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18-year-old girl leaving work this weekend in good faith erai. >> her family fears for her safety after a relative was recently murdered. >> reporter: she's 18 years old. she dances here for tips. but saturday night she left early, didn't dance. and then disappeared. 18-year-old angelica barahona-rivas missing now since saturday night. last seen around 9:00 as she was leaving the wok express in the montgomery village shopping center. on weekend nights the owner says the wok express goes from restaurant to disco. he says angelica would dance here in return for tips from the customers. do you know this woman here? >> she's the dancing girl. only for nights.
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restaurant, walking alone down the sidewalk. it also shows a man standing nearby with a cell phone giving her the eye as she passes. it's unclear as to what if anything he has to do with this. angelica is the cousin of alexandra reyes, a 15-year-old who went missing from montgomery county a couple of months ago. her body found in a wooded area in springfield, virginia. police have charged several ms-13 members in connection with her murder. now as for angelica and her disappearance, police say they're working the case. do you have concern for her safety? >> there's nothing to indicate specifically that she's in danger. but again, we want to make contact with her and ensure
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she is wherever she is through her own will. >> reporter: so does angelica have any gang ties? no official word on that from police. jim, back to you. another series of bomb threats hitting jewish day schools and community centers all over the country today. tonight police are trying to get to the bottom of it. there were three such threats in our area. more than a dozen others in states across the u.s. mark segraves right now outside the charles e. smith jewish day school in rockville with more on the threat and the stepped up security. >> reporter: good evening, jim. the school that we're getting the most recent news from is the jewish day school in annapolis on spa road. they were the third school in our area to get one of these threats. the first school was a school in fairfax. then the second school right here in rockville,
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they were the third school to get a threat of a bomb on the campus. the bomb threat to the gesher jewish day school in fairfax forced the evacuation of that school. minutes later a similar call came in to the charles e. smith jewish day school in rockville. >> says there was a bomb on campus and saying that jewish souls would be destroyed. >> reporter: within minutes of that phone call, montgomery county police were at the school searching for a bomb. since early january, nearly 70 threats have been made on jewish centers and schools across the country. over the weekend more jewish cemeteries were desecrated in the philadelphia area. so officials at the charles smith school here in rockville were ready. >> because of those other bomb threats, we were extra prepared and we had the knowledge that most likely something would happen. >> reporter: even before these threats over the past few weeks, the smith school was ramping up security
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campuses. >> we have been increasing security. we've taken a number of measures. we have local police who are here at dropoff and pickup every day. that's new this year. that's really in response just to the heightened security concerns that we have. >> reporter: as for the students, the school hopes to turn this disturbing incident into a teachable moment for them. >> it will definitely be something that will be of discussion in the classrooms. so at our upper school, we encourage the students and the faculty to engage in conversations about current events and what's going on in our country. so it's certainly going to be something that they'll discuss. >> reporter: now the staff here at the charles e. smith jewish day school have been trained on what to do if they receive one of these threatening phone calls. in fact, the receptionist here followed that protocol. not only did she call security and police, she also tried to keep the caller on the phone. that's when she
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that was sent to this school. the receptionist was able to capture the phone number that threatening call came from and that information has been given to local police and the fbi. threats and vandalism against jewish facilities have been spreading across the country. in philadelphia police are looking for the vandals who over turned more than 100 head stones at a jewish cemetery. investigators believe it happened after dark on saturday. neighbors gathered last night to denounce this vandalism. the anti-defamation league is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest here. a man from virginia has been accused of pieting anoth inbitin the face after making anti-muslim remarks in fairfax county. police arrested robin mcgear today. he got into a fight with a man at
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he's accused of threatening that man with anti-muslim insults and then biting him before he ran away. police say it took months of investigation before the arrest today could be made. president trump has not been in office long enough to deliver a state of the union address, so he will address a joint session of congress tomorrow night. this is his chance to share his agenda with lawmakers and the nation. >> reporter: good evening, everyone. we're already getting reaction to it here to on capitol hill. this president has talked a lot about the wall, border security, the military. now we're seeing that reflected and getting some sense of what it's going to cost. $54 billion, that's what president trump wants to add and cut from the federal budget starting with better equipment for the military. >> only do one thing, win. we have to win. we have to start winning wars again. r
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against isis. the pentagon presented a new plan today. the trump budget would boost defense spending 10% and provide more for intelligence and homeland security. the border paid for by cutting foreign aid, environmental programs and nondefense programs. >> we don't know where the cuts are coming from but it's hard to see with this magnitude of cuts that once again middle class people, working families are going to be hurt. >> reporter: still unknown, will this budget add to the nation's growing debt? >> the places he's looking to pay for things are the smallest areas of the budget. >> reporter: the biggest areas medical care, social security and medicaid, those would go untouched. tomorrow trump pitches his budget to lawmakers. they have to approve it. >> what i've been told is by many folks is that there's
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whether there was contacts with trump campaign officials. that's one of the core issues we're going to investigate. >> reporter: russia, your tax dollars, all of it fuelling president trump's upside down approval rates. we're already getting reaction from capitol hill from people like john mccain who says the president's not spending enough on the military. nbc news will provide live coverage and analysis of the president's address to congress. that speech starts at 9:00 tomorrow night here on nbc 4. the white house tonight is also responding to a man named bill owens. he is the father of navy seal ryan owens. ryan was killed in a special operations raid in yemen last month. the elder owens told the miami herald that he refused to meet with president trump when his son's body was returned home. oh owens is demanding a full inveig
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that raid and criticizing the white house for calling that mission a success. >> on behalf of the president on behalf of this nation, we express our condolences, extend our prayers to him during this time. and the mission was successful in helping prevent a future attack. >> the white house says the pentagon is conducting three reviews linked to that raid. one focused on ryan owens' death, the second on the loss of civilian life and the third on a loss of a helicopter destroyed during that mission. nbc news is investigating a new angle on this story. that report coming up on nbc nightly news right after this broadcast. it was an elaborate crime and coverup. a mother admitted to poisoning her 5-year-old, locking him in a car and setting it on fire. today a judge sentenced her to 50 years in prison. the boy'sfa
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prevented. >> reporter: indeed it was emotional, as is any case when a mother kills a child. there was the crying from the grandfather, the grandmother, the father. and of course the defendant, who today learned about how much time in jail she'll be getting. your conduct is unspeakable, it is evil, that strong condemnation from montgomery county circuit judge aimed at narges shafeirad, the father of daniel dana. in 2015 she killed that child. today she was sentenced to life in prison with all but 50 years suspended. >> this crime is a crime against nature. >> reporter: state's attorney john mccarthy noted this was his third time speaking about a child's death in the county in the last ten days. narges shafeirad has been in a
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the child's father hamid dana. on june 15th, she killed her son. >> this young child was forcibly fed medication to a point of death, leaving bruises on his face and mouth. >> reporter: investigators say the 5-year-old was given enough of that medication to kill an adult. police say that she poisons her child, stuffed his body into the back of a car, bought containers of gasoline, faked a crash and set the car on fire. in court today she begged for mercy from the judge, saying she was a broken woman at the time of the crime and there are no words to describe her pain. a family spokesperson conveyed the emotions of hamid da thna, child's father. >> his idea was i want to talk, i want to be able to talk. and he stood there and he tried his best, but the healing begins da
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>> reporter: now the spokesperson for the family and the father have also contended that there had been a pattern of abuse. that was brought up to authorities, but the judge and the state attorney said these kind of claims are common in contested divorce and custody cases and there was nothing found that would warrant an arrest or any other action before what happened. coming up, we'll tell you how students are coping with the loss of a classmate killed after an argument with his mother. more trouble for takata as the air bag maker admits to knowing about a problem for years and doing nothing to fix it. and certainsearching for tr. more than 100 federal workers on the clock, surfing for porn. cloudy and cool on this monday afternoon. we're still in the low 50s. got some scattered light showers around the region. a look at when they may move in and more
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extended bonus buys only at my giant.nt. new developments tonight in that takata air bag investigation. the manufacturer has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay a billion dollars for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect. consumer reporter susan hogan
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>> takata admits to hiding problems that can cause their inflaters to explode with so much force that it sends shrapnel flying into passengers and drivers. a detroit federal judge accepted a guilty plea to the fraud charge today. now, the company faces dozens of consumer and state lawsuits that could run into the millions of dollars. all of this comes as attorneys for numerous victims filed a complaint today in federal court in miami, alleging takata and five auto makers knew about the dangerous air bags yesterday continued to use them for years in order to save money. the lawyers are trying to counter auto company's assertion that they shouldn't be liable because they too were deceived by takata. to see those specific allegations against the auto makers go to our nbc washington app and search takata. a dispute that could impact your ride on metro is getting even more heated. the transit agency is trying to limit the number of
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cut down on fatigue for bus and train operators. in response union remembers threatened to leave metro short staffed by refusing to work voluntary over time hours. today metro general manager issued a stern response to that threat, saying metro may bring in outside contractors to fill shifts. all of this is happening as metro and the union negotiate a new contract. a fresh start for some d.c. school students today. their school reopened for the first time in weeks. savoy elementary school in southeast d.c. was shut down while crews attended to a problem with bedbugs and rodents all over the place. students have been going to classes at another building a few miles away, but today they returned to their home classrooms. some parents that we spoke with were skeptical. >> i can certainly feel for the parents and their concerns. we're excited to have them back and we're excited to invite them
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i think they'll see the effects of the work we've done in replacing the soft materials and making sure the building is ready for their kids. >> that school was inspected before it was reopened. officials had to get the okay to allow the students back in from the department of general services. the wait is over after more than 20 years, construction now underway on a new stadium for the d.c. united soccer team. tom sherwood in southwest with the development deal and the impact that it will have all over the area. >> reporter: there's still a lot of industrial stuff here in southwest washington's buzzard point but it's give weigh to this. after more than two decades of starts and stops to find a new home, the d.c. united soccer team broke ground for a new 19,000 seat stadium for its long suffering fans who have been putting up with the
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outdated rfk. these three fans same from sush suburban anne arundel county. >> i'm a soccer and basketball fan. >> reporter: if you had to pick one? >> i'd probably go with basketball. >> i'm just excited to see progress going forward and knowing that the city is as kmi committed to the team as the fans are. >> reporter: the project will anchor new retail and entertainment, affordable and market rate housing and more than a thousand jobs in this once desolate area. >> world class cities have world class teams and facilities. i just want to say vamos utilni. ben olsen played for united. he's now the head coach. he'll share his perspective and what
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most when it comes to a new stadium. more toll lanes going up in virginia in an effort to ease traffic. why you could see a benefit even if you don't use the lane. a mother accused of an unthinkable crime. tonight new claims about the woman's troubled past and what may have led upo the t
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well, imagine it's feeling almost like february
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>> almost like winter. but a little bit warmer than average, though. this afternoon we got into the mid 50s. taking a look across the city, the live view from the storm team 4 tower camera showing the soft shadows of evening now descending upon us. and the lights are coming up now. our sunset was just about 20 minutes. our sunsets are getting later and later. so far dry here in the metro area. milder tomorrow. and then a warm wednesday on the way, followed by some strong storms wednesday afternoon. right now we are still dry in the metro area. we have just a few scattered sprinkles around virginia and on the eastern shore, parts of southern md mtharylamaryland. the general trend is that they're drying out as they are getting closer to the metro area through the evening hours. look at this gorgeous sunrise this morning. ch
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right now in the low to mid 50s just about everywhere. reagan national at 54 degrees. there's a little bit of that sunset showing up off to our west. and maybe a sprinkle or two through 7-8:00 p.m. then the sky begins to clear out a bit by 9:00. it will be chilly. upper 40s by 11:00 tonight. getting chilly into the evening hours be s hours. by dawn you'll need a coat. we'll be in the mid 40s early tomorrow morning. temperatures soaring near 60 by noon. and then into the upper 60s by mid afternoon. heading back home, driving on dry roads, back down into the mid 60s. hour by hour after that, likely some showers beginning to move in out of the mountains. by 6-7:00 p.m. maybe just a few scattered light showers in virginia and maryland and the metro area
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tomorrow. then a lot of it moves off to the east and dries out. the greater candida eer chance going to be on wednesday. we have the strongest risk of severe storms late wednesday afternoon into the evening. some could produce damaging winds and hail, heathvy rain an lightning as well. chillier air on thursday. and then friday and saturday, near 30 in the mornings. afternoon highs into the 40s. then gets mild again as we get into the end of the weekend first part of next week. >> reporter: a 17-year-old shot and killed inside of his clinton home by his own mother, attended school just down the street. how that school is now dealing with his tragic and most unexpected loss. >> reporter: we've got more express lanes coming around here. i'm adam tuss.
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6:00. first at 6:30 tonight, a mother in court today accused of killing her teenaged son. >> she's being held without bond as prosecutors try to determine if the woman's mental history played a role. the shooting happened last week as the investigation continues, bureau chief tracee wilkins has more on how the teen's classmates with dealing with this tragic loss. >> reporter: a friend brings flowers to the door of the home where 17-year-old christopher perry was shot and killed by his mother angelique chase. meanwhile, at his school located just down the street, teachers and students are struggling to make sense of his loss. >> well liked, well behaved, respectful. you know, he just was a good kid all the way around. >> reporter: counselors will be on hand for students at grace brethren christian school since the news broke on friday. >> we have youth minister, we have pastors, you know,
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>> reporter: angelique chase has a history of mental illness and was prescribed numerous meditations. her sisters told the judge that during her bond review hearing. >> her family really raised the concern around her mental health. we don't know whether this means she's dangerous to other people or to herself. >> reporter: the judge decided to hold chase on a no bond status. the state attorney's office is investigating whether her mental history played a part in her shooting and killing her 17-year-old son. >> there was a serious mental health illness that the mother was suffering. we'll have to investigate and see how this contributed. >> reporter: an argument between the mother and son on thursday night resulted in the mother retrieving a gun and shooting her son once in the chest. >> we're going to take our time. there's no rush to it. we really want to make sure we understand the complexity of this case before we file charges. >> reporter: angelique chase is due back in ct
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preliminary hearing in late march. in clinton, tracee wilkins, news4. a 16-year-old is facing charges for bringing a loaded gun to wilson high school in northwest d.c. today. the student was stopped this morning at a security checkpoint on campus. the teen's name has not been released. tonight a break in the murder of an up and coming rap artist in prince george's county. two teenagers, deante brewer and desean watkins have been charged in connection with the death of douglas brooks. brooks was ambushed and shot outside of his apartment building in suitland, maryland last august. he was 16 years old. police are still looking for more suspects in that case. if you want to beat traffic in northern virginia, paying your way around it is fast becoming the way to do it. another stretch of
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lanes has just been approved, this time for the 395 corridor in alexandria and arlington. transportation reporter adam tuss is live with a closer look at how this project could affect you even if you don't pay to use the lanes. how's that, adam? >> reporter: that's right, doreen. yeah, a network of express lanes now weaving its way here in northern virginia. yes, you could see a benefit even if you don't use those lanes. yes, paying to get around the traffic in northern virginia becoming more and more of an option as express lanes expand, but some wonder why there's just not another way. >> i shouldn't have to pay extra money just to get to a place faster. >> reporter: driver jasmine malone with another idea. >> just open up the other road and let us all drive for free. >> reporter: that isn't going to happen specifically. but don't forget if you have a carpool you can use these lanes for free. marty is head of the northern virginia transportation authority.
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expanded express lane network that will span the big gest roas in northern virginia. >> i think that what the toll road projects provide is more choices. there are some people for whom toll roads will never make sense. but having the toll road there puts more options on the table. >> reporter: and he says because private companies are funding most of these projects, you'll see some benefits even if you don't use the lanes. >> the truth is this, if we didn't have these opportunities for toll road partnerships, all of our transportation money would have to go into the interstate highway. and there would literally be nothing left for other major corridors like route 7, route 1, route 28. >> reporter: for change coming as express lays get the go ahead through alexandria and arlington on 395. now major construction expected to start on the new lanes here on 395 in the summer.
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the future of a landmark in downtown bethesda. the owner of the tasty dinerbet talking about selling that property wher the restaurant has been since 1958. the owner now says he met last week with the development company that's teaming up with the marriott to build the $600 million campus. wilkes says others have also shown interest in buying the property. he says there are no firm offers on the table and he tells bethesda magazine he's not even sure he wants to sell. up next, federal workers watching pornography on the job on your tax dollars. tonight the i-team investigates. nbc news with a rare intersw
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now to president trump and his bitter war on the media during campaign rallies, he kept the media confined to a pen where crowds could jeer journalists. now that he's in the white house, he calls the press the enemy of the american people. former president george w. bush disagrees with mr. trump. >> i consider the media to be indespenceable to democracy. we need an inspect media to hold people like me to account. i men, power can be very addictive and it can be
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it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power. >> the form ee eer president as released a book that pays tribute to the men and women of the nation's armed services. maryland's governor larry hogan's job approval rating has dipped but he remains very popular. he has a 63% approval rating. that's a 7 point drop since last september. it's the same approval rating that hogan received from voters last year at this time. hogan is a republican in a largely democratic state. the pollsters say they believe the dip is cyclical because the governor has been sharing the stage with state lawmakers during the general assembly. the margin of error is 3.5%. tax dollars pay the salaries of federal employees, but some
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wasting time searching websites where they shouldn't be. scott macfarland and the i-team have more on how some employees are surfing porn on the job. >> 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 workdays surfing porn on the clock on their work computers, some of them for hours a day each day. the 100 cases were so severe agencies called in investigators and notified prosecutors in some cases, including the case of a virginia who worked and was caught on the job at the fbi. do you regret doing that
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>> of course. of course. it was -- the best way i could describe it is ridiculous for me to do that. >> reporter: coming up at 11:00 why the government isn't policing all of its workers closely enough, offering penalties as small as a reprimand for some of this computer misuse. a grassroots effort to protest president trump's policies, we'll tell you how a local couple is taking a stand with blue apparel while getting the attention of some high profile people. >> the big
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support for donald trump. but now there is an effort to offer some competition. as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports, it's. catching on. >> this stack all the way through is the 2,000 ordered that we have already fulfilled. >> reporter: as those boxes full of hats and t-shirts reveal, there is a side business that's picking up steam. the red make america great again cap has a challenger. a blue hat with messages like make hatred wrong again, m
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wrong again. >> election night my wife and i were aghast. we said to oirss we could either be upset and just gripe about it or we could try to do something about it. >> reporter: the couple launched a website called our liberal pride.org and started making hats and t-shirts. hamilton pray wright lynn min-m miranda sent back a thank you note. in terms of orders for the three messages there is a clear winner so far, the one that reads make racism wrong again out numbers the others by 10-1. it's not meant to be a big moneymaker. o buyers decide who gets the denatiod donation. >> we are also assisting organizations that we think are
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administration. >> reporter: in fairfax county republican leader sees the blue hats as divisive. >> why can't we just all stay where w the focus on make america great again? the constitution protects all minorities, all religions, all races. >> report: clingon is pushing ahead now adding a blog and podcast to his website. it was a moment even hollywood couldn't have scripted. today everyone is talking about the oscars best picture blunder. >> sorry. no. there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. >> an apparent envelope mixup had "la la land" believing they had won. it was actually "moonlight" that had won. the audience was stunned. so was the "moonlight" team. >> very clearly even in my
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but the hell the dreams. i'm done with it, because this is true. oh my goodness. >> the win was "moonlight's" third of the night. "la la land" still walked away with six oscars. social media lit up with reactions to that mistake. neil patrick harris saying he feels bad for everyone involved. some of the responses took a political turn. billy crystal saying amazing ending. wish that had happened on election day. and seth macfarland chiming in, you know what the problem is millions of academy members voted illegally. >> what is snl going to do with that one this weekend? all the spring-like weather we've had this month is taking a toll on the areas ski resorts. maryland's only resort wisp had to end its season over the weekend because of really poor con
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liberty in pennsylvania is temporarily closed. the folks there saying they'll make a decision later this week on whether to reopen or not. sister resorts roundtop and whitetail remain open with skiing on what they say is most of their trails. >> that is kind of sad to see all that grass at some of those ski resorts. then again, we've been loving the warm weather. >> i beg to differ. it's been great skiing weather, water skiing. we've certainly added not feeling much like wintertime. a little touch of winter in the air this morning when we were down into the 30s. but it got into the 50s, a little bit above our average high this year. there's our live view from our reston live scam camera. don't have any rain here yet. however, there are some rain showers beginning
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just to the west of us, but they are drying out as they're heading off to the east. you can track the latest storms and latest rain on the storm team 4 radar in the nbc washington app. and the leading edge of this, a few sprinkles pulling out of the shenandoah valley. the metro ought to stay dry here. our southern sbeuburbs are gettg a few sprinkles. hovering in the low 50s just about everywhere. i took this picture this morning of crocuses in my yard. they're going to be opening back up again tomorrow because we'll have milder air pushing in. just a few sprinkles this evening. otherwise the clouds breaking up. mid 40s by k tomorr8:00 tomorro morning. by noon we'll up near
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into the afternoon. warm coat in the morning and some gloves, but you'll be comfortable with just long sleeves tomorrow afternoon. you may need an umbrella tuesday evening. but a greater chance of heavy rain wednesday afternoon from some strong to severe storms, some of them could produce damaging winds. this is for wednesday afternoon. this could be a line of storms similar to what we had on saturday. we had that hail as well. that is wednesday afternoon. we'll be keeping you fully informed about that threat. before then, though, look at our temperatures on wednesday soaring into the upper 70s. and then after that front goes by with those storms chillier air returns on thursday into the mid 50s. and then near freezing temperatures as we get into friday and saturday morning. afternoon highs on friday and saturday below the average high, maybe only in the 40s. here we go with the roller coaster ride back up again on sunday and monday back into the 60s. then it
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again tuesday afternoon and evening into midweek next week. >> another week where we're all over the place. thank you, tom. we've got sports coming up. wizards not hitting the panic button after two straight losses. here's lester holt with a look at what's ahead on nbc nightly news. ahead for us tonight a stunning new account of the u.s. mission in yemen that killed a navy seal. a tv fitness guru's heart attack raising awareness about a sometimes over looked risk factor. and how did it happen? the oscar mishap explained. stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them.
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see what happens, we get spoiled because you win all those games at home, then you start winning on the road. so you lose a couple and everybody's like, oh my god. >> the sky is falling. the wizards haven't been playing like they were before the all star break. for the first time in two months the team has dropped back to back games. now they're preparing for the best team in the nba, the golden state warriors. two straight losses, the jazz giving the wizards just their second homeless since januar lo. no need to
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spot in the east with 25 games left to play. they know in the long run the struggles will actually help. >> the last two games, you know, that wasn't us. so in today's practice we kind of went back to the drawing board and try to assess what we did in the last couple games, learn from it and move on. >> it's only going to help you to go through tough times. if you don't go through it, eventually you're going to go through it. a lot of times in the playoffs it comes up. there's no reason why this team will not do that. >> tippoff is at 7:00 tomorrow night. we were just talking. you think they can actually win this one despite a rough start. >> i really do. one of the problems the wizards have, they haven't been rebounding well. they're not getting any points off offensive rebounds. i think they'll fix that right aw.
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name off. who's the crazy guy who's always going around kicking people? get him angry real early -- draymond green. forgive me. >> we'll check back in tomorrow after the game. the nationals played their third live spring training game on th . tanner roarke copicking up wher he left off. after giving up a leadoff singing to dexter fowler, roarke allowed just one other hit. he faced ten batters striking out four in three innings of action. top of the fifth tre turner goes yard for the first time this season. 1 for 3 on the day with the homer. but the nats fall 5-4. >> reporter: no one's mistaking you for the bat
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>> carol maloney catching up with tre turner. why he's not feeling any pressure after being a rookie of the year finalist and a position change from center field to shortstop. search nats on the nbc washington app. let's head to beautiful saraso sarasota. the orioles hosting the yankees. bottom third, scope tees off, sends it over the bleachers. this one out of here. solo shot for scope. this ties the game up at 1-1. but the yankees hit home runs too. top of the ninth, two on for es tra da. that is the difference. yankees beat the birds 4-1. back here at home, today the official ground breaking ceremony for audi field, the new home of d.c. united. the stadium opens in 2018. so still one m
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head coach ben olsen has been in this area for 20 years as a player and now coach. so what is he looking forward to most about the team's new field? >> there's a whole list of things that, a temperature gauge that works, you know. but really, to me, it's about the fans and the ones that have been with us for almost two decades to be patient and to now have a home that they can make one of the best atmospheres in the country. that's probably the most special thing to me. >> and congrats to several of brenda freeze's players, named first team all big 10. ste those girls have the big 10 tournament coming up end of this week. >> always a power house. >> also,
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stadium comes for d.c. united. >> audi field. >> i've never been to a professional hockey game. >> soccer. >> soccer. what am i talking about? i'm not sure they want me back down there. i'm looking forward to that. nightly news coming up
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