it's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store today. starts now. >> a live look at the capitol ton. as preparations are under way to honor an american hero. former p. sident george h. bush is returning to washington as a reveered political

statesman, hailed by leaders on th sides of the aisle and around the world as a man not only of greatness but also of kindness. amid of outpouring of condolenng mr. bushill be honored in the nation's capital thursday. president trump and melania trump and other high ranking officials will attend. federal offices will be closed for the national dayf o mourning. nbc's chrisn co has a look back at his live and legacy. texas a.m. stufrt students remembered former president george herbert walker bush. >> president bush is reunitedis with daughter robin and his waive of 73 years. >> across the country the flags are fliing at half staff.

at at kenny bunk port maine, it's felt. >> they were the most amazing people you could imagine. that's why there is such a sense >> the president impacted many lives in his the 94 years. and former foes became the fast friend. bill clinton tweeted i amat ul for every moment i spent with him. in a statement former president obama wrote that in america has lost a patriot and humble and serve in george h. w bush. traveling in argentina president trump called members of the bush family to offer condolences. >> he was a fine man. i met him numerous occasions. he was a fine h manna loved family. one thing that came through loud and clear. >> while the nation lost adi

deted public servant, four members of the bush family lost their dad. >> i feel like i hit the jackpot when it came to picking parents. >> the bush's a family, a political dynasty mourning the loss of a patriarch comforted by knows sharing their grief. president bush will lie in state at the capital rotunda next woke. the public will pay respects. his funer will be at the national cathedral wednesday. as we mentioned the federal government will be closed thursday. mr. push will be laid to r the grounds of his presidential lie berry at texas a&m university buried next to his wife barbara a their 3-year-old daughter robin who died in 1953. you can open our app we have scheduled tributes and services right here in d.c. now we go to breaking news here in the district, a dmatic

collision in columbia heights involving four vehicles. the impact s loud that it sent people running out of homes to findt out w had happed. news 4 reporter has reaction. >> the crash happened here on 11th street in the columbia heights neighborhood of northwest washington. lookere. tur vehicles involved. we spoke two men at home inside an apartment nearby, heard the crash and ran out to see what happened. and this is what they found. three of the vehicles have serious damage. one ended up on its side. this white car mitt on the rearv 's side. and the windshield on this minivan smashed. neighbors say they heard two loud crashes. >> we saw the cars smashed up and cops here in sguonds. drawn one of them pulling of the cars one with the weapon in his hand. >> dc fire says one person was

initially trapped. medics transported four patients, one with serious injuries. >> we sawe ome polficers arresting somebody, looked like somebody else had been handcuffed and alt more law enforcement showed up. a couple fire trucks, ambulance, all very quickly. >> dc policeid notrovide details about what led up to the krsh or about anyone being taken intody cus d.c. police tell us the investigation i continuing. in northwest, darcy spencer, news 4. tonight new clues about the young man killed on the clara barton parkway early this park police identified the victim as 21-year-old. killed in the crash when two vehicles collided head on. near lock five. two others suffered life threatening injuries. no word on what led up to the accident. now to burtonsville where a bank of america lit upfter fire

destroyed it on outlet drive near briggs chainy drive. firefighters climbed up the ladder to douse flames. it's unclear what caused that fire. all right. turning now to our weather, more rain for your weekend. but it won't be a washout and asmara says there is something else moving that that may have you headi out. >> a few of us, some of us still miss the warm weather. i can't get you the 80s but maybe the 60s. let's look at current temperatures. ve's hard to bel it's 44 degrees. winds out of the northeast a little bitee to air. light rain falling throughout the region. look at the radar. this is the lighter green not heavy but widespread as expected. now, aea we into tomorrow we are looking at temperatures in the low 60s. now i think the 64 degrees will be farther south and west where they get more sunshine but in let the beltway upper 50s near 60.

the rain is with us tomorrow morng but drying out and becoming mild. stick around and we talk morp about theom week to and even a sneak peak into next weekend where we kwo tck wintry weather. >> a lot of people in our area are pretty excited about the fact that the district i gets first we gomans. city leaders holding the official ground breaking here. the new we gomans at city ridge. along with the we hegomans t are planning office space, hotels, a health club, apartments, xpndos, eected to be completed sometime in 2021 or 22. up next, a surprise revelation from a top russian governmen official, what the admission could mean for the speal counsel's investigation. new concern on a local college campus as a deadly virus appears to be spreading plus a boat ride down memory lane as we remember

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president trump is on his way back home from the g20 summit in argentina. and tonight nbc news learned exclusive information about possible plans to build a trump tower in russia. a kremlin spokesperson saying mr. trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen had contact with russia in janua 201 nbc's kei simeons saw two emails from cohen with requests to talk about the construction. meanwhile at the g20 mr. trump scrapped a meeting with vladimir putin citing the recent attack

and seizure of ukrainian ships by russia >> we can't allow certain things to happen. and, you know, itappened. and i just can't be a part of ns. >> president trumpts he has no financial interests or ties to russia and has broken publicly with cohen. a show of force byfr ce's president at the g20 summit today, emanuel macron said i questioned the saudi arabia uncrown prince at the summit about the killing of khashoggi. the cia says the crown prince gave orders to have khashoggi murdered at the saudi consulate in turkey. he contributed articles critical of the sawed yf government.us a dange virus seems to be spreading at the university of maryland. s dents now diagnosed with the virus that contributed to a freshman's death. a student who lived on campus

f thefrom complications virus last month. e campus is working to combat mold issues in campusms d which some think could be connected but there is no evidence to confirm that. next, making memories a long theanks of the potomac we take you f the ride as president bush and our jim vance go fishing. plus big changes if the forecast as temperatures

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president bush's life of service we learn more about his personal side and h he spent time out of the office. the pekin kbchlt was a favorite of the bush family. george and his wife ate there for decades. they have a special room for. th old pictures line the walls. up aord gracious comin lot as we remember the former president. more reactionro deera ford to spoke to mr. bush's former press officer. >> for kristin clark taylor, the former president's passing leaves anmpty space. >> even though i steeled myself and built a wallf resolve. it still hurts i miss my friend. >> she was a press officer during the latter daysf his term and director of media relations through his presidency

un was something of a theme. >> he was appable in times much crisis, calm analytical. >> and the personal membrances, meeting her parents and comforting her on the loss of her mother in annm envit in the executive office that doesn't lend itself emotion. >> he allowed me that, gave me the room. her called o sent cards. called to check on my father. >>s it tlchs the lighter moments like the time her young son got to meet the then vice president. >> leane down, said hello, who have we here? picked him up and put him on his shoulders gav him a horsey ride. >> an exciting moment for sure whether the excitement orfr the the child had before the meeting things took arn little >> his cheeksy inflating. >> i thought don't blow. don't blow like a geyser. of course he did. he threw up all over the vice president's head. id >> he he vice president handled like a statesman.

>> he took him off his shoulders and he said that's the las i'm holding your child. >> and she counts him among her to this day. >> i don't want to use pacht tense. he is my friend. news 4.ck ward, >> great story there. you know, it is not often you get to ride with the president, let alone go fishing with h t jim vance tidt when george h. w. bush was in office. the president invited van h to go wit on the the potomac river after the two struck up a conversation over lunch at thew e house. vance found himself in the president's motorcade saturday ncmorning. says he caught the first fish but theau presidentght the bigger fish. the six hours on the water was one of the highlights of his life. >> but on saturday, folks i blew it. the fact of in plumber's son having coffee in the president's house riding with him in his car

and snding six magnificent hours trying to catch bass with the president of the united states. i will never forget that day. and i'll see to it my kids don't forget or their kids. is that sophisticated? no. is it specially professional? no. >> do i care? no. >> we- we love to watch that andeo over and over again. and you too. you can watch the entire story on the nbc washington app search president and vance. all right. we turn now tohe weather. beautiful, beautiful picture behind us with the fog. kind of engulfing the capitol this evening. kind of a dreary day but a warmer day ahead. and then maybe talk of wintry weat ir. >> i knos all over the place. >> yeah. >> we do have a lot to get to. but what i can say is the second

half of your weekend is looking a little bit better than the first half. i know some of us like the rain. i'm not dropping my bias in there. but some of usut wanted to get and get thiks done. if that's the case we have drier way.er on the tonight 44 degrees. temperatures in the upper 30s for some. with the clouds we are n moving much. this is what we have overnight. another thing we have in at erika pointed out, the fog. look at visibility. you can see the gray peeking out at the bottom of the screen. farther south the fog is really dense. there is an advisory there. for us not so much. a quarter mile it's more critical. that's close at the dull es international airport. rain engulfing much of the region. light rain falling in some spots coming down like a mist. i pushed forward in time notice

the time stamp, 8:00 a.m. asmorrow morning. very sparse as fa rain. but we see the blanket of clouds er us. about 4:00 or 5:00 we see this pulling out of here. the second halff your day will be drier. if you want sunshine youuck out farther west closer to i-81. you'll get drier conditions and sunset. evening the rest of us will see sunshine breaking through but really cleat out sunday night into monday morning making for astice t to monday. tomorrow planning it out, demperatures low 60s. we have a g shot at hitting at least 61 inside the beltw. warmer the farther south you go. but waking up to showers. give it some time to burn off and move out. for theeekend outlook if you getting the tree remember it's going to be dry. a little muddy out there from today. decorating after three would be ideal to avoid the run. brunch a church, damp and cool until tomorrow afternoon.

here is the headse up. warmup is short lived. we are dry for the week ahead. but i also tracking wintry weather that could impact us next week. keep that in the back of your mind. storm teamok 4 ten-day outou can see temperatures like i said in the 60s, pretty mild. we are going tol things town, though, by tuesday. in the mid-to upper 40s. and then tracking that chance for some wintry next weekend erika. >> we have to see about it all right. thank you somu very . despite the rain hundreds took part in the walk to end hiv. this is a signature fundaiser going on for 31 li 32 years. they provide high quality comprehensive and accessible health care to those affected by hiv or infected. our team was themc s of the event. event. ey had ath

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melania, i'm having tr sleeping. h i keing this nightmare where i'm walking in a forest of blood. >> no, no, that was just my christmas decorations. what's theatter, donald, do you not like argentina? >> n i love argentina. there are a bunch of old german guys who are really into what i have to say here. >> the meeting with the chinese president went well. >> i know, it was hilarious. every time he said something, i said in bed. >> yes. you're very funny. so what' jwrong? >>t can't stop thinking about this mueller investigation. sometimes it almost feels like they're coming after me. >> oh, cheer up, donald! ioyou know worst case scen you go to prison and you have to transfer your money to me for safe keeping and i have hire a giant man to protect me. i mean that worse case. g in fact, ing to go think about that worse case while i soak in the bathtub. >> all right. i'll be in soon, honey.