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right now, virginia's governor is digging in and refusing to back down. new reaction to the governor's attempt to save his job following discovery of a racist yearbook photo. hours after thetr t's win, the nfl is already looking ahead to next year. the city hosting 2020's big game. >> and it a beautiful and warm day out there. but we've got warmer temperatures on the way. we'll show you that and show you where the rain is. that's coming up on the ten-day forecast. good morning and welcome to
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news 4 midday. >> we begin with growing pressure on virginia's governor to resigns despite t apology. >> i wt to take this opportunity to apologize to the many people who have been hurt by this episode a mistakes that i have made in the past. i am ready to earn your forgiveness and i'm ready to begin to gy. >> theernor spent the weekend holding emergency meetings with his staff in an attempt to keep his job. this follows the diskickocovery racist picture in a 1984 yearbook. on friday, he issued an apology for the photo, then sunday, heg ch the story and said he was not in the picture. the governor said he did not purchase a yearbook and had not seen the picture until friday. >> all weekend, b there have wing calls for democrats and republicans for him to resign. many say lawmakers are back in richmond toda david is there as well. sehtthe mood for us r now.
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>> you can see the sun coming down on me. clear skies. a beautiful day here in richmond, virginia, yet there is this cloud of uncertainty. this cloud you see all the lawmakers walking through. their faceswing a lot of stress, concern and doubt. they don't know where things are going to go because the governor as you have said has refused to step down. we know that right now, business is going on as usual or at least as best as it can. i ca inside the building. the capitol. the senate has convened. you're look iing at lieutenant governor justin fairfax. he is presiding over the senate. this convened about 30 minutes ntter its scheduled start time because the lieuteovernor arrived and was surrounded by several capitol police officers, a swarm of security. he went through a back door. the one he doesn't normally use. so he was able to dodge several cameras the went into a meeting with two senr democratic senates right here in virginia and that's where he's focused
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much of the start of his day in talking with them. when we talk about,he govern the embattleded governor still here on capitol square grounds. he met with several of his staff and cabinet members last nigs and t morning. those meetings continue. it is not clens what that tedof. what was discussed, bub i can tell you, a lot of lawmakers we have spoke within continuing thei cry for him to stem dow down. not only on the republican side, but in the party. i want you to hear from curt cox, who was asked about thehm idea of impet to force the governor out. >> this impeachment, that's a very half standard so i think that's why we have called for the resignation. we hope that's what the governor does. i think that would be less pain for everyone! it certain ly is a tremendous distraction to our wor with this looming over us, it's quite challenging.
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we're working on the budget, which will be voted on on wednesday. as well as hundreds of bills that nd to be finished by tomorrow at endnight. >>or adam evan there from alexandria, you can hear that they're trying g to work done, tht the discussion is all about what's broken ove weekend. the situation with the governor is looming over everyone here. you can hear at times protests on the other side of the executive mansion. they've gathered once again, yesterday it was kind of a quiet ty here, but they have gathered once again to voiir calls for the governor to step down. we're standing by. this is something that has really taken different turns heroughout the weekend. throughout day. it has brought folks into this place of asking what is next with the large with question rrk because no onelly knows. >> and david, right, what is next is the bigqu tion? what can lawmakers do if he decides not to step down ultimately? >> so i've asked the question
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about impeachment. you heard what the speaker said on the republican side. if the republican side is hesitant to go forward on that route, then certainly democrats are likewise not wanting to go that way. they feel like that would create such a r politics and expand the wounds even more so. democrats are hoping that the governor will simply lis their demands. as of now, no indication he's doing that. >> live for news richmond. we know u'll stay on top of this story for us all day. check here on news 4 and thelat. >> absolutely. we'll be thereolwing the latest. and you can follow along news 4 with our nbc washington app. braeging eaking news out of baltimore. ooting outside of the university of maryland medical center. this happened around 7:00 this morning and our sister station reports the victim wasusd into surgery. the victim is a 24-year-old employee of the o universit maryland school of medicine. hospitals say a suspect w
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apprehended and the hospital is functioning as normal. baltimore police believe the ctim and shoo shooter knew each other. u. now to the weather and finally some good news for a change. >>e it. lauren, these number s are looking good. 48 degrees outside right now. keep it>> going. warm. >> i love it. we're going to make it to around 60 degrees toda. gu zbh nice. >> and we keep the temperatures going up from there next couple of days. althougheek, not bad, we have some rain showers out it's beautiful. we have blue skies. burned off the fog. 48 degrees our average daytime high for this time is 45. so we're doing all right. by noon, we'll be in the w 50s. blue skies. go for an afternoon walk. it's going to be wonderful. by 4:00, 5 krk,:00, the temperatures still around 60. so if you're working, you're not going to miss much because it will still be warm l afternoon and evening.
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one thing for the elderly, those with asthma air quality, code orange. limit your time out the there. that stagnant air mass is create thauing this. ful out there. few sprinkles. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. > see you then. zblncht now to this story that that has the community and lawff enforcementials searching for answers. the lives of five cldren cut short in this terrible crash over the weekend. today, friends and teachers a just simply trying to make it through the first day without them. amy o is liv this morning at north view elementary school. amy. >> just a heartbreaking ory. two of the young children killed went to school here. today, the school tells me they brought in seven counselorers to deal with the enormous amount of grief. two little girls who had their
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whole lives ahead of them. their father shared this pictur j london dixonust 8 years old and in third grade and paris dixon, 5 yrs old and in kindergarten. today, their classmates gets support from tcounselors. y're sharing special things about them. they like to be on thes, things like that. >> police say saturday morning around 4:30,onn and paris were riding in the back of this suv with three other kids. zion beard, who was 14, ra kell ricks, who was 6 and demarre haerld who was 16 the driver, the mother of london and parisil, for some reason not clear, veered off the road and hit serl trees. the five children in the back weren't wearing proper seat hr belts and weren from the car when it crashed. police say the the scene was so traumatic, some officers needed
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counseling, too. >> every time we lose life, it's a tragedy. simple as that. w andn children are involved, it's more of a tragedy. >> this morning, police say they're still investigating the crash, trying to figure out what cause d the suv to veer off the road. in the meantime, a community coming together to honor lives lost too soon. >> everyone, kind gaergartenth ugh fifth grade, asking a lot of cards. asking whathey should put u. really show support for the family. driver,police say the dominique taylor, and the front seat passenger, did survive. they were both wearing seat belts and were takensp to the al after the crash. >> just a tough story. all right. thank you so much. president trump is threatening theow shut the government again if he does not get funding for a wall along the u.s. mexico border. as the presiden is beefing up the number of active duty forces along the
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border. about 3700 additional forces deployed. the pentagon says they will provide support. they'll also conduct mobile surveillance and install about 150 miles of wire between ports of entry. the border is just one of several issues the president talked about in an interview before the super bowl. tracie potts reports. >> reporter: president trump tells cbs he is not ring out another government shutdown on february 1th or declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall. >> i don't take anything off the table. i don't like to take things off the table. it's the alternative. >> reporter: an alternative wmakers are trying to avoid. >> a lot of us are going to do everything we can to try to make this work. to avoid anothershutdown. a wall, a fence, a barrier, whatever it takes. >> think we can get to a solution, but it does need to include barriernd g. >> washington cannot dictate
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what sort of barrier and where to put it at. >> reporter: with house speaker nancy pelosi refusing to pay for a wall, the president said she's the onebe standineen federal employees and their paychecks. >> she can keep playing her gas, but we h win. >> reporter: the white house announced the pentagon will send some 3700 more troops to the border for 90 days. tomorrow night, expt to hear more on that, plus details of a second summith wm jong-un. >> you'll be finding out probably state of the union or shortly before. but the media said he's lookingo forward it. i'm looking >> reporter: he's 50/50 on whether they'll reach an agremt. 's also defending his decision on bringingroops back from syria. saying we are 99% done with getting rid of isis there, which contradicts his own testimony on capitol hill last week. tracie potts, nbc news, washington >> aright. the new england patriots
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clinched their sixth super bowl championship. that's a lot. >> yeah. we've got a co-worker walking arouh her patriots jersey. >> earrings are patriots, too. > they beat the los angele rams in a 13-3to vic. gladni is kght kicked things"tth en the teams took to the field. by some accounts, this was one of the least eventful super bowls ever played. not much action in the first three quarters. it was a cure for insomnia, that was good though. but the patriots pull ed ahead for their historic win. he says the winning never gets old. >> win a game and just so proud of our team. the support here tonight was like a home game. we could have been at gillette stadium. we can't thank you guys enough. incredible support all year and i know everyone back home is going to have a nice late night tonight and i think we might have a parade on tuesday or
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something hike thlike that. >> we congratulate him. many were disappointed on the half 5me show. maro joined by big boi and rapper travis scott, but some wanted more from travis scott. >> i did, too. er twi users were really roasting adam levine for taking his shirt off. they were pointing off that remember janet jackson, she received a lot of backlash. >> quest dn of able standard there. >> when her shirt was ripped off posing her breast. >> right. but next year's super bowl, it's going to bear at the rock stadium in miami in the hand off from atlanta happened this morning. >> all right. somebody else besides the patriots. just saying. give somebody else a chance. >> everybody says. okay. a maryland woman survives after nearly being,fter an attack by two pit bulls.
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who she's giving credit to for saving her life. >> and a look at what a second government shutdown would do to government shutdown would do to delay tax returns
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right now, jury deliberations are the el chapo trial. the accused mexican drug lord faces ten charges including leading a criminal enterpris and smuggling narcotics into the u.s. he's been on trial for 11 weeks. he could get life in prison if convicted. few things could be more confusing and terrifying than a plane dropping right out of the sky d on to your nehborhood. that is certainly what happened in southern california last night. flames set a house ablaze killing four people inside. neighbors rushed into thetreet even as flaming debris was still flying. nbc's morgan cheske reports.
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>> reporter: an unfamiliar sound before a unbelievable impact. something in the sky coming down in pieces. >> got a report of a plane crash. >> reporter: a residential neighborhood in flames. >> the whole house shook. when i came outside the doai, my neighbor watch out, there's still stuff coming from the sky. but i had not put two and two together that it could have been ab an airplane. >> reporter: a plane crashing through a home, the wing laying on street. the engine, on a front porch. a home security camera capturing the plane's fiery fall in the fina b secondsore impact. the wild scene son sunday sent the entire yorba linda neighborhood outside as everyone watched flames through the home of one of their own. more than 70 firefighters. doing their best the to keep flames from spreading to nearby homes. two people injured on the ground taken to a nearby hospital. crews found cabin of the small plane, a cessna 414 a
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neby. confirming it just taken off from nearby fullerton municipal airport. >> we have now uconn firmed fco five deceased. on a pilot, amale. four were in the residence. four males and two females. >> within an hour, federal investigators awe rooifethto look intbiggest question. what caused the plane to break apart from above? as for the four killed inside the home, we've learned two were e homeowners, the other two were invited over shortly before the accident took place. >>apper 21 savage is sure to be all over your social media feeds. set the internet on fire. turns out the rapper who called atlanta his home for years is from the u.k. i.c.e. agents arrested him yesterday saying his visa expired 13 years ago.
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he now faces deportation. his attorney isng wor to get him out of the federal immigration attention. the empire star is speaking out for the first time since his alleged tack in chicago. the actor and musician performed in hollywood on saturday night. incident bout the where he says two men beat him hurl uing racist slurs at him then placeded a rope around his neck. e thanked everyone for the support. >> not fully healed yet, but i'm going to and i'm going to stand strong with l.y' >> police have released a video ofwo perso of interest in this case. they have not found any video of the actual attack. this morning, a local woman is thanking a montgomery county police officer for saving her lefe. the officer kil two pit bulls who attacked two women. the attack happened saturday night in montgomery village on
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singing pines circle. when police arrived, the dogs were on top of one of the victims. now one officer shot and killed both dogs, the women were badly hurt. it is still unclear who owned aye dogs. tax expertsesides getting a refund faster, there is more immediate reason to get your tax return filed now. >> and by faster, they mean sending them off to the irs at least early next week. chris clak m has what you need to know. >> reporter: with the possibilityerf ano government shutdown start iing late next week, tax experts say you might want to get your tax return filed by this week. >> the best suggestion right now is for people to g f gather theims as soon as they can. given that we have the potential riskf a shutdown. second shutdown. >> reporter: cnbc's darla has be writing about all the changes in the 2018 return because of the new tax law. she says there's already enough
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confusion about tax filers. even with the n 1040. >> it is now postcard size. but what y u need to beaware of is that there are six schedules you'll need to complete and f>>e that return. here are no more personal exceptions, but the standard deduction is much more generous. doubling for single and married taxpayers. that's why she says it might be time to seekfe pional tax preparation help. >> i would say now more than ever, it's critical you eitherc ult a cpa or tax prepreparer to guide you through your 2018 tax return. >> reporter: or use an online or tax prep software. through it l, talhe irs expects 90% of all returns to be filed electronically this year, which naturally speeds up processing time,er provided ano shutdown doesn't cause another slowdown. nbc news.
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the super bowl was lacquer. some of the other things people were saying about it, not so kind. >> tough. but at least some of commercials made a splash. one of the most popular ones featured some big nfl stars. marshawn lynch, odell beckham and so many others starred in this ad to celebrate national football league's 100th season. i thought this was great. >> loved it. ramping up the nfl draft in april and culminating at super bowl in miami in 2020. the league's 100 season are feature some unique experiences, community initiatives.
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other exciting events. i don't want to talk about a it. i just want to watch it. >> who's who of football greats. >> here's another ad that pulled heart strings last thigt. >> i was hit by a car going 50 miles an hour and i promise you i wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the first responders. >> this is the first responder commercial showing love football players thanked the first responders for helping to save lives. this is a head coach who was able to reach out to the first responders who saved his life. what a way to pay tribute to the men and women who save others. >> and bud light bragged about not using a certain ingredient that their competitors do. but then the corn industry, they really did on twitter.
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>> hey, girl. it's so pretty right now u. >> the mood. whatever you have to say. >> now listen, we've got blue sk we're going to continue to see those temperatures go up. 48 degrees. that number, doesn't seem that mild, but 48 degrees at 11:30 and with full sunshine right emnow, thatrature is going to go up to near 60 degrees. today. so what t wear, maybe a light jacket this afternoon. trying to get outside. anif you get outside today, you've got all day tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid-60s. so noyckja, then you're going to need your umbrella wednesday and thursday. i want to talk about this cod
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orange air quality alert inor effecthese areas in grachlt sensitive groups, limit your time outside. sun going downbout five minutes after 5:00 p.m. as far as exercise. a dry condition day long. the commute me, maybe sunshine delays. that's about it. not going to have to worry about shat. look at t low pressure off the coast of the carolinas. again, those temperatures,t fairly warm ere.
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temperatures are going to be in mid-60s. another perfect day. we have rain showers moving in late wednesday night and into the day on thursday. we'll talkore about that coming up in a little bit. >> a lot of people are not going to go to work tomorrow. >> all the sun. and and the sneezing. zblncht yes. so -- >> thanks. critical changes that are needed to kee you safe on our roads. the message coming from the n trtntsb this morning. >> and pope francis meets with a group of muslim elders durin his visit g to
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united arab emirates. he says they were delighted toe he pope today. it's the first ever papal visit to theeninsula. thegion is the birthplace of islam. the pope will address leaders in a show of religious tolerance and tomorrow, he'll scelebrate the first ever papal mass there. more than 10,000 are expected to show up. >> a the items are changes that could be made now. >> eliminate distractions. we love these things, our devices, we can't do without them. they're common place and
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distractions is common place. it must be addr >> ending alcohol and other impairments and reducing speed related crashes. another top priority, implementing train control. the technologyas been mandated by congress, but it's still noac fully in ple. the ntsb says many recommendations can ben implementedhe next two years. imagine growing up in the u.s. with american parents only to find out de des later that you're not a citizen. the news 4 team found it happe to tens of thousands of people. tjody fleischer has more gap in the law that congress has yet to fix. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the unit united states of america. >> ials celebrating thes american es cherish, but the part about liberty and justice for all?
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>> it's frustrating. >> at age 25, joy found out she wasn't an american citizen because her american parents who brought her to the u.s. as a baby, failed to fill out the right rms. even though her adoption was legal. >> it's devastating. it's hard the wrap your head around that. to live your entire life believing just concrete truths about who y are. >> but now, those truths are in eopardy along with tens of thousands of other adoptees like this virginia man. >> i told myself there wasn't an american philippine or any other culture. >> he's now 61 years old. married to an american amman with theican children. >> i think in my own american righteiasness, i immly was fix. this is an easy this is ridiculous. >> but when congress fixed it back in 2000, the new law only granted automatic cizenship to
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adoptees under 16 leaving out the adults who had grown up here. tonightn news at 5:00, what can be done to close that gap in lieu and why many of these adoptees worry they'll be deported while they wait the capital breast center provides life sing services for women in the washington area. it's an important part of the georgetown mbardy cancer center. joining us now, rhonda hamilton, patient coordinator and sylvia jackson, cancer survivor. rhonda, tell us about the work you do. what is it you help patients with? provide direct outreach to communities,ci scally to under served areas. i work with the patients who make surthey're scheduled for their mammograms and any diagnostic follow up or treatment they may need. >> and sylvia, how did the cdc
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and people like rhonda help you when you were receiving your treatment sns. >> they helped me amazingly. first, i was diagnosed through cbc. and i listened to my body. i had a mammogram a month before and my body w telling me something wasn't right. so when i went to cbcc, they sent me to have a mammogram and that's when i found out that i did have cancer. and i caught it at a very early stage. >> so key. >> yes, it was 0-1. >> and that is so important. listening to your own body part. rhonda how do you help patients navigate because there's so much information out d there. whyou see as you work with people like sylvia? >> being there a being suppo suppmative of them. ng sure they get seen. if they're diagnosed, making sure they receive the necessary follow up care and treatment.
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tentimes, our parents are uninsured. they need help with making sure covering the mammogram. we're there to go with them, to support them, to nurture them, to go with them to their appointments. t's with each step of the journey we're t help them so they don't feel alone when they're diagnosed. we're there for them as support throughout the process. >> and sylvia, talk about that piece of the puzzle. we know they helped you get the mammogram and the treatment part of it, but u emotion support. just to know that somebody is there for you at all times. >> and it was. it was very emotional. they welcomed me in like i was family to them and allow ed me o ca get a second opinion if i liked and they too of that. once they talked to me about my follow ups after my surgery, had amazing surgeon, dr. bridgette c . she was amazing. they called me and wanted me to
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get in touch with a braes canceo support grouhey got me in touch with thelma jones breast cancer support group, which she's part of the chair of cbcc. in it's been amazing. i met so many am people. the diversity of people coming in there was really neat to know they take care of everything. >> that is just such amazing work. rhonda and sylvia, thanks so much for sharing your stories. quickly, if there was a woman out there who noeeds this kind f help, what do you udoh >> please call us. the number is 202-784-cbcc. we're also you can reach us at capital breast centers.georgetown.edu. >> and cital breast center, this is the tenth year that washington area news women have come together to raise awareness. s a guest den
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speaker. again, thank you so much. z >> thank you so much. do some amazing work. >> we're having a wking warriors event. we're so excited about the news day. so on the 27th of april as well, women can also join us at this event as sowell. thank you so much for doing that event. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. take a look another this. two years of trash in this tiny jar. how one woman is working to asduce our w
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many people and businesses are adopting a genlifestyle. some are taking it to an extr e extrem i >> recyclin just part of the plan d >> spend the with catherine kellogg and you'll see a shopping spree free of waste. she brings her own bs for
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produce. buys in bulk, no packaging. even carries her ownedal to go containers. >> i didn't view it as taking things out, but adding new things to my life. >> she blogs about the zero waste movement. th effort started four years ago. he goal, send nothing to the landfill. >> there are small changes that most of us can make that can have a massive impact. >> in 1960, each american generated -- today it's about 4.5 with much polluting our lands and oceans. kellogg makes some o her own stuff. in the kitchen, she whips up almond milk and in the bathroom, homemadent deodo and tooth paste. >> people hear making your own things, i don't have time for that. what do you say to that? >> i think t a balance. so if you don't have time, then is there a solution that fits if your budget. >> she focuses on reduce what you need, reuse as much as you can and as a last resort,
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recycle. keeping in mind not everything you p inhe blue bin gets recycled. >> about recycling lessnd not more. >> the movement is new, but has gained momentum through social media. it's two years worth of trash from a challenge she completed. >> it fit int a t ounce jar. >> she admits it may be too extreme for some. >> it's not about being perfect. not even having no trash. just being conscious of what you're consuming and trying to do better. >> you may not hit zero, but any drop in your trash is no waste. it's a plus for the planet. joe friar, nbc ne berkeley, california. >> just one small step, but you have to be so intentional about how you live. >> i feel guilty when i i don't. >> i do, too. all right, at least we have some awesome weather. beautiful weather. >> so nice. today, tomorrow, low 60s.
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tomorrow then as we hit0s. >> low to mid-60s. >> i'm with it. i'm fine with being over winter right now. let's take a break. i'm done. it's the first week of february, but i'm done right now. we're going to be 60 today. especially after we get these kind of temperatures. that's our high today. mid-60s for tomorrow. we're supposed to be b 52 on tuesday. 65 as we get back into thursday, but current temperatures out there now, you can see low 50s in fredericksburg. 40s up and down i-95 rig now. really not feeling too bad as we head into lunchtime on this monday. 60 degrees will be our daytime high. today we've got blue skies. we could have a few sprinkles overnight. mainly areas west of d.c. most likely west of i-81. if you want to wash that car, the best chance is going to be on wednesday wn we're going to have more rain into your wednesday. ifically wednesday night.
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so maybe go ahead and take those chances washing the car. we'll keep the rain chances around on thursday and friday as utll. nothinghere now. you need to go for a, wa looking good. tomorrow, we're in the mid-60s. perfect day, sunny and mild out there. ay'll start this on wedne morning. still fairly mild on wednesday with temratures in low 50s. we'll have rain moving in for the second half of the day. r the eveningcommute, that will continue through thursday morning, but looks to wrap u thursday afternoon. unfortunately, more rain on friday as a system comes and sweeps our warm air away we cool down quite a wit for the weekend. so enjoy this week. the temperaturesill be b back up into the 60s by the end of the week. we'll talk about the weekend forecast and how cold it's going to get comeing up. >> all right. thank you so much. just in time for valen te teen's day. we are focused on chocolate. we have ideas that will satisfy yourweet sto
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romantics everywhere are starting to make plans for valentine's day, which is next thursday. february is national chocolate ' lo month. which is really every month for us. johnny. us now is thanks so much for being here today. eyre here to show us some sweet treats for a special occasion. >> f anything. >> tell us about how you make yours. >> i have two laminate buttern and there are 36 layers of butter. >> 36 layers of butter. >> then after i roll it up, we have 180 layers of butter. >> in one croissant. >> see now itexplains why it tastes so good. it makes so much sense. s youetch out your dough and roll it up. >> i do. it's a little dry, but i lik to grab it right here if you want to try one, tooyocan. i just kind of stretch it. and i stop at the points. we don't rip the point. i fold in the corners a little
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bit thejust try to keep it symmetrical. >> this looks pretty uniform and compact, but when you bake it, does it puff up? >> it does. >> the key to making them so buttery. it's not a croissant unless it has the flakes. >> exactly. in the oven, yours is very good. actually. yours is better than the first one i did. so we turn the oghn up really o that way it gets a nice pop to really solidify that really crispy, crunchy ouide. >> your chocolate croissant is really uniq, too. we have a black dough we put on the outside then we take the a razors score just enough to cut through that top layer. >> that's the outside. >> this is the outside. then we flip it over. g web our two chocolate batons. if you want. >> two chocolate batons. >> this is the stuff of my dreams. t> it's the good stuff. then just roll i right up. this one is super easy.
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that's how we g our stripes. >> and this will puff up. >> like this >> this is gorgeous. >> you want to see the inside? >> of cour. all of that good stuff. while you're doing that, you have some other chocolate desserts. is this for valentine's day? >> and always. these are the stripes. >> while you're talking, i'll have to try itye >> , so we have a chocolate gatto. chocolate cake and chocolate mousse. then layers of chocolate shortbre shortbread, ganache and caramel. those are our special desserts then a champagne for all you lovers. just the strawberry champagne. everything else we always weve. ave lots. >> the other great thing, not only do you have the sweet ones like thisone, which is my favorite, you have savory. >> i do.
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i half a ham and brie. people always steal it off my table then an everything croissant. some garlic, onions, poppy seeds, s seeds, sesame seeds. >> it's not busted goods. >> we have breakfast, lunch and brunn f and starting this thursday the 7th, we're going to be open for dinner every day. >> that's new. >> it'snew. we've got some amazing stuff from chef james duke. i've beenatg really well since he joined our team so i'm really excited. t >> you cde. you give him the baked goods, he gives you the good delicious dinners. do y have a favorite? >> all the croissants. i alternate which is my favorite. but they're my favorite. >> the chocolate one.s my favori high five. from junction bakery and bees troe. thank you so much. you.hank all right. coming up, the mysterious eg explained.
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moving away from purely selling products in warehouses. it's opening smaller stores in city centers, pop up shops for kitchens and a bedroomsnd improved online sales and home delivery. jt ten days away from valentiva ntine's day. fewer americans plan to celebrate this year. the national retail federatnsn estimates ers will spend an average of 162 on their loved ones. that's um 13% f last year, but only 51% of people say they'll celebrate the holiday. that's down from 55% last year and in fact that number has been trending downward over the past dozen years. i'm contessa brewer. you probay have seen this story trending. the instagram t accountt broke kylie jenner's record for likes on a single post is now revealing its identity. it's just a picture with an igg. last after weeks of suh spence, now we know who is
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behind this. according to "usa today," it was rehuvealed b, a 30 second episode titled the reveal of the show world record egg explained the egg is tied to a mental health awareness campaign about al media use. in the episode, the egg is crack and says the pressures of social media are getting to it. it then makes a plea for viewert toelp if they're strugg struggling, too. i really like that. >> a great thing. >> and that it broke kylie jenner's record. >> draw attention to something good. getti into college is a milestone for manystudents, but paying can be really tough. >> really tough. sometimes actually staying in school comes down t the kindness of others and i had a chance to spend some time this tyhorng at howard universi with students who received some major help through the hidden halo
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project. take a look at this big check right chre. chide staff all of this relt iing from that. 34 students here at howard university received this big blessing. their tuition and fds pai for thanks to the give iing from th church members t 50,000 goingbennett college. another hvcu. we have three of the students here who received this blessing. maya. what was your balance? >> 2500. >> doesn't sound like a lot, but it is for students going to the next level, trying to get through college. so dr. williams is here to tell us what the next challenge is that the churc issending. >> we are issuing a black history month challen where we e inviting other churches to follow in this tradition of supporting our most valuable assets. >> all right. we tan all makes happen, right, for the students.
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that's what it's all about, right? >> that's so awesome that you did that. especially because w the cost of college adds up and. >> all right. lauren, what's going on with our 60s? >> today, temperatures around 60 degrees. today, you can't enjoy you've got all day tomorrow. mid-60s tomorrow. could be a few sprinkles overnight then more rain for the second half of wednesday. low 50s. take those temperatures into the 60s, but enjoy it. we cool down for the weekend. >> lov >> thank you so much. do it for news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and you can get the news and weather anytime with the nbc apshington
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we're live in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.ir >> your little gl always says at the end of the game, d, could you hear me out there on the field saying, go, daddy, go? >> i heard her today. what a game. >> socute. a braid i had family celebration for tom, sixth super bowl win. wife angie sell and his autiful daughter vivian in his arms. scott is still there. he'll be back tomorrow. >> great stuff. e that might h been the best part of the game, the sleeper bowl. >> thet low scoring super bowl of all time. between now and t

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