on june 16th -- >> topping the needs was programs for academic excellence. >> congratulations, you're in, it's what you wanted, here you go. >> i love this, makes my heart soar like an eagle, george. >> for 48 years he told it like it was sharing the good and the bad. a voice we got to know so

this morning we're remembering a colleague and a dear friend, jim van vance. we welcome you in on this sunday. >> as you managimagine, this is difficult time for us you see here on news 4 and many of the people you don't see behind the scenes also dealing with the kind of hurt that everybody feels. vance died yesterday morning at the age of 75. he was battling cancer the last few months, now people around the country are sharing their memories of vance. on this sunday morning, we're also closely watching severe weather and for that we have samar theodore, what's it look like today? >> more storms as we head throughout the evening.

quiet after the storms or the quiet before the forms. it is a quiet wedge right now and things rev up into the afternoon. 75 degrees, quiet and dry out there. overall we will heat things up pretty quickly here today. in the next couple hours, by 8:00 a.m. we'll be in the low 80s. mostly cloudy skies, but this afternoon we may have storms to str track. >> you know, on any other sunday morning, maybe around this time, maybe a little later, jim vance would be getting up, i know he was not watching the newscast too early in the morning, he liked to use the weekend to take in the quiet and the stillness. >> and to sometimes turn on jazz, he loved to listen to jazz. he died yesterday after a short battle wit

our tributes with his friend and co-anchor of nearly three decades, his partner here at news 4. >> we did this story in our 6:00 broadcast and you never know what will be amusing or terrifying. >> here is the jim vance you knew for 48 years. a smooth voice and calm presence that all made us feel like no matter how bad the news was, we would be okay. vance was who he was. you probably know a lot about him already. you know he road motorcycles. he liked cars, fishing, sports, and mixing it up with whoever was resporting on sports. >> what did you say? >> he always had a way with kids. before becoming a journalist, he was a teacher in philadelphia. he started reporting here in 1969. from the start, the bosses new they had an anchor in the

covering stories all over the world. but he didn't have to go far for some of his best work, reporting on the people right here in his adopted hometown of washington. think about every event. every big story that happened here in the last 48 years, vance covered it all. the race riots, and in columbia heights the plane that crashed the 14th street breech, 9/11, inaugurations for 12 presidents and all seven of washington's mayors. he was the guy that the muslims asked to speak to the night they seized three buildings in town and the first journalist marion barry called after he was arrested. he interviewed every president, ande

of reality that could be refreshing, even if you didn't agree with him. vance had some dark times here too. some struggles of his own that are well known. but he came out of those a better person, and always used the lessons he had to use, the hard way, and tried to make life better for students trying to navigate their own paths. just a few months ago, vance told us he had cancer, as we tried to hold our emotions in check, he reminded us of the incredible life he lives. the last time he was in public is when they put him on a mural at ben's chili bowl a few weeks ago. he received so many honors and awards, but this one was special. >> all of you meant so much to him, too.

himself where he came from and to be invited into your homes for so many decades. >> it is times like this that we turn to other local news pat cullens is one of them. >> we speak to people who made a pilgrimage at ben's chili bowl. >> when he heard what happened, he came to the alley, to the wall, he came to see that picture. he came to talk about jim vance. meet now william sauder, 52 years old,

>> today, that picture was the place to be. you see, it was just a few weeks ago that ben's chili bowl unveiled the new mural, it's on the iconic wall alongside the famous dc restaurant. there on top, our own jim vance. even though he was sick and battling for his life, he made a point to be there to talk about the honor. it was a sad and proud moment most of us will never forget. >> i don't have a pair of pants in my closet that will fit me any more, but that's all right. because the blessings never stop flowing i came here on june 10th of 1969 and one of the first

places that i came to to spend my money in dc was ben's chili bowl. you cannot imagine my joy and my pride when i got the word a month or so ago that all of y'all had voted poor ass little me to sit on ben's chili bowl wall. >> he is a great guy. he is the modern day frank si in a -- sinatra. >> ron too stopped by the wall. vance loved motorcycles. he was as comfortable on a

harley as he was sitting on a news set. >> in the alley, at that picture today, vance was a customer at her coffee shop. >> he was one of my regular customers on sundays. the first time he came in when i was working there i was so shocked, happy knockshocked, an rest of my employees said he comes in all of the time, it's normal. but this is jim vance. >> this is jim vance. vance felt that love from the people who watched him every single night, you guys. >> last night nbc nightly news also paused to remember vance. we'll show you that segment now and we'll be right back. a beloved member of the nbv family has died. jim vance who was an anchor in washington dc for more than four decades. he won 17 iemmy awards,

into the association of brak journalists hall of fame. he was called not only the soul of the station, but of the entire washington area. he announced his diagnosis of cancer earlier thi sye

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this morning we're remembering our friend and colleague jim vance. not only was he trendy, but he was trending yesterday all over the country. all you to do is look at the messages that poured in on social media. dc mayor bouser s

legend that will be dearly messed. council of dc says washington has one less monument today. >> and they call vance a washingtont washingtonian a legend. and the washington nationals said we mourn the loss of jim vance, an icon that will be greatly missed. >> we know that vance often took time to share his own perspective on events. we'll share vance's view when we return.

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jim vance was not afraid to share his opinion. >> we all knew that, right? sometimes we got to hear his thoughts on the community and his view. this past election day we got to hear why he thought voting was essential. >> there was a time 30 years ago i was miserable. hanging out with a friend one night, i told him all about,

his question was "who will take your place"? >> my answer was don't know don't care. then he dropping something on me that has influenced so many decisions on that day. he said you can't quit. so many people worked too hard to get you in that seat. somebody else can up and quit when they want, but you can't. you yoe too much to too many people. then he said get off your pity bot and get back to work. mill b millenials talking about sitting out. talking about their dissatisfaction and

saying neither party addresses their needs for them. one young lady asked why should i invest my time in a system that is such a wreck. you want a reason to participate? look up stairs or around the corner or back home where you were raised. look to your parents or your grandparen grandparents, or mr. sophie thattused to do your hair. long before you were born, all of those folks rose and today together. by demanding their right to vote and being treated

being. you want a reason to vote? use the smart phone of yours and look up fred shuttles words. see what happened to them. google john louis, the list go on and on and on. i promise you'll have a tougher time trying to find someone to wait on you at the apple store than you will finding a reason to vote. our national face is replate with all man nor of governmental deformities. you better believe it is cleaner faced than the one your grandma had to deal with nearly every day of her life. she did her part to effect change. i salute all of you doing

franchise or disrespect all of those that suffered so much that gave you your right to exercise. while you a right not to vote, so many of you have a greater obligation to do so. you owe way too much to way too many. when you agreed with him or not, when it came to his commentary you listened. he loved politics. he loved community, he loved so much in our area. so many people started with i loved this man, many did not have the honor to know him personally, buzz i kid you know,

world of broadcasting, and it is such a true privilege to have sat next to him, worked with him, and the biggest thing is he felt he was the one with the privilege. we didn't know what to say when we heard the news, what to tell people. >> when i started here five years ago, i was the newbie, so i had to work, it's thanksgiving, and guess who else was working, jim vance. with our families out of town we shared a thanksgiving dinner together. >> here is one of my posts. i shared it in the past too, because it's one of my favorite

pictures. between the hurt and the emptiness is the comfort of knowing you're enjoying the best ride yet. love you jim vance. mean it, he he told me early on that this place is special. i know you were here too, but talk about all of the people that flooded in behind the scenes. just wanting to to talk about it. >> i was so humbled and happy to be here, he left behind a true legacy. >> i have been tracking storms, let's get straight to the radar. we're quiet now,

showers over the blue ridge out there near petersburg. we push ahead to the later portions of the day, throughout the lunchtime period, and throughout 3:00 we'll see chances for showers and storms flaring up. some of the storms may be stronger. high winds, and we could see flash flooding and rain. i'll give you a loo atk

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i came to washington in 1969. i love the way this town and the people in this town keep reinventing themselves. they reinvent themselves and they reinvent the town and the city they live in. i love that type of die in aiyd. >> jim vance, working for his down, working for you. >>. >> you though that brand, working for you. that's our mission here at news 4 and no one was a better

and mentor. the connection he made with you every night inspires us to carry on his lig si. -- legacy. a man for others. there are not enough words to describe how important and what an impact he made on this community. >> we heard it right there, a lot of you sharing, there are so many people watching sending us notes and prayers and love, and we want to say thank you, it really does mean a lot. >> we are, of course, keeping an eye on your headlines this morning and that takes us to the weather department. >> hey, it's a weather alert day out there today. yesterday we had a lot of storms. this afternoon we could see a repeat of that with some

clouds are handling it, grilling out around noon is best to avoid the peak heating. car wash, i would wait until tuesday, avoid all of the wet weather, you should be having a dry day on tuesday. >> jim vance was from pennsylvania, and many people know he thought of washington as his home. but a lot of what he did in his younger years shaped his life and the man he became. >> i was a war baby, born in 1942 as my father was serving and my motherke

ardmore is just outside of philadelphia. two towns. one for the rich and one for the people that service the rich. that's the one i grew up in here at 215 simpson road. >> i had a big, loving family, big family that fought like dogs but loved each other fiercely. >> pop was my grandfather, he ran things around here. mom, my grandmother, ran here. they had 16 kids and my kids had kids. i was an only child, but i didn't know that until i grew up. i went to ardmore elementary school. my father and all 15 of my aunts and uncles went there. >> this is the ardmore train io

that high in 1949 who every chance he got would come stand right here, about 18 inches from the track, and stand here in breathless anticipation because sooner or later it would come. around the bend would come not one of the new modern electric quiet trains, but a big great coal fed team engine. it was a feeling and a visual thing. long before you saw it or heard it you would feel the ground tremble beneath your feet. i would get so excited because it would come in and be so big, black, and dirty and awesome, and the conductor would take his hat off and wave it as he came by and i would stand it and look at this big awesome thing and i

to heaven. but that stuff was for little kids. as the 50s progressed, so did i, have a little kit to a big kid and my interests changed. in the 50s, you could pick almost any corner in ardmore and that little corner of concrete would be my apollo theater. but doowop had to share the stage with sports. jackie robinson and sugar ray robinson. at the age of 16 i made one of the most embarrassing and expensive mistakes of my life. on the day she lent me her car, i

to die because of the way it happened. >> i didn't tell her right away how i wrecked her car, but do you remember? >> yes, i do. >> somebody told me that you were playing chicken and you hit a fire plug on holland avenue. but i wasn't chicken. >> she didn't kill me, she just made me pay for the repairs. i learned a lot of lessons in this town and this house. i learned how to swim when my father threw me in a pond and told me to get out the best way i could. when i ran home and told my mom someone beat me up, she made me face him again. i mostly learned the value of a loving family. the kind that will tear you up

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one of the things that endeered jim vance to so many of you was his openness. >> in a candid interview, it hoping of

surroundingmeni machinal -- men hae health. >> if i can help anyone by acknowledging that i'm all screwed up, but i'm cool with it now, i will be eternally grateful for that and i mean that sincerely. you're not wearing a bag of masks any more? >> i don't know where that bag is and i'm glad it is lost. i know joy. i have a whole bunch of days now where i know joy and i'm cool with that. because from that all doors are opened. there are no closed doors. because i'm not afraid of

might be behind any of those doors brauz -- because i go in for fortified with a sense of love. i know love, and joy. >> and it's comforting that he knows peace, too. he was so strong, he was a force when you walked into a room, but there was a vulnerability about him that was so endearing and so relateble. >> i can't tell you how many people have said tell vance thanks for that because he helped me. it's incredible to see what that has done. when we come back, we'll continue to look back at the life of this guy, this giant, jim vance. >> that smile we love so much. some of the laughs and some of the sorrow he s

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>> this post, meet the press moderator, chuck todd calls vance a friend and says the whole city mourns. >> and from lester holt, jim vance brought warmth and dignity to every newscast. we'll miss you, jim. it was on june 16th, 1969 that jim vance started right here at news 4 and he made everything look so smooth. >> effortless, but it took hard work and sprinkles of wisdom along the way. >> i walked in this building on june 16th, 1969, monday morning, quarter to 9:00. i remember it exactly because i wanted to be on time. i guy they interviewed with to take this job. i was so impressed with

i really wanted to work for this man, and i was incredibly moved by the energy and the dynamism in the news room at that time. >> for today, charles was decleared the winner over thomas curtis. curtis still has some recourse because he -- >> curtis does still have some recourse, he can appeal the decision to the dc court of appeals but he can ask for a -- >> my first recollection when i first came here was every friday this guy would come around, a bald headed dude, coming around carrying bags of eggs, and i'm like what is going on here. every friday. >> i made more money -- from a tax angle, i didn't need a lawyer or an

>> $1 a dozen. >> better than safeway. >> that's where they came from. >> the guy who had a large part in making me care about what was happening in the world. i sat down with him, i said you know i have to ask you something,man. you have been doing this a long time. i have been watching you. i'm terrified every time i go on the air, and i'm a veteran i have been doing it two years. i have a feeling that i should not break out in hives every time the light goes on on the camera and i want to know how long do i have to go before i can get over this and what should i expect to happen. i remember he sat there in that brinkly-like fashion. he said jim, i'll tel

day comes when you don't get a butterfly in your belly when you don you go on air, is the day you should retire. >> he was so humanizing. not just in his work. some people ask what was your best memory and moment, it wasn't a particular moment, it was his time, the time that he took to take you to lunch, to talk to you. and the first question was never about work, it was family. how are the babies. i think that is why he make such a connection. >> he also cared about the information more than himself. he want today get that out there. he would say give us that newscast. >> what do you somara? >> a chance of storms today, we're under a weather alert for

very, very quiet in comparison to what we saw yesterday. this is a break, a calm before the next round or a chance for storms moves in this afternoon. go ahead able capitalize here in our capitol. take a look at your forecast. it will be more mile this morning for hitting the pavement. a good amount of cloud coverage, but humidity will make it very hard to exercise. as we go into the evening, we have a threat for showers and storms. very cloudy for your sunday, a good amount of heat in the air. maybe the models are under doing it just a bit. so i will keep my eye to the radar there. we have a lull and we'll keep our eye to the radar because we could see another round on the back end. especially north along the

corridor. let's get straight to your ten-day. weather alert for sunday, not monday, but has we go through monday it will be hot, here it is the relief we have been waiting on, a cold front moving through monday night that ushers us into a nice stint with temperatures in the 80s. it will be more humid and tolerable. then we get back to the average

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following the heartbreaking news yesterday, some fans stopped by. >> they shared some of their favorite times and memories of vance throughout the years. >> we were talking a bit, and that is vance. i was looking at all of the pictures and all of the stuff, and he was never down, and what a life. what a life. >> when i came here in 1974, vance had an edge that really shocked me. most people in tv feared ed, and he had an edge. he would put down stories on the air. he would go on the air and say that was

>> and you could tell when he was reading a story that he was not really thrilled about. >> he had the burden of being first. when he came on the air, he was a symbol to this down. i remember in the early 70s, there was a riot and they demanded that vance come down there to listen to his plans, and he did. can you imagine someone doing that today? >> no, i can't, he was the coolest guy in washington, wasn't he. >> the office upstairs, he only played jazz and turned on lamps and they would smoke and it would billow out -- >> how about rum

>> there was a fifth involved as i recall. >> he would moon me -- wait. don't skim past that, that is a pretty significant story. he mooned me. >> occasionally. >> true story, i saw it happen. we saw the same angle that bob got to see. but true story. >> you said it's a hunter's moon tonight. >> i said there is a dark moon. >> he was unique, they would

tell him to shave the mustache and grow a beard, and he would do a commentary that would just ring the phones off of the hook. and in 1975, a news director game. vance picked "my mood" by msfb, and it still plays at the end of the 6:00 news. every time you play that sopg, that is the spirit of jim vance. as long as that music is playing, that is still with us. >> we had so much fun. he enriched our lives. he really did. >> we mentioned that music, you can hear it now. we'll leave you with some of that m a

we like to end the show with four things to know. four words that describe him. stallworth, dignified, collected, and cool. and with that, you know vance. ♪

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