news 4 today. good morning. angie goff is off. we want to start you off with storm team 4's laurynet ri she's tracking what looks like potentially a rainy saturday. >> it looks like we're going to have rain for the secdad half of thwith showers between now and about 7:00 p.m. if you need to get things done early this morning, now is the time to do it. you can see the rain just entering just off to the west and coming through petersburg. that's going to continue to move from the south and p west andh to the north and east. all of that will be headed our way. we're not looking at much here. these are a few showers. then look at a this tocome. i think we'll have aew showers as we continue through the morning into the early afternoon. we'll get a breakn and more r coming our way. for your weekend outlook, if you're thinking aboutetting a tree, do it either right now or later on tomorrow afternoon. butw just komorrow afternoon it's going to be wet. decorating the earlier the better fortoday. the later the better for

tomorrow. once again, if you're on the roof, it' going to be wet. keep that in mind. christmas tree lightings, a lot. gaithersburg tonight. it's going to be wet for this evening, and speaking of that, we'll time out thend hours let you know when the rain arrives. that's coming up in about 15 minutes. lauryn, we'll check in with you then. we want to b getk to the top story, the death of former president geo h.w. bush. it's less than a year after the death of his wife, barbara. tributes are continuing to pour in. derek ward is live w at thete house. as the nation looks look at the former president's life and morey, you can share a b for us. good morning. >> reporter: indeed. good morning. we are here looking at the white house. as you can see, the flag atop the white house is flying at half staph as is expected upon learning dbout theth of the 41st president of the united states. one of the most distinguished i men to ser that office in

terms of career, public and military service. we hear more about that now frob s dan shenaman. >> aggression is defeated. the wars over. >> reporter: george bush's greatest victory was the allied victory over iraq in the gulf war. it was the peak of a long career marked by high standing in the political and business arenas. i borno wealth and privilege, the son of a u.s. senator, bush still joined the navy on his 18th birthday and became its youngest pilot during world war ii winning the distinguished flying cross after being shot down over the pacific ocean. following the b war,h married barbara pierce, entered yale university. after graduating moved his young amily to texas where he was elected to the house of retesentatives but l two bids to be a u.s. senator. he did, however, succeed in several high level appointments including director of the cia. following theor failed e at

the republican nomination in 1980, he was named ronald reagan running mate. then in 1988 was decisively defeated michael dukakis for the presidency. a faltering econoam shook ican faith in bush. that led to losing reelection in 1992 toemocratic challenger bill inn. bush headed back to houston devoting time to his presidential library and staying active, even parachuting from an airplane on hisaybirt he saw two sons become governors. he looked o the 4 3rd president. thelon would caln the father to join forces with bill clinton to raise humanarian aid for victims of the indonesian tsunami in 204 -- 2004 and 2005

for hurricane katrina. the former president suffered heart break when barbara, his wife of 73 years passed away. he mourned with family, frdnds, former presidents.nb news. >> reporter: back with you live here athe white house. we are hearing from the family. we're expecting that theyare, indeed, working with the department of defense joint task force national capital region to make out the details of themb rence. the funeral and what have you. lyings expected to be him in state at the u.s. capital and a service at the nationalca edral. we understand he's going to be buried at the bush library in texas next to his wife, barbara. we're live here. >> no doubt, washington mwill play a role in the farewell ceremonies. the family said jeb, neil, marvin, doro and i are saddened

to announce that after 94 remarkable years our dear dha died. he was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or a daughter could for. the entire bush family is deeply grateful for l41'se and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for dad, and for the condolences ofur iends and fellow citizens. president trump also relemsing a stt overnight saying in part our hearts ache with his lossnd we with the american people send our prayers to the entire bush family as we honor the life and legacy of 41. and the president tweeting t th mornint bush was a truly wonderful man and will be missed by all.nt but presirump has had a fraught relationship with the bush family. opting not to attend former first lady barbara bush's funeral in april. melania trump went in his place. the president is set to speak at a press conference tefs afternoone coming to washington tonight. here at nbc washington we get a

unique perspective on each president. like the rest o america, we get to see how they govern, but country, rest of the we get to see how presidents live. their home during their time in office is our home. washington. our own jim vance who we lost last year had a unique opportunity to goit fishing president bush when he was in office. this morning we want to share that piece with you. >> reporter: ath or so ago, i had occasion to have lunch with president bush at the white house. i suggested he need not g all the way to arkansas for good fishing. that he could fd some great action with large mouth bass right on theer potomac r last week i got a call from the white house. an invitation frothe preside to join him with bass fishing on the river. what followedas a really special moment iny life. actually, six hours of moments that began at 6:30 on saturday morning. 's when i met the president of the united states at his house aot we into his car to go fishing.

now, i've been fishing the potomac for years. usually it's just m wifend me or more often i go alone in my truck, but when you go with the president, you do not go alone. nor do you go in a truck. if you'll look real closely, you'll see that's me right there in the president's car right next to him. u'll notice there's no traffic. true, it was 6:30 on a saturday morning, but when the president goes fishing, he doesn't do traffic. we put in near boling air force base. i'm not going to tell you where we fished. not for presidential security, but for my own securifi. there' there. i want to go back there. i will tell you that. see that guy with the black shirt and his hat on backwards? that's and that bass, i got him on a green spring lizard. we fished several spots on the river. two things must be noted.

on i president bush one heck of a fisherman. he knows what he's doing and foest with passion and a great deal o patience. i got the first fish. the president got the biggest. the other thing. u don't see much of us actually fishing because the press pool boat couldn't get close enough. i was supposed to take pictures, but quite frankly i never shot a frame, because when one is fishing with the president, one is not inclined taking pictures when there's fisho be caught, and there were fish to be caught, and we caught them. i quite frankly, the time life. the president said he had a gooo time and i think he meant it. one final observation. as a journalist i'm supposed to be dunimpres with pomp and e circumstance aecially position. usually i am not impressed. blew itday i the fact of this plumber's sona having bst with the

president, riding with him in his car and spending six hours trying to catch bass with the president of the united states blew my mind. i'll never forget it. is it sophisticated? no. is it terribly pr no.ional? i i care? no. heard an unconfirmed report that you might have fish -- ur >> i left the fish right in the boat. i was so excited and whatever, i left the fish. >> unbelievable. >> that is a story you'll onl r seht here on news 4. the late jim vance reporting. if you want to see it again and share it with friends and l ones across the country, across the world, you're happy to do that through our nbc washington app. i've also put it on our facebook page. you can check it out ther 8:39 is your time. let's get to breaking news.f out prince george's county, one person killed at an overnight shooting.s police tell they were called

to the 4600 block of birch tree lane and found a manra shot se times. he died before anyone could get him to a hospital. right now iestigators have not released any information about a possible suspect or what led up to the shootin 8:40. gorge and barbara have been reunited. kfter the break lester holt takes a special l back at their more than 70-year marriage. straight ahead onews 4 today.

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barbara pierce just 16. >> i could hardly breathe, i thought he was so autiful. that winter night in 1941, the beginning of a remarkable love story. >> she's unbelievable and very strong, very strong pers . anyet, very loving. >> the young couple was soon separated by world war ii. so they beganriting love letters. >> i love you, precious, with all mhe t, and to know that you lov me means my life. >> for the next seven decades they never stopped. >> little did i know i was only trying to keep up, keep up with barbara pierce. i love you. >> i love you too. >> togethe they raised a family. navigated the campaign trail. and the white house. >> imb c the highest mountain in the world, but even that could not hold a candle to

being barbara's husband. >> one of the reaso i made the most important decision of my life to mary george busbe is cause he made me laugh. >> never missing an opportunity to rib each other. here mrs. bush admitting her husband was t only man she ever kissed. >> strange, i admit. >> still staying with your tory? >> a lovt will live on through their five children, 17 grandchildren, and seven great i granren. >> i've always felt i was the world's luckiest woman. nobody ever had a greater, more precious family. nobody ever had a better husband. >> lester holt reportingthere. and a live look at the bush's home for several years here in washington where the flag is lowered. our coverage contins right afuete

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championship season. >> reporter: most fields don't feature a 6 yard line but at quince orchard, the number six inspires. it the jersey number all players wear at practice. qo willemlways rr number six tyler terri. >> he was alwa laughing, joking about something. just a good hearted person. >> every single time we were about to play a game, i said prayer, me and now back on the fiel i know he's with us. terry died back in february after going into cardiac arrest. a beloved and talented player, he had signed af letter intent to play football thi fall. while tyler's dream won't be realized, his a teammates making sure she's never forgotten.>> he's still with us mentally. our kids remember him, and

everything we do, he's a major part of it. >> we all came to an agreement that very day when we found out e news that we were going to win this for him. ever since then we've been on a rssion trying to win it for him. eporter: it's a season of f redemptionor quince orchard. after losing in the championship game two years straight, the cougarsre now one step away from a title after finally defeating the pumas. >> theth fact that score in that game w 31-6, you know, getting them putting up six points on us. that's his number forme, that said something too. you know? >> a special sry there. capped off with now a championship title for that team. ngrats to them. for folks outside whether it's playing sports or a lot of events happening today. >> so many things going on today. and we have rain. it looks more showerys we go

through the afternoon, but more steady rain later tonight.ig >> now the next few hours okay? >> yeah. we'rell right. if you need to get things done, do them early, right now. >> in eight minutes. >> over the next ten minutes. rain is on the way. >> the very extended forecast has snow in it. >> someone said i saw howou snuck snow in there. e throughsee it c until i was left a note. >> a post-it? >> yes. that's super official. let's talk aut what's going on out there. it's not a lot. we have the cloud covernd also rain on the way. no snow. just rain out there. let's go aheadnd look at the maps right now and show you outside. it's cloudy. that's how it looks even when it's not raining. we'll have dry times as we contin to the afternoon. for the next four days increasing rain chances toy. thenomorrow morning rain. then it's going to be warm and we'll have clearing tomorrow

afternoon. partly sunny on monday and dry. tuesday much cooler and dry. nothing going on out there right now. you can see that rain off to the south and west. that's going to continue to move into our area as we go through the morning.wi n out the view. this is the first little batch that heads to us. that's moving through the d.c. area throughout the middle part of the morning and into the afternoon. then we'll get a break. we'll keep showers around. believe we'll get a break before more steady rain comes. that's all of this moisture that will push through our area as we go into the evening and even into the overnight. current temperatures out there right now it's chilly. we're in the 30s and low 40s there at this moment. we're going to take the temperatures in the 40s today and that i it. 44 degrees will be our temperature. mainly swers from now until the afternoon and evening. and then steady rain moving in after about 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. this is cool. our news partners at wtop, jasop isting on this event in

frederick, maryland. it's a wonderful life walk. they're going to do a viewing of it's a wonderful life at 3:00. then again at 7:00. then they'll walk through the town of vefrederick. similar to what they do in the movies. for in a ifea you'red to that, it's getting a lot of interest. temperatures in the 30s. dodging showers through the earl portions. bring those umbrellas. other events going on, we are at the walk to end hiv.ow s later. most of that dry. the scottish walk in alexandria, i'll see you there. a passing shower possible for that. and then come say hi to me a the wharf for the boat parade. busy today. boat parade, i'l be there tonight. some rain. tommy mcfly will be in alexandria. tree lighting ceremonies, wet conditions out there for the tr lighting ceremonies. gaithersburg has one.

there's a lot around the area. rain moving in from thean south west to the northeast. showery this afternoon. again, here's the showers moving through. a little lull in the precipitation asghe go thr the afternoon. and there comes the steady rain after about 7:00 tonight. it will last until tomorrow morning tapering to showers by th middle of the morning and sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. the temperatures in the low to mid 60s if you canelieve it. it is going to be nice tomorrow. nice on monday with temperatures upper 50s. we're in the 40s on tuesday. we're dry next week. rain and snowchances. oh, yeah, on next sunday. more news right after

there are four things to know for your saturday. george h.w. bush has died. his family making the announcement late last night. plans are being made for the former president to lie in state and a memorial. no final scheduleee has set. d.c. police are searching for two peoplenvolved in thi armed robbery. they say the two attacked and robbed a wom on p street near logan circle. police are offering a $10,000 reward for any information that to a arrest. the walk to end hiv is today. we will be there to kickev

ything off. walmart hosting a toy demo and fortnite video game event this weekend. kids will be able to test toys for themselves. it starts at 1:00 today. before we wrap up, we shared that video of our late jim vancn fishing with t president bush. i was talking to some of our photo journalists. chester panser shot that story. ce beinghe remembers v so concerned saying did you get a video of the fish? he was. also talking about the president tossin horseshoes withnce. a lot of cool memories. a lot of cool memories. >>hat's so tgr the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us.

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