blossoms. news4 at 5:00 starts now. we're going to begin this friday with more on that dramatic temperature drop and what could be a major nor'easter coming our way. >> let's get right over to the storm center. >> it's amazing that you've got this kind of a cold air pattern making its way in for the weekend. we're already looking at tuesday. >> and computer model after computer model continues to come in and they're all bringing in snow and more than an inch and a half. >> that's all we need to be the biggest snowfall of the season. lig right now it is the cold. storm team 4 radar still tracking snow showers in and around annapolis. it's showing up on the radar as rain, but it's snow. we will see a few more snow showers coming through. take a look back about 12 hours ago. you look how the whole storm came

for us, snow fell, but it did not amount to anything on the roadways. we did see a couple of areas that did see some accumulation on the grassy surfaces but not a big event. the big deal tonight will be the cold. look at the windchills down to 33 in d.c., 16 in state college, 24 in hagerstown. this after a day of 74 degrees. tomorrow it's even colder. it's not going to be a morning you want to get up and take a jog. >> if you're running in the rock 'n' roll marathon tomorrow, make sure you have the layers. the windchills feeling about 8 in gaithersburg, 13 here in washington. as we move throughout the morning hours, it still feels like we're in the teens and 20s by the midday hours. the weekend is completely dry but the weather still has a moderate impact on your weekend because of how cold it's going to be. there you see

marathon feeling like teens. the cherry blossoms this weekend, damage at least a 10% loss and then more damage next week. just too cold for the bike ride or tennis. the ski resorts closed at this point. heading out and about, you want that puffy winter coat and by tuesday probably the snow boots. >> the snow boots and probably the snow blowers. we'll talk much more about that tuesday event. this evening a family in prince george's county is thanking police officers for their quick action that likely saved lives. you can see the intense flames engulfing this home. this was last night along symposium way in clinton, maryland where we find news4's darcy spencer this evening. >> reporter: this really was a close call for this family. six family members like you said, asleep right here in this

she hasn't slept since she woke up in a panic at 1:00 this morning when her house one oz fire. cell phone video shows how flames devoured their home on similymposium way in clinton. the family of six was asleep inside. >> you see it on the news and you always feel kind of sorry and pity. but to go through it, it's unreal. >> reporter: cox says the family may not have made it out if it weren't for corporal glenn

caradori. he was on patrol and he saw the flames and ran to help. >> i started to bang on the doors and windows, pounding on the door yelling with no response. >> reporter: when the corporal saw cars in the driveway he thought there could be people home so he grabbed his baton and broke in. >> upon smashing this glass out i think that finally woke up the homeowners. i heard someone yelling what's going on. at this point i said police, your house is on fire, you need to get out of the house. >> reporter: the family raced through the house which was filling with smoke on the inside, flames were spreading on the outside. there were no injuries. >> if he wouldn't have banged on the door hard enough, if he wouldn't even have been around, we probably would not have been here. >> i was in the right place right time. good willing, i happened to be there and caught that. thank god i was there. >> reporter: back out live, what you're looking at right now is the melted siding on the house right next d

coming up on news4 at 6:00, you're going to hear from the homeowner and how they were alerted that their lives were in danger as well. back to you. >> quick thinking by that officer. thank you, darcy. over in the district police are look into a brazen shooting in broad daylight. the latest case happened just along pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. we're told a man got shot around 11:00 this morning. right now he is in critical condition. no word yet on any suspects. one person is dead, a child is seriously injured after a crash in prince george's county county. chopper 4 over the scene last night along suitland parkway in forestville. we're told a car hit one of their unoccupied krus cruisers g that investigation. they took that driver into custody on suspicion of drunk driving. now new concerns over a rise in hate crimes in the district. data released today by the police department

motivated crimes jumped from 66 a couple of years ago to 107 last year. the increases are pretty much across the board with rises in crimes based on ethnicity and national origin, religion, gender identity and expression and sexual orientation. mark segraves reports on the new plans to help bring these numbers down. >> we are indeed a washington that values respect, inclusivity and diversity. >> reporter: today muriel bowser and peter newsham made it clear they won't tolerate hate crimes. >> we will not accept this as the new norm. >> reporter: the number of hate crimes in the district went up from 66 in 2015 to 107 last year. newsham said part of that increase could be due to the heightened awareness and that more people are reporting hate skri crimes. but acknowledged the mood of the

>> it could be because people have become more emboldened because of some of the things we've seen nationally. >> reporter: crimes based on a victim's national origin went up 300%. crimes based on religion saw a 260% increase, while victims who were attacked because of their gender identity saw an increase of 90%. race was the only category to go down. newsham said one group in particular saw a big spike. >> 12 of the 18 that were religious based were directed towards the jewish community. >> i would love to say i'm surprised. i'm not surprised. the jewish community has been well aware of the under currents of anti-semitism. >> reporter: this rabbi is encouraged by the mayor's efforts. >> so that we can stand together to make it clear this is not what our society is about about. this is not what the district of colombia

>> reporter: hate crimes all went up last year. cair and other organizations held a vigil on the steps of capitol hill today to bring attention to the hate violence against several communities across our country. the groups say that south asians, sikhs, muslims, arab-africans have been targeted. a week ago a sikh man in washington state working on his car in his driveway when he was approached by a masked man who told him to, quote, go back to your own country. and then he shot him. that victim is expected to be okay but the activists say the shooting is an example of the threats people are facing. >> documenting a troubling and indeed divisive uptick in hate violence affecting our community. we are seeing an uptick of hate violence that we haven't seen since immediately after 911. >> these groups want the trump administration to

crimes. president trump has been in office now for 50 days and health care is right at the top of his agenda. tomorrow his team is going to hit the road to try and still the country on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. today, president trump leveed an extremely strong claim against president obama's signature legislation. news4's blaine alexander has more. >> reporter: for president trump, another day, another health care push. meeting here with house gop committee chairs. >> my fellow americans -- >> reporter: his weekly address out today focused on health care. >> i want every american to know that action on obamacare is an urgent necessity. >> reporter: but here, a stunning claim, seemingly implying obamacare was intentionally designed to fall apart this year,

>> that's the year it was meant to explode because obama won't be that was when it was supposed to be. >> reporter: almost seven years to the day after obamacare became law, republicans now pressured to not just repeal, but find a better way. >> you do not want to be the republican congressman, senator or president who has to go to a mother and tell her that you're taking the health care away from her that she's gotten for the first time for her child. >> reporter: for these republicans, positive feedback. >> there's no question, this is the bill that at the end of the day will come to the president's desk. >> reporter: not all republicans are on board. >> i think there are a number of things from a conservative standpoint that are still found wanting. >> reporter: still missing, a price tag. the congressional budget office is expected to release its numbers next week, a sticking point for lawmakers hesitant to move forward without knowing the cost. the vice president will head to louisville, kentucky to continue the push. a

shows better than expected dpro growth for the president's first full month in office, an increase in 235,000 jobs for the month of february. the unemployment rate ticked down slightly from 4.8 to 4.7%. unemployment has remained below 5% since last april, suggesting the economy may be at or near full employment. what's driving the growth in jobs? some attribute it to the president's policies, some of it also attributed to the weather. this was the second warmest february on record. economists say that resulted in fewer people being unable to work because of the inclement weather. that number last month, just 157,000, way down from january. and compared to 311,000 in an average february. private employers added more than a quarter million jobs last month. among the best sectors, one

construction, which saw its strongest gains in nearly a decade. manufacturing, also up. with the hiring freeze, federal government numbers grew by 2,000, while state and local agencies added 6,000. but the holiday season is over, retail fell by 26,000, the most in four years. well, there has been a years long effort in virginia and maryland to become the new headquarters for the fbi. but now that move is in jeopardy. look at what's behind the decision to delay it. >> reporter: could the cherry blossoms be in danger of not hitting peak bloom because of these cold temperatures? we'll let you know what the park service says coming up. new developments in the case of minnesoan seeking patrol fol

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this is jackie bensen live at the tenially town metro station. d.c. police still here after an incident that happened on the tracks a short time ago. we are told that someone attempted to evade the fair by going around the fare gate. they were confronted by either d.c. police or

officers or both. and some type of physical confrontation began. we are told that one of those officers used pepper spray. now, we have seen a woman who was in handcuffs and seated in an ambulance outside here having her eyes treated for what appeared to be the pepper spray. again, it is not clear at this point how many people were involved in this. again, an incident down in the platform area of the tenially town metro station where pepper spray was used by officers on someone who was attempting to evade the fare. you're not the only one shivering from this mablast of cold weather. the cherry blossoms are feeling it as well. many of them are now at risk. news4's megagan fitzgerald live along the tidal basin in southwest. >> reporter: yeah, a lot of disappointmentor

us that 70% of the trees out here have already started to bloom. you can see that just over my head. you can see some of the flowers. here's the issue. they're vulnerable. they're not protected. as these temperatures start to tank, these buds will likely freeze and fall off. you can call it the perfect storm. >> at the stage the cherry blossoms are at right now, they're just starting to emerge. makes them particularly vulnerable to the cold temperatures. >> cold temperatures have already arrived and they won't be going anywhere for the next several day s . that's a major problem for the 70% of the cherry blossoms that have already started to bloom. >> we could experience 90% loss of the blossoms. >> reporter: in other words, these famous trees might not reach peak bloom this year. >> climbing high dr in

these plants are tender. the big deal is that these new leaves that are coming out are not going to be happy with cold. >> reporter: susan burke is the bedding coordinator at johnson's floral and garden centers. she says now is a good time to pull your plants outside. if you can't -- >> cover them with something like burlap, big sheets of burlap, just draped lightly over the plant. >> reporter: burke says to keep them covered until temperatures rise above freezing. >> this is really the kind of thing that you're going to do in your yard. >> reporter: it's a simple thing to do to save your plants. >> you see some here that are a little brighter. >> reporter: but the cherry blossoms might not be so lucky. >> if we were to have a situation where a significant of them never reach peak bloom, that would be a first. >> reporter: so to be clear, the national park service isn't defin tiitively saying yet that they won't hit peak

night. >> that's too bad. is there anything they can do like they do sometimes in florida with the crops down there where they sometimes spray the buds with water or something to protect them? >> reporter: unfortunately, they tell us no, there's really nothing they can do. as we saw from people's gardens you could cover them up, but clearly there's just too many trees out here to try and cover. if you are of the praying type, they'll probably tell you to pray. >> always good advice. thank you. >> hold out until we get back up into the 40s. that smash and grab at a rockville gun store is still an open case tonight. two burglars went right for the display cases inside the united gun shop. they grabbed handguns and long cases. 30 weapons in all are gone. the atf and montgomery county police are offering $10,000 for information leading to arrests. itoi

longer before we find out what will happen with the fbi headquarters. now the question may be if and not simply when the bureau makes a move. pat lawson muse in our newsroom with that. >> the federal government has once again postponed any announcement about a possible move for the fbi headquarters. in a statement, the general services administration says the agency and fbi have worked, quote, diligently, but says they need appropriations from congress before they make an announcement. the gsa planned to announce its location last fall, but delayed that decision. that search for new headquarters started during the obama administration. now we have a new administration and a president with a reality background. the washington business journal points out that with a gop controlled congress the president could potentially go on with this current search or take a new approach or even call the whole thing off. back in 2014, the gsa

landover, green bebelt and springfield as the finalists for the new headquarters. delays cou the gsa did not provide any timeline for any future announcement. we do know maryland is about to join the legal battle against president trump's travel ban. attorney general says maryland and five other states plan to file a lawsuit on monday. trump's revised order bans new visas for people from six predominantly muslim countries and temporarily shuts down the u.s. refugee program. the attorney general released a statement saying the ban would make the state of maryland less competitive and says it's un-american. a woman pocketed more than a

100 grand in public assistance. >> you'll never believe what her husband does. also storm team 4 keeping an eye on a major r'easter. no

looks like we're all going to be feeling what's coming down the pike pretty soon. >> going to be an interesting weekend. >> um, yeah, yeah.

and we're predicting the coldest stretch of weather we've seen, if not the entire winter, the second coldest stretch of the entire winter. temperatures continue to fall out there right now. if you're heading out tonight, bundle up. windchills this evening will be in the 20s. and by early tomorrow morning, they'll be between 5-15 degrees. one thing you could see there, notice the camera shaking, but also you can see some snow showers off in the distance. those snow showers making their way through parts of maryland and virginia right now. you can actually see the snow coming out of the clouds right here. that's actual snow shower activity. 42 degrees, winds out of the northwest 20 miles an hour. our windchill right now down around the freezing mark. many areas already in the 20s for windchills. 36 in hagerstown, cumberland, maryland at 32. the winds are going to be a big ac

night. look at this, 37 miles an hour winds in d.c. 32 in manassas, 33 miles an hour wind gusts in martinsburg. that's why it's going to be so cold tonight, not just the cold air, but the wind as well. i just showed you down to the south the areas of snow showers. a few more in towards southern maryland. we'll zoom in on this region, right through alexandria seeing snow. over towards the national harbor seeing some snow showers in that region. let's zoom on in here. right along the woodrow wilson bridge, just south of alexandria, over towards oxon hill, clinton seeing some snow too. tomorrow we're not worried about the snow showers. it's the cold. tomorrow afternoon 36 degrees, windy and cold, windchills in the 20s all day. that goes for sunday as well. that's saturday and sunday. an extremely cold weekend. that sets th

the cold air is here setting the stage for a storm on tuesday. we're going to have a couple of storms come together. the low pressure moving along the coast, transferring energy along the coast, that storm deepening, becoming a nor'easter. rain to the east of the storm, snow to the west, including most of the i-95 corridor. i do think the rain/snow line will creep into parts of southern maryland. a major nor'easter does look likely now. a high impact event for everybody. still tracking the exact path of this storm. this would be monday night into tuesday tomorrow, most likely after 6:00 monday night into the day tuesday. all models now have snow. not just snow, significant snow on monday night into tuesday, snow covered roads. i mentioned the rain/snow line. that will be in play in our area as it always is with a nor'easter in our region. this can and will change a little bit, especially that rain/snow line and the

placement. the next six to seven days, really the next ten all well below average. heads up for that, guys. don't forget tomorrow night to set those clocks forward one hour. whose phone was that? >> mine. that was mine. >> everybody okay over there? >> you made me drop the phone. a big competition coming up this weekend. it's the fairfax county spelling bee. >> the unique challenge facing two contestants both trying to take that top spot. >> reporter: she got $100,000 in welfare payments until investigators discovered her husband was pulling in .5 $1

an arlington mother of four facing charges of welfare fraud. she's accused of taking more than $100,000 in public assistance even though she was married to a wealthy attorney. bureau chief julie carey live from the human services offices where the investigation began. >> reporter: police say for the last six years this arlington county mom has been coming to these human services offices and allegedly putting false information onto the application forms, then collecting more than $100,000 in benefits over that time period. now, at the same tihe

profile d.c. law firm, making more than a million bucks last year. 41-year-old helen was arrested earlier this week, charged with four counts of welfare fraud. she is bonded out of jail since, but no one answered the door today at her arlington town home. the welfare fraud investigation into her benefits began months ago. human services and police examining six years' worth of records. >> it was determined that an individual had provided false information to receive public assistance. that public assistance was in excess of $100,000. >> reporter: news4 found court documents today that reveal while helen was collecting welfare benefits like food stamps, her husband was working as an attorney in d.c. back in twin as an immigrant from nigeria, he won a prestigious fellowship that helped pay his way through law school. the suspect's business made

now court officials write husband is believed to have fled the country and is somewhere in africa. arlington county police hope this case, this prosecution will be a strong deterrent to anyone who considers cheating the system. >> if you are taking public assistance, it's truly intended for those in need. we are committed to ensuring those that need the most help are the ones that receive it. >> reporter: i contacted the suspect's attorney today. he declined comment on the case. coming up at 6:00, the reaction from someone who knew the family. new today, parole has been denied for a man convicted of killing two deputies in prince george's county. james slogan opened fire on sergeant james arno and elizabeth mcgruder back in 2002. they were trying to take him out of his parents' home for a psychiatric

logan will be in prison until at least 2027 but he can request parole again in two years. a prince george's county man who took home top secret classified information was sentenced today. he will spend a year in prison. he worked for the national geo spatial intelligence agency. he did plead guilty to taking home some number defense information. fbi agents found more than 500 pages of classified documents at his home in laurel. the fairfax county spelling bee is this weekend. if you check out our facebook page, you can even see some of our humorous attempts as we took a stab at trying to spell some of the words that most of us can't even pronounce. out of 70 contestants only one can go to nationals. that presents a nuunique challee for two students trying to win that

the reigning champ of the fairfax county spelling bee unless you know most of the words of a dictionary that's almost as big as you are. >> i'd beat out a couple people. not a couple people, quite a few. >> reporter: 61 to be exact. he made it to round three of the national bee last year until that one darn word. >> it stuck in my head. >> reporter: this year eric getting ready to defend his county title. a good outlook considering one of those people, she lives in his house. meet big sister allison. >> i'm hoping to win hopefully and go to the national bee for the first

>> give her a harder one. >> reporter: having two competitors under one roof can spell trouble. >> no! >> reporter: at the end of the day, there's one thing they agree on. word for word. >> if i don't make it, i'll like for her to win instead of anybody else. >> if i don't win, i'd rather have him win than anybody else. >> reporter: words of encouragement for these spelling siblings. >> that's what you want your kids fighting over, words and dictionaries. maryland's eastern shore embracing the legacy of harriet tub m tubman. >> tonight some of her descendents are there for the opening of a new visitors center. >> reporter: the story of one of maryland's most noted residents. redskins are making a move

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if you're just joining us, a prince george's county family is thanking a police officer for saving their lives. there was a fire that broke out here at this house on symposium way in the clinton neighborhood of the county. a prince george's county police officer was on routine patrol nearby the house. he saw the flames and raced over. he was knocking on the door, he was banging on windows, but there was no response. so eventually he was able to break the glass around the front door. that woke up the family. they were able to get out safely. leaders in the district are promising to do more to got hate crimes after new numbers from the police show

107 last year with victims targeted over their sexual orientation, their religion or their national origin. and the federal government has once again delayed its announcement on a new headquarters for the fbi. congressional appropriationins e needed before it can decide when and if to move. the gsa previously announced it is considering locations in greenbelt, landover and springfield. we had our first taste of snow in quite a whale. we're not done, right? we have some more coming first of next week. >> i think relative to what we saw this morning, this morning was child's play. >> really? there's good news. >> yes. well depending on how you look at it. a know a lot of kids, teachers are begging for a snow day. i don't know that all school districts have even had a school day. >> they've got a lot of them saved up this year. >> we're pretty sure there will be a snow day for jst

delays still potentially on wednesday. take a look at your weather headlines before we get to our storm monday night into tuesday. we are dealing with a cold weekend and down right frigid tomorrow morning. we're tracking that winter storm monday night into tuesday. likely over by the midday hours on tuesday. the most snow looks to fall overnight monday. then we wake up to that. and that causes delays and cancellations. then even after that, it stays really cold next week, that false spring we had in february, nowhere to be found on the ten-day forecast. right now still tracking some nur flurries out there. after 7:00 p.m. we are dry, but we do stay breezy overnight tonight. by 11:00 we're down to 33. and we'll start off the day tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. around 26. when you factor in the winds at the rock 'n' roll marathon, it will feel like 15 degrees. in the suburbs it will feel

very very cold tomorrow morning, also pleabreezy throughout the morning. if you are running in the race, make sure you have layers, gloves and a hat as well. as we take a look ahead to the commute on monday evening it's likely still okay. i think you don't need to telework on monday if you don't want to or you need to go in for a meeting, something like that. i would recommend trying to live around 4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. we're going to time the storm out as we get new information in. tuesday morning and tuesday evenieven ing commute, we're talking about snow on area roads. i think major roads will be snow covered tuesday morning and at least secondary roads still covered for the evening. even wednesday morning, still talking about some delays based on the latest information. here's the school forecast. turn the pajamas inside out but

morning. tuesday it's looking like schools will be closed and wednesday i still think we'll see some delays, potentially even closures across the area most likely in areas like frederick and loun ddoun county maybe even montgomery county county. sunday is daylight saving time, so we lose that ahour of sleep. 30s tuesday, wednesday, thursday. only mid 40s next friday. >> what are we turning our pajamas inside out? >> that's what you do to cross your fingers for a snow day. >> there you go. >> pi day is also when the snowstorm is happening. chris can tell you about that. >> good to know. nbc 4 responds to more viewers and helps them recover their hard earned cash.

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with a book telling fox news when they looked at the democrats' record he thought it best to leave the pages blank. he's charging 8 bucks for that book. a tribute to a freedom fighter born on maryland's ordinary reaso eastern shore. the harriet tubman -- >> reporter: the vistas here today are reminiscent to those familiar to 19th century residents of dorchester county. charlie ross is one of her descendents. >> i tell my kids, the grounds you're walking across are the same grounds she walked across. >> reporter: it was how she left and how and why she came back that secured harriet tubman's place in history. >> the details, we just knew the basi

>> harriet tubman grew up on the landscape. there are particular things about the landscape that shape people's lives here and it shaped her life. and she had to learn how to navigate this landscape as a child and a young adult. >> i look at those woods. i know the hazards well. >> reporter: she knew them, yet she would return, seeking out conditions not conducive to comfort but just right for stealthy travel. >> she came back for her family members and her girlfriends, her cousins, the people that she loved. >> reporter: she would later serve as a spy and kout fscout e union army. she's likely smiling down now at the fact that her descendents and the people she helped are here to

>> i think she's happy and rejoicing. >> we posted an interactive map that travels along the underground railroad, sharing highlights from her life in maryland. just search harriet tubman in the nbc washington app to check it out. news4 begins now with storm team 4. >> well, today we got a harsh reminder that winter is not done with us yet as we prepare for a drastic drop in temperatures this weekend. >> and there's potential for a major snowstorm after that. some areas got a taste of what's to come. rain mixed with some snow. it was wet, cold, blustery in some parts of our area. it's just a kickoff to a very frigid weekend ahead. >> doug and amelia standing by in the storm te

video of everybody using their umbrellas. we told you yesterday take the umbrellas with you, a mixture of rain and snow this morning. now the cold air really settling in. >> as we look to tuesday, it's all about not rain and snow, just snow. >> yeah. >> a lot of snow. new information coming in. >> my mike's on i think, right? >> we're there somewhere. we're looking at plenty of snow showers. at least that's been the case earlier today. now just a couple of snow showers out there. a couple down toward the south, some back towards the martinsburg area. around the waldorf area we do have some snow shower activity in through parts of southern prince george's county. not a lot, but again still some snow shower activity even warard the woodbridge area. the storm did bring parts of the new york area two inches downtown and