reaction from parents this afternoon. we begin with news 4's meagan fitzgerald. >> reporter: protesters are in front of the department of labor. i'm not sure if you can see all the way down behind us here on 3rd street, but they are protesting and asking for things like work place equality for women, an end to work place discrimination, and asking for equal pay for equal work for women. of course earlier today we were there as protesters made their way to the white house. >> if we don't get it -- >> shut it down. >> reporter: just before noon, hundreds of people started their march to lafayette square. protesters chanting slogans and holding signs which advocate for women's rights. the demonstrations were part of a day without a woman strike which called on women to wear red, stay home from work, and to protest. >> i came out because i wanted to support all the women tha

>> i think it's important that the country know that women are standing together. >> women literally are the backbone of this entire country and this entire world. without women, we wouldn't be here. i need to be here in solidarity. >> reporter: these protesters say they will continue their efforts heading to congress to make sure their congress members understand that women's rights should be a priority. back to you. >> all right, thanks, meagan. for thousands of kids in our area the day without a woman means a day without school, and some parents are mott happy about it. prince george's county decided to cancel classes late in the day tuesday after hundreds of teachers and staff members asked for the day off. school ceo dr. kevin maxwell says they couldn't pull off a normal day with so many teachers out of their classroom. we spoke with a single mom who works for the school system and has a daughter who is a student. >> well, i mean, it's just a day with no school, i guess.

have to take my daughter to school with me. i didn't get the chance to take the day off. why should they? i think the whole thing is stupid. i mean, we already did the march and all that other stuff. why another day for this? >> in d.c. center city public charter schools closed all six of its campuses because of a lack of staffing. schools in the city of alexandria also closed. and yesterday officials tweeted that they didn't make that decision lightly. >> people around the world took part in international women's day. in rome transit workers staged a walkout today bringing buses, trans and metro to a halt. rallies across italy were meant to draw attention to the gender pay gap in that country. and a new bronze statue popped up overnight in the financial capital of the world. the fearless girl statue stands in front of the iconic wall street charging bull in downtown manhattan. a plaque at her feet reads, know the power of women in leadership. our coverage f

over. at 4:30 we'll hear from mark segraves. he spoke with school officials responding to some of the criticism. and you'll hear why they decided to cancel classes. we'll show you how first lady melania trump marked this international day of women. a former maryland delegate has been indicted in the probe of corruption of the prince george's county liquor board. tracee wilkins joins us live now from greenbelt. tracee? >> reporter: the u.s. attorney for maryland said that this corruption probe is about checking people who were abusing power. and now today we've seen another indictment. former maryland state delegate michael vaughn appeared after a grand jury indicted him monday on eight counts of bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud. according to vaughn's 20-page indictment he took more than $10,000 in payments in exchange for his supporting two bills regulating sunday liquor sales

he's also charged with stealing thousands of dollars from his own campaign account and submitting fraudulent campaign expense reports to the state. the government says vaughn used that money to pay his personal credit card expenses and money owed to the irs. i asked michael vaughn if he had any comment. his attorney said no comment from vaughn and that everything that needs to be said will be said in this courthouse when he has his crime. coming up at 5:00, reaction from annapolis. reporting live in greenbelt, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> all right, it tracee, thank you. pat and i were talking about this next story a couple minutes ago before the show went on the air. just in this afternoon officials are changing the cherry blossom forecast again. >> the national park service released new peak bloom ed

reach peak bloom between march 19 and the 22nd. the original prediction was for them to peak between march 14-17. however, the colder air through the early part of next week is expected to delay the blossoms. and delaying those blossoms because we saw such cold air coming down over the weekend and again coming into the weekend this week, too, as we look outside right now temperatures in the 60s. and those 60s all across our region. temperatures 67 degrees currently at the airport. 68 in richmond. 63 in hagerstown. another very warm day tomorrow. boy, do things come crashing down. the temperatures, that is, as we head into the weekend. we're talking about temperatures well below average, close to 15 degrees to 20 degrees below average. we'll talk about that. yes, still talking snow chances. we'll be back in just a minute. >> thanks, doug. a chilly morning for a run. theo

about the rock 'n' roll marathon in d.c. even if you're not running. a local woman smiling for the camera after her arrest. what police say she was doing with two kids in the car. but first, a dream come true for one young man from nthern virorgi

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got to wave, everybody is looking at you. >> look at that smile. a high school freshman in m manassas fulfilled his dream today. jamie martinez is facing major

bucket. if that wasn't enough just a few minutes later he got to fulfill another dream right after that. he got to ride in an actual helicopter as well. jamie and his sister both have a debilitating hereditary disease. if you'd like to learn more about what they're facing we have a link to jamie's go fund me page. open the nbc washington app and search jamie martinez. in fairfax county, animal control believes they've caught and euthanized a fox that may be responsible for at least two attacks in great falls. a woman says she was bitten around 3:00 yesterday afternoon while walking on ad hoc. she says the animal came up from behind and bit her several ti s times. her wounds are pretty serious. later a fox attacked a family's cat three miles away. the cat's owner was able to trap the fox. the fox is being tested for rabies. a fire in the district forced a group of seniors to evacuate their apartment but n

to settle back in. witnesses say construction workers saw the flames this morning near 15th and u street. the apartments were on fire. someone walking by heard the construction crew screaming and called 911. these ladies tell us everyone kept their cool during the evacuation. >> i was out for a walk and i looked back and the place was on fire. >> the fire alarm rang and i looked at it in the hallway. everybody was rushing out, so i got my coat and came. >> a little scary? >> hmm? >> was it a little scary? >> no. i saw smoke and i got out of there. >> and you're safe. >> i'm good. >> now no one was hurt and paramedics didn't have to take anyone to the hospital. investigators are trying to figure out how it started. well, it's a new twist on an old scam. >> the personal information these crooks used to convince a local couple they were the real deal. ae

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we'll get an update tonight on work under way to improve safety on a deadly stretch of road. the maryland state highway administration and elected leaders are working with the bethesda community to improve traffic safety at river road and

last year three members of one family died at that intersection when a man driving 110 miles per hour slammed into their car. the meeting tonight takes place at the walt whitman high school auditorium. it starts at 7:00. first at 4:00, a woman in alexandria is facing several charges after leading police on a chase with two young kids in the car. fairfax county police tried to pull over monique reid for a traffic violation yesterday. instead of stopping officers say she took off. they caught up to her a short time later and found drugs and two kids in the back. now she's accused of drug possession, eluding police, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c., marathon will bring more than 25,000 runners to town this weekend. and with all of those runners here you can bet on travel trouble. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss is working with you on four things you need to know. adam is live now at f

yes, springtime means a whole slew of new races in the district. this is the first big one here, the rock 'n' roll marathon and the half marathon. here is what you need to know for the race saturday. there's going to be a broad range of street closures mostly around the monuments. most begin between 6:00 and 7:00 saturday morning. all roads should reopen by 1:45 saturday afternoon. now streets along the racecourse will be marked with no parking signs, those no parking zones begin at midnight saturday. they last until about noon. if you park there you could get towed and you might have to pay to get your car out. metro, that's a no go for runne runners. trains start running at 7:00 in the morning, the same time the marathon begins. runners can reserve parking at rfk by going online. and the d.c. street car won't be running the morning of the marathon. service will begin saturday afternoon when the race is over. they haven't given us an exact time but it will likely be afternoon. a premarathon

going on here at rfk thursday and friday. you want to get down here to rfk, you take the blue, orange, and silver line to the stadium armory station. back to you. >> thanks, adam. and we've posted the full list of road closures on the nbc washington app. search marathon closures. >> is that this weekend? >> it is. >> i wasn't listening. >> it is. i've run a couple marathons. the ideal it temperature to run a marathon is about 50 degrees for men, 51 for women. >> i didn't know there was a difference. >> yes, about a degree and a half. >> how is 38? >> wow. >> that's what we're dealing out there this weekend. temperatures this weekend will be brutal for the marathon and really for anything that you'll be doing. those temperatures only getting into the upper 30s. temperatures and wind chills in the morning will be in the 20s. wind chills will be freezing all day long. it will be a tough weekend out there for sure. i want to show you what's happening now. we're having computer problems actual

got it. now out there current temperature 67 degrees. winds out of the west right now, they're gusty. 67 currently in d.c. we're at 64. there's the winds gusting upwards to 29 miles an hour in washington. 24 miles per hour in manassas, and 29 now in frederick. mar martinsburg, wind gusts upwards of 40 miles an hour. nothing on the radar. storm team 4 radar all dry. we'll it continue to stay dry all day long as we move on through the rest of the day. look at the storms we saw early this morning. winds all around parts of southern maryland especially the chesapeake, the northern neck. numerous wind reports over 40 miles an hour that we saw earlier. current temperature 59 degrees in columbus, ohio. we are warm everywhere and we're going to stay on the warm side as we move on through the day tomorrow. 69 degrees tomorrow. i have that now, amelia. it's working fine, thank you very much. breezy and warm, a nice afternoon tomorrow. it will be breezy. look at that, 69.

the average high temperature into the 50s. we'll be close to 15 to 20 degrees above average tomorrow but it's not going to stay that way. we're going to stay well below average as we move into the next couple of days. all right, amelia, i lied. you've got to switch it for me again. see what's going on temperature wise. 69 on your thursday. 48 degrees on friday. 50% chance of a.m. rain or snow. yes, it could end in snow even in d.c. it's not going to amount to anything except for areas up to the mason-dixon line. 48 on friday. falling temperatures during the day. 38 degrees on saturday. 39 on sunday. sunday don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour. we spring forward on sunday. 43 on tuesday. and then we get to tuesday. tuesday 38 degrees for a high temperature. a chance for, yeah, maybe some rain or snow. i will pop this out, amelia, if you can do that for me. talking about those temperatures that will be quite cold. snow looking possible on tuesday. remember it was sunday. that's not happening. that storm is going dow t

tuesday. the cold air in place. the snow looking possible. again, lots of time to watch this storm. this is one we'll be watching very closely as we move on through. what it tells us is temperatures are going to remain on the cool side as we move on to the next couple of days. wednesday, high temperature of 39 degrees. wind chills in the 20s again. here is something we have not seen. in the next ten days we have one, two, three, four days at 32 or below. we didn't even see that many in the entire month of february. how about that, guys. some cold air to start off the month. all right, doug. it's scott macfarlane. a college basketball team playing in the big ten tournament this week in d.c. a plane carrying the university of michigan's team aborted takeoff near detroit because of high winds this afternoon. the shaky video you're seeing gives you an idea just how bad those winds were. a source tells news 4 the plane skidded on the runway. luckily everybody is okay and there are no injuries.

play tomorrow at noon at the verizon center in that big ten tournament. the team is doing everything it can to make it here in time to play the game. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >> let's hope they get here. it's the story that could mean a big change for all of us. the republican health care plan in critical condition. also, scammers posing as family members in trouble. we've told you about this before but first at 4:00 susan hogan explains the personal twist that made this case so convinng.ci

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it started with a phone call -- a local couple swindled out of more than $11,000. they thought their grandson was in trouble. you know, we've warned you about these scams before but this time the thieves unveiled a new trick. >> consumer reporter susan hogan has the story. >> reporter: the couple tells us they are well aware of the so-called grandparents scams that are making the rounds, but they never questioned that they were actually talking to their grandson himself because the caller got personal. >> these are the target cards. >> reporter: sally beaver sorts through the thousands of dollars in gift

husband bought to help their grandson, j.r. >> he called us by our nicknames, which right off the bat we immediately thought it was him. >> reporter: j.r. is in the air force. he was in washington state for training last november when they got the call. >> he said he'd gone into canada to a friend's birthday party and he had wrecked the rental car that he was driving. >> reporter: he told them he needed $4,000 for damage to the car. >> go to target in leesburg and get gift cards, $1,000 gift cards. when he called back again he wanted the numbers off the back of them. >> reporter: later that afternoon another call. more money was needed to pay for the damaged guardrail. >> to the tune of $5,500 this time. >> reporter: the caller sent them to this giant store in leesburg and told them to ask for a sp

>> that she was holding 11 itunes cards, $500 each. >> reporter: they had apparently called ahead and put the cards on hold. and then the next morning -- >> the guy whose car i hit is here and he needs $2,000 in cash, so here we go again. >> reporter: another trip to target to buy more gift cards. the next day when the phone rang again, they'd had it. >> and that's when i said, j.r., we have reached the limit. we have no more money. you have to call your dad. >> reporter: they discovered they'd been conned when they called to check on him the following week and he had no idea what his grandparents were talking about. >> there was never ever one time that i thought that it was someone else. but looking back there probably were times we should have asked other questions. >> even when

no way of charging it, probably should have tried calling it anyway. >> reporter: the beavers tell us the thing that concerns them the most is how much information the caller had about the family like their nicknames. the loudoun county sheriff's office is investigating. we reached out to target and giant, each company told us it is committed to protecting their customers and they train employees to watch out for their guests' safety and security. susan hogan, news 4. he promised to fight the new administration. now maryland congressman elijah cummings sits down with a one-on-one with the president. the issue that changed his mind. first at 4, the self-made women who have been so successful in business. a see where

now at 4:30 new developments in a story we broke first on twitter. tonight the fallout after a former maryland delegate is indicted in the fbi's probe of corruption in the prince george's county liquor board. you'll have to wait longer to see the cherry blossoms reach their peak. this afternoon the national park service pushed back the peak bloom date to march 19th through the 22nd. officials blame the cold weather that's heading our way. and

across the u.s. as people take a stand to mark a day without a woman. it's also been a day without school for thousands of children across the area and the country. >> yeah, that's right. schools in prince george's county and alexandria decided to close today because so many teachers and staff members requested the day off. nbc's mark segraves say that decision angered parents and local leaders. >> reporter: from a distance it looks like a typical school day in alexandria but it's not. the schools are closed here today because it's a day without a woman, and this school system as well as prince george's county schools and other private schools chose to take the day off to allow the female teachers to participate in the protests. that has angered some local politicians and some parents. >> and how does it become a laudable goal to say i'm not going to go tok

not going to fulfill my contractual obligations, i'm not going to educate children and be there for families who expect a free and appropriate education with the calendar often set a year in advance and stay home. it doesn't make any sense. >> how you feel about a day without a woman, are you taking part in this day? did you like it? did you join it? do you disagree with it? let us know on our facebook page. >> there will be no shortage of opinions on that one. now first lady melania trump is marking the international women's day with a luncheon at the white house. it's her first solo event there. among the well-known faces in the crowd kellyanne conway, education secretary betsy devos, and president donald trump's oldest daughter ivanka joined about 50 women for a sitdown meal. hillary clinton is making another public appearance.

international women's day with a speech tonight at the kennedy center. the former democratic presidential nominee will speak at the 16th annual veital voice global leadership awards. vital voices is a women's leadership group she founded. clinton will also deliver this year's commencement address at her alma mater. elijah cummings just met with president donald trump at the white house. the pair have is had a rocky relationship since mr. trump took office. cummings said he and the president were able to find some common ground. >> i told him that i was glad he was able to meet with the presidents of the black colleges and universities, and i said to them the most important thing for those colleges and universities right now is they need funding. >> mr. cummings said he also spoke with the president about the republican health care plan and the allegat

fraud. now to a campaign promise president trump is trying to fulfill in his first 100 days. to repeal and replace obamacare. this week republican leaders revealed the replacement plan. it's meeting with bipartisan pushback so far. tracking the feedback on capitol hill. >> reporter: today on capitol hill it's republicans versus republicans. >> i don't think it gets passed today. >> reporter: the majority party struggling to reach a majority on the new health care plan. house leadership is praising the bill. >> this is monumental, exciting conservative reform that fixes these problems. >> reporter: conservative republicans slamming it as obamacare-lite. >> we're monot in agreement. >> reporter: two house committees agree to debate and amend the act. >> this is something that will give needed flexibility to it our states. >> reporter: other republicans question whether the bill will rv

>> in the senate i've already seen four or five senators have already come out against the bills. >> reporter: this as the white house mounts a full-court press. the president meeting with governors and hitting the road to push the plan. >> we're going to be aggressively going after -- talking about the solution we have for health care. >> reporter: two big unknowns, how many will be covered and what will it cost. >> everything that we have been led to believe about how this is, yes, this will drive costs down. >> reporter: lack of specifics already an attack point for democrats. >> this is a bad joke. no wonder you've been hiding this dog in a cave with an armed guard until monday night. >> reporter: a plan now out in the open and under fire from both sides. and the white house says that they fully intend to get all republicans onboard with this plan and one final note, pat and chris, the white house, president trump, rather, continuing his concerted

to push that health care plan forward. tonight he will host his one-time campaign rival ted cruz and his wife heidi at the white house for dinner. back to you. >> all right, blayne, thank you. a special honor for the pastor of a prince george's county church. today pope francis named the reverend roy campbell to serve as an auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of washington. campbell is the pastor of st. joseph catholic church in largo, maryland. in his new role as bishop elect, he'll assist cardinal donald wirrill who serves as spiritual leader to more than 620 catholics in the d.c. region. the announcement came this morning. >> this is an honor very humbling because it's something i could never have expected. but with the grace of god, with everyone's prayers i will try and do what he has called me to do. >> yeah, that should be 620,000 catholics in the washington area. th

to our area. he was born in calvert county, maryland, raised in d.c., and attended howard university. the cardinal praised campbell's appointment. >> first at 4:00, the loophole that allows convicted felons to get their hands on certain kinds of guns. one mother's efforts to close it for good. and a young man from sou southeast d.c. breaks down while competing on "the voice." find out what pushed him to tears. and we're mild outside right now with temperatures near 70 degrees. but gusts anywhere from 25 to 35 miles an hour adding a bit of a chill. now we are going to be breezy to windy as we close out the workweek and head into the weekend. rain chance in the forecast as well. i'll have the latestiming plus t

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reclaim your turf. let's get a look at the weather and what's coming our way next. amelia? >> pat, mild today obviously and mild again tomorrow. then it turns cold. this weekend really cold. we're keeping a close eye on next tuesday. i'll have more on that coming up at 4:50. i want to take you down to the tidal basin with the live camera. we have our city camera. you can see the cherry blossoms, not a lot of color coming out at this point. the national park service moving back that

so take a look at this graphic here. the current stage they're in is now stage 3 of 5 until they hit peak bloom. so peak bloom forecast to be between march 19 and march 22nd. i don't know if we can head to graphics. if we can, that would be awes e awesome. the picture you're seeing was taken today at the tidal basin. i asked my friends on twitter if you're down there can you share a photo with me and maria came through for me. that's what you would see today and, again, peak bloom later, march 19th to the 22nd. so now that we're outside, do the pollen report. trees continuing to come in at high despite today's rain during the morning hours. also, guys, i want to mention it's the time of year to start checking your cats and dogs and yourselves as well for ticks. i found one on my dog yesterday. just a reminder this warm weather is nice but with it got to keep up with the allergies and now the ticks, too. >> all right, thank you,

the cover of "people" magazine. the "today" show's hoda kotb couldn't be happier about her new bundle of joy. in the ex chewsive interview she called her daughter haley her dream baby. she is 52 years old and had nearly given up on the idea of becoming a mom after her treatment for breast cancer left her up able to conceive. >> she met little haley on valentine's day and is enjoying maternity leave from "today." we couldn't be happier for her. >> well deserved. ♪ ♪ even when the sun don't shine ♪ >> that beautiful voice is from right here in washington. he grew up in the hill east area of southeast d.c. last night he took to the stage on "the voice." really moved the judges. >> he wears his emotions on his sleeves. a special man who makes powerful music.

congratulations. >> thank you. >> as you can see mahlik brought his mom and daughter out on stage after he sang. and now he's a member of team adam. mahlik is going to join us here on news 4 tomorrow right here on our 4:00 newscast. >> what a voice. >> yes. yes, indeed. she is a 98-year-old inspiration who says she's mastered more than 50 yoga poses. how she is using her talent to help kids. first, the ultimate girl bosses from around the world. we'll walk you throughhe list o tf

here are four things to know this afternoon. the cherry blossoms won't reach their peak until march 19th at the earliest. that's the word today from the national park service. it blames the expected delay on the cold that we're tracking for the weekend. and you'll want to stay away from parks in downtown d.c. saturday morning. as many as 25,000 runners are coming to town for the rock 'n' roll washington, d.c., marathon. lawmakers on capitol hill are debating the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. the american medical association represents about 200,000 physicians. today it rejected the new proposal. people here and across the country are taking part in a day without a woman demonstrations. not everyone is happy

them. >> the two coincide with international women's day. "forbes" magazine is out with the list of self-made women billionaires around the world. more women than ever before have climbed into the ten-figure club. here are the details first at 4:00. a record 56 women made the billionaire list this year. that's up from 42 in 2016. their combined wealth is a whopping $129.1 billion. it's the first year that number has topped $100 billion. the newest, richest woman in the u.s. is michigan businesswoman marianne ilitch. with the death of her husband she owns major sports teams in detroit, a pizza chain and a casino among with many other investments. we've posted the complete list of billionaire women on the nbc washington app. search forbes. first at 4:00, a mother's fight to change a gun law in maryland in the wake of her daughter's murder. she died nearly two years i

her ex-boyfriend shot her in the parking lot of a target store in germantown. now he was legally able to buy the gun despite having a felony conviction on his record. the push is on to change that. news 4's chris gordon is following developments in annapolis. >> reporter: the mother says it will very difficult for her to come here today to annapolis to testify on behalf of a bill that would close a dangerous maryland gun control loophole. she says that to allow a convicted felon to purchase a replica handgun could be deadly. she cites the case of her daughter whose ex-boyfriend bought a handgun online despite the fact that he had been convicted of a sexual offense previously. >> he's a sex offender, and i guess he used a loophole over the internet to get the replica

montgomery county's top prosecutor says this loophole in may maryland's gun law needs to be closed now. that's the latest from annapolis. back to you. new details now after a dramatic takedown in prince george's county. police arrested a man after he ran into a movie theater and crawled into the duct work. wendy rieger has more. >> reporter: we have new clues about the suspect's criminal past and new video showing what he was allegedly doing the moments before that standoff with police. also a surprising twist in a local carjacking. something very unusual was stolen from inside the car and there was a crucial clue left behind. that caused the whole thing to unravel. and some big news for the redskins. carol maloney will join us with the latest on gm scot mccloughan. he's been absent from the team the past few weeks, and, carol, sources are

knows he's out, quote/unquote. all of this is coming up at a crucial time for all of the nfl teams. i will see you and chris will be joining me at 5:00. >> oh, stick around. >> can't wait for that. thanks, wendy. so, amelia, we sure enjoyed the day. i guess this is the party is going to be over for a while. >> it's hard to believe. >> as we head -- i know. it's been all over the place. we had the warmest february on record. the third warmest winter on record. and we think we're out of the woods talking about snow and 30s in the forecast. go figure. it's going to be mild again tomorrow. very similar to today. a chill in the air. it wasn't necessarily pleasant outside the entire day. probably needed a light jacket. i would say the same thing for tomorrow. we'll be near 70, but we'll have blustery winds later in the day and that will make it feel cooler out there.

we're back in the 30s and looking for snow on tuesday in the area. right now we're in the 60s. 67 in washington. 64 in frederick as well as leesburg. beautiful sunshine. look at these gusts around 30 miles an hour in washington. the winds do die down but throughout the day tomorrow it's breezy once again. but it's a nice afternoon. look at the high, near 70 degrees, mostly sunny skies throughout the day on your thursday. the weather having a low impact on your day. the commute, the biggest concern are the sunglasses. reset for the kids outdoors and nice again for them to run around and get some energy out. outdoor exercise, comfortable for the afternoon and evening walk or jog. and dinner out, really nice for march. i think you can almost find a spot, an outdoor spot that had the heaters on tomorrow evening and it would be very comfortable. as we look to friday here is w future weather at 7:00 a.m., rain in the metro area and then wet snow mixed for areas to the north including montgomery and washington counties. nothing will accumulate. it is

will be tracking snow that could slow you down. we're mainly dry even getting in on limited sunshine and it is really windy friday afternoon. maybe isolated showers. the winds really picking up at that point. temperatures will be near steady throughout the day on friday in the 40s. friday is our transition day to the cold weekend. here's your planner, 7:00 a.m. nothing is sticking. by lunch time maybe lingering showers. still mostly cloudy. notice 3:00 it's windy. we're mainly dry. we're in the mid-40s. by your friday night it's cold and dry. low 40s at that point. then we look to the weekend. saturday a high of 38. it's breezy as well. of course we have the rock 'n' roll marathon going on on saturday morning. a lot of folks on twitter and facebook asking me what they can anticipate. this ild

least. 7:00 a.m. we're around 28 degrees. it's going to be a bit breezy throughout the marathon so you do want to keep that in mind as well. adding an additional chill. 31 degrees. winds out of the northwest. as we lock to sunday, daylight savings time begins. we lose that hour of sleep. we're 39 degrees. monday, 43. tuesday, 38 with a chance for some rain and some snow. pat and chris? >> can't remember the last time i saw that long of a stretch with nothing but threes and fours in the forecast. >> i know. it's heading into spring and it's feeling like winter. >> winter is back. >> we've been asking what you think about the day without a woman demonstrations and the results so far somewhat interesting. not a single person saying they love the boycott but maybe that's because those folks are actually out participating in it. the rest of you are pretty split over whether

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community center is facing threats. this time from someone targeted a center in west hartford, connecticut. police responded to the building after the security director reported a bomb threat was sent via e-mail today. the staff cleared the building before police got there but they found nothing suspicious. no arrests in the case. the feds say it appears a charter bus full of casino customers became stuck on the tracks right before a freight train rammed into it. the wreck left four people dead and dozens injured. nbc has the details. >> reporter: the ill-fated bus moments before being slammed by a freight train in biloxi where buses and trucks have been getting stuck on railroad crossings for years but none ever ended as tragically as tuesday. >> we need an ambulance, headquarters. >> reporter: 49 passengers on the bus, many of them or

came it to a halt straddling the tracks. >> as the bus traveled over the hump where the railroad track is, it reportedly became stuck on the track. >> reporter: then came the train and some passengers desperately tried to get off right before impact. >> the bus driver seemed like he was in a panic. they were trying to get off the bus and they got flung off. >> reporter: ntsb investigators are on the scene with more questions than answers especially about that crossing. >> since 1976 there have been 16 vehicle-to-train collisions at this crossing. >> reporter: the train has a forward facing camera and that could help tell more. but even before tuesday's collision, biloxi city council had scheduled a special meeting later this month to discuss dangerous railroad crossing. >>

now with chris and wendy. >> shut it down! >> what do we want? right now at 5:00 protests in the district and across the nation, the message from demonstrators at today's day without a woman march. also tonight a shake-up at redskins park, and it's all coming down during the most crucial part of the off-season. a new indictment in the scandal that involves a prince george's county liquor board. >> the accused state delegate michael vaughn. i'm chris lawrence. >> and i'm wendy rieger. vaughn is facing an eight-count indictment accused of taking a cash bribe of more than $10,000 for a vote in favor of sunday liquor sales. our bureau chief tracee wilkins broke the news on twitter. she is live this evening from the federal courthouse in greenbelt. tracee? >> reporter: wendy, according to this indictmeot

accused of taking payments to try and guide the vote for this bill, but he is also accused of intimidating some of his colleagues and making sure that they supported it. former maryland state delegate michael vaughn appeared in greenbelt federal court today after a grand jury indicted him monday on eight counts of bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud. according to vaughn's 20-page indictment he took more than $10,000 in payments in exchange for his supporting two bills regulating sunday liquor sales in prince george's county. he's charged with stealing thousands of dollars from his own campaign account and submitting fraudulent campaign expense reports to the state. the government says vaughn used that money to pay his personal credit card expenses and money owed to the irs. on the first day of this legislative session, vaughn stepped down from his delegate seat. he represented prince george's county's district 26 since 2003. vaughn's is thees

probe that began with the raid of the prince george's county liquor board offices. the director of the liquor board and two liquor store owners have also been indicted along with former prince george's county councilmember will campos. there was reaction to this latest indictment in annapolis. >> the legal process will work its way out and the most we can do is make certain we're making our citizens know that that's not representative of all of the leadership in our county. >> reporter: we asked vaughn for comment. he did not have any comment. his attorney said everything that needs to be said will be said inside of the greenbelt courthouse. if he is convicted, he's looking at 35 years in prison and the possibility of forfeiture of his home and some other property that the feds believe he obtained by illegal means. reporting live in greenbelt, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the stu