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he of the 17 when he was arrested for the shootings that killed ten people and wounded three in virginia, maryland, and the district. the crime spree caused widespread fear throughout the region. his accomplice, was executed. joining us right now to discuss this case is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, what's happened here and why has it happened? >> you can see it was a foregone conclusion, because there were two things that happened here after lee boyd malvo was sentenced twice, once in chesapeake county court and the other in spotsylvania. both times he got life without parole. but after he was sentenced, two things happened. first, the supreme court ruled that life without parole sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional, because, especially in mandatory cases, they fail to take account the fact that juveniles are different, their brains are not fu
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impulsively. and then, and more importantly to this case, just last year, the supreme court ruled that that holding about juvenile life without parole sentences, does apply retro actively to cases on appeal. so that was the final important thing for malvo, and today a federal district court judge ruled that malvo must be re-sentenced. one of the questions in this case was, in the spotsil vainia county case, he pleaded guilty and in his plea, agreed not to appeal. so one legal question is, did he waive this constitutional right? but the judge said, there's no evidence in the record to suggest that he was aware of the existence of this right, much less that he intended to relinquish or abandon it. so he'll have new sentencing hearings. >> what happened for the prosecution and what about the cases still pending in maryland? >> this only applies to the virginia cases. so he'll have a
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prosecuto prosecutors are going to have to decide what sentence to seek. we know they can't seek life without parole, life without the possibility of parole. in theory, they could ask for a life sentence with the possibility of parole, or something else. the supreme court said in these cases, have you to look to see whether the people who were sentenced when they were juveniles have now changed and that they shouldn't have as harsh a sentence as they originally got. >> pete, thanks so much. we know you're working on the story for "nightly news" and we'll see more at 7:00. >> you bet. >> thank you. immigration officials have denied a stay of deportation order for the mother of two who has been fighting to stay here with her family. lilliana cruz mendez has been held in custody since last week when he went in for a routine check-in. she's faced the order of removal since 2006. here lawyer has asked
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tonight as we remember those who gave their lives for this country, we also pause to remember a man who never got the chance. >> that's right, second lieutenant richard collins would have been the third generation of his family to serve in the military, but he was killed in an unprovoked activity at the university of maryland last weekend. >> today, family and friends remembered collins at an emotional service in upper marlboro. his mother holding the american flag, his father, proudly wearing an army hat as they left the church. tracee wilkins attended the touching tribute. >> reporter: the family of army second lieutenant richard collins called his services today a celebration of life. and it was clear to see why. ♪ ♪ oh say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> richard collins iii did more in his short life than most will do in a full lifetime. >> it is tragic to
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combat. it is equally hurtful when we lose a member in uniform due to senseless acts of violence. >> the bible says there is a time to mourn. and that time is now. we need you, lord. [000:04:26;00] ♪ his eye is on the sparrow >> your very presence in this room, the diversity that's in this room, is a reflect of richie's love. >> in america, where only 1% of our nation raises their right hand and swears an oath to defend this country, this young man stepped forward. >> as a former soldier, richard, i would have loved to serve
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under you. between father and son at the end of the service. lieutenant collins' dad saluted his son's casket before the hers left the church. the interment for lieutenant collins will be private and held at a later date. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> wow, you may remember seeing this iconic and poignant shot from the bowie state university graduation earlier this week. our news partners at wtop have learned that university administrators came up with this idea. they felt the gown was an appropriate symbol to represent their loss. collins was just a few days away from graduation when he was killed at the university of maryland. well, now to the holiday travel rush, chopper4 is live over the bay bridge as people make their way to the beach for the long memorial day weekend. nationwide, 39 million people are expected to travel.
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that's a 12-year high. >> it doesn't look too now. we've seen it look a lot worse than that. you can expect big crowds and tight security. tonight we have team coverage. >> doug is at the beach with your forecast, about you we begin with meagan fitzgerald at the national mall where security is top of mind. >> reporter: that's right. security is expected to be tight in light of the terror attack in manchester. so folks who are coming out to the mall, they can expect to see a visible police presence. a lot more police officers out here, in addition to standing in line longer at security checkpoints. specifically here on the capitol grounds, crews have already started to transform the capitol into a concert venue. >> it's our most important holiday because it's the holiday that makes all the other holidays possible. >> reporter: one of the ways d.c. tries to remind us of the true meaning of memorial day is through the annual concert at
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the capital. fishburne and joe montagna will host the event. there will be live music and a special tribute to gold star families and the tuskegee airmen. but security will be tight, checkpoints are set up and officials will be looking for guns, knives and lasers. then on monday, the 13th annual memorial day parade will kick off at 2:00 p.m. >> the parade's a moving timeline where we honor our fallen heroes from the revolution to the present day. >> reporter: the said this years parade will have a special tribute. >> we're paying attention to the anniversary of the u.s. entry into world war ii, and the 75th anniversary of world war ii. >> reporter: it's going to be a fun-filled weekend packed with lots of activities, but law enforcement officials are
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encouraging the public to be aware o to report anything suspicious. meagan fitzgerald, news4. and our team coverage continues with doug who is live in bethany beach right now with the holiday forecast. how's it looking there? >> reporter: hey, guys, a beautiful day out here towards bethany. i should have gotten the hotdog. i got the polish sausage. it's not bad. temperature wise, looking pretty good. we've been in the 70s all day, even down to rehoboth beach. hit 76 in ocean city. and right here in bethany, about the same. back on camera, i want to give a shout-out right here, because this is will's 50th birthday. they are from burke and said we just want to get on television and say happy birthday to will. so happy birthday to will. and we'll have more on our
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backyard weather and kickoff to summer. now to a place where they're not celebrating, the new twist for a white house in crisis this evening. for the first time the russia investigation is breaching the president's inner circle. mr. trump's son-in-law jared kushner is under fbi scrutiny. >> reporter: officials tell nbc news, the president's son-in-law and close adviser jared kushner say person of interest, not suspected of a crime. but he likely has significant information relating to the russian investigation. >> he was the point person. and so it makes a lot of sense that the fbi would want to talk to him to ask the key question at the center of this -- why there was so much interaction both meetings and communications with russians? >> reporter: last year, kushner met at least once with the russian ambassador, a central figure in the investigation, and also met with a prominent russian banker. back in march, white house spokesman sean spicer described kushner as the transition's
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team's main point of >> you're acting as if there's something nefarious about doing what he was tasked to do. >> reporter: kushner's lawyer said he will cooperate. rex tillerson putting out fires on a different front, saying the u.s. takes full responsibility for leaking manchester bombing evidence photos on the press. >> we obviously regret that that happened. >> reporter: an issue british prime minister theresa may brought up with president trump. >> he has made clear that was unacceptable. the metropolitan police, as i understand it, received assurances from the fbi. >> reporter: this weekend the president will return to washington and the russia investigation he left behind, now inside the white house and his own family circle. and jared kushner is now back in washington today after spending much of the week overseas with the president. pat? >> thank you, blayne. hillary clinton delivered a fiery commentment address when
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she graduated from wellesley college i today she went back and drew a comparison to that tumultuous time when richard nixon was in the white house. >> we didn't trust government, authority figures, really anyone over 30. [ laughter ] we were asking urgent questions about whether women, people of color, religious minorities, immigrants, would ever be treated with dignity and respect. and by the way, we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. [ cheers and applause ] >> clinton also noted that graduates did not create the current circumstances, but she said they have the power to change them.
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still ahead, a closer look at t trip and the fall-out, as he heads back home to the white house. nbc's chuck todd will join us next as we go beyond the headlines. rolling thunder was named for the u.s. bombing campaign in vietnam. some people think it's called rolling thunder for another reason. >> this is about as loud as you probably expect it to be. >> reporter: ahead, why the veteran i rode with today is
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ready to return to 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 and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting
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him bring his hate into virginia. back now with a deeper look at a white house in crisis. it was one week ago today that the president left for his first overseas trip. >> and he's set to return soon, where he's going to find all his troubles right where he left them last week. >> nbc news political director chuck todd is with us now. the chairman of the foreign relations committee is talking about slapping new sanctions on russia for mettling in the election? >> and the question is going to be, will the trump administration accept the new sanctions? there was already some confusion yesterday. the traveling white house in europe seemed to indicate that the trump administration didn't yet have a position on russian
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sanctions, and then they clarified today, no, they want to keep what's in place and may be open to increasing them, but there's a lot of momentum on capitol hill to do more on a bipartisan basis. bob corker is going to be on the show sunday, this will obviously be a topic of conversation. there's been a lot of -- i would say the president's trip was fairly well received on the middle east side, not so well on the european side. and the biggest reason on the european side, it's what he didn't say. he didn't say anything on russia. ask that is something that bothers the europeans. so i think that's going to be where we take this conversation. it intertwines with the current situation. >> absolutely. >> and didn't say anything about the article 5, which is the fundamental agreement between all the nations to get each other's backs. >> the question is, what did vladimir putin hear when he heard that? article 5, basically, the three musketeers process. all for one, one for all type of thing. if one's attacked, we're all in. what happens if putin decides to
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test that with estonia, let's say, is the today. >> huge difference in atmosphere between where he started this trip in saudi arabia, where it was all smiles and dancing, literally there. and then what we saw yesterday was really rather chilly. >> well, except it was consistent on that front. if you think about candidate trump, and president trump and nato, the same person. he was critical of the nato alliance and had the guts to say so in front of their face. what to me was out of character, he didn't do that in saudi arabia. he was pretty critical -- he was just as tough on saudi arabia, they need to pay their fair share. we didn't have any of that rhetoric. it's interesting that with democracies, he was fine with lecturing them with some of the authoritarian regimes, monarchies, however you want to classify a saudi arabia, he was willing to be deferential. and i think it's that split personality that has troubled
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some foreign policy folks i the need to make such a presentation to the nato folks? >> i think it was -- the audience wasn't europe. i think the audience was america. >> playing to the base? >> i think it's more, hey, he was elected to stand up to the world, stand up to this, whether it's on climate or -- so that's where i think we've gotta be careful in saying, was this trip a disaster? i think in the foreign policy community, it's being viewed that way. politically, i'm not so sure. >> don't want to use the word disaster yet to describe what's happening in the white house. but the problems he's coming home to, a new one, the problem with jared kushner being the focus of the fbi probe now into russia. >> and that's because they want more information, what were his contacts. this is where you're going to start seeing that the investigation is going to start creeping into the business side of the trump organization.
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and also perhaps the side of the kushner family busy as well. and that's -- and then congress is starting to get into that part of it. the question is, you get in the business side and what investigators are looking for, was there enough russian financial connections that could cause them to have undue influence? >> and can you answer that question without the tax returns? >> and not just personal tax returns, these are tax returns for every one of those individual companies. trump national in virginia has its own llc. the trump golf course in new jersey has its own. we don't know who financed those courses. by looking at his personal tax returns, you would know where debt is held based on that llc's tax return. it's more complicated than mr. president, show us your tax returns. it's, show us your 150 tax returns. >> it's an incredibly tangled web. >> we've never had a president who has this kind of financial
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background. so it's mad adding to the whiff of scandal out there, that makes it even more difficult. >> can't let you go without asking you your reaction to the gesture, pushing the president of montenegro. >> the shove seen around the world. >> i think had the president been warm and fuzzy with nato leaders in the speech, that would just be a funny little viral moment that people are saying, that's odd, that's weird. it's turned into being the symbol of trump and nato. i think that's what's made it -- he's the bull in the china shop, and he's confronting all the nato leaders, and that's now the symbolic moment that explains it. i think we're a little overhyping it on that front a little bit in that respect, but it's because, i think, shows the
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split, you know, sort of a visual setting of the tone. >> my favorite. the fixing of the coat. >> it's rather unusual. >> but what isn't? these days with this administration. >> all right, chuck, thank you. and a quick program note, chuck will have all the latest political news on "meet the press" on sunday morning at 10:30 right here on nbc4. we're working for you to help you make informed decisions when virginians go to the polls in the june 13th primary. on sunday, the democratic candidates for governor will be facing off in one last forum. you can watch that at 11:30, following "meet the press" sunday morning. if you'd like to learn where all the candidates stand on the issues, just go to the nbc washington app and search virginia governor there. julie carey has profiles of lieutenant governor ralph northam facing former congressman tom perriello. on the republican side, former
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gop chair, ed gillespie with frank wagner and graduation because she's pregnant, the story is stirring controversy and getting nationwide attention. tonight, she speaks out even as the school is still refusing to back down. plus, mayor bowser taking the republican leaders are trying to do this to affordable health care. i'm tom perriello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. now i'm running for governor because it's wrong that most virginia incomes haven't gone up in 20 years. together, we can stop donald trump, raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. and we'll make sure this
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never happens in virginia. very customizable. you can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg.
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we couldn't be any happier. 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 and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting
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him bring his hate into virginia. well, the weekend is here and amelia is tracking the potential for rain and storms for part of the holiday weekend. >> that's right. we don't want any soggy dogs if we're grilling. but speaking of wet buns, let's go to doug, live in bethany beach. hey, man. >> you didn't get in, did you? >> speaking of what? what was that? [ laughter ] >> reporter: my man, leon, nicely done. a beautiful day down here. we're getting some sunshine now. a nice breeze. we've had that wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour during the afternoon. but a lot of people down here today, and really just enjoying what i think is probably going to be the best day of the next three. but we're not predicting too bad as far as the weather is concerned. i want to introduce jack gordon.
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he's the mayor here, and jack is area. >> yes, actually silver spring, in the washington, d.c. area. used to watch a lot of weather on channel 4. >> from the other guy? >> yeah. >> now we watch the weather down here. anyway, we want to thank you for coming and spending the day with us. and you brought this weather with you. >> which also means i bring tomorrow. so i hope i'm okay. >> we'd like you to stay over the memorial day weekend and then you can supply this. >> if you got room in the house. i want to ask you, what you do to get ready for the summer. because you said you swell as a town? >> yeah, we have 39 full-time employees year round. and then when summer comes, we are over 150 employees. and that includes more maintenance people, but actually a lot of lifeguards, 40 of them,
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15 additional police to help. they're not really but they handle the law and order around here. >> jack's ready. i saw him today, he was handing out flyers for the big festival tomorrow, the big 5k you got going on. >> yeah, tomorrow it's the justin's beachhouse charity and it's a great thing. >> reporter: and the weather is looking pretty good for it. it's not bad. we'll toss it back to amelia, because she's going to tell us if we're going to get rained on tomorrow morning. i think we're good. >> i think we are good tomorrow morning, but it's going to be later in the day at the beach where we see the showers moving and scattered light showers in the afternoon. 71 degrees and chilly on sunday with an onshore flow. air and water temperature very similar. on memorial day, maybe a shower early and then again during the evening. on monday, on the cool side, 68 degrees. tomorrow, we'll have rain around
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in the morning hours, and scattered late day thunderstorm. on sunday, dry during the day, plenty of clouds and rain overnight. memorial day, showers around for the first half of the day. doug will have a look at your ten-day forecast at about 6:50. it's one of the biggest events in our city, patriotism per the annual rolling thunder and the impact it could have on your weekend. vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy.
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that works for everyone. hundreds packed a church in capitol heights to pay last respects to a woman they called a star. >> rapper london dior and two others died in a fiery crash on the suitland parkway. >> lundy wanted to make her mark on the music industry, and had already grabbed national attention as an up and coming rapper. >> we loved her. everybody loves her. as you can see. everybody showed up and showed out. so we are very appreciative of them being here and helping us through, and being wasupportives they have been. >> reporter: celebrating the life of daja red. her family feels the love.
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>> we're holding, trying to make and be there for her mom and her sister and her dad, and her other brothers and sisters as well. >> reporter: the service at the way of the cross church of christ in capitol heights brought some light to darkness. >> this was a beautiful, beautiful service. >> reporter: but grief was heavy. she was only 20, a songwriter and singer, she dreamed of a dreer in music and had already found success i rap. her stage name was lundy, short for london dior. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a tragic car accident on suitland parkway took her away just like that. >> she was a bright star and still is somebody who has raised the standard for young women in the game and just as entirety as being young women. >> reporter: the bishop spoke of lundy's hard work and accomplishments. she said she completed her mission on earth and encouraged her loved ones to it never waste
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the time they have, bse >> bishop gamble was the best. he did nimy grandmother's servi, and the words that he was saying gave us comfort for sure. >> reporter: a horse-drawn carriage took lundy to her final resting place. >> we her number one fans and we miss her. >> reporter: in capitol heights, maryland, kristin wright, news4. flowers and flags will be marking grave sites across our country this memorial day weekend, but at the historic warrenton cemetery, caution tape surrounds nearly a hundred tombstones. vandals smashed and toppled the stones last month. police still can't figure out why. >> it's very disturbing, you know, but more than that, it's just sad. i feel for the families, i feel for the community. you know, it's a loss. and it strikes at the heart of what this small town is all about. >> a cemetery restoration
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specialist is looking into how much it will cost to make the repairs. meantime, the fauquier historical society is collecting funds to help. now to one of the biggest events of the year around here, the rolling thunder ride for freedom. it all started back in 1987 to protest the vietnam war. a man named ray manso came up with an idea to organize a motorcycle demonstration to bring attention to those killed or missing in action and others held as prisoners of war. he enlisted help and chose toerato rally on the sunday before memorial day. they envisioned their bikes and thought it would sound like rolling thunder. 2,500 people took part in 1988. every year it grows with more than a million people taking part now. chris gordon joins us with a group of riders who have been taking part for over a decade. hey, chris. >> reporter: well, leon, you are about to hear the thunder as they roll out of the national
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cathedral. some inside. they were here for the blessing of the bikes. now, as some of them arrive from across the country here today, i had the opportunity to ride along. this club came to d.c. from south carolina. they've been part of rolling thunder for the past 12 years. the veteran i rode with today just retired from the navy last week after 30 years of service, but in a few weeks, he'll be returning to afghanistan. >> this is what i do. i defend freedom. this is the reason i'm on earth. >> reporter: steve borganti and his wife say they will come to rolling thunder as long as they can ride. they ride to remember prisoners of war and those missing in action. >> just the idea that you have somebody in the family that may be left behind and you don't know where they are, and they don't deserve that. so we do everything we can to
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make sure the families get their loved not just along worry the ride. she's committed to the cause. >> pretty much let americans know that freedom isn't free ap all our military, some of them paid the ultimate price and sacrificed for us to live in a free america. >> reporter: rolling thunder officially got under way with a blessing of the bikes with holy water at the national cathedral. bob and brenda atkinson rode 900 miles from perkin, illinois. this is their 17th year in rolling thunder. >> and the first year we came and went across the memorial bridge. we made the left-hand turn, went down to go on constitution, and the marine was standing there, i cried. and i've had tears every year since then. >> reporter: now the rolling thunder riders just left the national cathedral, many heading down to the mall for the candle light vigil at the vietnam
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memorial that's going on right now. that's the latest live, back to you. >> thank you, chris. there's a lot going on, but the big event, the ride for freedom takes place on sunday. major roads around the mall and across the memorial bridge into arlington will be closed from late morning through the evening on sunday. you'll find a full systlist of closures in the nbc washington app. a maryland teen makes national headlines after being banned from graduation because she's pregnant. tonight she's sharing her side of the story and tells us why she feels she's being singled out. coming up on news4, it's official, the summer pool season is under way.
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life looks good. the pregnant high school senior banned from her graduation ceremony is now reacting to the school's
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decision. maddi runkles private christian her and banned her from walking across the stage during commencement. heritage academy said she's being punished for breaking the code of conduct, which requires students to abstain from premarital sex. she says she's heart-broken not to share the moment with people she loves. how important is walking at graduation? >> it's important to me because that's everything i've worked for and it's a night to acknowledge it. i go to a really small school, there's 15 kids in my class, so graduation is a big deal and i will be the only one there not to celebrate it with my friends. >> reporter: runkles will still receive her diploma. the father of the baby attends a different school. scary moments in rockville to talk about tonight. chopper4 flew this morning as firefighters evacuated a school
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because into a school after gasoline was dumped into a drain outside. two students were taken to the hospital, 35 children and two adults were checked out at the scene. the building reopened and classes resumed around 11:30. still ahead, the memorial day holiday marks the unofficial start of summer, and tonight as people head out for the long weekend, d.c.'s mayor is making a splash as th
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e republican leaders are to affordable health care. i'm tom perriello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. now i'm running for governor because it's wrong that most virginia incomes haven't gone up in 20 years.
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together, we can stop donald trump, economy that works for everyone. and we'll make sure this
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never happens in virginia. we carried it live on news4 at 4:00, as d.c. mayor muriel bowser took the plunge today, kicking off the summer pool season. but as news4's mark segraves reports tonight, one popular pool won't be open this year. >> reporter: public pools across our region open this weekend. pools in northern virginia are ready, so are the pools in maryland. and in the district, mayor bowser made it official, alongside some local kids. former d.c. mayor tony williams started the mayoral cannonball tradition, but mayors fenti and gray declined their opportunities to make a splash. it was mayor bowser who revived
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the tradition last year. >> you got in the water. it's kinda chilly today. a few of my team jumped in. and we're just excited for the safe summer, and recreation, learning environment. >> reporter: 17 outdoor pools and 23 splash pools will open in d.c. tomorrow. but there's one very popular pool in d.c. that won't be open. the pool at east potomac park, near the tidal basin, won't be open this summer or next summer as it undergoes a multi million dollar renovation. >> we are building a beautiful facility at the east potomac pool. that would be under construction this summer. get ready for a brand-new facility at east potomac pool coming soon. >> reporter: there you have mayor muriel bowser continuing the tradition of the mayoral plunge. if you feel like getting wet this weekend and you want to check out the pools in your neighborhood, go to the nbc washington app and search pools. we have everything you want to know about locations and times. in northwest, mark segraves,
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ws out for the long holiday weekend, more than 39 million are expected to travel, that's one million more than last year, and it's the largest number since 2005. but if you plan to stay home, melissa mollet looks at big events here and the impact it could have on uptraffic. >> traffic for your memorial day weekend, lots of parades and celebrations all over the place, saturday, sunday and monday. rockville hometown holidays, closures there in downtown rockville. i'll be hosting the parade on monday, 10:00 a.m. hope to see some of you there. saturday, bowie having its memorial day celebration. sunday, national memorial day concert on pbs there at the national mall where they shoot that every year. and then monday, falls church memorial day celebration. there will be closures all over the place.
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rolling thunder ride for freedom, road the afternoon. we're talking about areas including the arlington memorial bridge, 12th street tunnel closed to northbound traffic and the 9th street tunnel closed to southbound traffic because of that. the full list of closures is on the nbc washington app. happy memorial day. well, our man doug beat the traffic heading out to the beach. he's already out in bethany beach right now. >> and having a good time, hey, doug. >> reporter: having a great time down here. i love doing this every year. we've been in ocean city for the last few years. coming to bethany today, just a great day to be here in bethany. a little bit on the windy side, a little cool. we brought the storm team 4 by 4. the place is packed. it's been great weather. might want to get on the pants. these ladies are from northern virginia.
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say hi, ladies. >> woo! bethany. they said no, it's dewey. we're going to talk about the weather, pretty good the next couple of days. i don't think you'll get welt this weekend. first off, rehoboth beach, our photographer jay here is holding the camera, he was up there earlier. there's the famous dolly's, salt water taffy area. by the wild horse race game. ever play that? >> no. >> reporter: one day you'll play with the kids. okay, out there right now, beautiful conditions, also down towards ocean city. look at all the beach at rehoboth beach. but ocean city, the only ones at the beach, the lifeguards. they do the plunge every year, getting ready for the season. that's testing day as we make our way to memorial day. first off, looking at the
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graphics and right now, up around chicago, that's called a did you know that, ladies? there it is right there, coming through chicago. thunderstorm activity. that will move right down into our area tomorrow. expect some shower activity tomorrow morning. future weather, timing it out for you, show you how things will play out. there's 8:00 a.m. notice the rain towards winchester, along i-81. moving on through the region, by the 9, 10:00 hour, it's into d.c. could see heavy rain with that. that moves right down towards the beaches. should die off a little bit. so around 12:00, 1:00, that's when it will be to bethany beach. heads up there. to the ten-day forecast, we'll see a little bit of rain, but not a totally wet day. what we are going to see is some cloud cover during the day and over the next couple days. here's the ten-day forecast with highs in the 70s inland saturday and sunday. most of next week looking pretty good too. a little cooler on sunday. have fun tonight in dewey. >> thank you! >> reporter: i'll see you there.
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it's a big value for even bigger flavor. only at subway. this is the xfinity sports desk. >> the stanley cup finals start memorial day right here on nbc4. >> chris miles is in the csn studios. it looks like everything's lined up for monday night. >> yeah, all the stars are aligned. it will be nashville and pittsburgh meeting in the stanley cup finals. puck drops at 8:00. cavs and warriors meet in the nba finals for a third straight year. no surprise there. first game in that series, it won't happen until thursday. that's a pretty long time off for the cavs and more than a full week off for the warriors. last night the cavs once again dominated the celtics, winning the close-out game by 33 points. cleveland won the eastern conference finals in just five games. it wasn't nearly that easy on the ice. ottawa/pittsburgh.
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need seven in a thriller to determine who will play in the stanley cup finals. two goals and assists for chris coons, his game-winning goal pushed the defending champs back into position for a repeat. women's college la crosse, final four, foxborough. looking for a fifth straight trip to the championship, taking on penn state. jen giles, she's down for the cause. her 36th goal of the year, puts the terps ahead 3-0 in the first. same period, same result. caroline wynn passes to zoe stuckenburg, maryland starts out 4-1. late in the first half, caroline steele and megan whittle, her second goal of the game. terps up 11-5 at the half. this game started at five,
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second half just tonight, no time is set for the first pitch in that one. last night, in a game against purdue, marty costas is called out for nots actively trying to avoid the pitch. coach is livid. after his batter is called out, he's ejected from the game. gets tossed. the big hit, terps rally, kevin smith, bases clearing double, terps wine 5-2. in potomac falls, virginia, windy day, but that did not slow down miguel angel jimenez. that's an eagle on 9. they say eagles do not fly in flocks. don't tell jimenez that. on 18, he does it again. another eagle, finishes round 2 at 1 under 71. their clubhouse leaders, vijay singh taps the short putt in for birdie on 18, to finish at 10
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