. midday, a day without a woman, folks are gearing up for a rally and march on freedom plaza. we're there live. she was devastated after her purse was snatched with her rosary inside. but that all turned around when she received a new one from someone she never expected. ta details on heart warming moment. >> temperatures are going up, up and away, well above average. wait until you see the weekend forecast. the cold air is coming, news 4 midday starts right now. >> you probably have seen it

without a woman. women calling attention to women's issues including not working and buying from only women owned stores. >> there are rallies and marches planned for this day. megan fitzgerald is at freedom plaza with one is just getting under way. megan. >> reporter: guys, that's exactly right, this protest here is slowly starting to get participants here. you can see behind me not a big crowd at the moment but we are told that people are expected to gather here closer to 11:30. that's when we're told this protest is expected to start. they will then be marching to the white house. you can see a lot of signs and people holding signs that say resist or stop the war on women, women rights are human rights. you'll recall this protest started by the organizers of the women's march on washington. that's when over a million people came out and demonstrated a day after the inauguration. they are asking women

sol da solidarity. they are asking women to not shop. they are trying to demonstrate the economic impact that women have on society. the last scensus showing for every dollar a man makes, women make 80 cents. they are calling for pay equality and end to workplace violence and so we know there's going to be demonstrations all across the city and across the country and even demonstrations across the world for international women's day. we want to continue with erika gonzalez in prince george's county where erika, schools there are closed? >> reporter: yes, they are. we're live outside one of the locations, a few locations that have been open, will be open for next couple of hours to provide lunch for students that need it. but you're talking about approximately 200

prince george's county that closed today. simply because of the fact that they were not enough teachers or staff members to adequately serve students today. no school today for a number of students, the word spreading on social media. teachers requesting leave for the day without a woman boycott leaving classrooms empty. center city public charter schools in d.c. closed. alexandria city schools, closed. this tweet a glimpse at parents upset by the late notice. quote, we did not make the decision lightly and this from prince george's county public schools, it's approximately 200 schools closed. ceo dr. kevin max well saying the normal day could not happen with so many gone from their post. michelle hainny is a single mom and her daughter is a student there as well. >> just a day with no school i guess. i would react kind of

because no school. >> reporter: unlike her daughter, mom is not happy. >> she should be in school today. she's losing education. i'm a woman and yet i got to take my daughter to school with me. i didn't get the chance to take the day off. why should they? >> reporter: we just got off the phone with prince george's county schools and they tell us tomorrow should be back to normal. making sure the kids don't get too excited about having another day off. erika gonzalez, back to you. >> we have much more on the impact on businesses and restaurants on the nbc washington app. congress begins a proposed bill to replace the affordable care act. edward lawrence joins us live from capitol hill to explain where republicans disagree. >> reporter: the debate starts this morning on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. the first test of the

agenda through congress. on twitter, negotiations already under way with the president stating, i feel sure that my friend rand paul will come along with a new and great health care program. senator rand paul and jim jordan branding bill as obamacare lite, introduced an alternative care just repeals leaving the replace for later. >> we have to do a different form of obamacare, that's what the american voters hate. let's do what we told them we were going to do. >> reporter: the most serious threat comes from within the republican party. we're united on repeal but divided on replacement. >> reporter: the republican plan still bars insurance companies for denying coverage for preexisting conditions and allows kids to stay on parents health insurance until age 26 but this removes the subsidies giving tax credits, seeing the y

year. >> trumpcare means higher cost for less health care, plain and simple. >> reporter: several republican members of the senate feel rushed and want to slow down the time line to exam all options. >> paul ryan says he will have 219 votes, enough needed to pass the republican house version of the american health care act when it comes to the floor. edward lawrence, nbc news washington. congress is closer to approving a law to make building more mom friendly. the house passed a bill that would require each building to have sufficient spaces for women to pump their breast milk and feed their babies. a recent news i team investigation found several facilities lacked the number of breast feeding spaces required in federal complexes and the bill heads to the senate. the cia is dealing with a massive new leak that contains secrets of the powerful hacking tools. nbc news has not confirmed the authenticity of the 8700 documents released

cia has no comment. the document suggests the cia has the ability to spy on people using electronics such as smartphones and tvs, even when some popular mobile messaging encryption devices are used. let's check on the midday forecast with chuck bell. have the winds died down? >> it was super windy whether we were coming into week before 3:00 this morning. the winds are still up a bit but nowhere near as gusty as they were. the winds did blow the rain away. we're back to sunshine and enjoying the milder than average temperatures for today and tomorrow but a big drop in temperatures arrives on friday which may include several chances to see snowmakes, although accumulating snow is looking less and less likely. all of the clouds and rain getting pushed out of here. current temperatures have responded to the sunshine now, we're in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in many spots and most locations today courtesy of the sunshine will be up into the

a closer look at the weekend forecast coming up. >> thank you, chuck. >> a fairfax county police officer's generosity is getting him recognition because a thief snatched a 69-year-old woman's purse that had a special rosary tucked inside this last month. so officer matthew bought her a new one to replace it. >> it struck a chord, reminded me of my grandmother's and i remember them going to church with their rosaries and things like that. so you know, just stuck with me -- >> he said he was able to get the rosary from a family friend who is a priest. the woman wrote a note to recognize him for his kindness and the two met in person again today. she's not revealing her name because she wants the spotlight on the officer. as early as tomorrow, metro could vote to raise fares on both rail and bus service. the increases could take effect july 1st. rail fares would c

by a quarter and parking would cost ten cents more. that's not all, your metro bus line could be going away for good. 13 lines could be cut to close the budget gap. one of them is the 2t which runs through vienna and to tyson's corner and back. metro says two lines that could be cut would leave riders without another transit option, the w19 indian head highway express line and 13y, arlington to union station line. the metro board will discuss the proposal tomorrow ahead of a final vote march 23rd. this is something you would see in a movie but happened in a movie. the damage inside the amc at beltway plaza. it was caused by a burglary suspect trying to avoid getting arrested. chopper 4 was over the scene yesterday evening. you can see police trying to get into the ceiling. police say that's

was trying to hide. d.c. firefighter is recovering this morning hurt responding to a fire at the dorm at the george washington university. the school had to evacuate the building on new hampshire avenue near m street yesterday. we're told a pile of clothes on the couch caught fire. it's not clear what exactly sfarked the flame. the fire was quickly contained and everyone was let back inside. there will be a vigil today to remember four charles county students who died this year, all were seniors at westlake high school. they died in a crash friday in waldorf. police say the driver had been speeding. hicks swaz shot and killed in october and another senior, c l caleb horn died suddenly. if you think the news is just for adults, think again. >> how children are

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santos body slamming a 15-year-old to the ground as he tried to break up a fight in the school tcafeteria. the grand jury failed to bring charges yesterday. kids spend a lot of time on social media but you might not realize that sometimes they are catching up on the news of the day. erika edwards explains why what they are finding can be confusing. >> reporter: don't let their baby faces and braces fool you. these kids have a nose for news. >> i like to know what's going on in the world. >> so do many of her peers. >> can't be on liblivious to everything. >> 900 tweens and teens about their views on news. >> kids take the news very seriously. they know it's important to their lives. but many of them are concerned about issues like fake news, quote/unquote, alternative facts. >> reporter: only 44% of surveyed kids feel they can

fake news. >> trying to confirm it with other people aund me or other news sources. >> reporter: other news sources can include snapchat and youtube. >> tell me one thing happening in the news today. >> reporter: virginia is the founder of news pop.net, dedicated to helping kids understand current events, even when those events are unsettling. >> there's a jewish center that's got bombed. >> there's a lot of information out there, like a fire hose. they need someone to tell them what's real and what's not real. and how to modulate it. >> reporter: that's where parents come in. the common sense survey found children trust news from their family more than any other source. erika edwards, nbc news. >> if you like to shop, there will soon be a new place to do it in north virn viginia. construction on the field of commonwealth is under way in chantil

according to our news partners at wtop, the $45 million shopping center will include a wegman's, the third in fairfax county. no word on when the project will be completed. there's a robot at the door. next time you order lunch, it could be delivered by a robot. >> already roaming around d.c. streets, made by starship technologies, that's fancy. they wheel around with a human companion while they map out routes. the goal is to turn these robots loose and let them rove on their own. starship technology is working with ordering food from local restaurants and when your food is delivered you get a text message to unlock the robotto take out your order. people are asking are people going to steal the food? you need a special code to open it up. >> how will it ring the doorbell? >> that's the thing. >> did you stay up last night to

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idea of becoming a pound instructor to her it made perfect sense. >> i can also incorporate my love of playing drums along with fitness. >> christian says teaching those pound classes has made her a better drummer. i hope you'll tune in tonight at 5:00, i'll have more on christian's pound class and the surprising health benefits that one woman found after just one class. >> that's doreen gentzler, a reminder it is person to consult a doctor if you plan to change up your exercise routine. >> if you want to get caught up on watching "this is us", you can catch it here tuesday nights at 10:00. let's talk cherry blossoms if you will. we'll tell you if a roller coaster weather is slowi

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we're getting closer to peak bloom of the cherry blossoms. park services says the tree florettes have extended, this is the third stage meaning they are very much on their way. cherry blossom festival organizers predict peak bloom between march 14th and 17th. >> the festival starts the 15th. >> can't wait for it. >> missing winds chimes and note and $5 bill le

searching for a young boy named jake. her search has now gone viral. here's the story. >> just a couple of hours ago just started a jake's butterfly page. >> reporter: christina is getting messages from far beyond her lakewood home. >> getting requests from brazil and portugal to be updated on it. >> reporter: but she hasn't heard from the one person she says she needs to hear from. >> i don't even know the age of the kids but -- i don't want him to be scared to come forward or embarrassed. >> reporter: over the weekend she got a note about her missing winds chime. >> i'm sorry that we stole your wind chime, our mom died and liked butterflies so my sister took it to put by your window. i'm sorry, this is only money i have. do not be mad at us. >> she's not mad and wants to give him az money back. >> it's not right he stole or sister stole, i'm not sure which one did it but, you know, he did try to make

do forgive him. i'm not going to hold a grudge for a wind chime that was a dollar. christina empathizes with jake and hopes there will be a reunion soon. >> hope she finds him. >> hope she does. >> now the concern is about our weather and what's going to happen with the cherry blossoms? >> they better hold on tight for the next couple of days or weeks. blankets for sure, they are already at stage 3 on the way to 6 and the park service thinks they could be out potentially as early as the 14th or 15th of march. the 15th of march is the earliest peak bloom, march 15th of 1990. we're flirting with record territory as far as an early peak blooming period and that's always tricky around here in march. march is one of those extra cruel months here in washington after our warmest february and warmest winter on record. march starting out not too bad. we'll be back up in the 60s today and tomorrow. after tomorrow

average temperatures move back in. i think those blossoms will have a tough time sticking their nose out too much father. right now 59 in washington. winds out of the west, averaging 14 miles per hour down at the airport. a little bugustier in other pla. sunny and breezy, outdoor plans will go on without interruption. thursday, really nice around here. friday a lot of cloudiness and noticeably cooler. in the 40s and afternoon highs in the weekend may not get out of the 30s. yeah, that will keep those blossoms at bay for sure. winds are out of the west-northwest gusting as high as 25 to some places almost 30 miles per hour. but with the sunshine, temperatures have made it back in the upper 50s to near 60. forecasted high downtown probably as much as 68 degrees. la rain is already gone. for tomorrow too, very nice weather hangs around, plenty of sunshine, a little breezy

times tomorrow. up close to 70 for tomorrow. as i mentioned as we get closer and closer to the weekend, way colder weather moves in for friday, saturday and sunday. sunday morning that little chance of a rain/snow come bow early sunday morning, doesn't look like much. we'll keep an eye on it. this is also the weekend you lose one hour sleep. on saturday, change the clock ahead one hour and change the battery in the smoke detectors. >> more threats to jewish community centers and day schools across the country. we have the latest on the

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>> i'm at 15th and u streets northwest. at the dunbar senior apartment building where there was a fire here this morning. i want to direct your attention to the 8th floor balcony where witnesses say the apartment fire began and it was contained pretty much there. witnesses tell me construction workers caught the fire and started yelling and the passer by heard their screams and called 911. the fire department was here and they had 40 firefighters here at the senior apartment building. it's a 10 story building, 71 apartments inside. a number of the residents were

evacuated to lower floors, some were evacuated to the street. i talked to some of the people who were inside when it happened. >> i was out for a walk and looked back and the place was on fire. >> the fire alarm rang and i looked at it in the hallway and everybody was rushing out. i got my coat and came. >> a little scared. >> a little scared? >> no, all i know i saw smoke and got out of there. >> you're safe. >> everybody kept their cool. again, we had a fire at a senior citizens apartment building this morning. no one was injured. there was no transports. they got the fire out and moved the seniors to a safe place now they are all settling back in. now back to you. >> pat collins in northwest washington for us. thank you. take a look now at the growing crowd at freedom plaza. this was the scene about 20 minutes

megan fitzgerald said it kept growing. people are gathered for a day without a woman and now marching to the white house. women took the day off work to call attention to women's issues worldwide. megan will be covering the story all day. you can follow her on facebook. and twitter @meagannbc d.c. today's day without a woman, if you go to new york, you'll see this on wall street. a firm set up this statue of a defy ant young girl across from the charging bull. she calls out the lack of gender diversity on corporate boards and pay gap for women in financial services. >> for a while lady liberty wasn't shining too brightly last night. in new york the national park service is blaming the temporary blackout on a project for new emergency backup generator. the statue of lynn ent went dark before 11:00. the lights were back on after midnight. jewishmm

again on edge after more than a dozen new bomb threats in ten different states, including maryland. nbc's kerrie sanders how people are responding this time. >> this morning the jewish community on edge, demanding protection and answers. yet another wave of bomb threats tuesday, targeting jewish centers and schools across the country. from portland, oregon, to chicago, milwaukee, all the way to upstate new york, where jewish community centers in both rochester and syracuse went on lockdown. here parents in panic mode when a bomb threat forced this school to evacuate for two hours. >> upset the kids are being targeted because they are jewish. >> anti-defamation league officers received threats, including the one in new york city. >> scary situation. >> reporter: following a meeting with jewish leaders new york

the recent rash of threats unprecedented. >> we've never seen such a period of concentrated threats against the jewish community. >> reporter: since january 135 threats directed at jewish facilities, either by phone or e-mail. the alarming number prompting president trump to include the intolerable situation in his recent address to a joint session of congress. >> we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. >> lawmakers calling on the president to take swift action. all 100 senators signing a letter addressed to the nation's top law enforcement officials. >> we'll continue to condemn them and look at ways in which we can stop them. >> so far the fbi made one arrest in the recent outbreak. a st. louis man, accused of making only a few of the threats to falsely

ex-girlfriend. investigators say they are getting closer to arresting others responsible. hopefully bringing an end to this wave of fear for a community under attack simply because of their faith. >> according to a recently released report by the surgeon general, it is estimated that nearly 21 million people in this country are living with a substance abuse problem. this is one and a half times as many as all cancers combined. psychiatrist dr. joshua weiner talks about four common substance abuse misperceptions, that's alarming, that large number, right? >> it is. when you're talking about alcohol and all drugs, you know, you get these numbers. >> first thing people don't know, there are only three drugs of abuse that can actually kill you if you stop cold turkey. >> a lot of people think if you're hooked on cocaine

hard drug like that and heroin and you stop cold turkey you're in danger of dying. you're actually not. you'll feel like you want to die but eyou're not at risk of deat. three things will kill you, alcohol, benzodiazapines and barbiuates, most people don't know about those. but when we talk about the b benzodiazapines and others, if you stop them cold turkey, you are really putting yourself at risk. you don't want to have that family member who you're worried about because they've been drinking a fifth of vodka a night and start hiding their alcohol from them in an attempt to try to help them, you're actually putting them at severe risk. if somebody actually goes into delirium tremens where you become confused, psychotic, some of the most crazy people are going through alcohol deua

if they don't get treatment, they have a 50% chance of dying. it's pretty amazing. >> shocking. speaking of family members, sometimes family members see a problem and want to intervene, that may not necessarily be the best course of action. >> the issue is how you intervene. there are ideas of we need to have an intervention and tell you why you're killing yourself and how bad things are going with your drug or alcohol problems so you get yourself some treatment. the problem is that often times won't work. people need to realize it for themselves and if you start tilling them why they need to stop, often times they dig their heels in and argue why they don't have a problem. there's a type of interviewing, motivational interview, the gist of it is basically trying to get that person to talk about what it is about their substance abuse that's not working for them. you're trying to get them to be the ones who are talking about it so that way it increases their own motivation to get some help. if you have a family member who is having problems, find a therapist whis

motivational intereviewininterv. >> it's always important for parents to have conversations with their children, especially teens with sub dancstance abuse. they talk about drinking responsibly. what is best way to talk to children so they don't fall into the wrong path? >> couple of things. a study that came out of australia several years back that found parents that let their kids drink on their birthdays, as long as you don't drive we'll let you have beers, those kids drink twice as much as kids whose parents take a more hard lined approach against alcohol when they go into college. studies are showing this just doesn't work. >> boundary thing means something. >> yes, as a parent, look, there's always going to be exceptions to the rule. this is a general rule. if you want to play odds, the odds are you're better off with a firm approach, this is illegal, it's not something we're going to po

argue, they say in europe, kids can drink at an early age. from my research on that, that's actually a myth. kids in europe have a bigger drinking problem than kids here in the united states because they have access at the younger age. >> thanks so much, as always. >> my pleasure. >> she's back. part two, barbara harrison brings us more of her one on one interview with ruth bad eer

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have you ever noticed there is new york city blocks on the supreme court. all three of them are women. >> and all familiar with the bright lights of the big city. barbara harrison stepped out to the theater recently with justice ruth bader begi eer gin

>> no stranger to the limelight, certainly earned her spot on the list of most recognized americans. while opera diva is what she dreamed of being as a teenager, there's another monica, a warrior's name her young fans have given her. >> i have to ask you, do you know they call you the notorious -- >> notorious rbg, when that started a few years ago, people said, what do you think about it? i said, well, notorious big, the rapper and i have something in common. we were both born and bred in brooklyn, new york. >> reporter: it all starteded in 2013 when a student at nyu law school was angry over what she saw was the supreme court's weakening of the 1965 voting rights act. >> i had written strong dissent and she took my bench announcement of my dissent and put it up and that's how

started. >> reporter: that law student put it up on her tumblr blog and kept it alive with thousands of fans checking in. >> you look a little different. >> reporter: denise graves joined us in the lounge after her performance in the opera champion, one of two contemporary operas appearing right now. they both deal with current issues. champion was home phobia and dead men walking with a death penalty. in a upcoming night at the kennedy center, justice ginsburg will talk about the current legal issues that were in some of the oldest operas ever performed, like the classic carmen. >> her iconic role -- >> i describe that as the ultimate plea bargain because it is common and she is being carted off to jail and she negotiates

>> had you thought about it? >> hadn't thought of it in those terms but -- that's exactly what happened. >> do you know there is an opera, one hour opera called scalia ginsburg and it will be produced this summer at the festival. >> the composer derrick wang, now a lawyer, was in law school when he came up with the idea. >> he's reading cases and constitutional law with ginsburg on one side and xa lee gra i can't on the other. he decides it can make a funny ope opera. there are words straight out of our opinions or speeches and to portray two people who have very different views on some very important things and yet, genuinely like each other. >> justice scalia who died suddenly last year was her fri

love of opera. and opera always makes a lively conversation with her friend denise, who is now as the justice was once a working mother. >> i'm seeing recently, saw how when she was about 8 or 9 and now how old is she? >> she's 12 but she looks a bit older. >> she's very tall. >> very tall and thin and tall. >> ruth and martin ginsburg raced two children, had grandchildren and before his death, they had lived a 56-year long love affair. she says her daughter, a lawyer now is also a good cook like her father was. >> she wanted to make sure i'm properly nourished she comes once a month and fills my freezer with individual dinners. >> reporter: family and friends and many fans want ruth bader ginsburg to stay healthy and have a long, long life. >> good advice, eat

>> i'm going to start eating lots of kale immediately. she also told barbara she has a regular exercise routine twice a week. her justice at the opera event is this thursday at the kennedy center. what an incredible woman. >> and what an incredible piece by barbara. fantastic. >> apparently a super food. >> it is. >> we've got super weather today. >> will it stay this way? >> no, i wish i had better news. >> thanks, chuck. >> we have today and tomorrow to enjoy it before a little bit of old man winter sneaks back into the forecast as we head towards friday and upcoming weekend will feel anything like a precursor to spring. it's been an incredibly mild but three of the last four marches have all been colder than average and each one of the last four marches we had some amount of snowfall, last year only 3/10, two years ago over a foot of snow in march. n'

could see occasional snow showers as we get towards either friday morning or perhaps sunday morning, maybe also again tuesday morning. a couple of chances for it. today it will be all about the sunshine and a bit of a northwesterly breeze out there. future weather is all clear for today and for tonight. now, as we get through tomorrow, mostly sunny day coming up on thursday. but thursday night the clouds thicken back up and here we are at 5:00 a.m. on friday morning and cloudy skies and an opportunity for what in all likelihood will be mostly light rain around the d.c. metro area. notice there are little hints of wet snow flakes mixing in in the higher spots well north and west of the d.c. metro area at 5:00 a. it won't last long, by 8:00 or 9:00, the cold dry air rushes in. it will quickly turn off any real chances for accumulating pe precipitation, most of friday itself will be mostly cloudy and blustery and certainly on the cold side especially compared to today and tomorrow. there's the whole

forecast, mid to upper 60s and plenty of sunshine around. there's a chance of rain drops maybe wet snowflake early friday. friday afternoon and saturday dry but cold. sunday another little chance for rain drop or snowflake early in the day but doesn't look like anything that will add up. we'll keep a close eye. maybe our best chance of snow comes on tuesday morning of next week. >> an inch of snow? >> maybe. maybe an inch. >> i'm done. >> thanks, chuck. d.c. native bringing the tears on nbc's "the

wall street will work to break its mini losing streak as investors mul the prospects of the fed raising interest rates and look ahead to the key jobs report on friday. the dow posting the the first back to back loss since january. we'll get data on private sector jobs and productivity. the dow falling 29 points to 20,924. the nasdaq to 5833. people across the u.s. will take part in the day without a woman national strike today. it's encouraging women to take off from paid or unpaid work to highlight the vital role they play in the global economy. too soon to know the actual impact but center for american progress estimates all paid women were to take off today it would cost the u.s. almost $21 billion in gdp. analysts looked at the labor share of gdp, women's relative pay and work hours. he c

sectors with the highest paying jobs in america. glass door.com is out with its annual list ranking jobs by the average annual base salary. the medical field holds four of the five top spots with doctors at number one with median salary of just under $188,000. tech jobs in i.t. appear most often in the top 25, although grass door says says pay has been declining. i'm kate rogers. >> many people would argue that the sweet milk at the bottom of a bowl of cereal is the best part and ben and jerry's thinks so too. they have created cereal milk ice cream, the new flavors will be served exclusively at ben and injuriry's scoop shops starting later in the months. wrigley wants to make sure you don't have to search through packages of star burst for

berry candies during april. the candy maker will release all pink star burst packages sold at several retailers including walmart and target and amazon. we love food days around here. tomorrow happens to be national crab meat day. but you didn't know there was such a thing. it happens to be one of my favorite foods and joining us to talk about tasty ways to eat the krus tashs is the jason shelly, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> crab meat is delicious, right? >> it's delicious, very much so. >> why do chefs enjoy cooking with crabmeat? it kind of seems regal when you work with it and something you don't eat every day. as a chef to cook with it and try and taste it every day is kind of one of the benefits to doing the job. >> tell us what you have in terms of the crab meat and dishes. >> we have a couple different applications, our king crab legs. >> those are huge, is that normally the size of the king ab

you can stretch them your arm span. but we do all of the leg work, we'll take the barbs off and clean them up and serve them chilled or steamed, it's sweelt and delicious and got a little saltiness from the ocean. love the king crab legs. >> i'm from maryland so i'm a blue crab girl. no offense against the king crab. >> big fan as well. crab season just opened so maryland blue crab season started and runs through october/november depending how it goes. >> that's the best time. >> they say this year because of the mild winter is going to be spectacular year allegedly, we're excited about that. soft shell crab will start in may. you can see the blue crab meat which we use for crab cakes and sandwiches as well as our crab cake entree. we have our jumbo lump, hand picked out of the crab. >> the best. >> we don't use a lot of bread crumbs we use the lump meat to bind our crab cakes together. >> you bind the crab meat with the kraeb meat. >> th t

we also serve it as a chilled crab cocktail right here. it's sweet and fresh and deck ka dent. it's awesome. i love blue crabs, soft shell and using shell for soups. >> no bad way to eat them. how do you make sure you don't ruin it when you're trying to cook with it at home? >> don't get crazy complicated. talk to your fish monger, ask if it's fresh. it should smell sweet and delicious. when you're doing preparation, just simple, low heat, don't go crazy and take your time and experiment. >> and is there -- is this easy enough, right? >> yes. >> i have to taste this because it looks so good. this gigantic piece of crab meat. in season now? >> until november, december how it goes, depending on the season. >> executive chef jason shelly from ocean five. thanks so much for joining us.

a d.c. singer brought everybody to tears during the blind auditions on the voice here on nbc 4. >> 23-year-old malik sang "sure thing" and broke down after his performance. >> i'm 23 years old and from washington, d.c. and -- >> let me tell you something really quickly. >> a man who can wear his

special man and makes powerful music. congratulations. >> thank you. >> we're getting emotional, wonderful. malik grew up in the hill east area and joined team adam and brought his mom and daughter out on the stang with him. we can't wait to follow his journey through the voice wishing him the best. >> for sure. >> let's get a final check on our weather, chuck? >> the complaint department closed up shop for the rest of today and tomorrow. nice and mild and plenty of sunshine, good kite flying weather. a little chance for some rain, maybe a wet snow flake early from. temperatures much colder on friday, super cold over the weekend, afternoon highs in the mid to upper 30s. little chance of a rain/snow combo on sunday and tuesday morning. temperatures after today and tomorrow, back down into more february-like weather. >> thank you, chuck. >> just when i thought i had more to say, he closed the

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