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glass cases. this surveillance video shows the men quickly grabbing as many guns as they can and tossing them into a black bag. while crews cleaned up and repaired the front door, montgomery county police searched for clues. >> it's not a good thing. a lot of desperate people out there. >> reporter: atf agents were also on scene, spending hours inside the shop trying to determine which guns were stolen. >> not good they're on the street with the wrong people. >> reporter: that's the concern for law enforcement as well, which is why they're hoping the public can help them identify the suspects buy paying close attention to their voices. >> let's go. >> reporter: police believe this could be key in helping them identify these criminals. and police think the suspects took off in a light colored four-door sedan. they are asking anyone with information to contact the department right away. they're offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to an
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a domino's pizza delivery driver was carjacked today during the lunch hour along wisconsin avenue in upper northwest. the victim was not hurt, but we are told the thief did not show a weapon. police say the stolen vehicle is a purple toyota contrwith maryl tag. there is a brush fire along the capital crescent trail deep in the woods. there is no threat to any homes. that is in fact one of self-brush fires we've seen in recent days. the dry conditions here helping fuel those flames. doug now with that story and some really dramatic changes. >> it really is quite amazing what we're going to be dealing with over the next 24 hours and
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today it's all about the warmer temperatures. we saw winds gusting to 30 miles an hour, helping to fan those flames. we are now in a severe drought around our region. that's why we've seen all these wildfires. we may continue to see more. temperatures today, 74 degrees today, 20 degrees above average. some incredible warmth across the area. we're talking 74 today. look what's on the map. snowfall by tomorrow morning's rush. it could be problematic early in the morning. we're going to talk much more about that and how that snow impacts your morning rush and your friday. morning rush, rain and snow, very cold tomorrow. a frigid weekend. yes, possible snow and maybe significant snow on tuesday. a lot to talk about for sure. one place you can always get it on the nbc washington app. go ahead and download
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tonight two local restaurant owners are suing president trump. they argue his hold has an unfair competitive advantage and that it's hurting the d.c. restaurant scene. others say the suit is a wild political stunt. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims that as an elected official, president trump should be disqualified from having his name on a lease with the u.s. government for property. you will recall that trump international hotel was built in the old post office. president trump can motorcade past the hotel with his name on it, stop into the trump international or dine in its elegant restaurant. the cork wine bar is located on 14th street northwest. they have filed a lawsuit in d.c.
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donald trump individually and the corporation that runs trump international hotel, claiming he's taking business away from them and it's unfair competition. >> we know that people from foreign dignitaries to members of congress to heads of state of national and international associations have a choice where to dine, stay and hold events. why wouldn't they go to a place that most pleases the president of the united states? >> reporter: in a statement responding to the lawsuit a lawyer for president trump says it's a wild publicity stunt, completely lacking in legal merit. >> it's not a political stunt. it is a business decision. it is a business lawsuit. >> one reason we're bringing this lawsuit is we want to retain fair competition among all small businesses and all restaurants in the city. >> reporter: i asked people along 14th street if they see merit in the lawsuit against president trump. >> i think they're a local company that has to watch out for their bottom line.
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dignitaries came here in the past. >> i think we've already seen there's a pretty fair stream of foreign diplomats and organizations and all kinds of individuals who are streaming into trump international hotel in order to get on the good side of trump. >> reporter: the team of lawyers working for cork wine bar in this lawsuit against president trump are all donating their time free of charge. that's the latest live along pennsylvania avenue tonight. a big question in the central intelligence agency is whether there's a mole within. the hunt for an answer to that question is on as the founder of wikileaks julian assange has gone public with a serious accusation about cia security. that comes two days after wikileaks published thousands of documents that were stolen. the authenticity of them not yet
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involved. tracie potts on capitol hill now with more on this. >> reporter: you said the key thing here, which is if they are authentic, the cia isn't saying. a senior intelligence official tells nbc some of these documents are real, authentic. meantime, the cia is trying to figure out who leaked them. >> the central intelligence agency lost control of its entire cyber weapons arsenal. >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange announced today he'll share parts of that arsenal with apple, microsoft, samsung and google so they can create a fix to prevent their products being hacked. the white house warns tech companies using sclas fie ining material could face legal trouble. >> it remainsss
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it's released into the public venue. >> reporter: if fthe fbi and cie trying to identify who stole more than,0 8,000 classified documents. was it a contractor? was it russia? was it a mole on the inside? >> this now has to be looked into very seriously. >> some of them inside are allowing leaks. sometimes it may be we're just a bit too easy on it. >> reporter: exposing how the cia listens to terrorist is dangerous. >> if they know that certain devices are more easily listened to, they might avoid using that. >> reporter: wikileaks says they have a lot more information as the cia tries to reassure americans they're only listening in on terrorists abroad, not citizens here at home. and it looks like the government doesn't want people here on capitol hill looking at all of this stuff. is
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to senate staffers asking them not to go to wikileaks online and to avoid downloading those documents. republican leaders are expanding their out reach on the health care replacement plan. this comes amid some deep division in the party. at his weekly briefing, house speaker paul ryan delivered a power point tutorial to explain the three part process to repeal and replace the law. >> this is the closest we will ever get to repealing and replacing obamacare. >> it's an idealogical thing with the republicans and i don't think the president really knows what he's talking about. >> president trump is reaching out to skeptical republicans. in fact, even offering a bowl night for some conservatives. critics note the co
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the bill to see how much it will cost and how many people could lose their coverage. nevertheless, the plan passed two house committees today. your trip on metro could soon be longer and more expensive. the transit agency is facing a $300 million budget gap. today a plan to hike fares and cut some service took a step forward. and those changes could be in place as soon as july. our transportation reporter adam tuss has more. >> reporter: at a time when metro is losing riders in droves because of safe track, the transit agency has now given preliminary approval to raise fares and cut service to close a budget gap. t it is not an ideal situation. >> that's the reality of where we are with the system. >> reporter: however,
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manager paul wiedefeld shaking off suggestions that metro is in a crisis. the public disagrees. metro board member malcolm awe gus steen is worried riders won't come back to metro. he pleaded this is not the way to turn the struggling agency around. >> we should do so by encouraging more ridership and not discouraging and planning for such a dramatic decrease in the number of people who are going to ride this system. >> reporter: metro does have a nearly $300 million bujts gapdg to close. you'd be paying 25 cents more for the bus, 10 cents more for rush hour rail service, a quarter more for
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service and 10 cents more for daily parking. metro will eliminate some of its least efficient bus service. a final decision on fare increases and service cuts comes in two weeks. if approved ed the changes tak effect at the beginning of july. >> all these reports about ridership being down, what's metro's plan to get people who have left the system because of safetrack or other reasons, what's the plan to get some of them back? >> reporter: ridership is down 100,000 trips per workday. that is an astonishing number when you consider how many people take the system on any given day. about 600,000 now on any given day. the general manager really undeterred. he said look safe track is not a mistake. we are fixing the system. once riders see the system gets back to a state where it's functioning properly, they will come back. metro is 100%
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riders are coming back. but we're going to have to see. after these fare hikes kick in and service cuts kick in, more riders could decide they don't want to ride anymore. coming up, the i-team getting results. we'll tell you about congressional action taken just a few days after we reported federal workers surfing porn for hours on the job. tonight a local dog walker in trouble with the law.
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with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. congress taking action again after a news4 i-team investigation. the congressional action is an attempt to stop federal government workers from surfing porn on the clock on their work computers. scott macfarland reports the crackdown comes after an i-team report. >> reporter: not only did the u.s. house oversight committee formally consider a new law to beef up the penalties for watching porn on the job in
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it unanimously. our i-team investigation found more than 100 federal workers busted for viewing what the feds considered egregious amounts of porn at work at just 12 agencies in the past five years, includiinclude ing samuel kaplan, a virginia employee of the fbi. did you think i can get away with this? >> no. i was in a bad place emotionally and mentally evidently. >> this is not only disturbing, but it creates an unhealthy work environment that must be addressed. >> reporter: leaders of the u.s. house oversight and government reform committee who have jurisdiction over the federal work force saw our report last week and took action. >> i would also like to acknowledge the great reporting of mr. macfarland. as the nbc 4 washington report notes, penalties vary from agen
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>> reporter: north carolina republican. mark meadows formally proposed new legislation ordering the feds create a uniform government wide ban on viewing pornography at work. our investigation found penalties range now government-wide from as little as a reprimand to termination. the panel unanimously approved the congressman's bill with one local democrat noting federal workers should already know better. >> someone spending six or eight hours a day looking at pornography on the -- i don't even know how you do that. >> reporter: the full u.s. house and senate must approve the bill before it goes to president trump's desk. they have some time to do so, until december of next year. >> you can watch the story that led to the new bill by visiting our nbc washington app and clicking on investigations. also from there, you
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a tip. robert levinson disappeared one day before his 59th rthday. that was ten years ago today. his family is still fighting to bring him home. he was a retired fbi agent working for the cia on a u.n. sanctioned mission on iran's kish island when he disappeared. his family received a proof of life video in 2010 and some photos. but it's not clear where levinson is being held or whether he's still alive. the fbi pledged to continue working to find him. the levinsons are in washington hoping to meet with president trump. >> we were hopeful with president trump. he's a deal maker. if there's anybody that can do this, he can strike a deal to get my father home. >> the fbi is offering a 5 ml$5 million reward for information that leads to
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return. it's been 40 years since the hanafi siege. two people were killed, more than 100 hostages were taken. mark segraves has a look back. >> reporter: march 9th, 1977, terror struck the nation's capital when a group of hanafi muslims lead by hamaas abdul khaalis took 149 hostages at three locations in northwest d.c., the b'nai b'rith offices, the islamic center on massachusetts avenue and the district building on pennsylvania avenue. that's where then council member marion barry was shot in the chest. reporter maurice williams was shot and killed. and security guard mack cantrell was also shot. cantrell died days later of a heart attack. >> you could see very clearly through the openings people were being beaten. >> reporter: paul green was
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of those hostages. >> i was lying in my own pool of blood. other colleagues had been shot, stabbed and beaten. and at one point in the very beginning, 50 of us were piled on top of each other. that's what started my day. >> reporter: the siege lasted nearly two days, until a peaceful surrender was reached. >> i'm jim vance. weir we are on the air right now because it's over. >> reporter: the chief of police led the negotiating team trying to convince the leader hamaas abdul khaalis to free the hostages. >> i was yelling up and down the steps talking to him. >> reporter: they credit three foreign ambassadors with convincing khaalis to surrender, something they think would be unlikely to happen in today's political climate. >> the notion of calling on those wonderful
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pakistan and egypt and iran today in a situation like this is probably so unlikely as to be a fantasy. >> reporter: all 12 of the hanafis were convicted. hamaas abdul khaalis died in prison in 2003. shortly after those attacks marion barry began organizing his first run for mayor from his hospital bed. coming up tonight, a trusted local dog walker arrested. tonight we'll have the incriminating evidence found in her car allegedly tying her to a string of crimes around the neighborhood. america's crumbling infrastructure. see how our area ranks and what president trump is promising to do about it. and
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doug and amelia are ready with a look at our weather forecast. i'm having a really hard time believing this one. in the 70s today. and you're telling us it's going to snow tomorrow? >> yeah. we we're having a hard time believing it too. the big transition between 74 today and snow by tomorrow morning. not just that, the longest stretch
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the longest stretches so far this entire winter. >> what i'm having a hard time wrapping my head around is saturday morning it's going to be feeling like 5 degrees in some areas. tomorrow rain/snow, doesn't stick. what's coming after that, kind of shocking. >> let's take a look and show you what to expect. if you're thinking about going out tonight or tomorrow night, tonight's the better night to go out to dinner. tomorrow night you're not going to be eating outdoors. temperature-wise, 64 martins burg, 36 gaithersburg. this map tells it all. here's the front. notice severe weather back around st. louis. that's the storm system that's going to move along this front, drag the cold air down. boy it drags it down very very quickly. we're at 70 in d.c. we are half that in buffalo.
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tomorrow afternoon around this time. temperatures in the 30s and falling fast and notice falling fast, those temperatures and snowfall. here we are at 6:00. d.c. okay, but notice around 7:00 that rain/snow line coming very close to the district. we're not expecting much in the way of accumulation, but it could be falling during the morning rush. by 11:00 it's all pushing out of here. any snow will melt very fast. roads just wet tomorrow, but a quick coating on the grass is what we could see especially well north and west of the city. falling temperatures during the day, especially tomorrow evening, becoming windy. windchills tomorrow night in the 20s, but it gets a whole lot colder than that. >> exactly. by saturday morning we're going to start off with temperatures in the teens and 20s. the windchill temperatures will be in the single
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if you're running in the rock 'n' roll marathon this weekend, keep that in mind. this is frigid. 6 in good faith aithersburgaith. that rock 'n' roll marathon, just brutal out there. the cherry blossoms damage is likely. we're looking at a 10% loss of the blooms. we talk about tuesday, winter storm. we've been talking about it all afternoon. all the models have snow. the cold air is here, but the forecast can and will change. we're not talking about numbers, though, right? >> no numbers just yet. have a buddy that's going to try to play golf on saturday morning. not a good idea with those windchills in the single digits.
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20s. we only saw four in the entire month of february. a very long stretch of cold. how about tuesday? 37 degrees. with this one a little bit more confidence than i have with the one on sunday because of the type of pattern it is. we've got a couple of chances of snow and we stay rather cool. coming up, new questions about what may have caused a 911 outage for,0 thousandsf at&t customers across the country. >> reporter: she was supposed to be walking dogs, but now a woman is under arrest for helping herself to packages from
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mailboxes along our route. coming up, the incriminating evidence police found in the suv she used to tote the dogs around. are you raising your risk of another disease by going gluten fre we'll break down the
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neighborhoods where she worked. she tells news4 that she's innocent. >> the northern virginia woman has bonded out of jail after being arrested for stealing packages from mailboxes. bureau chief julie carey explains how police tracked her down. >> reporter: she runs a dog walking and training campaign called sublime canine. these are the photos of alisha on social media. this is the mug shot taken last week after her arrest on larceny any charges for allegedly stealing packages along her route. the police investigation began march 1st after an alert resident on this oakton cul-de-sac looked out his window and saw something strange. >> i saw a vehicle i'd never seen before pull up and a young lady got up and i didn't think much of it, but then she grabbed a package off the top of my
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car. it seemed odd to me that if she was picking up the mail for somebody, she would have gone inside the mailbox too. >> reporter: he also got a look at her vanity license plate, dg boss. they tracked the suv to her parents' vienna home. the search warrant reveals that inside that vehicle police could see packages and mail with names other than wallman's. one of those packages, the one missing from this mailbox. fairfax county police also learned they weren't alone in looking at wallman's activities. the u.s. postal inspector's office is also investigating a complaint that she stole a $1500 check and changed the name on it to hers. i sopoke with the suspect by phone late this afternoon. she says she's never taken anything from any of her clients but also tells me she's suffering
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court she hasn't taken anything from these mailboxes. new fallout over last night's 911 outage. the federal communications commission has launched an investigation. that auoutage had an impact on at&t wireless subscribers over a number of states including the d.c. area. at&t has not confirmed how many customers were unable to reach emergency services or what caused the outage. the company says it will be sharing information with the fcc to get to the bottom of it all. america's infrastructure is close to failing. that's the finding from a new report card that gives the nation's infrastructure a grade of d-plus. it comes as president trump pushes a campaign pledge to invest $1 trillion to upgrade our highways, bridges and
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airports. derrick ward reports. >> reporter: the pressurized sewer line ruptured at the waste water treatment facility in accokeek. they usually treat 24 millions of gallons daily. millions of gallons of raw sewage escaped from that break. >> so far we've invested close to a million dollars in just that single repair. >> reporter: the line that ruptured was 52 years old. it's indicative of what systems all over the country are up against when it comes to the nation's aging infrastructure. the four-year report card from the american society of civil engineers gives america of a grade of d-plus for the state of its infrastructure. that means it's in poor shape and at risk. the washington suburban sanitary commission's ceo says the 1.8 million people in wssc's service area may be a bit better off than the rest of the nation. >> we've been very aggressive with our water main replacement prog w
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innovative materials to our infrastructure and our system. >> reporter: innovations like designing pipes to last 100 years and remote sensors that allow the water pipes to warn engineers of impending problems. >> that helps us to avoid several major breaks, several as in four over the last year. >> reporter: the current administration has talked about a trillion dollar investment in infrastructure over the next ten years. it's unclear if that will happen. but they're hoping that if it does end up here, it's more a steady stream than a trickle. in laurel, derrick ward, news4. still ahead tonight, the potential downside to a gluten free diet. also, a stunning view of the city. we'll tell you where you can take it in for free. first, though, here's doug. temperatures today 74 degrees out there at the airport, 49 in pittsburgh. the cold air racing on in and so is the chance
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the washington monument is closed for repairs. where can you go to give your out of town guests the best view of d.c.? how about the clock tower on pennsylvania avenue? it's part of the old post office building that's now the trump hotel. the tower closed during the hotel's construction, but now one of the district's best kept secrets is again open to the public and it's free. the entrance is off 12th street right behind the hotel. right now it's open every thursday through sunday. cold air moving in our way. it could have a serious impact on our cherry blossoms. here's some new video taken just this afternoon along the tidal basin. plenty of pink. that's because
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trees are now in the fourth stage of bloom. they peak at stage six. right now peak bloom is expected between march 19th and the 22nd. we wanted to know, are you planning to see the cherry blossoms this spring? and if so, where do you like to go to do that? most of you say the crowds will keep you far away. 60% say that. you can weigh in on the nbc washington facebook page. some news for your health now. there's new research that runs counter to what many experts have been telling us for years. a new study from harvard suggests gluten free or low gluten diets may be associated with a higher risk for
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diet bei diabetes. steering clear of gluten can lower fiber intake. and fiber is known to protect against type ii diabetes. people who are gluten intolerant can benefit from a gluten free diet. but millions of people without those conditions have given up or limited gluten for the potential health benefits. wild weather headed our way. this is the strangest year that i can remember, honest to goodness. doug tracking the temperature drop. can you believe a chance for snow next week? >> no. >> reporter: it's a moon yunume freedom. this new space is soaping at the harriet tubman undground raeril
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you now have a great excuse to check out the new harriet tubman underground railroad visitors center on the eastern shore of maryland. it's located in church creek, maryland. barbara harrison took a trip down there to see the new center before its grand opening this weekend. >> harriet tubman was born a slave on a plantation along the chesapeake. her intimate knowledge of the land is how she created the perfect escape route known as the underground railroad. it's
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the black water marshes. this is dorchester county, maryland, where harriet tubman was born and raised. when you look at the majesty of this, the water, the sky, you understand why this her native land is where she wanted to live if she could only be free here. many come to this area to retrace the steps of harriet tubman's underground railroad. this new visitor's center will be the place to begin. it's part of the monument to her memory. is there a physical monument? >> no, there is not a physical monument. the monument itself is the waterways is the trails and the marsh. it's the landscape. >> inside there are southeasterns thsoutheastern s th -- scenes that recall harriet tubman's life
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the center will offer help in navigating the nearly 12,000 acres included in the monument. >> the landscape did have a very strong impact on tubman. it's where she learned the survival skills that made her so successful. >> bronze likenesses of tubman, quotes on the wall all help to conjure up who she was. >> people come here and learn about tubman and her life. >> you have to be looking for it to find buckstown village. it was once a familiar place to slaves and their owners. this is the fourth generation of the hmeredith family to own thi store. that act of defiance has many versions, all happening in this store and all describing her refusal at 12 years old to help an overseer corner a young slave boy. >> when he sees him
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two-pound counter weight and accidentally hits her on the forehead. >> it was an injury that would plague h plague her the rest of her life. >> you have harriet tubman in 1849. she was about five feet tall. she was an african-american. she was a woman. she was a slave and she was illiterate. now, you can't have much more going against you than that. and if you look at all that she was able to achieve in her life with all of those adversities, how can you not admire somebody like that? >> harriet tubman
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slavery and returned several times to maryland to help others with their escapes. >> one of the things a lot of people don't know about her, harriet carried a pistol just in case. >> you know something that i didn't learn. >> well done, barbara. >> i'm glad to know she had some way of protecting herself. >> she's quite remarkable. >> we have posted an interactive map that travels along the harriet tubman underground railroad byway. shares highlights from her life in maryland. we invite you to search harriet tubman in the nbc washington app. britain's queen elizabeth was at the center of a cringe worthy moment today that a lot of parents will recognize. the queen unveiled a new memorial in do
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little boy being held by a woman in uniform. he was supposed to hand the queen a bouquet of flowers. but the pressure of the moment was just too much for him. he was bashful. he wasn't having any part of it. he even did the limp baby move down on the ground right there in front of the queen. she waited patiently for him to calm down. with a little help he eventually handed over those flowers. most of us have had that happen in the grocery store. most of us never have to deal with that in front of the queen. >> no. even then, you feel like every eye is on you, like it's your fault because your kid's doing that. >> the kid knows exactly how embarrassed you are too. >> one of mine only did it once. when he did it in a grocery store, i just walked away. after a while she was like peg
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i won't do that again. >> good, good. >> cold coming. this is crazy. >> the fact that we saw four days in the 20s in the month of february and now we're predicting scene of this accident a row in march, that's really quite amazing here. that's going to have some dire consequences on the cherry blossoms. it's still beautiful out there. take a look at this. here's the numbers currently. we we're at 70 in d.c., but 48 in state college. that's the air that's going to work its way down. the snow already down close to williams port. you notice that rain/snow line just popping down south and will continue to do so. it will be in the area by 6 tomorrow morning. and neighbor through the d.c. metro area by 8:00 a.m. a day that we're going to be watching
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around that 7:00 a.m. hour. 46 and a chance of showers around 3:00. it's cold, cold, cold. 36 on saturday, 39 on sunday. there are all the 20s that we see here. a very cold air mass, one of the co coldest we've seen so far this winter. still tracking snow on
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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> we're getting back to the -- we just feel like we never had that period where we was just comfortable with everything and everything was running smooth. now you look around. everything has changed. it's like, why? >> that's ricky jean francois. he's on the team. he has one year left. he says he wants to be there and things will be turned around, but he's calling it like it is. jaw-dropping news this morning concerning kirk cousins. he
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owner for a trade but was told not to get his hopes up. reports say he'd welcome a trade if no long-term deal is reached. meanwhile the redskins insist they are not interested in trading their starting quarterback. cousins is going to 24 million in 2017. who will he throw the ball to? d-jackson taking his deep threat to tampa. 14 touchdown catches in his seasons. jackson says good-bye via instagram, the news coupled with yesterday's news means the skins lost number one and number two receivers. pierre garcon no longer with the skins.
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dubious history. and redskins fansw waving good-bye to chris baker. he signs also with the buccaneers. baker started with redskins as a practice squad player back in 2011. since he swaggy has impressed. his deal is reportedly for three years and over $6 million per year. baker tweeted a thank you and good-bye to the redskins in d.c. who is actually coming here? earlier today we learned the redskins have signed terrell mclean. stacy mcgee. and
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this guy tweeting a sad day for the redskins. another person saying at this moment nobody should be wanting to play for the redskins. and redskins management has more issues than a fan base can handle. that's all we can show you on tv. >> we understand. >> one more nfl note a move that shocked a lot of people today. the texans traded brock osweiler. here in d.c. a big 10 tournament. michigan was a big 20-point win over illinois today. they flew in this morning, landed close to 9:00 a.m. tippoff 12:20. and again won by 20 points. the coach had a big embrace with his daughter as he walked off because he hadn't seen her and
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tonight, cia shockwaves as wikileaks julian assange says the loss of spy secrets are more devastating than we know. have we lost control of our weapons arsenal. millions of wireless callers unable to get through including a mom trying to get help for her kids. ax attack. four at a train station in germany. is it terrorism? oxycontin lawsuit. a small american city caught in an epidemic accusing a drug eye of turning a blind eye. meals on wheels. robots delivering dinner to your door. "nightly news" begins

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