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you. 14 people displaced after this house fire on new york avenue in northwest d.c. this is video from d.c. fire officials who say it all broke out just after 11:00 last night. the three-story fire threatened some neighboring homes there. no injuries reported and no word on a cause. the cold weather making for a tough race for thousands of runners today at today's united airlines rock 'n' roll marathon. you're looking at runners on their way here. some have actually crossed the finish line. watch out for road closures throughout this afternoon in d.c., however. and a decision on a new fbi headquarters has been delayed again. two of the three proposed reloks of the headquarters are in prince georges county. now a decision was supposed to be made in december but the general services administration is now waiting for congress to allocate more money for the project. and on top of all of that, it's freezing outside and a poteia
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good saturday morning to you. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> and i'm angie goff. here to break down the weather is tom kierein. what's the latest? >> we've got the cold air in place feeling more like mid-january than early march. the winds are around 10 to 15 miles an hour. here is the cloud cover coming and going over washington. now, live view from the storm team 4 tour camera on this saturday morning. and our temperatures are now near the feels like temperature is near 20 degrees. and the windchills just in the teens farther north and west as the winds are going to begin to pick up later today. we can see some gusts up to 30 miles an hour. windchills through the teens the rest of the morning. then the 20s the rest of the afternoon. back down to near freezing temperatures by later on tonight. a look at that potential storm coming up for the early part of the week. that's in just a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. there's a new stop on the
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railroad byway. the visitors center that's dedicated to harriet tubman opened today in church creek. it's one of 36 stops along the byway. it features information from her work to her role as a conductor on the underground railroad. her relatives say they are thankful for the new dedication. >> my feelings are, thank you, jesus, we're here. that's my feeling. >> and i tell my kids, you know, some of the grounds you're walking across are the same grounds she walked across. >> the center is open seven days a week and entry is free. stopped for a second time. boxing legend muhammad ali's son was stopped at reagan national as he was preparing to board a flight for florida. why he believes he was profiled and how a chance encounter is bringing added attention to this incident. >> reporter: air travel these days comes with a headache for muhammad ali jr. >> he said we can't let you on
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homeland security. i said why? what did i do? >> reporter: the boxing legend's son said friday he was stopped at reagan national airport as they were heading back to ft. lauderdale. >> they said my i.d. was expired. >> reporter: but that's not the case said ali who said he had to answer questions about where he was born. >> i'm out here taking care of business and not to be harassed. >> reporter: he had traveled to d.c. to testify before congress thursday in opposition of president donald trump's executive order on immigration. >> so i told him i was muhammad ali's son. they asked me what was my religion. >> reporter: on capitol hill, he told lawmakers about being detained for a few months last month and questioned when he returned to south florida from jamaica. >> it's not about being a terrorist. you're stopping me because i'm muslim. >> i've traveled all over the world for 50 years or more and this has never
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showed his passport and was allowed to get on the flight where he ran into debbie wasserman shultz who tweeted this photo. she said he was being retaliated against for speaking up before congress. >> we have the department of homeland security who seems to be targeting people raced on their religion for screening and retaliating against people for speaking up about it. i mean, this is trump's america? >> reporter: tsa released a statement saying in part that a call was made to confirm a.li's identity. he also had a patdown because his jewelry set off an alarm. at no point was he detained, according to the tsa. >> it's really bad. it's really bad. i mean, nobody should take this type of abuse. nobody. >> that was michael spears reporting there. now, congresswoman wasserman shultz says she plans to address the incident during this upcoming week. meanwhile, palestinian
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getting ready to visit the white house. president trump invited him to visit the white house in a phone conversation on friday. a spokesperson for abbas says he will meet very soon with trump to talk about resuming peace talks. last month president trump met with israeli leader benjamin netanyahu. israel has not commented on this proposed meeting. a strong jobs report shows the economy is doing better than expected. the report out is for the first full month of the trump presidency. it shows that 235,000 jobs were added last month. and the unemployment rate fell to 4.7%. president trump is embracing the numbers. >> it's a statistic that's full of nonsense. >> they may have been phony in the past but it's very real now. >> his approach to taxes and deregulation for the improved jobs report, nbc news business correspondent ali velshi says theum
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similar even if trump was not in the white house. all right, austin, texas. you been there? >> i used to live there when i was younger. >> great town. it's been transformed this week as thousands of people arrive for the south by southwest festival getting underway. >> huge festival. how the two-week festival is now playing into politics. >> reporter: when quinton thomas oliver was ready to hire a new addition for his band, he didn't find a drummer. he made one. >> we built the machines in our home and wrote all the software that controls it. >> reporter: meet dotman controlled and told to beat whatever it's told to. >> our band lives in this space between music and technology. this couldn't be more perfect. >> reporter: this year expect to see more creations like dotman. artificial intelligence and virtual reality are pushing
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things like apps. tech is becoming a lifestyle. >> people are fascinated by this stuff. fascinated by the possibility. people are also scared of the possibility. >> it's nois too sew what's on the horizon. i think south by southwest will be able to tell me what's coming up. >> reporter: and it will dive deeper into how the trump administration could go into the technical world. it plays into this year's stronger than ever focus on politics. a handful of panels are centered around our president. organizers even came up with a tech under trump track filled with sessions and guest speakers. >> people want to talk about this stuff. people want more information on how whether you like trump or don't like trump, how the changes in his administration are going to impact their world. >> reporter: a world welcoming new trends, new insight, and new experiences. that is south
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first coming the cold. then rain then the snow on the way. storm team 4 tracking the timing that could make all the difference in your neighborhood. ♪ it's been a hard day's night that was interesting. mixing music and comedy. how one artist made unique history and the new way her story is being brought back to life. stick around.
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a court has ousted south korea's president and now her supporters are rallying in the capital city there. the leader was stripped of her powers over a corruption scandal that plunged the country into political turmoil. south korea must hold an election in the next two months. two people died
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make sure you don't use a certain kind of cheese. the fda is recalling soft milk cheese from the vulto creamery for listeria concerns. it was distributed in the d.c. area. six people have already gotten sick from it. two of them have died. open our app to see full details and a picture of the cheese. if you have any of the recalled products, you can return them and get a full return. well, you thought it was over. b tom is watching a major temperature drop and how soon you could see snow on your front lawn. noses aren't the only thing that run when it's this cold. take a look. a lot of people are doing it for a marathon. i'll tell you what it's like to run when the temperatures are freezing. coming up on news4.
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get the best. get fios. good morning. weather alert due to a frigid windchill. just a few clouds rolling through now. don't have any snow coming from those clouds around the region. it is cold enough for snow as we've got the temperatures hovering just in the upper 20s around 30 degrees now with windchills in the teens. so dress for a cold winter day. you'll need your warmest winter gear here throughout the day. afternoon temperatures getting into the upper 30s. there is a potential for some
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accumulating snow first part of the week. a look at that in just a few minutes. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. well, right now bitterly cold temperatures are taking a toll on runners in today's united airlines rock 'n' roll marathon and half marathon. >> it kicked off at 7:00 a.m. and is ending at rfk stadium. derrick ward joining us live at the finish line with a look at runners and how they're trying to keep warm. if i'm correct, some people have already finished this race, is that right? >> reporter: oh, yeah. they are. i've actually seen people out here running in overcoats nap tells you how cold it actually is. now, this is a marathon, a 5k, and a half marathon. we're sort of in that lull between the 5k and the half marathon. take a look at the first runners to win the 5k. they made some good times today. there was a
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for this. they made sure there was no ice patches. and the water, they're making sure to not have that freeze. staying hydrated is important as is covering your hands and head. just like you're out any other time. and being in layers. we talked to the second runner across the line who says that as far as he's concerned, the condition could be a little bit better. >> it's been tough. because it's a little below ideal conditions. but it's all right. >> reporter: and as you see here, the spectators, well, they are all about being warm as well. because they are out here. they're not running around. they may be in the sun, maybe not. so hoods and gloves and scarves and all that warm weather gear -- or cold weather gear is a must if you're actually just going to be standing here cheering the folks on. live at the rock 'n' roll marathon finish line, derrick ward, back to you. >> thanks so many up. so a
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will be having his 4th birthday party at a unique venue today. happy birthday hudson danette who you see here. he loves target so much he wants to party there. he's on the autism spectrum. his mom says he was given options but was persistent about going to target. party guests have been asked to wear red and khaki just like the store employees. and he has even said he likes it more than disney world. >> look. there's pretzels there, popcorn, toys. there's that thing where it's like a dollar and you can get toys. >> the little bins? >> yeah. >> and they're going to decorate the little cafe area for his birthday even with a banner. so we hope it's a special one. >> cute. happy birthday to him. well, the '60s brought a wealth of music. smash hits from rock to country to pop.
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>> try is the keyword here. a new musical looks back at the era. news4's barbara harrison introduces us to a voice you may have wanted to forget. >> may i present the imitatable mrs. miller. ♪ >> reporter: remember mrs. miller? if you were around in the '60s, you certainly may remember that voice. well, it's back. ♪ tony award honored actress and singer debra monk brings mrs. miller back to life on stage proving you can make a good voice sound, well -- >> i think almost if you have an ear and can sing, then you can sing badly. >> reporter: no one was ever sure if the 59-year-old grandmother who became an overnight sensation actually knew
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voice. >> one of her big hits was "downtown." ♪ downtown ♪ she has a very warbly kind of feel. >> reporter: while the beatles were riding high on the record charts with songs like "hard day's night" -- >>. ♪ hard day's night >> reporter: mrs. miller was breaking the top 100. >> the kids would buy the lps and smoke pot and laugh. she was before tiny tim. she was one of the first ones to kind of be this type of comedy. she didn't think she was being comedy. she took her singing seriously. >> reporter: her music reflected the counterculture craziness of the '60s. the new show named after one of her albums "mrs. miller does her
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is by director james la pine. >> james wrote this play because he wanted to write about that period of history, really interested period and incredible time during the late '60s. >> reporter: the play which la pine actually wrote ten years ago tracks some of the major happenings of the '60s decade and some of the major moments in the life and career of elva miller. >> you see the recording sessions and you hear her sing all these songs and you also hear her perform on the ed sullivan show and the bob hope in vietnam. >> reporter: mrs. miller resurrected and remembered in all of off-key glory. >> and that was barbara harrison reporting. "mrs. miller does her thing" is at the signature theater in arlington through march 26th. we are in a weather alert mode here not just today but a couple of days. >> today it's a rewind to
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forward tonight with our clocks. we're going to spring ahead. we're springing backwards here with temperatures. it does feel like mid-january than early march here this saturday morning as we have temperatures in the 20s all morning long. i'm hearing a ringing in my ears. >> yes. >> and it is a weather alert day because of the windchills that are frigid. there is the capital wheel. live view from our stestorm tea camera. winds gusting at 20 miles per hour. temperatures climbing up to the 30s from shenandoah valley to the bay. reagan national now is at 31 degrees. but those winds 10 to 15 miles an hour make it feel like only 20 degrees. the windchills only in the teens farther north and west as far as around the chesapeake bay. you do need to layer up if you're about to head out the door. here's the forecast going forward for our windchills. windchills by noontime sho
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temperatures get into the 30s. we'll still have winds gusting around 25 miles an hour into the afternoon. windchills in the afternoon, this is 2:00. in the 20s. then by 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., they'll still be in the 20s. but the winds will be dying down by late afternoon. if you're going to get out, get in a run and some exercise today, it will be windy through 2:00 this afternoon. we'll have sunshine, just a few clouds coming and going. but temperatures ought to make it into the upper 30s by mid-afternoon. then we're looking at the cold air in place setting the stage for a coastal low pressure system. this is as of 11:00 a.m. tuesday. the green zone rain, rain may be moving toward the metro area by then with snow overnight. then the snow and rain moves off to the east and it ends by tuesday afternoon. so a major nor'easter developing especially just to our north. a high impact event along the northeast corridor. we'll be tracking that exact path and refining this forecast here as we get into tomorrow and monday morning. highmo
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snow arrived. then changing over to a mix of sleet and rain in the afternoon. windy and cold on wednesday with some flurries. we're back after this.
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duck just wanted some company. one california deputy couldn't get away after a fowl follower decided to tag along with
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traffic control following an accident when the duck just came waddling out of the bushes. the duck got the nickname quackers and followed the deputy around for more than 30 minutes until a neighbor came to take it away. >> i don't want them to separate. so sweet. well, are you ready for spring? it is that time again and as we all get ready to set our clocks forward an hour, some of us are dreading it. so how can you beat that lost hour of sleep? well, here are some tips from our friends at wtop. try to eliminate noise and light in your bedroom. keep the temp between 68 and 55 degrees when you're sleeping. >> yeah. easier said than done for some of us. time now is 9:26. here are the four things you need to know this saturday morning. a dozen people forced out of their homes in northwest d.c. this fire broke out after 11:00 last night. threatened some neighboring home. no injuries, no word on a cause. marathon runners making their way to the finish line
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roll d.c. marathon got underway this morning and might be one of the coldest on record. it will also mean road closures downtown and around the monuments until 3:00 this afternoon. another race in arlington could also impact your travel around town. the four courts four miler underway. streets expected to wrap up their closures at 11:00 a.m. the new harriet tubman in clurge creek about to open today. good time to track the app. >> stay with us. >> we'll see you back here at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
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