right now, we're watching two developing stories out of france, a letter bomb explosion and a school shooting. what we're learning about both incidents and how police are responding in a country already on edge after a series of terror attacks. it is a numbers game many of us don't pay attention to, the annual budget for the country. this year it includes $54 billion in cuts. we'll take a look at the programs that could feel the most pain and get reaction from federal workers who will need to find ways around the cuts. >> we're still feeling the pain of a late winter cold snap around here, temperatures just now getting out of the 20s and into the low

wind once again. looks like another hard freeze coming but how many more should we expect? the forecast coming right up. news 4 midday starts right now. >> good morning, everyone, i'm molette green. >> and i'm erika gonzalez, the first budget being delivered to congress this morning and we're paying especially close attention to this because it is the president's first budget and working to fulfill his biggest campaign promises. >> $1.1 trillion proposal significantly slashes the funding of several cabinet agencies, while also boosting defense spending. it puts aside money to fund the border wall with mexico. >> don't even think about it. we will build the wall. don't even think about it. >> here's a look at some of the areas that could be hit hardest under the budget proposal. it includes the

state departments which could see a big cut in funding. >> the environmental protection agency is also in line for a big cut, not only in funding but in its workforce. more than 3,000 of its employees could lose their jobs. >> and those cuts to the federal workforce and the epa are getting a lot of attention here in d.c. justin finch spoke to workers outside the epa this morning and joins us from the newsroom. justin. >> good morning, that reaction this morning was mixed, some angry, others calling it a deja vu and this budget could cost the epa 3200 jobs, that's unsurprisingly concerning to many employees we spoke with this morning. we caught them getting off the metro at federal triangle, wondering what it would mean to their lively lo llihoods and environment. >> devastating for environment and for the government and just devastating for the entire world. >> concerned to be called out on a budge

jobs can leave? >> unfortunately no, it's happened before to the epa. we're always on the chopping block, considered a political football. so unfortunately for me, i'm not surprised. >> been there before but does not enjoy being there again. employees tell us the proposed job cuts could have significant impact to contracted workers and years of environmental research, back to you. >> justin, thank you so much. >> switching gears now, another frigid morning out there. there is some good news. the sun is out. >> yeah. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with how much the sun will warm us up today. >> a little bit. i wouldn't call it a warm or balmy day at all but temperatures are getting above the freezing mark. 34 in washington and one degree warmer than the high temperature was yesterday. there's still a lit bit more snow pack on the ground temperatures are getting up to the freezing mark. 29 up in haguers town

frederick. towards tyson's corner there are blue skies over northwest washington but the farther out north and west you go the more cloud cover there is and gusty winds as well. winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour has temperatures lowered quite a bit to the windchills only in the low to mid-20s, it's a bundle up kind of day for sure. afternoon temperatures will get close to 40 degrees. we'll talk about the milder weather just in time for the weekend and rain chances coming up. >> chuck, thank you so much. >> developing now, two acts of violence in france. this all taking place with the country under a state of emergency right now. remember france has been targeted by a series of terror attacks. the government using a new alert system to tell the country about a shooting at a high school. but police are now saying the shooting was not terror related. this happened where a principal and two other people were shot, a student, 17 years old was arrested and police are looking for a

>> also developing, someone detonated a bomb at the same offices as world bank this morning. now there's a major police presence as detectives try to figure out who sent the bomb. this is in an upscale part of paris. police say a letter bomb blew up. one person was hurt but not seriously. >> president trump's revised travel ban was dealt another legal blow this morning. a judge in greenbelt granted a preliminary injunction tell trarly blocking its enforcement nationwide. as part of the ruling, he called the intentions to impose a muslim ban highly relevant. this is on top of a judge in hawaii who also blocked the order overnight. nbc's hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: in the face of a stinging setback, donald trump defiant. >> we're going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to

>> reporter: the president promising to fight the decision blocking the latest travel ban which would have gone into effect today temporarily barring immigrants from six mostly muslim nations but derrick watson, a federal judge in hawaii ruled that executive order amounts to discrimination, writing a reasonable objective observer would find it intends to disfavor a particular religion. >> the judge's basic argument was once a muslim ban, always a muslim ban. >> the department of justice says it strongly disagrees with the federal district court's ruling which is plflawed in reasoning and scope. promising to keep the revised travel ban created after the first one was put on hold by a appeals court. >> this is a watered down version of the first one. this is a watered down version. and let me tell you something, i think we ought to go back to first one and go all the way, what i wanted to do in first place. >> reporter: it's that original ordeha

around country last month. and confusion at airports. the revamped version was rewritten to avoid legal challenges but judge watson determined this new ban didn't seem that new at all, citing for example this interview from a top trump adviser last month. >> fundamentally you're still going to have the same basic policy outcome for the country. >> the hawaii attorney general applauding the judge's decision. >> the way our government works, we also need to be able to also take our own steps to be able to check and balance out that whole process. >> but with one of his signature immigrati immigration 3r078ss ats risk, the president is on attack. >> you don't think this was done by a judge for political reasons, do you? no. this ruling makes us look weak. >> house speaker paul ryan who argues it's a matter of national security says he's confident the ban will eventually be

intelligence briefings about the lack of vetting standards or ability to vet from certain countries. i have no doubt this will stand. >> and with nbc's hallie jackson reporting, in all more than half a dozen states are trying to stop the revised travel ban. the republican plan to replace the o affordable care act just cleared a major hurdle. passed the house budget committee by 19-17. three republicans joined all democrats in opposition to it. it will now head to the rules committee where we could see changes to the bill. the alexandria city council is considering a property tax rate increase of 5.7 cents. according to the "washington post," the council is under pressure to raise money for school construction and maintenance. this hike could cost the average homeowner $356 more than what they currently play. the council is also considering higher fees for sewers and trash and new storm water

you have less than an hour to finish your brackets and tell us who you have winning it all? >> march madness gets under way in about an hour. we'll tell you your bracket is going to get busted but maybe one of the six times from our region will make it to the next round. check out all of the things that those teams are posting to get fans pumped up. virginia tech, v. cu, west virginia, uva and terps, university of maryland are all playing today. carol maloney was there to see both teams get the last practices in before today. not too many nerves. >> trying to cherish every moment with the team, playing college basketball. >> when you're on the court, you try to not think, got to be natural, been playing basketball your whole life. it's just another game, just like third grade, out there having fun. >> what a great perspective, both maryland and virginia are

virginia plays at 12:40 and maryland just before 7:00 tonight. you can follow carol on twitter at carol maloney 4. >> the big question is who is going to be the upset and of course who do you have winning it all? well, former president obama has north carolina beating duke for the championship. he's continuing his tradition of publicly filling out a bracket. we should point out that mr. obama has only gotten the championship correct one time since he started doing this back in 2009. presiden trump said he would not be publicly filling out a bracket this year. >> it's crazy, you know? >> i know. >> every year, but all right. >> president obama has maryland and virginia winning first round and losing the second round. he doesn't have a gwyood winnin streak. >> a man accused of

plow. a look at his repeated arrests for dui. danger overnight on the u.s./mexico border, an exclusive look at the deadly encounter.

developing right now, one person was killed in a shooting along the border with text and mexico

came from across the border from mexico into the rio grande valley. you're looking at exclusive video from nbc news, it's a boat with a bufrnch of bullet holes. three people were in the boat were struck and one of them died. today marks the end of the first year of a university of virginia student's prison sentence in north korea. still has 14 years of hard labor left on his sentence. >> i'm only human. >> he was convicted a year ago today of trying to take a propaganda banner as a souvenir. he was in north korea on a five-day tour, not illegal but risky for an american. investigators are not getting much access to see how he's doing. chilling video of robbers trying to break in a gun store in fredericksburg.

metal security gate at fsg on tuesday night. 20 minutes before this video, the same robbers broke into another store and only got away with cash there. this makes four burglaries at gun stores in our area in the past week. look at this video, last thursday two people stole 30 guns from a shop in rockville in just 90 seconds. police in virginia say that top of precision matches their robbers. >> and we're following a developing story in prince george's county. imagine coming home to find somebody dead in the stair well of your building. a man was found shot to death on campus way south in largo last night. prince george's county police have not identified the manor even a motive in this case. >> a prince george's county mom's guilty plea could spark changes to a maryland law and save children in a potentially dangerous situation. she suffoca

2014. her family says there were warning signs. >> nobody reached out to anybody to help. they just let her out two days later to kill my daughter and her brother. >> lawmakers want to make anyone who learns about a threat against a child to report it not only to law enforcement but the department of social services and the state's attorney's office. that way there's plenty of opportunity to save a child from a dangerous situation. >> we just learned new information about the man accused in a hit-and-run involving a stolen snow plow. this is william sanchez' third dui offense within ten years. officers saw the plow hit a car near the intersection of centerville road and liberia avenue and then take off. police went after the truck that matched the description of a stolen truck in fairfax county. sanchez was arrested and charged with dui, hit-aun

charges. nobody was injured in that hit-and-run crash though. meanwhile a man is recovering after a leisurely walk with his dog through rock creek park quickly turned into a very serious situation. >> just take a look at this video which shows you the seriousness of the situation. d.c. firefighters shot this while having to rescue the pair yesterday afternoon. here's what happened. the man was walking his dog on a trail near 16th street and colorado avenue when the dog took off and flipped down a snow covered hill and got stuck. the man tried to rescue it but also got stuck. thankfully a passer by heard the man's yell for help but getting to them was no easy task for first responders. >> he was probably 200 feet down on a 60 degree incline and holding on to a tree keeping him from sliding further down the hill and into rock creek. >> the pair was stranded for about two hours in brutal temperatures below ee

released but first responders say he suffered minor injuries and the dog is okay. >> if you commute tore o from gainsville or hey market, you have to wait for rail service. according to our news partners the wait may be indefinite. the board is set to vote tomorrow to move forward with plans. the existing broad run spot instead of extending west, prince william county leaders believe it would have brought more economic development nfor the county. >> it was one year ago today that the metro rail system completely shut down. crews spent the day checking hundreds of underground jumper cables and metro started the safe track surge program in june. shutting down service stations to make repairs in hopes of preventing another system shutdown. the current surge runs through april 9th and affects the blue and yellow

surge is expected to happen in june on the red line. >> this weekend on the green line they plan to close the greenbelt metro station. you'll be able to tail aa free shuttle bus to the college park station and hop on the green line. the green line will run on a regular weekend schedule between college park and branch avenue. an item that most of us carry when we're at the gym or traveling or now just everywhere we go, caused a fire on a plane and images of the aftermath are making the rounds on social media. >> but nbc's tom costello actually takes us through moments -- the moments whether this woman's headphones exploded while she was sleeping. >> the injuries were horrific, a passenger's face and hair and skin burned after the batteries in her headphones caught fire on a flight from china to australia. the victim told investigators she was asleep listening to music when suddenly she heard an explosion. as i went to turn around i felt burning on my face.

them on the floor. they were sparking and had small amounts of fire. with passengers choking on the fumes from burntd plastic, flight attendants doused the fire with water. no confirmation on the type of batteries involved but lidge th ion batteries are a concern. >> kids trapped in the third floor. >> reporter: a 3-year-old died from a fire that investigators started with lithium ion batteries in a hover board. injuries from exploding e cigarettes and laptops and galaxy note 7 cell phones last year. >> it was brown, electronic smoke, that brown green gray ugly stuff. >> reporter: researchers at underwriters showed us the danger the batteries pose. >> we all have a flammable solution inside of them that will burn if it gets too hot or internal failure of the battery of some sort. >> reporter: already under recall, half a million hover boards and all of those galaxy note 7s.

live with and keep in their purses and pockets every day. >> reporter: the concern now lithium ion batteries are common in most wireless head phones. tom costello, medication nenbc washington. >> switching gears, yoga pants could be polluting our airways. so many bad jokes there. the result on the new study on popular workout wear. >> i was going to go in. >> leave it there. >> we told you about the damage to the cherry blossom trees along the triedal basin. the new information expected today that could impact your plans to view the trees i

4, 3, 2, 1, 0. liftoff. >> way before most of us work up this morning spacex successfully launched a satellite into orbit. the launch at the kennedy space center in florida was initially planned for earlier in the week but had to be moved due to the weather. don't cancel your plans to see the cherry blossoms just yet. in the next few hours we should know how badly the cold weather and snow damaged the blossoms around the tidal basin. >> we know a significant number of the blossoms are just done this year but the national

bloomed much before the cold may survive. fwl tligt be enough of these green buds that are waiting to come up and number of backups coming up it's still going to be a spectacular show. >> this is the first time in the trees' 105-year history they will not reach peek bloom. the festival will go on. it starts saturday and it's still a lot of fun. >> i know but it's like having a party and then the honoree, guest of honor is not there. >> there's still a chance, right? you're saying there's a chance? yes, there could very well be at least some amount of the blossoms able to come back out but keep in mind it's not the only thing we have to look forward to spring time around here, dogwoods have yet to come out, managnolia trees and

we have to get through one last slap in the face from winter around here, which will last at least another day and a half before some slightly milder weather tries to move back in for your saturday. don't expect it to be warm again. there are no 70s on the ten-day forecast. in fact, there aren't any 60s on the ten-day forecast. if you're wondering how unusual it is to go from 80 degrees in march to snowfall, we have done it before back in march of 1990, we had four days in a row. 808 or higher. the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th. that was the earliest peak blossom on record for the cherry blossoms, march 15th. ten days after that, we had 2 to 5 inches of snow around here. it can happen it's just a very unusual occurrence. 34 in washington. the real issue has been the northwesterly breeze, the windchill factors are down in the upper teens and low 20s still. still feels like wintertime and 18 now in

frederick burg. four things you need to know, plenty of sunshine for the d.c. area, still breezy, another frozen start tomorrow. a little chance for rain showers coming up on saturday. and our colder than average pattern is set to continue into next week. but there's how it's looking through the weekend. high on saturday up to 56 but breezy and chilly again for sunday. those blossoms dare to sneak out. over to you. >> thank you so much. it is a serious and ongoing problem, missing children. some run away and others face real danger. how is the district working to make each of the cases a priority with the help of technology we'll talk about that next. >> and caught on camera, a frantic woman trying to escape her kidnapper, hear from a man who witnessed the struggle and heed protect the victim.lp

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new this morning, you could be the difference in finding a missing person. d.c. police are trying to get the community more involved in several open cases. news 4's kristen wright is live with the mayor and police chief just held a news conference about this. good morning. >> reporter: social media really is the key. ithe

missing children and missing persons. there have been questions and concerns in d.c. over the number of missing juvenile cases this year alone. so the message though here today from the mayor and police is that the number of missing persons in the city including children is not going up but the city is bringing more attention and awareness to missing person cases through social media and press releases for every critical missing case. that is a new thing. police say the numbers there have been 708 missing persons cases this year. 674 of those are closed. 34 are still open. police are urging everyone to join their fight in finding these people by using technology. >> this initiative has however drawn an increased awareness to the number of missing persons we have in our city. i think this awareness is a good thing but i also think

perspective. first, the overwhelming majority of our reported missing persons quickly returned home or are located. so far in 2017, 95% of our cases have been closed. >> reporter: the chief there and mayor also emphasizing the fact that children go missing for many different reasons and children being snatched off the street is just not likely. the other thing they emphasize today, they do not have any evidence to suggest that there is any link between the number of missing children reported in d.c. and human trafficking. more to come on this throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you so much. shocking video just in from alabama. it shows a woman rolling out of the trunk of a moving car there. you can see the woman hit the ground there and then get up and run to the convenience store. the woman told police she was kidnapped at gun point as s

walked to her apartment. nbc's tammy lightner has more on the kidnapping and escape. >> as she was leaving, i saw a trunk pop up and woman jumping out of trunk. >> reporter: a 25-year-old birmingham woman made this daring escape after being forced into the trunk of her own car by a man she did not know. >> she was kidnapped. >> reporter: the victim told police she was walking to her apartment tuesday when a man with a gun demanded money. when she told him she didn't have any, police say the suspect made her get back into her car. >> she was driven to a different station with a gun point and finally she was put inside the trunk. >> the kidnapper pulled up to this convenience store where surveillance cameras captured him at an a.t.m. machine attempting to withdraw money. >> trying to use the a.t.m. several times. >> reporter: the gas station owner said the man became angry and left abruptly when she was

station owner kept an eye on him long enough to see the victim escape. >> i saw the trunk popped up and went to the door to get the woman inside the gas station. >> reporter: you can see the victim making a mad dash for the gas station. inside the owner kept her safe in a back room and immediately called 911. for today, nbc news. such compelling video. right now i want to show you live pictures of capitol hill, where at any moment president trump is expected to arrive and he will attend the annual friends of ireland luncheon with congressional leaders and ireland's prime minister. the visit to the u.s. comes on the eve of st. patrick's day. >> mike pence welcomed the prime minister to the naval observatory earlier this morning where he talked about the importance of st. patrick's day. >> we gather today to really celebrate a

americans this week we will gather in large places and large parades and small and will raise a glass and toast those that have gone before. whose courage and perseverance and hard work has made it possible to lift not only our families but help lift a nation. >> prime minister kenny will also make his traditional visit to the white house to meelt with president trump today. he's expected to use the meeting to talk about brexit and the president's immigration policy. >> catholics are getting a pass to dig into the corned beef sandwich tomorrow in honor of st. patrick's day. now during lent many court and jury licks abstain from eating meat on friday but tomorrow is also the feast of saint patrick which includes a family meal featuring corned beef and cabbage. 200 catholic

an exemption. a strong message to parents, don't underestimate your kids. the number of kids accidentally poisoned is enough to fill four school buses today. what you can do to protect your kid starting right now. >> reporter: toddlers may barely be able to stand up. but they have an amazing ability to climb to new heights to reach something they see and want to grab. too often that's medicine and that can have dangerous consequences. >> children as young as a month have ended up in an emergency department because they've been poisoned by getting into a medicine that was left within reach of them. >> reporter: the author of a new report from safe kids worldwide, finding the vast majority of parents say it's important to store medication up high and out of sight.

>> parents, while they know their kids well, they sometimes underestimate what they can actually do. >> reporter: nearly every minute in the u.s. a call is placed to a poison control center because a young child got into medicine and child resistant packaging does not mean childproof. >> we've had children get into medicines because they were given the bottle half full of tablets to use as a rattle. >> reporter: the potential danger includes vitamins and supplements and even eye drops. >> here's something you can do right now. put the number to poison control in your phone. save it as a favorite contact and that way help is just a click away if you ever need it. erika edwards, nbc news. >> really smart advice there. your favorite pair of yoga pants or leggings may be polluting the identificati ocean. this is really

gulf coast reresearchers found mike crow scopic plastic in the water. they say those pieces are coming made from synthetic material like your yoga pants because they shed microfibers. when you take a shower after wearing those favorite yoeg ba pants, the fibers travel down the drain reaching the sea and animals can wind up ingesting those fibers. another reason to sometimes leave those yoga pants in the closet where they belong. >> even worse, just burn those. >> we've got a new recall involving 1 million popular vehicles right here in the u.s. this recall could have some major safety implications. >> let's look at the temperatures right now. very, very chilly out there still, most of us hoping for a return of the warm weather. when are we going to get it? chuck is

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a major recall to tell you about, hyundai is recalling 978,000 cars in the u.s. because the front seat belts could actually unfasten in a crash. this effects the son ata 2011 through 2014 and also covers the sonata hybrid from 2011 through 2015. owners of these affected cars will be notified beginning next month. you've probably seen this video all over your time line. watch this train and these people. a group of people got pummeled by the snow while waiting on an amtrak train in new york. what a start to the day. good morning. 18 inches of snow when that train came barreling through the tracks. several people were knocked to the ground and one person hit their head. incredible video. >> ever hit with a snow ball.

>> couple hundred thousand pound locomotive through 18 inches of snow that would be one heck of a wall of snow. luckily no one was killed there. for us we had a slow but steady meltdown of much of the snow around our area. temperatures have been just barely high enough to get it melting but we've got a little sunshine now. that will help, your outdoor planner if you're doing anything outside the rest of today it's going to stay cold and breezy. mid to upper 30s in most areas. friday plans, dry for most of what you want to get done tomorrow but a risk of a little light rain or snow flakes late friday evening. saturday a chance for showers just about any time but no washout coming and sunday dry but once again those northwest winds will be back. windy outside this afternoon -- this morning still as windchills back in the teens and 20s and your forecast then for today is going to be a chilly one. have your heavy coat and scarf and hat on. there's the next disturbce

midwest. that will bring us a little chance for rain/snow as we get to saturday night and sunday. there are a couple of down wind streamers from the great lakes bringing the occasional snow flake or two to northwest vin virginia. future weather as we go through friday, here 45:00 tomorrow afternoon. skies will be mostly cloudy and could be a sprinkle of rain or wet snow flake or snow shower combination here west of the blue ridge in the mountains of west virginia, that's the better chances to see wet snow flakes in there. it won't be much or last long or have any real big imt packets by 8:00, a little impulse drying up. a few more sprinkles by 11:00 tomorrow night. no heavy rain coming. into the day on saturday, little slivers of sunshine, mid to late morning and another chance for a little shower coming up on saturday afternoon as another cold front comes by. tomorrow's forecast for st. patrick's day, 48 degrees and if you're waiting for milder weather to come back

may have to wait a little longer, temperatures staying at or below average for all of the next ten days. >> okay, we asked for it. i wanted more winter. there we go. >> you did. not me. >> software that could help protect your children. media giant putting its name behind the cause. you don't have to go to a gym to get a great workout. a look at free exercise programs you can do in your own living

google has launched new software to give parents more control over what their parents online. it let's parents create their first google account and manage and track screen time and device bed times. a version for ios is not yet available. mcdonald's started testing mobile orders of restaurantses in salinas, california, allowing customers to choose the meal for instant pickup. it uses gps to determine when burgers are cooked to make sure they are fresh and warm. it's expected later this year. >> okay, now is your chance to get tickets for this year's white house easter egg roll. the lottery opened yesterday at noon. families with children 13 and younger will have a chance to join president trump a

white house. this is video from last year. this year's celebration happens on monday, april 17th, mark your calendars on the nbc washington app. we posted the link to enter the lottery, search easter egg roll you have until noon on saturday. >> fun, fun. >> it's really tragic when a child ages out of the foster care system with no family to fall back on often times they are just suddenly on their own. barbara harrison is hoping we can find an adopted family for a 19-year-old who hasn't given up their chance for a forever family. >> hi, andrew. nice to see you. >> reporter: andrew was a little shy when we first met. i invited him to come visit channel 4 to have a look behind the scenes. inside the nbc network newsroom andrea mitchell was getting ready for a live "today" show report and andrew was fascinated and had a chance to meet andrea when s

nine years. his mom wasn't able to take care of him and he was with his grandmother who became ill and then wasn't able to take care of him. >> reporter: think you would like to be a newscaster some day? >> that was something andrew hadn't thought about and hasn't had a family to encourage him to dream about the future. there's melissa who does traffic. let's say hi to lauryn. >> she invited andrew to sit down to see how they create the weather map. what do you think the green is? >> rain. >> i knew you were smart. >> you pretty much nailed it. >> good to meet you. what do you think you want to be when you grow up? >> into electronics. >> reporter: he came into foster care at the 10 years old and had siblings, his older brother aged out of the system and sister was adopted. >> since she was adopted it's been his dream to be adopted and even though he's a bit older, he's never given up on fin

>> reporter: how will he know if the right family comes along for them. >> i'll just know. >> you'll just know. >> somebody will see you and they are going to say andrew is just the right kid for us. >> that smile. if you have room in your home and heart for andrew, the number is 1-88-to-adopt-me or check out the story again on our nbc washington app. now to a story you'll only see on news 4, the 2018 winter olympics will begin less than a year for now in pong chang china. a reporter on our digital team got the chance to visit the host city. take a look, she was able to follow the path that ski jumpers will walk before zooming downhill during the games. in less than a year gold medal winning performances will begin in the very spot. to see the whole video and photo

preview, open the nbc washington app and search winter olympics in south korea. finding time to work out, it can be hard. we talk about it all the time. so more people are turning to online options that will help you exercise without having to leave your house. >> can we get online motivation. they can also save you a lot of money. we're talking about this consumer reporter susan hogan has the secret to getting in shape without spending a dime. >> let's face it, going to the gym these days can be really tough. with these work joults all you need is 30 minutes and the best part, they are free. >> reporter: jill doesn't have a lot of time to spare. she's a busy mom of two who runs her own business from home. >> there's always the grocery runs and volunteering at the kids school, something like that. >> she prefers hitting the gym sometimes there's not enough time so she turns to youtube, two of her favorite

marshall. >> i can work out for 20 minutes in my bedroom and move on with my day. >> personal trainer marcus davis says he's noticed a trend. >> i'm seeing a lot more people working out at home and trying to do things on their own. >> reporter: but he warns there are risks. >> you could tweak a muscle. you could fall, anything could happen because you're just looking at something that's not really structured to you with no guidance, no one there. >> reporter: as always before you start a new workout, make sure your doctor is okay with that as well. the hardest thing about doing these free work jouts with yourself at home alone is just finding the motivation to stick with it. >> like a collective amen in here. a breakthrough for people who are color blind. >> after the break, glasses that are helping people see wha they hatve

you may need to grab an entire box of tissues for the next story. a few days ago we showed you the emotional moment when the eyes of a color blind boy were suddenly opened to every color of the rainbow. now he's opening up to nbc's kristen dahlgren about how his life is forever changed. >> reporter: this is how kason saw the world until this moment. >> open your eyes. >> i could see the lips start to quifr a little bit and i knew it had worked. >>

the color blind fourth grader seeing the world in full color for the first time. >> i csky was blue. >> reporter: thanks to special glasses. they don't work for everybody but allow many with color deficiencies to see a more normal spectrum. >> what color shirt do i have on now? >> a little bit of af lighter brown. >> reporter: put the glasses on. that is easy -- >> blue. >> the earlbeck's first saw the glasses a few years ago and kason started to save in his piggy bank for the $300 price tag. >> he was relentless and i mean, relentless. >> reporter: then his parents surprised him. >> i just didn't really understand what people uncolor blind actually saw and that day was amazing. >> reporter: now others are sharing their colorful moments

online. >> this is blue. for kason there is a lot to catch up on, cartoons, video games and maybe redoing a family vacations. >> go to the beach, go on long car drives and i can look at the stoplights. >> reporter: living life in technicolor and never looking back. >> you see the differences? >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, johnston, hiiowa. >> one more check on our ten-day forecast, it is going to be chilly and breezy around here today. temperatures only in the upper 30s to maybe near 40 degrees. a little milder tomorrow but there will be a chance for a rain drop, no accumulations are expected as warmer air comes in. light rain on saturday, sunday mostly cloudy and breezy, little better weather for monday and chillier weather returns. >> wre

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