you usually have a certain duffel bag or knapsack you take to the firing range, don't bring that one to the airport. news4 at 6:00 starts now. now at 6:00, the blame game on capitol hill as house leadership pulls the republican health care bill after coming up short on the votes necessary to get it passed. >> speaker ryan called the failure growing pains. president trump blamed democrats for playing politics. but democrats are claiming victory. >> the story still making headlines across washington. we start with blaine alexander on capitol hill. >> reporter: a republican plan to end obamacare undone today by republicans. >> perhaps the best thing that could happen is exactly happened today. because we'll end up with a truly great health care wibill the future after this mess known

>> reporter: speaker ryan cancelling the bill after too little votes and too little time. as time ran out, republicans spent the day scrambling, knowing they were facing an unhill bu uphill battle for votes. >> what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. >> reporter: the white house not casting blame for the bill's turbulent road but certainly not accepting it, saying the timeline was not rushed. >> has the team put everything out there? absolutely. at the end of the day, this isn't a dictatorship. >> reporter: on the house floor, frustrations spilled over. >> oppose this bill with every breath and every bone in my body! >> we have a marvelous opportunity, but we can lose it. i ask you all and i urge you all to please vote for this act. >> reporter: that opportunity, gone. at least for now. >> we all learned a lot. we learned

we learned a lot about the vote getting process. >> reporter: speaker paul ryan saying obamacare will be around for the foreseeable future. and a close vote on health care is certainly nothing new. back in 2010 the affordable care act passed the house with only three votes to spare. >> our team coverage continues with scott macfarland at the capitol where local lawmakers say they've been inundated with calls from people weighing in on the gop health care bill. >> reporter: here at the capitol a few moments ago we watched a parade of members of congress walk out the door headed to reagan and dulles and heading home. this week and this debate are over. a few moments ago northern virginia republican barbara comstock say the uncertainties in this health care law would have made her a no vote as well if they had a vote. otherwise locally

were no surprises or mysteries. all local democrats made it clear they were voting with their caucus unanimously against the health ca law. for the record, the bill died at 3:35 this afternoon one floor below me in the basement of the capitol. minutes later they walked right back out. several of them telling me they were disappointed but they didn't want to assume any blame for this. so we have members of congress leaving town and leaving this bill behind. local democrats told us they were getting flooded by calls as well but they were always ready to vote no. >> it's like 50-1 against this bill. our district happens to be a little bit older. they're more established to buy homes inside the beltway. the 5-1 ratio of health care costs for older

money they're al kuwalocating t people 50-plus is not nearly enough to pay for insurance. >> reporter: no health care on the schedule when they return here monday. thank you. only 17% of americans approved of this new health care bill according to a new poll from quinnipiac university. many republican lawmakers were reluctant to endorse it. this map shows a breakdown of republicans opposed to it state by state. you can go deeper into the numbers during the break in the nbc washington app. just search health care. and in just a few minutes nbc's chuck todd is going to join us on the set to break down those late breaking developments. what it says about the president's political pull on capitol hill and where we go next. that's ahead at 6:15. we've got to tell you about a family tragedy that has rattled an entire community in charles county. three people are dead in an apparent murder/suicide. ni

deaths of a father and his two daughters. news4's tracy wilkinl -- tracee wilkins has the story. >> reporter: he walked throughout his waldorf home and shot his family one by one before turning the gun on himself. 4-year-old laila and 17-year-old lachelle were killed. his wife, shot multiple times, survived the murder spree. there's no criminal record for goodwin or a history of domestic violence that the charles county sheriff's office can find. >> we have reached out to extended family members and we hope that as the investigation moved forward, we'll be able to at least find out what may have prompted him to do something so horrific. >> reporter: today at thomas stone high school administrators tried to help

with the unthinkable. >> we had our pupil personnel worker as well as our high school resource teacher to follow lachelle's schedule and go to each one of her classes to facilitate discussions about the fond memory that is the students had of her. >> reporter: she played volleyball was on honor roll and had a bright future, a future taken unexpectedly by the man she trusted the most. >> she had dreams of being a graphic designer. >> reporter: counselling services were available for students here today at thomas stone high school. meanwhile the sheriff's department is saying it's imperative they figure out a motive in these murders to try to keep something like this from happening again. we're following breaking news in the district where police have released a new image of a person of interest in the death of an artist. take a look at thean

officers find corrina mehiel dead in a basement apartment just off 8th street in northeast d.c. they say someone had beat her up and stabbed her to death. mehiel has been in d.c. to work with an art professor. a man accused of firing an assault rifle inside a crowded d.c. restaurant pleaded guilty. edgar welch admitted to transporting a gun across state lines. welch took a gun into the pizza restaurant comet ping-pong and fired shots. he said he was investigating an internet report, a fake one, about democrats and child sex trafficking. the public feud between members of the house intelligence committee hit another level today. intense

announced he's cancelling a public hearing planned for next week. nunes says it will be a closed session which set off democrats. >> the committee seeks additional information from monday's hearing that can only be addressed in closed session. >> there must have been a very strong push back from the white house about the nature of monday's hearing. it's hard for me to come to any other conclusion about why an agreed upon hearing would be suddenly cancelled. >> nunes says he cancelled the hearing so the fbi could brief members in a secure setting. we also learned that president trump's former campaign manager will appear before that committee. nunes says paul manafort volunteered to testify. republicans want to speak with him behind closed doors and argue the subject of that interview could be classifi.

public hearing and a separate closed door hearing for the classified information. should acting d.c. police chief peter newsham get the high profile job permanently? the d.c. council has heard from dozens of people today during her confirmation hearing. meagan fitzgerald joins us live. is that hearing still going on? >> reporter: it is going on. it will likely go on through the evening, because more than 80 people have registered to testify. among with supporters tonight was former d.c. police chief kathy lanier. she recommended newsham for the job and basically said she leaned on him heavily when she led the force. of course, there were those who were not supportive of newsham. they said they don't believe he's the best one for the job. >> there were cars set on fire. >> reporter: for an entire day the judiciary committee and other council members listened and questioned those who testified for and against the confirmation of peter newshs

the city's next top cop. supporters argued that newsham is experienced, he's a proven leader who continues to effectively politician t lly po >> he's a visionary lead who are's been a big part of the success of the metropolitan police department and the safety of d.c. where all crime categories were reduced last year, including homicide by 17%. >> these people have no real concern about the violence in their communities. >>reporter: members of the black lives matter movement disagreed. they points to the shooting of terrance sterling on september 11th. sterling was an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a d.c. police officer after he collided with a police cruiser. >> he jumped in front of cameras to go on record contradicting the eyewitness accounts at the scene of the crime, again ways to hurt the relationship with the community. >> reporter: other opponents went as far back as 2002 when protesters in per shing park were mistreated. many were hog

hours. newsham was the assistant chief at the time. >> it was a major violation of civil rights that really shocked the conscience. to this day, he will not say unequivocally that that was wrong. >> reporter: a woman from the transgender community says she stands with newsham. >> i need a chief that i can hold accountable. >> reporter: when the hours of testimony wrap up, it will be up to the council to decide whether or not interim chief newsham is ready to lead the force. we're told that the council could vote as early as next week. the health care bill pulled before a vote. chuck todd will take us behind the scenes. a family feud ends in murder. what we know about the days lae leading up to a teenager's death. an incredible story of

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as president trump pulls the republican health care bill moments before the vote. >> we're also following the continuing battle over russian interference in our election and a looming fight over the supreme court nominee. so much going on here to talk about all of it or some of it moderator chuck todd is here. let's start with the health care drama that came to a head this afternoon. clearly it's a setback for president trump and for paul ryan. but the question is, what's next? everybody's blaming everybody else. where do we go from here? >> the question is -- this is a major setback. does i become debilitating or can he recover? it's all about what lessons does president trump draw from this. if you just take his remarks -- and there's a lot of blame and deflection going on. nobody when they lose wants to accept blame. particularly this president struggles to accept blame. but there was a

already taken away, which is he's acknowledging he can't get stuff done without democrats. while he's not ready to reach out to democrats, just the fact that he is acknowledging that will tell you that at some point he knows he has to find a way if he wants to do something big -- tax reform is where he wants to go next. you can't do it with one party alone because the freedom caucus, there's just too many philosophical differences they have with this president and other parts to have republican party. if you're relying on them for votes, you're never going to get anything done. you need to figure out a way to make up those votes. the only way to do it is to reach to the other side. >> today the house intel chairman cancelled a public hearing. the democrats are saying he's choking o information to the public. where does

at this point? >> i think on the house side it's totally been corrupted. there is a credibility problem now because of what's happened. is devin nunes doing the bidding of the white house or the oversight committee? i do find it interesting he's been out on an island on his own here. he's got white house support. the rest of the leadership has been a little bit busy dealing with health care. but the top three leaders in the republican party have not backed up devin nunes, have not said they accepted his apology and all of these things he did when he went to the white house to brief people before his committee. i think we have a huge credibility hit here. >> and such an important role too. >> no doubt. politically i think democrats smell blood. they realize that nunes really messed up and they smell blood in the water here. democrats have never wanted to keep this an intel because it is easy to keep the public away. national security, c

to go. they want a special committee. and i think they think that it's beater sh er a better shot of getting a bipartisan kmi bipartisan committee that is credible if you do it outside of congress. congress is too partisan to do this right. i think that the partisan tendencies of both parties at this point make it where we're not going to get a credible investigation out of congress. >> the supreme court nomination, this has got to be the least coverage for a supreme court nomination because of all the other stuff that's going on. there are threats now about filibustering and the nuclear option and all of that. what do you make of that? >> does he have -- he needs to make sure he's got -- there are ten democratic senators that represent states that donald trump carried. those are the t

have been watching on the gorsuch confirmation. are they willing to filibuster? are they willing to be no no. i think you're going to have the red state democratic senators -- they may say, all right, i won't vote to confirm him but i'm not going to filibuster him. you can split the difference here. if you're a red state democrat, you might be looking for a way to show some sort of bipartisan out reach. you know, i know what chuck schumer was doing it for the base. is he strong arming joe donnelly? is he strong arming joe manchin or is he rhetorically saying what he has to say to please the base and he's going to let everybody do what they have to do. tell me what manchin and tester do and i'll tell you whether we get a filibuster. >> is there any chance that democrats come on board and work wi t

some tweaks six months down the road? >> i wouldn't expect it to come from donald trump. i'd keep an eye on some of these pragmatic senate conservatives. think of lamar alexander in tennessee, bill cassidy in louisiana, susan collins, who's a little more on the mod raerat side. they could be the conduit to finding the camps, moderate democrats from rural states who are nervous about the impact of the law. in rural america insurance companies have not been able to create a competition. that has been an issue. is that a problem you see a bipartisan group of senators decide to tackle? i think they will in like six months. and trump will work with them if they come to him. i buy it. >> doreen said somewhere john boehner is walking out of a tanning salon lighting a cigarette sm

merlot tonight. >> much more on health care and the investigation on russia this sunday on meet the press. watch it here on news4 sunday morning at 10:30. here at home, the faces of the missing. tonight a local campaign is getting national attention, but police say there's more tho o t story. we're going to take you beyond the headlines and sort it all out for you. >> reporter: alleged bad blood among two taeens leads to one

our weekend is finally here. the weather is going to be pretty great. amelia is at the tidal basin with a check on the cherry blossoms. >> wouldn't we all like to trade places with her. let's start with doug tracking temperatures. a lot of folks making plans to be outdoors. >> if you're making those plans for the weekend, it's really looking quite nice, especially for your saturday. what we're dealing with right now, you see the sunshine across the region and nice conditions. temperatures right now, 62 degrees. rising through the afternoon. we may start to drop a little bit next hour, but i wouldn't be surprised if we actually went up to 63 next hour. dropping into the upper 50s as the sun goes down later this evening. look at the temperatures. wow. 67 fredericksburg,

everiever -- petersburg. tonight if you're thinking about getting outdoors and eating, it will be okay, a little on the cool side. tomorrow great to eat outdoors or anything outdoors. sunday, okay again. we'll have a little bit more cloud cover and it will be a little cooler. not all that bad. this weekend is a perfect one to get out to the cherry blossoms, especially tomorrow. that's where amelia draper is right now. you've been down there all afternoon. this is a really fun time of year. >> reporter: it's beautiful down here so despiete the temperaturs the cherry blossoms saw last week, getting below 24 degrees for five hours, we're still seeing a lot of beautiful blooms. this is called the puffy white stage. you can also see some flowers still closed up. with temperatures in the 70s tomorrow, it's going to bring all of the flowers open.

the flowers in stage five of six. that's why peak bloom is going to be over the weekend. as we look to the weekend, it's going to be that heat that really brings out the flowers. and little wind in the forecast is great news. that can be kind of the biggest thing that brings the blossoms off of the trees. i want to end with this shot looking over the tidal basin. it's still beautiful. it's not as full as it usually is but picture perfect down here this evening. >> going to be a very nice night and a nice couple of days here too. temperatures on the upswing. 76 tomorrow. 66 on sunday. still have an isolated shower there. 74 degrees on monday. 74 on tuesday. better chance of showers both monday and tuesday, but still not a washout either day. 70 on wednesday. watching the cooler weather thursday and friday. friday can actually be the best

storm system comes together. and we continue to say we need a good dousing of rain because we've been so dry. next weekend looking pretty good. next weekend, highs upper swi60o around 70. all eyes on tomorrow and that 76 degree temperature. it's been a neighborhood eyesore for years. why the county says there's nothing they can do about it despite signs and notes warning the home is poisoned. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in woodbridge where seven family members escaped from a raging fire that broke out in that house in the middle of the night. coming up why it,

a family torn apart after a longstanding feud turns deadly. >> it all started as a suspicious death investigation. but now it's a full blown murder case. police didn't have to go far to find the killer. r

lives in the house here on mondrian terrace has only been here for a couple of months but folks say the victim has endeered himself to folks in the community already. the suspect tyshawn lipford says he and the victim had bad blood between them. lipford said that christian matthews had intimidated him on several occasions. the two were bound by the suspect's sister. matthews was the father of lipford's sister's child. whatever animosity existed between the two teens turned deadly this past tuesday. police were called to this town home around 2:00 a.m. christian matthews lives in the basement. people upstairs heard a loud disturbance. matthews was in bed, not moving. they noticed marks around his neck. he would be pronounced dead a short time later. police questioned everyone at the house. they

and that broke the case. >> this individual claims he had gone into the victim's room, put him in a chokehold and he was later unresponsive and determined to be deceased. >> reporter: people who knew the victim say they can't believe the circumstances of his death and that he will be missed. >> cool dude. he didn't bug nobody. kind of messed up what they did. >> he was always a positive person, always smiling, always happy. >> reporter: lipford said before he choked matthews he heard him on the phone talking about killing him and his family. lipford said he feared matthews would do it and that's when he choked him. he's being held without bond until his next court appearance in april. and he faces a first degree murder charge which does carry a penalty of life if he's convicted. live in silver spring, derrick ward news4. new details tonight on the tragedy that rocked a quiet maryland neighborhood yet. a family dog attacked and

sheriff's deputies in calvert county got a call from a family friend who had been watching the baby boy. the deputies shot and killed the dog to stop it from mauling the baby but it was too late. county leaders say the deputies were distraught. >> you could see the emotion. they felt kind of helpless that they couldn't do more. that was the result of frustration that they couldn't do anything more to save this child. >> the sheriff's office isn't naming the victim or the family. the dog was a pit bull, a bred regulated in 900 cities. chief of c it must have seemed like a nightmare. a family startled awake in the middle of the night by exploding glass and flames. a second story window was the only way

seven family members are alive because they acted so quickly. >> reporter: it was a fire so intense it cast a big orange glow into neighbors' window. it was around 2:30 in the morning when the namedflam -- f erupted first on the front porch. >> i've seen fires before but it looked like -- it was surreal. >> reporter: chip lohman was awakened not by the fire but by two little girls, ages 7 and 9 who just escaped the flames. >> young girls knocking on our door at 2:00 a.m., screaming, just hysterical. opened the door, saw the fire, girls ran back towards the house. told my wife to call 911. >> reporter: he learned everyone in the house had gotten out

breaking glass. tom explained to me he tried to go downdownstairs, realized he couldn't. they had to get out through a second story window. >> reporter: all three kids and two adults were taken to the hospital but none suffered serious injuries. sadly the family's labrador is missing. after what he witnessed neighbor chip lohman is taking steps to beef up his family's fire safety gear. >> when you called me i just finished placing an order for three rope fire escape ladders for our kids in our house. >> reporter: neighbors describe the folks who live here as a strong family. but they were about to move on. the mother an air force lieutenant just got word she would be transferred to california. she joked now that this move because of this was going to be a much easier move. we've l

killednhi week's terror attack in ties to our area. curt cochran graduated from ft. hill high school in cumberland maryland. his wife was seriously injured in that attack. british police are combing through thousands of items seized in searches across the country looking for clues. they're trying to figure out why khalid masood plowed his vehicle into people and whether he acted alone. the story behind this poisoned house in arlington and why the county says it will stay there despite the neighbors' complaints. >> reporter: one of the girls missing from d.c. is back home after being gone for three days. the message she and her mother have for other families. >> there it is, the word we've all been waiting for, nice and warm for the weekend.

one of the most popular stories on our nbc app this week is about missing girls. our story debunks a fakeeport that 14 girls went missing from d.c. in just one day. d.c. police told us they're simply sharing missing person cases more often on social media. the center for missing and exploited children agrees there is no increase here. >> we're not see iing anything that supports things that we're hearing about significant increases in missing children. what we're seeing in washington, d.c. is probably not unlike what we're seeing across the country. >> a d.c. teenager who disappeared on monday is now back home with her family. the girl's mother tells kri

the emotions she felt while her daughter whas missing. >> thinking that somebody's done something to your child and that you'll never see them again -- >> reporter: the things that went through her mind. >> as a mother, i was dying. >> reporter: katrina hunter didn't know if her 17-year-old daughter was dead. she couldn't find her anywhere, the longest three days ever. >> i was just riding around, just having god lead us, turning down different streets and just praying the whole time. >> reporter: d.c., it's a big place in an even bigger world. to be lost, to be missing, to be out there somewhere. raw emotion at a packed town hall meeting monday and questions about missing children of color in the district. >> i think there's a lot more that we can do. >> reporter: so far this month d.c. police have tweeted out 27 missing person flyers of children between the ages of 10 and 17. most have been

d.c. police commander chanel dickerson reached out live on facebook to address what has now risen to a national worry. catherine came home. things are complicated. there are issues. her mother says she's run away many times before. catherine won't say where she was but says many of the missing teens in d.c. simply want out. >> they're leaving. they don't know what they're looking for. they don't know what they're trying to find. >> that's all paraphernalias want is for them to pick up a phone and say, hey, i'm all right. >> reporter:trina is the first u she and her daughter have a long road ahead, but at least they are together. late today mayor bowser's office announced six any initiatives. the changes include boosting the number of officers assigned to those cases and expanding the local missing perso

is too many, the truth is more complex than one photo or one number. in the nbc washington app we look at what's true and what's not about the issue of missing girls in d.c. some new information is out tonight about opioid deaths in virginia. the state department of health show that is the number of deaths last year went up in almost every county in the commonwealth. that's despite having just partial numbers from 2016. take a look. arlington had 12 deaths between january and september. fairfax county 51. loudoun had 24 and prince william county had 29 deaths. the use of naloxone has also gone way up. still ahead the national museum of african-american history and culture marks another big milestone. >> reporter: we can see written just about all over this arlington home, the al

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danger, do not enter, keep out. those are the signs posted outside a home in arlington. the home's been abandoned for nearly two decades. tonight neighbors are reaching out to news4 asking what can be done about this. david culver gets the story behind this so-called poison home. >> stay away from my poisoned house, keep out. >> reporter: the words pierced through her kitchen window as she remembers the happy family who once lived next door. >> they were wonderful neighbors. >> reporter: the home, now abandoned andpp

with poison. that message written on doors, posted on signs. some who live in this neighborhood are so uneasy they'd rather not even be near this house. choosing instead to walk on this side of the street just to keep their distance. >> if you notice, walk on this side of the street. >> reporter: i did notice that. that's intentional? >> yeah. >> reporter: ronald moved in a few months back, tells me the place makes him uncomfortable. over the years neighbors have filed complaints but as arlington's code enforcement section chief says, there's no violation. as for ronnie -- >> it would really be nice to have a neighbor again and not be looking at signs about poison. >> reporter: she and others hoping for an antidote to this empty eyesore. >> david culver has been in toucwi

son. he says he understands the neighbors' concerns. he says it's a very complicated situation and adds he'll update us on future plans for the home. we're learning new revelations about actor and pilot harrison ford. he was trying to land his plane when he flew right over a passenger jet. >> reporter: it's been nearly six weeks since harrison ford flew his private plane into john wayne airport in orange county. hear what he called himself. also for the first time you'll hear from the pilot of that jet liner with 116 people aboard. he describes the ligheight of h plane and what he told traffic controllers, all of that ahead. this is a fascinating story. you can see miguel's

tonight at 7:00 on nightly news. today marks six months since the opening of the wildly popular national museum of african-american history and culture. the museum is out with new numbers on just how crowded it's been over there. 1.3 million visitors have walked through its halls. if you want to visit, the next round of passes for july will be out beginning april 5th. i still haven't been in there. i'm looking forward to it. >> that's a tough ticket. doug, everybody's going to be out this weekend. it's going to be nice. i hope people are going to be careful with all the visitors in town and i'm thinking about the traffic jams on the trails with people on bikes. >> just think about the trails out there. on your left! let's take a look and show you how things are going. we've kind of been in the house a lot more often over the

cold temperatures and even that snow last week. now we're dealing with nothing but sunshine and really nice numbers. temperatures on the rise. it says 62. we have hit 63 at the airport. nice numbers there. look just back to the west. again, here we were earlier today in the 50s. now we're in the 60s. tomorrow, boom, in the 70s. it's even close to 80 degrees just off to the west here too. so we might get even warmer than that tomorrow. no rain. again, we do need to see some rain. there's a couple chances in the ten-day forecast, but no real big storms. had some pretty good downpours associated with this little warm front as it made its way through earlier today. you can see the ridge. look at this, up and over. that's the ridge of high pressure. that's the warmer air that's going to be moving in. on the backside of this ridge, nice little snowstorm out towards denver, just to the south of denver, where i

live, ten inches of snow fell over towards that area. they had blizzard warnings. for us, nothing like that. when they get blizzard warnings and snow, we tend to get warm and we're going to get warm tomorrow. 76 by 4:00. chance of showers north closer to the pennsylvania border. a high of 76 tomorrow. 66 tomorrow. little bit cooler. more clouds and, yes, a slight chance of a shower. monday and tuesday, a little bit better chance of showers. highs still in the 70s. i've got a lot more 70s on that ten day than i do 50s. a lot of you continue to share some amazing photos from across our area. the cherry blossoms are all at various stages but most of them are getting better as the trees start to reach peak bloom. tag us on twitter with your pictures

hashtag cherry blossoms. not many of you who responded to our flash survey are making specific plans to see the blossoms this weekend. but most of you are planning to take advantage of the warm temperatures to do something outdoors. >> for those of us who live here, i think it's a thing of, oh well, i can always see them. >> when the timing of the peak comes on a weekend, you know it's going to be extra crazy. >> the crowds. coming up in sports the wizards play in just a few minutes. >> will john

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> nfl free agency is in full swing. the redskins still making moves. >> hi, chris. >> yeah, it seems like the redskins got a little bit quicker today. wide receiver brian quick signed with the burgundy and gold. the 27-year-old has spent his entire career with the rams. last year he caught 41 passes for over 500 yards and three touchdowns. the former second round pick has been very durable during his five-year career, missing more than three games just once. >> i feel like i'm progressing. yo

and as the years went along. before i got hurt in 2014, as you could see, my numbers were doing great. then that happened and it was kind of like a setback just a little bit. but i got back on track last year. so i feel like this is going to be something i can prove this year coming up of what i can really do and what i can really bring to the table. >> former nfl commissioner a board member at georgetown university is leading the search for john thompson iii's replacement. the names rumored to be in contention are patrick ewing, tommy ammyker, richard patino. the terps took the train to bridgeport in an evident to have

bonding experience. coach believes tomorrow's game will be an equal matchup. >> both teams, you can obviously see have balanced scoring, you know, across the board. when you talk about the inside/outside play, you know, for both teams, you can see where the production is spread in terms of the two teams. obviously any time you get to a sweet 16, i mean, that's great teams that are left in the bracket. so both teams are going to battle it out for 40 minutes. the wizard's point guard john wall walking into the verizon center a little while ago. he's used to giving teams headaches. today he suffered from a migraine and was questionable to play. moments ago it was confirmed that wall will take the court against brooklyn tonight. according to head coach scott brooks as long as wall isn't a risk of injury, he knew he would play. >> i let our medical team and our players -- i mean, that's

i like guys that want to play. you know, he's not going to put himself in harm's way and obviously we're not going to allow him to do that, but if he feels like he can play, i think that's a great asset and a great trait to have as a player and as one of the leaders of the team. >> just a few minutes away from the start of tonight's game, wizards just three home games left this season. that means got to get out and see them before they're gone. >> that's exactly right, man. that's exactly right. >> i can't imagine playing basketball with a migraine. >> no. >> impossible. we'll see how he performs tonight. >> chris, you know this, man, some people wouldn't play with the flu either but jordan seemed to do that pretty well. >> won a championship doing that. >> maybe tonight's the night he

>> let's see how well you forecast with a migraine. >> nightly news is coming up next.

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