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gustaf, kane, closing in, but no shot. fehr is going to aound him,nd back to the line, and kane with the attack, and he just whistled itwide. close call there. ey l regroup. same seven skaters on the ice with under a halfut mine left in the sutery, penaltnd gustafsson scores. it is a chicago game winner for erik gustafsson. gustafsson was trying to passes and he finally decided to take the shot. he scores t second of the game. he was forcing the puck trying to get it to kane, and trying to get it to drincat, and then finally debrincat on the right takes this one off of thean ska, d then there's the game
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winner. the pass, the shot and stalock can't catch up to it. chicago now with back-to-back consecutive road wins in consecutive nights. good job by toews in front on the screen, and gustafsson does the rest doub barreled attack tonight from gustafsson. two with now ten o the season hasthe young defenseman who become a big part of the chicago offense. thanks for watching the nhl on nbc. final score, chicago over minnesota, 4-3. mi cong up next except on the west coast, local news. w reminder tomor is stars sunday with the bruins and the capitals. for now, so long from the state
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governor northam in hot water. >> i want to assure you number one that is not my picture. >> northam is refusing to step down eve t though racist no that had some of the most powerful figures calling for hit resin. another big story, families torn apart after a crash kvels children. we just got this picture of the two youngest victims. more blackface photosm emerging fovernor northam's medical yearbook. these were not from hispage. good evening the president of eastern virginia medical school is condemning a apologizing for these photos that show mendr sed as black women. they appeared in the 1984 syearbook. the one that got northam in so much trouble. the medical school's president promised a diverse panel that
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will include african-americans to investigate all past arbooks, despite apologizing yesterday, today governor northam said he did not appear on the racist o photo his yearbook page. he did admit to participating in a contest and he put shoe polish on his face. >> i darkened my face as a part of a michael jackson costume. i look bac now and regret that adid not understand the harmful legacy of action like that. it is because my femry of that episode is so vivid that i truly do not believe i am in the picture in my yearbook. >> new tonight, is the latest leader to call for rtham's resignation. earlier, we questioned him on wh he said he was in the racist photo yesterday and changed his tune today.
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>> in the hours since i made my statementyesterday, i reflected with my family and classmates from the time and affirmed my i conclusion tha not the person in that photo. the place and time where i grew many actions that we rightfully recognize as ab bore rent today were commonplace. >> president twemp is also hing in on the controversy epom his golf course in florida. mr. trump ang out this tweet ghto comi, we will have much more on the late-term abortion kebate. >> that is bac in the spotlightn virginia. and in a second presidential tweet tonigh mr. trump talks about how the racist photo could have changed the outcome of the gubernatorial race be u
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president trump supported gillespie in the hotly contested race. virginia saw a hot tuout, many see this as an early referendum on the president. gere was a lot of speculation as to whaternor northam would say at today's press conference. thenswer he gave may have been just as troubling as the statement he released last night. news 4's david cull better is id virginia is the first to get reaction from virginia's lt. go s >> reportending in the chilled shadows of virginia'siv exec mansion, dozens of protestors calling for ralph northam to step down. >> i am insulted that black people are used like lawn u pawns in this particular party. >> reporter: addressingcameras since a racially charged photo
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emerged from northam's medic page. today northam with his wife pam by his side offering no resignation. >> if we get to the point that wereeel wot effective,er with not efficient, not only for our caucuses but the commonwealth of virginia, then we will re-visit this and make decisions. >> it comes as their own party echo those calls for resignation. >> how do you bri them back over? >> it really starts today i think to correct the record and to let them know that i am not the person in thathoto that caused this stir yesterday. >> reporter: outside the mansion, a few supporters of the governor. >> he made a mistakes take, clearly. however, he deserves the right to be forgen as you and i deserve the right to be for given. >> reporter: they say virginiaians should focus on what he believes to be northam's policies. >> tt's what we need toook closer and how we can benefit from having a family man, apedia
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tricks, a vetnuan contie to lead this state to be a great state. >> reporter: others saying it is time for lt. gov. to take the seat. >> a black man stand behind you, step back, step away so he can step forward. >> reporter: you've had a lot of supporters what do you say to them that want to you take that position? >> take what position? >> they want you to be the governor. >> i want to dohat's best for virginia. i have been fortunate to serve in leadership capacities, i think there is more to come for the people. but right now we have to [ inordible ] >> rr: the lt. gov. justin fairfax going on to tell he he hopes the leader of virginia is one w unites. he would not explicitly say he wants governor northam to step down. but a lot of folks are reading between those lines tonight.
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several democratic presidential candidates are also calling forortham to resign. >> he should resign and i saw the photo when i, after i saw you guys last night, so disturbing, so racist, there is no place for racism in our government among our leaders. it really was just so disturbing. >> reporter: democratic esidential candidate kirsten gillibrand made those comments after meeting with voters in new hampshire today. there is a growing list of leaders calling for northam to step down.ia virg democratic senators mark warner and tim kaine say it's time to go. so does d.c. mayor mur wal bowser and terrying a allive and douglas wilder say their successor must resign. former vice president joe biden, isooek speaker nancy pelosi and
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senator kamela ha want him to step aside. we expect that list to get longer. stay tuneder tonor northam's news conference and the growing pressure he is facing to leave office. nhe controversy will be a major topic tomorrow "meet the br press." the show startsight aft news 4 today at 10:30. in other ws, pure heart break, a car packed with kids flies off the ad. news 4 darcy spencer is live in buoy. >> reporter: eerica, f children who were in that car all died in this horrific crash. i'm going to have the latest coming up in a live report. and i'm tracking spring-leik
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five kids gone in an instant crash. a violent now families in maryland and d.c. are having to cope withis thudden and devastating loss. police say the mother of two of those children was behind the wseel. darcy spencer is live near the crash scene in buoy with new details about the littlest ivictims this tragedy. darcy. >> reporter: erica, tonight i was able to speak to the father of two of these young victims. they were sisters and they attend an elementary school here in buoy. as you can remember, this father too distraught to speak to us on tmera. a shoe ago, he provided a photo of him and his daughters sharing a smile.
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the smashed car in a snowy field only begins to tell this tragic story.n five childied here, all thrown from the car whe the driver lost control. this is a photo of the two yogest victims, sisters with their dad, who was not involved crash. >> they went off the right side f the roadway, struck several trees and then began to spin across a snow-covered field. >> reporter: policee say dominiylor the mother of the two youngest children was behind the wheel. she was dving northbound on 301 near pointer ridge drive around 5:00 m in thening when she ran off the road into the tree line. >> the occupants that were ejected were five children. the children range from ages from 5 to 15. >> reporter: police provided the name of the childre who died. they were all in the back seats of tsuv. london dixon was 8, paris dixon was5. they loved in bowie.
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zioneard was 14, rickelle nd ricks 6 damari hicks was 16. >> everyife we lose is a tragedy. as simple as that, when children are involved, it's more of a tragedy. >> reporter: kornell simon was a front seat passenger who survived the crash along with the driver. he's 23 and lives in oxon hill. police say the adults were wearing seatbelts, but the children were not properly restrained. police are still searching for the cause of this horrific crash. the maryland state police have fought yet said whether any charges will be filed in this investigation. i rick ka, ba erica, back to yo >> darcy, thank you so very much. 23 are working to learn more of the circumstances leading up to this tragicag tredy.
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for updates, you can open our nbc washington app. breaking tonight, hillary clinton says ralph northam should resign. we haveat thet developments for a governor under fire. anti-abortion rights activists rally in northern vi ok, sasha here is your replacusent debit card. wow, jt like that. and on a weekend too. yup. so, what do we do with the rest of the time for this commercial? oh, we can donate it. that's a great idea! hi, i'm from treephilly. our goal is to cover 30% of the city with trees, and promote clean air. (sniffs) hmm... that's good air! visit treephilly.org i'm glad we did that. me too. thanks again. fast debit card replacement. even on weekends. td bank. unexpectedly human.
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blac next to somebody standing in akkk hood. northam denies it's him. reporter david culver will be covering this live tomorrow morning on news 4 today. somebody walking along a lake in marylandd stumb upon a body this afternoon. police think it had been there since before the recent snowfall. this man was lying in the woods. countnow montgomery police say they don't suspect foul play, but the medicalam er will determine exactly how that person died. governor ralph northam making headlines for another controversial issue this week. heil defended a to loosen restrictions on late-term apportions. the bl sponsor can't elled the
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meeting citing security concerns. >> reporter: the majority of virginiaens find late term abortions reprehensibl people are braving the cold outside with signs at hand.ss at a bill sponsored by kathy tran. it would only require patients to get approval from one instead of three. >> if you look around, you see one of the biggestnt spoeous gatherings of pro-life people in a il >> reporter: many delegates calling for kathy tran to step nswn. >> anybody who sed this bill and can say with a straight face this is exactly what we v need iginia needs to resign today and that includes governor northam. >> reporter: protesters promising comeme election they hope toic electric more candidates that oppose the late-term abortions. they are already allowed in virginia, only when the mother's
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life or health are in danger. >> i have done nothing to change that. o make have done is try sure women are able make these decisions and access these services in a timely manner ro. the bill never made it out of committee. ortion activists say they will continue raising awareness. >> we asked tran for a comment today. she referred us to a statement online, which says she looks forward to hearing from his constituents, including those ith differing opinions. whew, it's cold out there. take a look right now to our north, 28 degrees. here in the district, we're in the low 30s. we will warm up tomorrow. hang in there. we willut take you to a:00 p.m., we get more peaks of
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sunshine. you can expect lower temperatures. inside the beltway, 52 degrees. a lot of our surroundingiaers into the 20s. now, anything that melted today, because we are going below refreeze.could that means icy spots in the morning. so be careful out there on the road not only that, we have perfect nditions for patchy fog out there. we see snow melt in the morning. by sunday afternoon, we are completely dry. now, if you got any watch party prep to do, maybe you will run to the store tomorrow, get some food, icy roads in the morning. exercise, very comfortable time of year and brunch still a ittle on the chilly side. temperatures will the 30s and 40s but fought bad. take a lookhi at temperature
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trend, bymonday, tuesday forecasted 63 degrees. we do dip down around wednesday. but that's closer to the average for this time of year. and this spring like temps break down. here's what you can expect. the chill will hold off until next weekend, i meangh in the 30s and upper 20s. we're not going to see that p again untbably closer to sunday, next weekend. our next chance for rain is this week. it moves in wednesday. that's when we're expecting more widespread rain. arthen w going to be warming back up on thursday and friday, even though we coolhings down on wednesday. so your storm team 4 ten-day outlook.
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. >> but there were no 70s in sight today. some folks in the district puttingn their swimsuits today and taking a polar plunge for a good cause. and you may recognize somefaces the crowd. we will show y our own doing it. this is the polar plunge southeast. all the proceeds go to the special olympics. it's a good sport. he's one of the best er defend now he will hear from champ ba
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well, ser bowl week continues with the game on suay. he events of saturday night are special, for those who g the knock on the door telling them they are a part of the hall of fame class. for one red skin he got the knock. champ baileyft draed 7th overall gn a 1999 draft, werein 15-year career. he was selected the all decade team of the 2000s, he alsotc nod 52 career interceptions. he gets the call not far from where he was a standoutt the iversity of georgia. >> it's an amazing feeling and fortunate enough for me, this is
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home and the timing was just right for it. you know having all my family i around, never dreamed we would a in a class like this. so it's little surreal at this moment. >> other notables. red reed and tony gonzalez the their will play up to competition and down to their competition. we seen that twice this week wi dud of one of the worst teams in the cavaliershe and t pacers. what will they do against the best team tonight in the nba? wadley beal and company having to dealh this one. a close game in the 2nd, yanis scored 23 in the first half. second half the same.
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wizards cut into the lead a bity not nearnough. chris middletop knocks down the 3 late in the third college hoops, virginia tech taking on nc state without justin robinson points guard. m seveutes in, a 2-2 tie. the wolf pack cannot put he ball in the basket at all. late in the first half second half defse even better. hokies get a steal on one end nc state finishesin n of 54 shooting in the shot clock era. virginia techwi ns it 47-24. otis livingston, ii, george mason in richmond take on
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