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secrets to a chinese contractor. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. >> there's new information that suggested the suicide bomber was part of a larger network. >> tonight his father and his younger brother are under arrest in libya. there are reports that the brother was planning to stage his own terror attack. the suspect's older brother was also arrested in manchester and with britain's terror alert at its maximum level for the first time in ten years, additional security forces are highly visible on the city streets. as that nation tries to cope with its grief. jay gray tracking the developments, he's in manchester. >> reporter: as the investigation grows in manchester tonight, a stunning revelation. the local paper quoting british security officials who say accused suicide bomber salman abedi likely did not assemble explosives made ie
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on the loose. >> it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating. >> reporter: a number of people have been arrested including an older brother in manchester, his younger brother and father detained in libya. >> these family member arrests are going to be part of that network. who else did he communicate with? who did he talk to in the community and online? >> reporter: he had known connections to isis and may have recently traveled to syria and libya and likely received terror training overseas. as the search for evidence and answers continues, so does the outpouring of emotion here. thousands gathering at memorials across the city as they honor the 22 lost. the youngest victim 8-year-old savie roussos remembered today at a private ceremony. >> as you can imagine, there were tears from the children and the staff but we know together we have to hold on to the love amongst us. we owe that to savie and her
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mosque paused for a moment of silent this afternoon before condemning the act. >> thakt has no place in our religion or any other religion for that matter. >> reporter: but there are constant reminders that it's happened here including armed police and military personnel on gord across the country to make sure it doesn't happen again. he was known to british intel officers before the attack and we've learned today that u.s. agents were aware of the suspect as well. jay gray, nbc news, manchester. >> and security is certainly top of mind here in the district of columbia especially as the memorial day weekend is approaching. coming up, news4 is working for you with a look at how the d.c. police plan to keep you and your out of town visitors safe. >> new developments in a murder that happened more than 30 years ago. the victim's remains were found in
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county. nobody knew the man's name even until now and police now are hoping that the new information will help them find whoever it was that killed him. chris gordon talked to the victim's daughter today. she says she's surprised to learn that her father's dead but hopeful that there will be some closure to this, chris? >> reporter: well, jim, detectives can't promise that they will be able to close this long-standing murder case with an arrest or even identify a killer but they are hoping to provide more answers to the victims family. in october of 1984, a man and his son found human remains while walking in those woods behind me here along baltimore avenue in beltsville. these are police pictures where the woods where the skeleton was found in october 1984, now more than three decades later advanced fbi fingerprint technology has identified
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27-year-old from louisiana who last hugged his newborn daughter good-bye when he joined the marines. >> did i search for my dad throughout the years, even when i was a teenager and stuff. >> reporter: monica davis tells me by face time her only comfort is now knowing that her father didn't abandoned her. >> but i was very relieved that he didn't run off on me, that it was not his choice that he couldn't come back. >> reporter: prince george's county homicide detective bernard nelson says that now this is no longer a john doe case the investigation is developing a time line trying to determine who killed bennet lewis. >> the last place that we know he may have been living is in jacksonville in north carolina but we don't know who he was with or staying with at the time and why he ended up up here in maryland. >> reporter: his family never reported him missing. they thought he went off on his own to start a new life that didn't include
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left me, you know, he never ran off like most dads do and i was hurt that, you know, i never got to connect with him, you know, as a child. >> reporter: police say the killer who shot bennet lewis to death here's ago has literally gotten away with murder. they don't even know if he's still alive but they are asking anyone watching who may have any information about this case to call 911. that's the latest live in beltsville, maryland, back to you. >> thank you. a bowie student who was murdered will be laid to rest tomorrow but today hundreds gathered to honor him at the university of maryland where he was killed. with tears in their eyes and flowers in their hands, they marched to that bus stop where richard collins the third was stabbed and what police are calling an ov
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our tracee wilkins was there for the moment of reflection. >> we're united in grief but also united in the memory of the life of this young man. >> together we gather here as brothers and sisters to remember a very dear and precious soul, second lieutenant richard collins who was brutally killed last saturday. we're here to honor the life and memory of this extraordinary young man to give our support and stand in solidarity with his family, friends and the entire bowie state university community. your physical body has succumbed to a vicious act of hate and violence, but your vast soul lives on. >> we're working together to say this hate has to stop, if it doesn't
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be out there to do so. >> with all the pain in our hearts, all the aches, all the hurt, we're here to grieve together. in a few moments some of us will be walking to the bus stop where lieutenant collins was killed. >> for me that was probably one of the most important moments was just all of those people coming from different directions to that place to honor this young man. >> it definitely hoped having both campuses come together. >> we honor him by trying to more fully list the values that he stood for and we believe that are the values of bowie state which is diversity, inclusion, rnt for each other, tolerance and fighting hate. >> reporter: ffs overwhelming to stand in that garden and see the crowds of people pouring in. it seems like it would never
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end. the hope this is the beginning to the path for healing at least here in this campus. reporting live in college park, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> funeral services for richard collins will be held tomorrow at the first babtivity church. it's located in upper marlboro. >> another dark, dreary day. more rain in the forecast as well. >> doug, when is this going to end? >> well, we're going to stay on right on through the memorial day holiday. it does get warmer though. it is been gloomy for sure and temperatures that have been held down into the 60s and it's all because of that right there, the cloud cover. notice not much on the radar picture and we're not going to see much rain for the next few hours. i think we stay dry for the most part here but take a look at areas to our west and down to the south. this is the area i'm really watching down around raleigh, thunderstorm activity. severe weather down there. this area of moisture i
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to move right up on i-95 and be here around 11:00 hour. current temperatures are average is 77. we're now at 65. temperatures going above average for part of your memorial day weekend. we'll talk about that, a little bit better of chance of rain there too. i'll show you which days have the best chance of rain for memorial day weekend in ten minutes. >> president trump is in brussels ahead of tomorrow's nato summit but before he left rome he met with pope francis at the vatican. they first met in front of cameras and they met privately for roughly about 30 minutes. vatican officials say they talked about a range of topics including immigration, health care and the persecution of christians around the world. afterward the pope seemed to light up when he greeted first lady melania trump. she wore a black veil as a sign of respect. the pope jokingly asked her if she feeds the president sow veenioak
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she does. >> the president's team is working to sell his new budget on capitol hill. and a brand new score on the house health care bill just made that job more difficult. blayne alexander with more on capitol hill. >> reporter: let's break down that new cbo assessment, first looking at the number of people that would be uninsured under the republican health care plan. now according to the cbo score in about a decade, less than ten years actually, 51 people would be without insurance. 51 million people rather under the age of 65. now that's a slight improvement from the previous version of the health care plan. 23 million more people would be uninsured as opposed to under the current law of the land, obamacare. now if we look at the number of deficit, how much deficit will be reduced $119 billion deficit wruks. that is less than before which would have been $150 billion. so not the best news, not the best assessment. this coming on
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the president's team is fanning out around capitol hill trying to sell the president's budget plan. with budget opponents out in full force, the white house mounting a full-court press of its own. the president's budget director along with secretary of treasury, homeland security and education standing out across capitol hill selling the proposed budget to a skeptical congress. >> we wanted more money for law enforcement, border security, veterans, school choice. >> reporter: the plan includes deep cuts to medicaid, welfare, programs that help the poor while boosting tax cuts for the rich plus the promise to reduce the deficit by growing the economy 3% each year nearly double the current rate. critics even republicans calling that faulty math. >> it's not only a myth, it's frankly a lie. >> reporter: democrats slamming the plan as robinhood in
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budget. >> we are not going to kick any deserving person off any meaningful program. we want to help people just as much as you do. republicans care about poor people as much as democrats. >> reporter: what is clear this budget will not pass as currently written. >> it's definitely dead on arrival. >> reporter: what's next? >> they'll need to work with the budget he's proposed, hard choices not just wishful thinking. >> reporter: the opening round of a long fight ahead for the president's first budget. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. >> commercial struck a cord with locals about change in one d.c. neighborhood, now government may be getting involved after the i-team revealed a paid actress was behind the controversial ad against airbnb. >> he was a young man, what brought him to the street, what caused someone to kill him here in
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narrator:to do time is what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice.
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he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. people in a normally quiet neighborhood heard a single gun shot this morning. they rushed outside to find a man gasping for breath. that man later died in a hospital. pat collins is
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washington, maryl n with reaction to the whole thing, pat? >> reporter: neighbors say they heard no argument. that they heard no conversation, they heard no shouting. neighbors say they heard but one shot, a young man taken down, something went terribly wrong here. a two block area taped off here as police investigate a single shot murder. the scene asbury drive, the time around 10:30, a young man down in the street gasping for breath, someone tried to perform cpr but the victim died a short time later at the hospital. >> i wish it wasn't this close to my home but it was right here. >> reporter: corey lives in the home right in front of the murder scene. >> it was like we need to be diligently prepared for any thing and today that's what ow
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prepared for anything to happen because this young man, whoever he was lost his life today. >> reporter: a few blocks away, police stopped this car, they take their driver in for questioning. they describe him as a person of interest. they take the car itself in too for a more thorough search. now this kind of crime in this kind of neighborhood most unsettling. >> i've never heard of it happening before out here, so no. >> it's normally very peaceful. >> very peaceful area. i'm speechless. >> reporter: so what brought this man here and what led to this day light case of murder? police trying to put those pieces of the puzzle together. now we're waiting for the police to release the name of the victim. they say they'll do that after they have a chance to talk to his
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live in ft. washington, pat collins, news4. >> scott macfarlane at the live desk where the feds say they've made a major take down in northwest d.c. two men conspiring to sell trade secrets to a chinese military contractor. it happened on a busy section in connect avenue. schenn xi and gang loo appeared in d.c.'s federal courthouse a short while ago both charged with conspiring to sell trade secrets overseas. according to court filings, the secrets involved equipment made in houston to a chinese military contractor. that's in violation of u.s. law. the news4 i-team was tipped the fbi raided what's believed to be the home of houston yesterday. we obtained video of that raid. the secrets involved the type of foam material frequently used for military projects.
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in prison. they each live in houston. they'll be under gps monitoring until trial. both are expected back in court june 12th here in d.c. five other people were also arrested in this scheme late today. we're watching this and keep you posted in all these cases. i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. >> new d.c. mayor bowser wants to change the way the public is thinking about missing teenagers. there have been a number of false reports on social media claiming there's a spike in the missing children. there is no spike and the majority of those missing are runway teenagers who return home within days. the mayor plans to open a drop-in center to help runways this summer. 885 teenagers have been reported missing. 28 of those remain missing. >> the travel industry group is now asking the federal trade commission to investigate
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antiairbnb ad. they want it investigated for deception. you might remember this commercial which the news4 i-team revealed last month. it featured an actress portraying a resident. jodi flesher is here with a new letter demanding action on this. >> reporter: this letter asks the federal trade commission to examine the degree to which the ad's content is deceptive to consumers of violating ftc guidelines of endorsements and testimonial. >> i'm tired of feeling like an outsider in my own neighborhood. >> reporter: it revealed why this woman really felt like an outsider because she's an actress of new york city. the ad portrayed her as an anacostia resident upset about the impact of short-term rentals. it first surfaced right around the time the washington, d.c. council was considering
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industry. the travel technology claims the ad was funded by the hotel industry in an effort to impact policy to eliminate competition. >> when you have this deception, it really is -- it's bad for all involved and that's why we've kd the ftc to look in to this. we hope the city council can see this for what it is and have an open and honest dialogue for those with an interest. >> ads like that should use actual consumers or clearly disclose that the people featured in the ad or actors. air coalition did not return our call. a spokesman defended this ad. even though anacostia's is what was written on the screen. now the group also defended the decision not to disclose that the woman is an actress. ftc spokesman told me the agency does not confirm if or when it opens an
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>> new concerns about safety in the wake of that terror attack in manchester in england. we'll tell you what we can expect in terms of security ahead of the busy holiday weekend in d.c. and elsewhere. >> his murder remains unsolved, but conspiracy theories have dominated the headlines. pete williams will be joining us with one family's fight for justice as police set the record straight after the death of a young staffer with the
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>> we are soggy and a little depressed. >> that was a lead, did you get that? >> when's it going to get out of here? >> you know how they say the sun will come out tomorrow, it probably won't. maybe friday. we may see a little bit of sun sunshine tomorrow but the rain will be the big factor overnight tonight into the day tomorrow so keep those umbrellas handy. the jackets too. right now a very gloomy 65 degrees outside. it is not only cool it's on the breezy side, humidity is way up there which makes it feel even cooler. 63 degrees at 9:00. a few showers the next few hours. the rain comes in around 11:00 tonight. only 62 in culpeper, the average high temperature 77 degrees, so nowhere near that today. temperatures around the entire eastern part of the nation on the cool side. now not rain around
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western portion of maryland and into west virginia. here's the storm system. you can see that big rotation, that area of low pressure which is right into central kentucky, all of the yellow here, tornado watches which actually extend into southern portions of virginia. this is the area that i'm watching. this is down towards raleigh. they did see a tornado warning just to the south of raleigh earlier. this is going to come right up i-95, right into our area overnight tonight and let's show you that first off. take a look at those temperatures. i mentioned the cool temperatures the warmest on the map, buffalo, new york. they've seen sunshine but everybody else dealing with the clouds and the rain across the region. here's future weather. 8:00, most of us dry. starting to see showers along the blue ridge. here comes the rain around 11:00 and it gets rather heavy around 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. you will hear it on the rooftop. 7:00 a.m. still dealing with the shower activity
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may see a little bit of sunshine. the more sunshine we see, obviously, the warmer we get but also the more instability and thunderstorms develop here around 5:00 or 6:00 and you notice more showers and thunderstorm activity around that time before we finally begin to clear out of here. i'm going 76. that might be very optimistic. we need sunshine to get their showers likely. thunders possible as well. i think we'll get into the 70s. friday much nicer. breezy, high temperature of 75 degrees. saturday, sunday, monday. memorial day weekend. 80 degrees on saturday. slight chance of a shower sunday. tracking showers and thunderstorm activity could be a washout. this is something i'll be washing closely. 77 on sunday. 80 on monday. memorial day mostly clouds. looking a little bit better but not the best memorial forecast, but we've seen a lot worse around our region. more on it
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still to come tonight. new video of the aftermath of that terror attack in manchester. >> just days after the bombing in manchester, police in our area say they are on high alert. we'll tell you wt securhait vo: delivering cleaner, reliable energy... creating jobs for our veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominion energy is investing $15 billion to build and upgrade our electric and natural gas infrastructure... creating jobs now and for the future. across virginia, we're building an economy that works for everyone and dominion energy is helping
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the explosion during that terror attack in manchester earlier. the "the new york times" obtained photographs of the remnants of the bombers backpack. the bomber appeared to have carried a powerful explosive in a lightweight metal container concealed in a vest or backpack. he probably did not act alone. they have arrested several people including the suspect's father and two brothers. >> our city is a natural target for terrorist but d.c. police work around the clock with other local and federal agencies to keep us safe. efforts kick in to high gear however on the holiday weekends like the one coming up. meghan fitzgerald is outside union station to explain the role you play in securing our city, megan. >> reporter: security experts say paying close attention to your surroundings is critical. reporting something that looks suspicious, certainly does in this day and age have the
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lives. >> if you see something suspicious, done just blow it off. make the call. let law enforcement do their thing. >> reporter: important reminder as we head into the busy memorial day weekend with thousands of people visiting our region. which means large crowds should be expected along with heightened security. >> an abundance of caution, you'll see more security further away from the facilities. >> reporter: fear lingers after more than 20 people were killed, dozens of others injured at a grande concert in manchester. law enforcement officials will tell you that if you see something suspicious, you should say something. but we wondered if the average resident actually knows what that means. >> it also means suspicious being packages as well. >> that's a really great question. i don't -- i don't -- you don't know, you know. maybe it's one of those
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you say it you know it when you see it. >> i had the millennium. >> reporter: homeland security expert say those answers aren't too far off base. >> suspicious package, the unattended bag, the person in 90 degrees out is wearing winter coat. >> reporter: those are things to look out for as well. always be aware of your surroundings whether you're traveling at union station or enjoying the live concert this weekend. law enforcement officials will be on high alert but la port says the public needs to do their part as well. >> d.c. is a target symbolically for sure, and we need to take our level of preparedness just that much more seriously. >> reporter: now it is important to note that this chief of the metropolitan police department says there is not a known credible threat to d.c. or the surrounding area. >> thanks. >> it has been nearly a year now since the murder of democratic national committee staffer seth rich. he was killed while walking home from a bar in e
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neighborhood of northeast d.c. last july. the d.c. police believe it was a botched robbery. nobody has been arrested and the fact that no one's been arrested is in part is what's prompted a slue of conspiracy theories. richard's parents stop political sizing their son's murder. >> in recent weeks, why the conspiracy theories around this poor young man's murder? >> well, two things. one is the sequence of events. he was murdered in july, then 12 days after that this leak of the first leak of embarrassing e-mails from the democratic national committee where he was working on a project and shortly after that, two weeks after that julian assange who runs wikileaks offered a reward for information about his murder. the fam
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yesterday. it was in the print edition of the "the washington post" today saying this has been very traumatic for them that basically they're having to relive his deng over and over and over again. it's just impossible to move beyond it. here are the facts. the d.c. police say they have found absolutely no evidence that he was ever in touch with wikileaks. the family says he was not in a position to have access to the kind of e-mails that were leaked and there have been all these questions about where are the laptops. the laptops are with the family, the metropolitan police department has looked at the laptop and we've also talked to other people who looked at the laptop he used as a staffer at the dnc, all those laptops were wiped clean after the discovery of the hacks, but they were looked at before they were wiped clean. we talked to people who say there was no evidence on his company laptops either that he was ever in touch with wikileaks. >> any suspicion on what might be prompting all of this and
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>> it's two things. it's the sequence of events, it's the fact that it fits this sort of alt-right narrative of people looking for explanations or alternative ideas that it wasn't the russians that were hacking the elections. someone else may have done it or an inside job but, of course the goal here is to try to find out who actually shot and killed him, but, you know, that's a tough thing. it's been since july and it's hard to go back and reconstruct a crime now and unfortunately there are unsolved murders. >> in this city, especially, yeah. >> thank you, pete. >> more on pete's reporting on this story, on "nbc nightly news" right after this broadcast. >> the budget axe is falling in prince george's county. how these cuts could impact your child's education why the teachers say they've had enough. >> bad news when it comes to those popular fitness trackers. we'll tell you why that
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loss. >> i knew it! that's why i lost that -- any way. right now national harbor looking pretty good, if you like it cool and damp and some of you believe it or not are saying, yeah i'm loving this weather but others saying bring on the heat.
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teachers in prince george's county are protesting a possible budget cut. the county executives proposed budget is $90 million less than the school board is asking. the teachers outside of high point high school say today they're worried about losing money for the student breakfast money and money for a new pilot program for students who have disciplinary problems. raises, teacher raises also on the line. >> i've seen my colleagues leave and go to other counties because they can make more money in
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come through the system, but this is probably the worst. >> the county council will vote on the budget tomorrow. >> don't trust that calorie counter on your fitness tracker. researchers at stanford say pretty much all of these wrist band trackers are terrible at counting how many calories you burn. 60 volunteers help them study seven different devices. they did find the apple watch was the most accurate and the samsung gear s 2 the least accurate. researchers say the devices doing much better job of tracking your heart rate. we posted a link to the study. it's on our app so you can see how your fitness tracker stacks up. >> we'll tell you how president kennedy's most famouses speeches are getting n
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. from the very beginning of his presidency, those words at the 1961 inauguration to that most heartbreaking scene of his son's last salute at the end. john f. kennedy remains one of the most memorable men who served at the nation's helm. tonight we're taking a look at his legacy. >> as we approach the most 100th annivers
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>> reporter: celebration for the jfk have already begun at the performing art center that bears his name. i talked to the center's president and to the american composer charged with creating a brand new work incorporating some of the john f. kennedy's most famous memorable accomplishments in his own words. >> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieve the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> reporter: president kennedy's many mem ranl words live on, some are etched in the stonewalls in this. >> we'll climb this wall with safety and with speed and we shall then explore the wonders of the other side. >> reporter: the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts where they've been planning a big celebration for his 100th birthday for over
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for the occasion composer and residents mason bates got a call from debra rutter who had consulted with caroline kennedy and her family. >> and it was the idea that we would use his words and those of words inspired by kennedy in a new work. >> i thought wouldn't it be interesting if we could take not just the words of jfk but his actual recorded speeches and kind of set them to music, integrate them into the orchestra. >> we choose to go to the moon. >> the thing that jfk did that i think is so resonate for today is the moon shot. he said we're going to go to the moon and we're going to do it in a decade. >> those words of jfk he feels articulate the american spirit of optimism. there's nothing we can't accomplish or nothing we can't do. >> when the orchestra is playing where are you? >> i'm in the
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>> reporter: virginia born is somewhat of a musical genius. it's earned him the title of the second most performed composer alive today. >> that's what we do as artist is to find a way to commemorate big moments with new work and so i'm particularly excited about mason's work. >> this is a very large room. >> reporter: that's not the only thing she's working on to commemorate the kennedy centennial. there are several things on the agenda. >> i believe we're unleashing the potential of this place. it is not a building, it is a community of artists and arts administrators who are bringing art and all the diversity of the art to our community here locally and also nationally and as a real model internationally. >> we believe that when men reach beyond this planet they should leave
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>> he had so many big ideas, if you think about civil rights, if you think about the peace corps, if you think about bringing artistically life more centrally into society, he had this imagination that was so inspiring. >> if one of the great adventures of all time. >> reporter: john kennedy's actual birthday is this sunday, may 29th. we posted a list of events coming up, just open the nbc washington app and search jfk and they've got all kinds of things going on all day long. >> how wonderful. >> thanks. >> we want to correct something we reported earlier in our newscast. the funeral for bowie state student richard collins will be held on friday at the friday baptist church in upper marlboro. earlier we said it was tomorrow. the
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we apologize for any confusion. douglas, clarify what is going on with this? >> any time i get douglas, you add my middle name in there and i'm in trouble. >> it looks like we have a rainy, rainy holiday straight through to june. >> douglas william, i'm dead. >> we'll show you what's happening out there right now. we've got the clouds and cooler weather too and it's going to stay this way right on through the night tonight but tomorrow we at least get into the 70s and we definitely didn't get there today. 65 degrees. going to be a cool evening but it will be i think a dry evening. the nationals playing tonight. i think they'll get the game in. we are tracking the rain down to the south. look at all this rain. notice the different colors, the yellows, the red. our rain will come right from i-95, down along there just to the north of raleigh. you can actually
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will move in most likely right around 1:00 a.m. and that's going to provide us with downpours. look at that big spin in the upper levels that will migrate our way tomorrow and we get a little bit warmer and maybe even some thunderstorms. showers at 7:00 a.m., cloudy a little bit of a break around noon. maybe up to 71. tomorrow's forecast kind of tough. 76 degrees for a high temperature. maybe a couple of storms. some of them could be on a strong side. 76 tomorrow, 75 friday. friday mostly cloudy. 80 degrees on your saturday. 77 on sunday. sunday looks like it could be a little bit of a washout especially d.c. off to the west. if you're heading down toward the beaches this weekend, i don't think it's too bad. make sure you take the sweatshirts however. 67 degrees on your sunday with some showers late. showers early on your memorial day. high temperature around 69. i think we clear out on memorial day, so not
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but not the worst. coming up next, we
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me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban
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it's a big value for even bigger flavor. only at subway. >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> this is not too embarrassing because you don't have to be but just for the entertainment, think about this, what do you think tal burt would have thought of otas and i'll leave it at that? you can ask your grandkids. i wonder what he would have thought of otas? >> i mean ots are starting and this is redskins starting to see how are their pieces can come together and with the organized team activity starting this week. the team is just starting to peace together this puzzle. carol malone any has more from redskins park. >> voluntary, no contact, off-season
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almost everyone on the red skin roster is here. whose not might be telling about the runningback situation. practice today inside the bubble. nobody happier about that then the redskins running back. matt jones is noticeably absent. he was a healthy scratch for the final nine. he's not the only one missing. trent williams and jordan reed are working out on their own in their respective home towns but a report out today says jones is not happy. a report the coach did not confirm. >> this is a voluntary deal as we all know and i can't force the issue on anybody so if he's disgruntled any way, shape or form it's news to me. >> the washington redskins and usa hosted military veterans and active service members after watching practice and meet and greet saw one
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taking great care to speak to every person in line. first round draft pick jonathan allen. >> a welcome home and welcome to redskins nation. >> reporter: already a fan favorite the guy who graduated from stonebridge high school which is not even five miles away from where i'm standing right here. we're going to definitely keep our eye on him from redskins park. >> the orioles lost 4-3 to the twins and tonight's game for the nationals still set for 7:05 but tomorrow's game against the mariners has been moved up to 12:05 because of weather that was supposed to be a 4:05 start time. that game now moved to 12:05 tomorrow. >> okay. we'll take it whenever they want to do it. >> we can get a "w" at any time of day. >> they tell me "nbc nightly news" is coming up next. >> we'll see you tonight at 11:00.
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