now on "news 4 this week," the washington capitals steel their place in history as stanley cup champions and celebrate with tens of thousands of their closest friends. t it's virginia senate showdown many have been waiting for. can corey stewart at tim kaine? he's already promising a vicious campaign. medical miracle.bu a former bodder survives a freak accident that cost him an arm. the incredible way he was able to get a new one. welcome to "news 4 this week." >> hello, everyone. i'm leon harris. the caps have won the cup. a momentn time our area will never forget. they brought it back home for a chance for caps players to celebrate with their fans who never gave up hope.

♪ >> ovi! >> that is just awesome.wa alex ovechking at fans from his car on his way home fr that parade that he waited for all his life. here now a look back at the celebration that was deces in the making. >> reporter: it bens with a military flyover that raises our spirits to new heights. >> this is awesome! >> reporter: the parade of champions provides moments and memories that caps fanve been waiting for so long. alex ovechkin lifting the stanley cup trophy for all to see and share. chopper 4 flying over old glory on a day of glory. t.j. oshie holding his daughter. and doug kammerer high-fiving fans and finding out how important this championship is to some families. >> hey're naming their boy stanley.

>> reporter: the high school marching band parading down constitution avenue, along with the eastern high smaool blue and whithing machine. chopper 4 gives us an eagle's-eye view of the crowd oh mall celebrating the cup. owe team arriving to the sound of d.c.'s own chuck ♪ get get get get on up >> let's go caps! fo i want to thank the washington capitals bringing the stanley cup home to our city! >> reporter: team owner ted leonsis acknowledging the part the fans play. g >> we have tatest fans in the world. and now we have the greatest hockey team in the world. >> look at the people who are here. you know, like you thought it was going to be crazy, but it's -- it's basically nuts. >> reporter: alex ovechkin delighting the crowd by leaving us all wach these words. >>to back. ♪ we are the champions

>> reporter: back to back. reporting on the championship city, chris warden, news 4. >> check out this move by the capitals organization. ngratulating the golden urnal knights on, quote, the most successful inaugural season in the history of professional sports.ac that is a clas well, the stage is now set n for vi's senate race. it might bring flashbacks of the 2016 presidential contest. trump supporter cory stewart won the gop nomination to challen incumbent senator and former hillary clinton running mate tim we report match and the tkaine. strategy. >> thank you, virginia. >> reporter: corey stewart's victory party, it's the third time he sough statewide office. making the interview rounds, he atotlighted this presidential

tweet conating him and adding, now he runs against a total stiff, timkaine, who's weak on crime and borders and wants to raise your taxes through the roof. don't underestimate corey, a major chance of winning. >> i have the supportof the president. as the president, we'll have him come down to virginia,e'll welcome him down there. >> reporter: senator kaine firing back atruhe tweet. >> the president doesn't know anything about virginia, clearly. i think he showed that in 2016 d the tweet shows the same thing. >> reporter: stewart is repeating a pledge he made when he launched his bid last summert he'll wage a, quote, vicious and ruthless campaign. >> i'm going to run a very brutal race to get out the brutal facts and the brutal truth. >> reporter: that strategy on splay tuesday night a supporters started the ti illary clinton lock her up chant and he responded. >> that might just happen, by the way. >> reporter: kaine ss vicious and ruthless, not what virginians want to see.

>> if that's not going to help our country do well. i think virgini will sti with, you know, an upbeat w problem-solver goes to work every day listening to the concerns of virginians. >> reporter:e says his focus moving forward, the economy, health care and >> i'm an innovation economics guy. he's a slash health care i taket aweighed from millions. i'm for expanding health care. >> reporter: stewart will echo the president's priority, immigratn, and while he'll praise the president, he'll also be talking a lot about hillary clinton. >> it's going to be the anchor around tim kaine's neck. hillary clinton is going to be absolutely stink tim kaine. >> meanwhile, across the potomac, star power on the campaign trail in maryland. comedian dave chappelle stumping for gernatorial candidate been jellis. turns out they have been friends for a long time. and as you know, chappelle grew

up in our are t here's what d the crowd. >> i'm sures. he ca i'm sure he has everybody's best interest at heart. he's my brother. i love him to death. please welcome, god willg, the next governor of virginia. >> the primary is set for june 26th. the winner faces incumbent governor larry hoggan. after the break, this next story will definitely motivate you. you're looking at a modern miracle of medicine. how is body builder in alexandria returned to the gym after losing an arm in a terrible accident. anthony bourdain's death still resonating. he had a scial connection with r part of the world. his favorite spots in the district. you're watching "news 4 this you're watching "news 4 this o

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ago has transformed his mind and his body. he is one of a few people to have an arm transplant. news 4's chris gordon has more on his story. aodern miracle of medicine. >> reporter: 37-year-old jeff works out every day, strengthening his transplanted left arm. >> i had to rebuild my shoulder and go to my deltoid, which i'm redoing now, tricepses, biceps. everything by my rotator cuff. that's what i still had. >> reporter: jeff became an aamputee in 2014 after fling 40 feet at a d.c. hotel. he grabbed the bannister, that broke his fall but tore off his left arm. it's beenhree years since jeff's transplant operation at johns hopkins. one of only 85 hand/arm transplants done around the world. >> strgely enough, one year to the day that i lost my arm, i got a text from my doctor saying, hey, wn got arm for you. >> reporter: jeff received his

arm from the family of a 40-year-d man who died in philadelphia, which led jeff to give his transplanted left arm a mickname. >> since i'm f philly, southpaw, i call it rocky. i haven't hit any meat yet, but maybe that will be part of the rehab later on. >> reporter: jeff works out with a trainer here in alexandria, hoping to get back to full ng st. >> as long as he doesn't allow his mind to let him think he cannot achieve those goals, then can achieve those goals. >> reporter: others who work out here arenspired watching jeff's progress. >> it's amazing. i mean, you look at the everyday life struggles and you it pails in comparison to what he's had tieovercome. >> i b some things happen for a reason. i felt i'm the right kind of uaperson who can ay take this and do something special with it. >> reporter: jeff says he wants to share the secrets he learned in rehab with otalrs who face physhallenges. reporting from alexandria, chris rdon, news 4.

>> don't bet against rocky. now, progress on the purple line. transportation reporter adam shows us a new tunnel that's c about tnge everything for people in montgomery county. and anthony bourdain toured the world, learning all about what people eat and why. one place he returned to time juggling all the things we do is a challenge. but our tempur-pedic helps us make it all work. it gives us the best night sleep ever. i recommend my tempur-pedic to everybody. the most highly recommended bed in america just got better. introducing the all-new, reinvented tempur-pedic. designed with the most pressure relieving material we've ever created. it adapts and responds to your body's unique needs throughout the night. for your deepest, most rejuvenating sleep. there's no better time to experience tempur-pedic. find your exclusive retailer today at tempurpedic.com

a young deer finds its way onto the tracks at crystal city metro stationn arlingto metro posted this video saying the deer somehow got into the tuel and then jumped around between the tracks and the platforms there. don't worry. little bambi made it out safely on his own. roads closed, trees cut down, lives impacted. construction on the really ramping up right now. the rail line will run between the bethesda and necarollton metro stations. now they're focusing on flower enue in silver spring.

news 4 transportatio reporter adam tuss is there working for you and how this will impact you for years. >> reporter: the dirt is being turned. take a look at the swath of land that's been cut through these ld condo buigs in silver spring. a relatively small tunnel going into the hillside here. and on the other sid of the tunnel, on arlis street in silver spring, you used to be able to drive down tha street. now you're blocked by purple line work. even a large purple wall. >> there is lot of noise every morning. like around 4:00 or 5:00 and the drilling it's hard to sleep. s >> reporte's been dealing with all this new construction but ultimately she's hopeful. t >> i'm excited f purple line to come. i think it will be nice. it will make this area an extension of downtown. >> reporter: a lot of this purple line works really up close and personal. take a look. a s is the parking lot o giant right here in silversp ng, right there is where all of the work is happening and right on the other side of thatg you've homes and people are being impacted. chopper 4 showing us a different

perspective. look at all the h trees the come down to make way for the project. we've been here as watch trees they've grown up with come down. >> and now they're cutting it down, so it's very sad for me a little bit. >> reporter: for nowco the truction rolls on. completion date 2022. in silver spring, adam tuss, news 4. >> the blockbuster musical "hamilton" has begun its 14-wnk run d.c. and only in washington can you also visit museums that h such a rich variety of real alexander hamilton items from the national archive to the library of congressnd beyond be. right now an exhibit at the national postal museum contain the two pistols used in that fateful duel between hamilton and vice president aaron burr. they're on loan to theuseum until june 24th. if you've ever seen a really moving performance, you know words only don't capture how the art made you feel. one organization in our area is tapping into that feeling and

teaching kids invaluable lessons. clancy works dance company uses movement to go above words toac kids about leadership and self-confidence. that's why i decided to profile them in this week's "harris' ro ." >> reporter: it doesn't look like it, but this is actually a lesson oteamwork. >> we show as we're breaking off individually, it gets tougher. as we all get together, intertwine, that's where the real strength comes from. >> reporter: they use dance instead of words as a teaching tool. a you always hearout dance being a nonverbal art form, ich is huge because it crosses over language barriers. you see wt people are saying yond what their words are trying to say. >> reporter: for 17 years the company has been providing udents from low-income families with access to the creative arts. >> ae run programs f ages and all abilities, from, you know, prindergarten up to -- we've had some people in our senior classes that are 96 years old. >> reporter: it's not just about

the dancing. students use creative movement to helpco them solvelicts and learn respect and tolerance. >> it gives us a sense of empowerment like we actually matter. sxoshg working with the clancy works company shows us we can collaborate and share our voices and we still matter. >> i think dance allows you to see things in different ways, sf maybou're having a bad day, let's work through a it in different way than just shutting down. let's dance through it wrt are her students in mind, she d a performance all abou resilience. >> what shocks are we absorbing personally, economically, n environmentally, community level, on a global level. it opened up a world of possibilities and stories that not only got the dancers very interested but aariety of different populations from high schools to the seniors to also working with corporations. >> reporter: dancers perform at schools around our area.

she sayshe students often see their own life stories reflected in the dance piece. that exactly what they're going for. >> and to hear their honesty, to hear how immediately it went to their personal points of view. i feel like the art is doing what it's meant to do, which is reach people beyond just the artwork itself. >> it doesn't stop in the schools. clancy worksance company brings that same dance program to businesses and they teach the s ults there the same less they did the children. if you'd like to learn more about it, we hav a link on our nbc washingtonp. ap search harris' heroes. oprah winfrey traveled to c. for the opening of h very own exhibit. it shows theme wayca shaped winfrey and how her work shaped america. the exhibition runs through next june. foodie, autho and television personality anthony bourdain was found dead this monthann . did you know bourdain had a personal connection to the d.c. area?

news 4 chris gordon has been talking to people around the region about the chef's lasting impact. >> reporter: othe front door of ben's chili bowl they posted a picture of anthonyourdain th the owners. it says you'll be forever missed and loved. >> i was sad. i turned on the tv this morning and heard he was gone, i just cried. he was such a remarkable person. when he was here, we were so happy, happy to have him. >> reporter: bourdain brougob his trotting food show to ben's goili bowl years focusing on washington food specialties. the owners here say their half-smokes werenly known locally until bourdain feature them on his show, resulting in worldwide recognition for d.c. delicacy. >> the biggest thing you get from him is his love forpeople. he loved -- i don't care where s he visits or whe appreciated every culture, everyone he met was special to him. >> reporter: d.c. central kitchen, which delivers 5,000

meals a day to city shelters with the help of volunteers, was a bourdain orite. mike curtain showed me around the kitchen and bakery stressing how the training program here ves people with troubled pasts a chance to get jobs as cooks. he tells me bourdain got nvolved in their annual fund-raising efforts. >> jose, our good friend, josea es, brought tony into our big event, the capital food fight in it2005. as a teeny event there, but having jose and tony up on stage just m it something magical. and it became an event. >> reporter: anthony bourdain leaves his mark on the local people he knew and thewe v who feel they knew him. chris gordon, news 4. news 4 is committed to shattering the sgma surrounding mental illness through our changing minds initiative. if you or someoneou know is struggling with those kinds of issues, we have resources for

help ready for you right now, including a suicide prevention hot line. just search changing minds in our nbc washington app. it's our time. caps fans still reveling after celebration for our stanley cup champs. you're watching "news 4 this