county. they are working to rescue the person trapped on the third into. we'll keep you updated on this breaking news. we welcome you in on this sunday morning 23rd of april 2017. i'm david in for adam. >> and i'm angie goff so glad you can join us. chilly start. >> no question at least it's dry. that may change. lauryn tracking showers coming in. >> yeah some showers, it's a beautiful right now. sun just coming up at 6:22 a.m. thank goodness everything is so green out there onto capital camera. here's some sunshine all the way up through t

few sprinkles south of frez ricksburg and skirting through st. mary county. really the rain will hold to the south. we'll see push in during overnight. looks like a messy monday and tuesday morning. >> if you have plans to ride the rails you may hit some delays because of a an emergency drill that happened today will happen in the navy yard and anacostia stations started at 8:30 and should be wrapped up by 2:00 p.m. it will cost delays on the green line. also one entrance at the navy yard station will be closed. tomorrow's commute will be the big test for the new 395

ramp in downtown d.c. it is part of the $1.4 billion capital costing project and it's meant to help drivers merge directly on to the 395 at massachusetts avenue instead of the third street ramp. good news for drivers but people who live around the areas are concerned. >> well, having the conduction done, i'm not thrilled with the's thetaic look in the area i understand the new development and everything but for the residents for those who have bought it is cheapening property values in ways that won't be advantageous for us. >> the capital crossing project is expected to wrap up in 2019th for thousands around the world this weekend marked a global stance for science with more than 600 worldwide marches to support scientific freedom without political interference.

around the world did what does not come naturally. they marched. advocating for discover fact funding and public policies based on scientific evidence. a public health researcher, one ever the organizers. >> the idea that science can be neglected when you build policy is ridiculous. >> pediatrician mona hannah used science to show flint, michigan's led-dangered science . >> there was an unmistakable under current at the march. what some called the trump administration's war on science. the white house wants to eliminate sea grant prm.

nasa takes huge chunks oust the national institute for health and environment protection agency. for many this was a family event focused on the present and future. erik brought the son of the scientist and said the nation can't a frd to disregard science. >> you're an engineer how important science to what you do every day. >> very important. it's the foundation how i do my work. >> he uses it to build building and building the case that science is indispensable. nbc news washington. rvelgts we want . we want to get this just coming in. new results on president trump's job approval ratings from the latest nbc wall street journal poll.

to a poor start in his first 100 days in office compare that with 35% who think the first three months have been good or great. overall job approval ratings stand at 44% down four points from february. see how it stacks up when looking at the past three. president obama at 61%. george w. bush 56% and president clinton 52%. congress returns from two-week break tomorrow on monday and will have to get right to work to avoid a government shutdown a government funding deal is a top priority. current funding runs out midnight friday and the white house saying it is confident a shut down will not

but it's likely democratic are reluctant to get on board with the boarder wall. and the president's first 100 days will be the topic on "meet the press" at 10:30. the country has a new top doctor. vivek murthy was appointed by former president obama he was the first indians american to hold that position. right now voters in france casting their ballots in a closely watched election. it was a intense first roll polls. security is tight at many polling stations.

officers have been mobilized and 7,000 soldiers are also on patrol. it comes in the aftermath of last week's attack where a police officer was killed. >> 9:07 this sunday morning. a little chilly. and the rain is not done yet. we'll plan ahead for weeks to come. >> a child actress who became a break out star.

♪ sunday, monday ♪ happy days ♪ tuesday, wednesday ♪ happy days ♪ thursday, friday ♪ happy days. >> the actress who so many folks grew up watching, on "happy days," erin moran passed away, foundea

in her home after receiving a 9-1-1 call. she played the role of joanie cunningham. this morning we're hearing from actress who played their mother. >> i always thoutd ght of her a being so quick, talented, fast, can sing, dance, can go to school come back to rehearsal and pick up so fast. way ahead of all of us. that's why it's doubly tragic. >> we know an autopsy is being done to determine the exact cause of death she was 56 years old. switching gears now, a piece of virginia is up in space. this is pretty cool. >> it is a company in dulles made a supply ship named after john glen late astronaut and senator from ohio. the ship took off from florida on tuesday and arrived yesterday

with 9,000 pounds of food on board, will remain there until july. breaking news in fort washington maryland. >> that's right there's an apartment fire with someone trapped on the third floor, what do you know? >> we are hearing reports people were trapped on the third floor on this garden apartment near the intersection of corning and glen rock. fire started about half an hour ago we don't know how it started but obviously looked like it started in that third floor apartment and as you can see that fire is completely gutted and fooifts are knocking down and firefighters are knocking down smoelderring flames. initial reports did say

were indeed trapped dangling off the upper floor balcony trying to get out. again folks are standing around and there's a lot of confusion at this point. this is still a very fresh incident. it's not effected traffic too much it's off the main thoroughfare. we'll have more information as it becomes available. again the third floor, completely destroyed. live in washington. back to you. unfortunately this is not a morning firefighters had rain coming down t is a clear start to your sunday morning but that will change as we look ahead after this. get this, he robbed banks and ended up in prison but received a passion that landed him a new job at georgetown law. >> i started writing cases for other prisoners while i w stasil

diplomacy through music. a group of cuban students wrapped up performance with georgetown university students showing how music pushing past half century divide. >> in this music room you feel the

professionals clinging to a comfort in foreign land. >> this is likely the first project between university and young professionals from havana. >> i think that the music has the power to join people. >> joining martinez helped to coordinate the visit he says for cubans -- >> the -- the most important thing for us is not where we come from but where we're going. >> this is where they are going georgetown gaston hall georgetown students playing through the language barrier with cuban students. >> you don't need to speak just feel the connection between all of us. >> a musuckal connection georgetown orchestra director pe

>> so the idea try to go beyond. >> and perhaps resonate beyond this music hall striking a cord in diplomacy. >> because what you learn is sometimes you are the priority. sometimes you have to be back and listen to the others. >> for these cuban artists the experience is surreal. >> i never thought i would be here. i always thought this is going to be reality forever. like cuba, united states are never going to connect but we are doing it and being here proved that things are changing. >> the next generation, composing a new path together. >> that's interesting about a month ago georgetown university students went down to havana to get to know these stunt

of resources and such talent. >> and we know music can in fact unify and bring people together. >> this is a great story. >> one of the country's most difficult law schools, talking about georgetown law, now taking lessons from an excon. >> that's right the man who turned his life around to go from prison her to law professor >> 41-year-old followed unlikely career path to become a law professor here at george down he was a bank robber. >> i went in with guns told everybody to get on the ground and went and grabbed as much money as we could in a minute or two and left. >> he was arrested bit fbi er charged with five bank robberies and pleaded guilty. he became a jailhola

supreme court and by unanimous decision he won a reduced sentence for a friend. >> i was told time and time again by mostly lawyers that i would never be able to go to law school or get a law license. >> he defied the odds. recently posted tweet -- >> i think before we met him, some of the people here thought wow this is a person with a record that raises some flags. >> georgetown professor paul rothstien says there's no longer any questions. >> this guy is really going to make a contribution to our students and bring a perspective here that no one else can. >> you might think his goal is

court but that's not it. he wants to teach students about prison reform. >> i hope any job here will inspire people that do not bloef a second chance is possible. >> reporting from georgetown law center. news 4. >> we started at 6:00 at 50 degrees and now down to 49 we're not moving much. >> no in fact temperatures will stay in the 50s. we'll continue to see sunshine throughout the morning and clouds rolling in through the afternoon. a little more on the dry side. beautiful view. sun up at 6:22. rain staying south throughout the day. don't worry it's coming back north. we'll see more

into tuesday and dry wednesday and back into the 70s. if you want a taste of the summer thursday and friday the temperatures are in the 80s you can see few shattered sprinkles through st. mary county but that's about it. you see a lot of rain to the south. dry air moving in helping to keep the rain south of the d.c. area. it is cool out there. right now temperaturess around 50 degrees we'll be around 60 for daytime high with clouds filling in throughout the afternoon and showers in the evening and overnight we'll see more rain clouds moving in. it could be heavy at times and then occasion showers through monday and tuesday with temperatures only in

your sunday outlook if you want to wash that car wait until wednesday because we have rain coming our way. brunch looking good or yardwork. but as we continue until tomorrow we'll have more rain so maybe wait until wednesday to get it done. 80s and humid thursday, friday and saturday. i'm mark. >> i'm carry. >> president's always take heat for taking time off. for barack obama it was going to the golf course was an spark of an outrage. >> trump's no exception but come faster than past presidents a new poll showing half of the americans think he spends too much time away from d.c. >> 52% say they're not comfortable with the amount of time trump spends on golf

>> even some republican lawmakers have recently suggested they'd like to see him spend less time at his luxury resort in florida since he's been seven trips since becoming president. >> trump's time off may be turns voters off too. >> at 9:23 still more to come on this news for this sunday. fresh look for middle schoolers heading back to class tomorrow. we'll

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live look outside right now. a clear start but chilly. what you can expect monday morning. >> new trouble in the sky, after a flight attendant left a mother in tears. then bill o'reilly back on air we'll show y

coming up on 9:30, breaking news in maryland. >> at the scene of an apartment fire what did you leern? >> we've now learned about the heroing rescues that happened in this 2500 block fire of corning street in for the washington. as can see, at first they smelled smoke. smelled rubber and then heard screams. let's hear from the neighbor in the back ground who was here when this was happening. >> they had two women in the window, the smoke was just going and they were screaming and screaming for someone to lp

>> they did help them down. we're also told some women actually tossing her children off the balcony and needed to come here to get them to assist. we don't know about any injuries. hope to have that very shortly. again severe damage here from that apartment fire we don't know have a determination of cause yet. we're live in for the washington. back to you. >> my goodness incredible details out there. we'll keep in touch with you. more breaking news. it's reported north korea has detained a u.s. citizen, tony kim was detained on saturday when trying to leave north korea airport bringing the number to three americans now being held there. a very good morning as we welcome you back in on this sunday april 23 srd.

>> we're also talking about the changes in waeshlg. overall talking to lauryn seems weather is going to improve from yesterday. >> at least starting out with clear skies. that's a relief. we'll revisit lauryn in just a moment. again starting off clear she is tracking showers as we go later into the evening. we'll get back to lauryn. more breaking news now. this happened in arlington it is a busy morning. a moped crash turned deadly. arlington county police told us 45-year-old lopez was killed

moped before 6:00 last night. if you were traveling through that area, 395 south bound and noticed the ramp was blocked that's because police were investigating in this. now we know he's died and was from andrea. thousands in southwest florida are evacuating because of this. ripping through the state. in an area near naples. fire officials say at least nine homes have been destroyed and the fire is only 10% contained. trump administration approved federal grant funds to reimburse the state which has been fighting numerous wild fires. the latest problems in american airlines, suspended a male attendant after nearly hitting a baby aftere

holding her child. >> a mother >> a mother hysterically crying during boarding on an american airlines flight from san francisco to dallas. she's traveling alone with 15 month old twins. we can see she's upset fellow passengers say before the video starts this male flight attend ant forcefully grabbed her stroller from her when she tried to take it on the plane and he hit the mother and came close to hitting one of her baby girls. >> you got violent with my baby the mom says. and then a passenger in first class got angry. >> you almost hurt a baby. >> hey bud you do that to and i'll knock you flat. >> american airlines employee repeatedly heard saying hit me, bring it on as the pilot hold s him back this coming three weeks after united airlines passenger

david being violently removed from his feet to make more room for airline employees in this case american airlines offered this apology -- bill o'reilly is returning tomorrow, former fox host said to appear on his news podcast available to premium subscribers on his website. will be the first time after an investigation of allegations of sexual harassment. the arlington count board approved its 2018 budget it calls for higher property taxes you may be asking where is that money going? well a carding to the board, to help increase budget for the public schools as well as metro and affordable housing. if you are a home owner in arlington county you should expect to see higher tax rate

1.5% the new budget is more $1.24 billion. going to stay in arlington now. also approved by the board department and new land lease agreement for elementary school that will replace existing parking lot. will open in 2019 and will have pretty unique features like a gymnasium wall to open to create an outdoor theater. that's incredible. the cool will be able to accommodate nearly 800 students. we're learning about that plane crash yesterday morning, a pilot jesse bryant took off and an hour into his flight the weather started to get worse, he tried to get back to the airplane and started to have engine trouble as a result

hurt, the crash still remains under investigation. >> the wizards want to put the loss of game three behind them. looking forward to game four against the hawks. >> that's right. look at john wall stats 10 out of 12 shots, whoo, did it like that, nice one, back left hand dunk right there. wizards losing 116-98. our optimist today. >> they took home court we knew it would be amazing to play in front of that great crowd we got to put pressure on them for game four. >> game four is tomorrow at 8:00 in atlanta go wiz. let's switch to the ice and caps, they are ready for game six, are up three games to two in the series after friday's overtime win. that means if they pull

eastern conference quarter finals. caps bracing for toronto's best knowing elimination game is toughest of all. >> i hope it doesn't go to seven but these are two great teams battling and only one get opportunity to moves on. >> we will say if they win they'll face the pittsburgh penguins in the next round. >> and will make monday easier. waking up it is clear skies. not long before 80 degrees returns. how soon will we be in the clear for the showers. well for any of you who might have tried you know learning an instrument takes a lot of practice and determination. a won of

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to go up. we have sunshine right now but clouds and rain will fill in later tonight. we'll time out that rain for monday and tuesday, could be a little on the soggy side. we'll talk about that and talk about a big warm up coming our way in just about three minutes. >> thanks lauryn. so we talked about learning an instrument. it is one of the toughest challenges for any kid like learning a new language but it's especially hard for this one little girl. >> she was born with an incomplete left arm but she loves the violin. how she found a helping hand to find the right notes. >> very happy, i'm very thankful. >> ten-year-oldizea bella nikola likes music. it's soothing. she was born in fairfax without a fully developed left arm.

bioengineering student just gave her a new custom-made prosthetic arm. >> very grateful because without these people i don't think i could play my violin or any instrument. >>izea bella is great because she always gave us feedback. >> abdul and the team worked with her for a year to perfect the design. >> as you go there are things that we adjusted. >> the first arm had a bit of a problem. >> one of the challengesizea bella had while playing the violin was controlling the bow. >> i can press dn

>> her mother is proud. >> she has so many people that love her. >> and for nowizea bella loves the violin. >> as i grow older a may want to change instruments. >> i'm sure with your talent it won't be too hard. >> in fairfax, news 4. >> have a feeling she can do anything. from one great story to another. from part of your every day commute to finding a whole new purpose. a retired metro rail car is now off the tracks. how a culture saw new life beyond the rail. >> an old

lease on life. transforming the rail car. the seats will be turned into outdoor benches. scrap metal turned into industrial art. >> it's art. it's sculpture. it's entertaining the public. it's recycling. when you walk into one of these cars you just get a feeling of going back in time. >> the rail car transformation is part of the scrap more squares development at the metro station. in grove more. >> it's the ultimate in recycle. >> the goal to create an environmentally friendly community that bringing together retail, art and music. >> when we saw they were

recycling the cars, for sscrap metal, said, wait we want to the do a pop up. figure out how retail could work here. the community would like something to pick up on the way home from rush hour and what better thing. we called armada they're like we're all in. >> and there's a lot of work still to be done. the crew is basically going to be working 12-hour shifts between now and may 17th when they hope to cut the ribbon. >> that is neat. >> really cool. le all right lauryn with us now there's so much to talk about. >> we're just chatting like we're not at work. >> talk about how beautiful it is outside. >> finally, at least we're running into dry weather. >> yes and i think we can save a good portion of the weekend because today will be on the d

clouds will fill in throughout the day but not a bad looking morning. there's the rain out there right now. coming down through ridgemond. pretty much staying put. and continuing into the carolinas. you can see the clearing we're getting right here. getting some sunshine in some parts so it's not a bad morning with just a few showers down to the south. we're going to continue to see some of these showers move into our area but not until the overnight so a good portion of the day. going to be on the dry side. temperatures out there. it is cool and is cool this morning here at 50 degrees in washington. we're headed into the low 60s for daytona daytime highs for daytime highs.

1:30 with sunshine in northern maryland which will be taken over by cloud cover in the evening, rain stays to the south and moves in overnight and early tomorrow morning. occasional showers monday into tuesday and monday will look very similar to yesterday by the time we get to wednesday we'll clear out. that ten day forecast in just a bit. >> this might be a quintessential part of your sunday morning. we'll introduce you to the king of crosswords who put togethers

. good morning everybody we hope you're enjoying the weekend. >> on the week ahead kiging off a new series for children. >> not just problem for girls or just for d.c. zblx we're tacking to police and kmucommunity to g the ream real talk today. >> many of you at home may be filling out your crossword puzzle and one of the most challenging to solve is

puzzling readers for 49 years. we sat with the crossword king. >> with the clock running tyler is in a rush to be declared 2017 american crossword tournament champion. it's a gloria glorious sort of nerdy classroom reunion union. >> it gets bigger an better every year. >> bill creates it and runs it for fun. his day job crossword puzzler editor of new york times. he and it are the paragons of puzzle. >> most people want to grow up to be a fireman or doctor or lawyer i grew up wanting to be a professional puzzler. >> the world's only inigmotolyst a degree he created. at indiana university. he goes through each of the crosswords and edits the ones he thinks are clear and clever. >> what's the clue for blues

clues. just out of curiosity. >> well it's a time. wasted vacation. [ laughter ] >> among puzzle fans short is the man. worthy even of a cameo on the simpson. >> ha! new york times crossword editor will short. >> crossword is part of people's lives they do it in bed, on the bus, to work. they have a personal connection with me which is very nice. >> back at the tournament five time champion tyler was done in by haste. one wrong letter cost him the crown. in his dispair he did utter a few cross words. harry smith, nbc news new york.

we have got some sun to start you off on this sunday but the rain isn't far off. we've got lauryn tracking showers. you're going to want to hear this. a alarm fire guts an apartment building in for the washington. there's minor injuries and

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we're at glen rocks apartment on corning avenue in washington. you see the damage there on the third floor apartment that's where the fire started. concentrated to floor below it. a lot of pandemonium around here. people heard flames and people screaming. they saw the smoke and called them out to make several called to 9-1-1. we talked to one witness who got here just as one of the women in that apartment trying to save her children take