible wounds of war and tough transition back to civilian life. >> riding a mountain bike with other soldiers and showing there is life after disability, i've done more with one leg than i would have done with two. i feel like a lucky girl. >> when veterans transition back to civilian life, they don't want favors, they want opportunities. >> you can watch the entire interview with the former president and the veterans in the nbc washington app. just search

courage. >> d.c. united is a step closer toef a new stadium. it will happen today at 3:00 p.m. the zoning commission gave the team final approval on thursday to begin construction on the stadium. it's expected to be finished in 2018. >> controversy is brewing in texas after a young transgender wrestler won a state title over the weekend. morgan ratford explains why he had to compete as a member of the girls wrestling team. >> mixed in with tears, a chorus of boos. 17-year-old won the texas 8 championship, for girls wrestling in the 110 pound class but he's a transgender boy. >> we train hard every single day, every single day. >> reporter: but the spotlight is on him. mac is taking testosterone as part of hormone therapy which gives him

some say. >> it's neither here nor there. they are huge and it's not fair. >> reporter: a father filed and junction to keep matt from competing with girls but it was denied. the league in texas which determines the rules for high school wrestlers says the state allows steroid use for a valid purpose and each wrestler's gender will be determined based on the birth certificate, a rule some say is outdated since he wants to compete in the boy's competition. >> it's not fair for that individual and female wrestlers. >> this comes as transgender rights have been getting more national attention. the trump administration reversed several protections for transgender students in public schools that allowed them to choose bathrooms that match gender identity. >> when it comes to gender, who has the right to choose and who should protect that choice. >> repor e

should be able to compete with the gender which they identify. when a student body does not have trans inclusive policies it creates an unfortunate doi namic. >> reporter: in texas, many of matt's classmates are rallying behind me. >> it should matter how much you're willing to work for it. >> he should do whatever he wants to do and be what he wants to be. >> what he wants is to be recognized for who he is. morgan rat ford, new york. >> samsung hoping a new smart dsz phone will help the company recover after the exploding batteries in the galaxy 7. >> and rare february tornadoes from one that hit our area to tornadoes to the north where know remains onhe t

this is quha it looks like when a tornado blows through your town.

massachusetts yesterday. as you can see trees fell on to homes there and power lines ripped down and some homes lost their roofs as well. the entire town is still under a state of emergency and some roads will be closed for the week. schools are also closed today. the storm prediction center says this is the first tornado to touch down in massachusetts in the month of february. people living in charles county, a tornado hit this weekend, take a look at this video from the storm moving through on saturday. that storm started in laplattea and swept up towards waldorf. the national weather service says it was an ef-1 with maximum winds about 90 miles per hour. no one was hurt. you don't expect to see this type of weather on the east coast this time of year. >> we expect to see something like snow. but temperatures are so warm it fueled these very violent thunderstorms which is what we had and why we had the hail you saw in the video. that was hail ng

you could hear it and see how big it was. but as we go into the middle of this week. believe it or not, we have another round of strong to potentially severe storms on wednesday. as of now it looks like later in the day wednesday but this is something we're definitely going to be keeping our eye on. for today your commute looks dry and anything you're doing later on today, dinner out, exercise, walking the dog, not too bad. cloudy and school but temperatures will be a little bit milder than yesterday. we'll get in about the upper 50s this afternoon. upper 40s across the area. fredericks burg is already at 53. 49 in lorton and 48 degrees in the district and the day i'm telling you about with the thunderstorms we expect on wednesday, temperatures will in fact be in the 70s again. here's a look at the radar. locally we're cloudy, maybe a few sprinkles today and storms are all down around the southeast. eventually they'll make their way up here. here's our severe threat. all of the area shad

storms as we go into wednesday. any severe storms could contain damaging winds and maybe 60-mile-per-hour or higher. lightning and hail and heavy rain. this looks mostly to be later in the afternoon own wednesday but we could still see showers ahead of it. clouds are locked in, maybe a shower north and west. tomorrow morning we could see a stray shower but late in the day we have a better chance. 10:00 p.m. tomorrow, showers moving through and now we look at wednesday. 9:00 wednesday morning, we can see rain to the north and west and cloudy skies to start off the day. by lunchtime, there's a chance we can see showers moving through. then we warm up to the 70s, these temperatures will help to fuel some storms later in the day. by 9:00 p.m. wednesday, we could have a line of strong to severe storms moving into the district, hopefully it comes after the evening commute. the timing could change but that's what it looks like right now. 59 degrees and mostly cloudy, we see the stormy weathe

thursday to the 40s on friday and dry weekend back to the 60s on sunday. >> thank you. an extraincentive, why the state is agreeing to pay off student loans to get families into houses. makers of takata expected to plead guilty today. what that means for victims of families hurt or killed by the exploding air gs. ba grit. some have it, some don't.

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name ken fineberg to oversee victim competence. he ran similar funds for 9/11 victims and bp oil spill. samsung sent out invites on march 29th in new york. they delayed the launch of the s8 in wake of recall. samsung made the debut to unveil two new tablets. you won't much of a change when you head to the gas pumg p. prices are stayeding teding ste. in the d.c. metro area, the average is $2.27, a penny less than last week. it's because fewer people are driving right now and there's a

the number will shock you. americans carry close to $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. >> and it's delaying the dream of buying a home for some but there's a program in our area with a neat solution to bridge the gap. nbc's jolene kent explains how it works. >> reporter: when newly engaged jasmine and brian hawkings set out to buy their first home, balancing their budget was a top priority. >> my main concern about getting married, bringing in tons of student loan debt to the marriage. she had $30,000 in student loan debt. >> we have to get a cheaper home because i don't want to put more onus on you to pay. >> reporter: when they found a listing for the dream townhouse, it came with an unlikely surprise. if they bought it, the state of marijuag maryland would pay off the student loan. >> reporter: the new maryland program is called

>> nil lmill len yans are not b homes. >> if you buy one, maryland pays off student loan debt of up to 15% of the home's value. >> we sort much created a discount on the pricing of the home so when the student debt was embedded in it it would be at market value. maryland paid off 30 grand of her home and they paid off the remaining 7,000 and put up a $10,000 down payment. >> what is the catch then? >> there's no catch. there's -- they can't dispose of the property in five months and sort of flip it, because we're paying off a significant amount of money, we want to make sure they are here for a certain duration and five years is that time period. >> your foreclosed home is maintained by the government, an incentive to stay in state. >> when the home prices are increasi

essentially. today they pay their mortgage with the money once budgeted for her student loan. >> when you saw that zero, how did it feel? >> oh, my goodness, it was real exciting. >> financial freedom to start the next chapter under a new roof. jolene kent, nbc news, bell air, maryland. >> joseph wapner has died. he had been under hospice case for about a week. he was known for "people's court." he was 97. >> bill paxton died following complications from surgery. here's a look at his roles including some of the most iconic movies of all time. >> we're going in. >> bill tpaxton drove us throug twister. >> reporter: helped bring us home after a failed mission to the moon in

>> game over, man. game over. >> reporter: and said what we all were thinking in alien. >> three years, i thought of nothing except titanic. >> reporter: whatever the role paxton always showed he was a versatile player and found his niche as a character actor. >> i like playing guys from the heartland coinkind of conflicte >> apollo 13 co-star tom hanks tweeting, and mighty joe young co-star charlize they a they ar. you have great to share a set with. >> reporter: found success on tv playing a polygamist on "big love". >> he recalled a

with an agent early on in his career. >> who kind of career do you want? i want to work in features. >> if you stick to this in the long term, it will pay off and she was right. it really did pay off. >> reporter: now hollywood is showing big love for this admired actor. for today, joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >> it's a big night here on nbc as "the voice" returns for a brand-new season. >> that is followed by the premiere of the new drama taken. if that sounds familiar it is, it's based on the movie starring liam nison's character. after convincing, he said it was something he couldn't turn down and got the green light from liam neeson himself. >> fs really nice. he gave me permission to make it my

>> "taken" premieres at 10:00 xbl another february warm-up and ups and downs of the ten-day forecast are after the break. >> a simple concept, how creating even the simplest forms of art

we are on baby giraffe watch. a lot of people have been glued to the giraffe cam since it first

here you go, there's a picture for you, look inside the an ma adventure park in upstate new york. the giraffe april is pregnant. she might give birth at any moment apparently. veterinarians are paying close attention to her and they say there was extra belly movement this weekend. that's a sign, i guess. big leg poking through -- >> we're going to keep nonmovement here for a while. >> are you stressed out? even kids are feeling pressure these days. >> a special center in northern virginia is helping the youngest client with a little art therapy. amy cho kicks off our series on less stret. >> reporter: unwrapping play dough and relieving stress. >> part of a frown face but a straight face. >> reporter: at the family therapy center in ashburn, kids can sculpt and sketch what's stressing them out. >> some good things and some bad

>> reporter: taking pencil to paper can be easier than talking. >> there's a lot of information in the unconscious that we may not be willing to share right away. >> reporter: one thing you don't need to see perfection. it isn't about the finished product but the path along the way. >> it's an open invitation to create and be yourself. whatever you want to make, it's really about expressing yourself. >> reporter: it's fun and it kind of really gets my emotion out -- >> one common activity is called the emotion barometer. kids will fill out the chart based on how much they are feeling and how much emotion they want to talk about. >> sometimes kids have experienced a trauma and art and play therapy is a great way to work through that trauma. >> for anyone who wants to try it out themselves, all it takes is some supplies and few minutes of time and little creativity. >> there's no right or wrong way to do this. >> amy cho, news 4. >> coming up tomorrow, more help f

mediation, ahow to achieve a wel balanced mind and body and soul. >> one last look at the forecast with sheena. >> it's cloudy today but temperatures later on this afternoon in the upper 50s, kind of a cold start this morning. we could see a stray shower later it r today but most of the area will stay dry. milder start to the morning. by the afternoon, 67 degrees. we're going to be warmer tomorrow, wednesday we're in the 70s but that also comes with a chance of strong to severe storms wednesday afternoon. we have a weather alert day for wednesday because of that. thursday we clear out and cool down. another roller coaster ride. we're back in the 50s on thursday. then we go into the weekend and it looks dry but 49 saturday, 62 on sunday. we're going to stay in the 60s next week. if you look at the numbers, we keep on going up and down. we're going to start march with temperatures well above normal for this time

breaking news out of pennsylvania, a judge there has ruled that a jury from outside the area will hear the sex assault case against actor bill cosby. defense attorneys argued that the jury pool there in montgomery county, pennsylvania was tainted by news reports of the case over the past year. the pennsylvania supreme court will decide where in pennsylvania the jurors will be selected. >> that's it for news 4 midday. thanks so much for joining us, we're back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning.

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