right now the white house is putting the finishing touches on president trump's state of the union speech. he id expec to call for unity tonight. we'll take a closer look at what to expect. governor ralph northam still under pressureno resig this herning with new information expected from medical school he attended and where those racist photos were taken. and finally, a nice warm day out there. warmer than yesterday. but we've got big changes on the way. all good thing must come t an end. we'll let you know about when that change will take place and if we have any snow on that 10-day forecast coming l up in justtle bit. announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >> good morning.

and welcome to "news4 midday." i' meghan fitzgerald. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin today with the looming future for the governor of virginia. >> it comes as the governor continues to resis calls to resign. david culveraseen in richmond since the story broke. are we learning anything new this morning? >> reporter: we know that top destination officials have said that the governor is still trying to fight to regain his trust. a lot of folks are asking the question, "a," how long is that going to take and "b" is that even possible when you talk to other democrats here on capitol square, they're saying that's t a reality. the governor, though, pushing forward in his refusal to step out of his position. it's interesting, though, as you make theay rounds t as capitol trying to get a sense of the

mood, lawmakers are saying they have no time for this. this is one of the busiest days for them. they're trying to focus ong gett bills out of theirrs chamo the other chambers and trying to actually get their jobs done and pass laws. the reality, though, this looms over them and it's something they can't see past as of now. >> as he delays making a decision about what to do, the lieutenant governor justin li fairfax is d with his own issue now, a sex assault algation that he denies. he's calling it a smear campaign. what else are you learn about that today? >> reporter: we heard late yestday from the lieutenant governor. today he's back in the senate session presiding over the senate. yesterday he fed some of those suggestions that hht have been part of a smear campaign as you put it, that somebody may have pnted these stories and the question was asked, do you think its governor northam's team, do you think it's the mayor of richmond's team?

he said youre good reporters, you can figure it out on your own and talking to senior staff members who are connected with the lieutenant governor, they're pushingn back e farther. they do not believe this is part of a smear campaign. this insinuati is spreading rather quickly and i had to reach out to lavar eyston team. the insinuation00 is 1% untrue. i also reach out and heard from the governor staff via twitter, the first time we're hearing from them after saturday's press conference and they said this is 100% untrue of the a lot of folks pushing back against that. we wanted to know is this allegation against lieutenantav governor hing any sway when it comesng to kee his support from democratic lawmakers. we heard from one and i want y to take a listen. >> it's a tough, tough allegation and we'll have to sit back and gather, you know, whateverutinformation's there. i don't know what else to say.

>> reporter: she doesn't know what else to say and that's the difficulty for a lotf other lawmakers. we heard from one. we mad the rounds. we were trying to get in touch with several of the lawmakers tm hear t on the record. they're pushing back when it comes to speaking on this one in allegation a the lieutenant governor. we did hear late yesterday from the legislative black caucus who said they arssessing the situation, they take it very seriously and they will continue to monitor it. a lot of folks hesitant to weigh int on t front. >> all right. david culver reporting live fro richmond. as the pressure builds on govern northam to step down, news4 will be there following the latest developments and you can follow along in our app. d.c.olice are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian on 4th street and then took off. the victim was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. justin finch is live in

northwest. justin, policeki are l for the vehicles. what do you know about that? >> reporter: pat, megan, good morning. we do know that police right now are looking for a dark in color suv seen going north here on 4th street overnight. i did check in with policefo coming on the air and they said the investigation at this point i still rolling out. still trying to learn more about the victim in this case, can't quite say yet who that person is and also more about the driver of that vehicle. here on the ground, you spoke with several neighbors and passers by, refusing to go on camera, but saying a person who was struck in this and a driver that didn't stop just leaves them on edge. >> look both ways. what do you do before you cross the etst? >> look both ways. >> reporter: a life lesson with extra meaning today. at this crossing close to d 3:00 a.m.. report a person

struck by a dark colored suv and authorities say the driver just kept going northboundh on 4t street. news4 on scene early this morning. the investigationhi shut down roadway for hours overnight as police collect clues, working to learn more about the victim, the striking vehicle and its driver. neighbors point out that this two-lane four way crossing has working crossing signals at each corner and what they see too much of here they say, is speeding cars. you are lking live at that street sign saying the suggested speed limit here is 15 miles an hour. that is something neighbors say wish that more drivers would pay attention to. it's unknown that in is case he overnight if speed was a factor. the investigation is still rolling out. ewever, people in neighborhood say they are constantly seeing speeding cars go up and down this roadway at all hours of night. waiting toe still learn more about the investigation, what it turns up

and more about that pson who was struck, who at last check was left in critical contion by this crash with life-threatening injuries. live here, i'm justin finch, news4. back inside to you. >> thank you so much. some good news ts morning for the four dupont ice raa rina. plans to rebuild the aging structure are safe. the mayor wrote to the council saying she planned to take the more than $20 million set aside for the pject and redirect that money to emergency repairs at seval schools. however, we just received a statement from the ice arena board, it says on behalf of the children at fort dupont ice arena, many thanks to mayor bowser for w workingith our team and agreeing to a path to ensure the new two rink arena will be built. the next step is to meet and agree on the detailsf how t get there. this will includeeviewing the design, the cost, the capital

campaign, the timing for funding and a construction schedule. the boardls thanked the caps nd the nhl for launching a gofundme page. the board says it will be a critical part for an ongoing effort to raise money for that new rink. now to this beautiful weather. good news here. we've got sunshine and climbing temperatures. >> keep it 'mcoming. >>oing to try, guys. unfortunately, as i said, all good things must come to an end. that's pretty much the sound that everybody makes when i talk about when this is going to come to an end. not for a while. so enjoy the day. look at that beautiful sky out there. if y don't like springtime temperatures, i got something for everybody on this 10-day i forecast thal show you in 15 minutes. look at these. ok at the shenandoah valley. you are already in the low to mid-60s right now. here in d.c. we were at 48 just until ten minutes ago. str temperatures b right now. i do not think that annapolis

will make it up to that m 65 degreek today. the water obviously influences you a littlbit. same with our friends in southern maryland if you're close to the coast line. e for everyboe inland, those temperatures will go right on . very mild nothing to write home about today. it's a great day. get outside and enjoy it. we've got changes on the way. we'll show you when those changes are coming just in about 12 minutes from now. >> thank you, lauren. l> now the swing in temperatures andt week's snow is causing major problems on the road if you haven't noticed. transportation reporter adam tuss wants to know about the potholes in your community so just tweet him at your location dd tune in tonight and see what's beinge to make your ride a little smoother. >> well, happening tonight. president trump expected to share his vision for the country union state of the address. >> the president is expected to call for unity in this divided governme that the democrats control the house.

tracie potts has a preview of night's speech. >> the president of the united ates! >> reporter: tonight, president trump lays out his agenda for the final time before a divided congress. e's calling for cooperation and he's calling for compromise. >> reporter: the white house says the theme for tonight's speech is choosing greatness, focusing on immigratn, trade, infrastructure, lower health costs and foreign licy. the president expected to point out economic success and areas where opposing parores can together. democrats are sceptical. >> who knows what c he'lle out with and who knows what he'll say the day after he comes out with it? >> reporter: his audience includes 2020 presiden cal opponenttics of his pull out in syria and afghanistan and lawmakers who want him impeached. it comes amid negotiations to avoid another government shutdown next week, hung u over

the president's demand to build a border wall. >> he's gayng to i'm willing to meet you someplace that will demonstrate that ware working together to secure the border of america. al reporter: working together, the but so far, not reality. attending tonight, members of the house intelligence committee, tomorrow they'll be voting whether to turn over transcripts to the fbi of their interviews in the russia investigation. tracie potts, nnews, washington. four democrats running for resident will be in the audience, stacey abrams will deliver the democratic response. you may remtber she l her bid to be georgia's first black governor but she's considered a rising star in the party. n coming upe next half hour, we'll take a look at some of the other invited guests. right now let's take a look at this. the celebration is under way in boston. these are live pictures as boston hosts its sixth super bowl parade for the patriots. the team went home yesterday

om atlanta after beating the rams sunday night and if it feels ae little l this celebration is, deja vu all over again, well check thisout. since 2002, boston has had 12- 12 championship parades. the latest just a few months ago when the red sox won their fourth wor series championships since 2002. the bruins won the stanley cup back in 2011 andhe celtics won it all in 2010. today they're expecting more than 1 million people to join in on the party. >> they always win. they always wi i'ot bitter or anything. fans. itter it's a call that no one wants to get, a call about a child in trouble. how a grandmother reacted and the scammers that took her for thousands? a devastating fire out of paris, tenng people includi baby are dead, new information about a woman who police

overnight horror in pariea at ten people are dead and dozens are injured after this massive apartment fire in a high end area of the city. >> the fire forced families out of bed and into rea life nightmare. chapman belle has m on paris's deadliest fire in more than a decade. >> reporter: a deadly fire ripped through an apartment building in paris. as 250 firefighters respond. scaling the eight story building, rescuing residents from windows and others seeking safety on the buildings roof. residents nd, speaking about their fight for >> translator: i live on the eighth floor, the top floor. so i tried to pass fro balcony to balcony in order to get away. >> reporter: firefighter working through the night to extinguish the blaze that's claimed at least ten lives and injured more than 30 people. sethorities say the numbers could the flames had been brought under control but fire and

emergency teams continue toch se the building. floor to floor, door to doorse ching for casualties and to inspect the building. the fire occurred in a residential are of the affluent area of paris. ire at ct cause of the this point is unknown. but arson is a favored theory. the paris prosecutors office confirms to nbc news that an official investigation has been opened for voluntary destruction by fire causingdeath. a 40-year-old woman is currently in police custody. the prosecutors sayhe is a resident of the building with a history of mental health issue. as authorities tried to determine exahily how deadly fire was arted. chapman bell, nbc news, london. now to a tragic developing ory. a virginia state trooper is dead after an officer involved shooting ind cumberlcounty. this is a picture we're about to show you of that fallen hero state police say trooper lucas dowell was shot while helpi to

execute a search warrant at a home in cumberland county late last night. the suspect was also killed, that man has not yet been identified. trooper dowell is survived by his paren and sister. d.c. police are searching for whoever fir into a crowded bus stop in southeast. it hpened around 5:00 last night at pennsylvania and minnesota avenue. four menho were s but they survived. a little girl was also injured possibly by flyglg s. at the scene you can see bullets shattered the glass bus stop, police say everyone who was hurt should be fine. witnesses say its scary that someone would just shoot into a crowd of people. >> this is so scary. all theoi children on. >> it's very unfortunate that someone would douch a horrific out with so ma people out at that locatiool >> d.c. pe are hoping video from a nearby liquor store will lead them to the suspects.

in northwest, one person was shot at the intersection of columbia road and georgia avenue. we want to show you some of the scene there,ideo from the scene. police say t manas awake and breathing when he was taken to the hospital. d.c. police are looking for twop ts. starting today many general out of workers will be work. the automaker says its cutting about 4,000 white collar jobs 's expected to begin the first round of layoffs today. gm has terminate more than 14,000 jobs in the u.s. andce canada s november. the company is also closing thne north ameri assembly plants including one in the baltimore area, two other factoriesndy the e of the year. and today southwest airlines is movin one step closer to being able to offer flights to hawaii. wouldn't that be nice? the airlines seto make its rst flight with federal aviation the faa must approve the rfote

the airline can offer it to customers. well, most grandparents would do just about anything to help their grandchild but it's that unconditional love that scammers bank on to takeour money. >> diane walker reports on a richomnd, virginia, who was tricked by a criminal who was posing as her grandson. shep ended losing thousands of dollars and it was all a scam. >> reporter: jerry remembers every word and even the cadence in the caller's voice which probably helps explain why she believed it was her grandson, a freshman i college. >> he said, gram, i'm in trouble. tell me about it. let's just, you know, think this thing out. >> reporter: the imposer knew call her gram. he had been pulled over by police, arrested and jailed. all that triggered a flood of emotions and prompted her to act on all the caller's instructions. >> i said don't worry.

and he said,he but found drugs in the car. i said well, that wasn't so good. i am totally clear. >> reporter: the phone scammer told her to go to home depot and andhase prepaid money car call them back with the numbers om the back of the cards. she saysdepot smelled a fraud and tried to dissuade her >> theysaid, mrs. d, this is a scam. i said i heard my grandson. i don't want anything to happen to hi just give me the cards. >> reporter: the crooks got severalrand but wanted more. >> they got the money and then i got anoth call and they said, everythifi's . your grandson is being taken back to college and then they said but we need the -- the lawyer wants a bit more. >> reporter: this time jerry was isn't to target to purchase even more prepaid cards. two managers convinced her that she was the victim of a fraudulent and elaborate scheme. >> this is a scam.

i said don't tell me it's a scam and he said, yes, yes. regret was that i wasn't savvy enough at quarter to 8: the morning to hang up on them. >> you see that all too often. >> so sad. a surprise for the pope, what a little girl crawled under -wl she c under a barrier and gave him something. we'll tell you what that was. an update onvo lindsey's crash this morning. it happened duringf one othe last races of her it hasn't always been easy, has it? ♪ there have been days when you doubted yourself. ♪ and days when you were ready to quit. ♪ but you didn't. ♪ because you had the courage to venture into something powerful.

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so take a look attthis, jus hours ago, lindsey vonn crashed in her final super g at the world championshi in sweden. the all-time leader in women's last cup wins announced week that she's retiring, but the 34-year-old has contained -- has constant pain in her knees and she says her body just can't handle the sport any re.

vonn is expected to end her career with sunday's downhill race. good for her. >> it's taken >> no kidding. mayoror bowser willer have a way to remember the caps stanley cup run. >> she's the proud new owner of her very own championship ring. >> that's amazing. >> slap shot teamed up with d.c. firefighters and cheerleaders last night, he rod a fire check over to the o mayor'sice for delivery. the caps ao gave her framed photost team from that winning night last june. and they're back on the ice tonight hosting vancouver. >> it had a rough few weeks. they've lost eight ofas their nine games, but we wish them well and, by the way, that ringe han ten carats. have of them diamond, the other half rubies. >> i was just talking to one of my friends the other day who was saying that herriend worked

for them and said they got rings. i don't ow if they had the diamonds on them. >> that would be nice. >> we have to find that out and maybe switch our jobs if the caps start doing better. it is n feeling like hockey weather out there. >> this is just a little taste. >> just a little taste. le pere super over winter right now. it's just a taste of spring we'll see out there. look how beautiful it is. it is gorgeous. it was a great sunrise this morning. and now it's just beautiful. partly sunny to mostly sunny dending on whe you are. temperatures coming right on up. we'll be in the m-to-upper 60s today. we take a little fall tomorrow. we'll be right around 50 degrees. a lot of places won't make ite out of 0s. as we get into your thursday, temperatures are bac in the 60s through friday, at least the first part of friday, that's when the temperatures will be in the low to mid-60s and then rt we'll so fall a little bit on friday afternoon.

and friday afternoon pretty much signifies the end of the nice weather for our weather. it is warm especially in the shenandoah valley. you guys were the first to reach in the low to mid-60s. finally gotn board. our friends out in annapolis, since you have the water influence, don't think you'll quite make it up and over that 60 degree mark today. you'll try. inlandpexpect those ttures to be in the mid-to-upper 60s, 67 today. beautiful out there. crowds roll in overnight. ahead of our next system. as you go through your wednesday mornin we'll be dry on wednesday morning but by wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening, that's wn we start to see some rain spreading into our area that will continue to spread through our area as we get into your thursday morning. we have a few sprinthes out e last night and early this morning but now we're drying out with high pressure in charge. once we get through the end of this week, looking a lot better

for the weekend. looking colder for the weekend but we're looking a lot better. it will feel morike winter this weekend and a breeze on your saturday. 're dry through the weekends. we do have those rain chances coming on wednesday night into thursday morning. temperatures go back into low 60s on thursday. friday we'll right around 60 and windy. tempatures will fall in the afternoon and 30s on saturday. we'll time out the timing of this rain for your neighborhood. th u's coming in ten minutes. >> all right. thanks laur. it's big job for a jury in new york today decidin the fate of el chapo who's accused of eunning the largest drug trafficking emp in the world. the special security measures in ewplace. evelopments in one of the investigations into president trump'sal inaug committee. cuat federal prosetors are

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>> tonight the president h delivers state of the union address. the white house says the president will stress unity and optimism. wmakers plan to highlight several issues with the guests they've invited. chris van hollen invited lila johnson from hagerstown. she's worked f 20 years but she's one of the ones who won get any back pay for the hours she lost during the shutdown. >> you may remember a woman confronting the former senator jeff flake. ana maria has been invited by freshman new york congresswoman, alexandria ocasio-cortez. the first lady has invited a sixth grader from delaware. his name is joshua trump. joshua's been bullied at school because of his last name. one of the first ladies initiative has been to stop ly

cyberbg. stay with news4 for comprehensive coverage before and after the state of the union and the democratic response. doreen gentzler and stt macfarla will be live at the capitol tonight and we have an updated list of road closures in our nbc washington heapp. state of the union address comes just as the president faces new allegations that his inaugural committee missnt tens o millions of dollars in donations. the u.s. attorney's office in the southern district of new york issueden a sub for documents from the committee last night. there are also t allegationst some of the donors gave money in exchange forccess to influence the trump administration, a committeeat represee told nbc news the committee intends to coorate with the inquiry. pope francis just wrapped up his historicisit to th united arab emirate. he celebrated mass before he ft in abu dhabi. on his way in a little girl in

pink pants ted to approach his vehicle as you see there. security officers blocked her, t knowing the pope, he stopped and accepted a piece of paper fromher. this was the first ever papal mass in the. arabian peninsu here's more. >> reporter: pope francis wrapped up his short but historicisit in abu dhabi by holding the first open air public mass in th histo of this country. >> i would imagine that i would see the pope, but i never at imagined >> reporter: this is yet another milestone of the pope's drive to improve christian/muslim relations. he signed a joint declaration with the highest authority in islam for which they urged the world leaders to promote peace and tolerance.

open air mass in the cradle of islam is a historic site. a teenager with a mask and a gun was posted on instagram. the footage showed the teen th getting out o car, putting on a mask and then taking the gun out of trunk. that teen is now charged with a felony. he's not a student in arlington public schools and they can't name him because of his age. prince george's county police hit the street to ask for the public'solelpng a murder. this 23-year-old was found sho death inside a car. this happened friday night. yesterday homicide detectives went door to door inside an apartment building near therd scene. police say the victims relatives

live on the same block where he died. one neighbor we spoke with said she can't imagine how they're feeling now. she asked not to be identified. >> it was somebody's son, e, you know. it's sad. it's real sad. >> detectives are now offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case. the fate of the world's most notorious drug lord el chapo is in the hands of ae jury h in the u.s. >> as stephanie gosk reports they'r deliberating under intense security. >> reporter: for more than two months federal prosecutors described how al-chapo guzman who started as atreet dealer in his teens became the notorious head of the cartel, amassing a multi-billion dollar fortune a growing one of the largest drug tmpfficking ees in the world. a jury of m new yorkerst decide if he's guilty, ten

counts each with multiple violations. seven women and fe men hav to wade through a mountain of evidence. >> i sat in on the jury selection processnd about maybe a third of the people who way. alled in said no i'm not doing this. i'm afraid for myself and my family. >> reporter: because of safety concerns, their names are sealed and sketch artists don't draw their faces. armed u.s. marshals escort the jury in and out of courthouse. >> violence here against jurors anddudge anybody involve in this case would be bad for business. > reporter: among the most damning evidence the jury will consider, audio of him negotiating deliveries recorded by identical twins who turned on their boss. pedro was among dozen witnesses who worked with or for el chapo. they argue his role in the cartel has been exaggerated. the case took the federal

government more than a decade to investigate. its success now resting in the jury's hands. stephanie gosk, nbc news, brooklyn. changing careers, people do it for a number of reasons but it can be tough so we have advice from a career coach for you. > and this weather is leaving a lot of folks in a good mood today. [phone ringing]

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the national air and space galleries closed nine for the next several years as part of aov renation plan. phase two will begin later this year and that will include closing galleries on the easte end o building which means about half of the museum will be closed for a wh the $900 million project will also include a n entrance structure and exterior. take a look at this meanwhile. anogmazing rescue. a dog fell into an icy river in

montana.es it happenedrday on the white fish river. two people were walking their dog when iou fell t the ice. but, as you can see, crews did manage to pullit thee guy or girl to safety. and both dog and owners are just fine and hopefully dry and warm today. >> sosad, because then you're helpless. what can you do but just wait t for people come. >> that's a story with a happy ending. >> thank goodss. it gives me goosebumps looking at the ice. >> they're dry and warm today and we are mucharr. >> much warmer. >> for how much longer? >> only a couple i say that with a smile. a lot of people are going to be kind of shocked next week once we have these drop in temperatures. friday night that's whench this ge starts to happen and through the weekend you'll feel winter coming back. maybe little wintery mix, too, as we head into early next week. winter's not done with us yet. we can pretend its spring out thereor today.

we've got sunshine out there. it's it's warm. mid-to-upper 60s. wednesday, most of the day is cloudy. we'll expect some showers moving in throughout the late afternoon and into the evening. there could be few sprinkles around for your wednesday evening commute. wednesday also a lot cooler, but then the warm air starts to move back in thursday and friday. chances onrain thursday and friday, but again, we will be a lotr war the warm front lifts from the south to the north. current temperatures out there right now in the 50s and 60s, yes. thesehe temperatures right now. it is so nice out there. it's going tonue to warmup throughout the afternoon. mid-to-upper 60s for day timey. highs to we have a few more clouds building in later tonight. you don't have to worry about any rain for today. torrow morning, roads are dry. tomorrow evening depending on where you are, they cou be mp. if you're further west, they'll be wet. as we head through your thursday morning commute, it looks like all of those roads will be wet.

tomorrow, those temperatures only 49 degrees. rain chances increase throughout the afternoon and into the evening. rain chanc out there for today, but let's go ahead and start this at 5:30 tomorrow morning. you getting the kids up and waking up and o figuring your day. by 8:30, the commute still dry. just cloudy. it's not quite as pretty and a lotolder tomorrowut still dry until we head into the afternoon then we start to that rain spread into our afternoon. steady g to be a long-term rain. we'll have waves of rain throughout the overnight into your thursday morning. we dry out thursday afternoon. thursday again temperaturesac wl be in the 60s. as we get into your friday morning, another pretty strong frontal system will come through on friday morning and into the mid-morning. before that, our temperature thursday night into friday doesn't drop too much. wel be around 60 on noon on friday. then those temperatures start to drop. the rain will move out of here. we'll get sunshine out there late friday afternoon.

the winds will pickup. and we'll have winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour. friday nht our windchills will be in the teens, 20s and even low 30s. the weekendet lookingr but then we have that chance of rain and mix as we get into monday and tuesday. guys? >> all right. e we'loy the dry, warmer weather while we can. if you followedhe lunar calendar, you know it's official the year of the pig. we'll take a look at some of the lunar new year celebration. ♪ in a show that promises to in a show that promises to have yat redfin, we chargelk out you a 1% listing fee.

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stars. nova y. patton and the musical director, mark g. meadows. you use your middle initials. that's interting. nova, you are in this production enjoying the sinning and the dance. remind us what "ain't misbafg" is all about? >> it's the music of fats swalle and that was like back in harlem renaissance area. a lot of jazz, a lot of thumpin anjust, you know, pumping for real, for real, with the music. it's eat. >> it's such an important part of the show is the music. it's how you'r honoring him and that's appropriate. >> of course, of course. 's one of the quintessential composers and artists who really justhe -- music is incredible. it's complex. he was as much of a comedian as he is a stellar musician. >> absolutely. >> all of the songs have these little hints of just amazingly

sarcastic humor that you can't really find music that sounds like music. it's amazing. these amazing vocalists backed by an amazing jazz band. you can't get my better. bo tell us more that biting humor. >> yeah. t nk he says things that everybody's thinking but nobody really admits, like, you know, he was known to be a happy, jolly guy and he would always say, i ain't misbehavin' but one never knowso one. we all say we're out here living this perfect life and everybody goes behind the scenes and does whatever they want to do and he pokes fun at the reality of that. >> we mentioned that it's a very high energy show. tell us about the choreography and how you get ready to do that day after day. it looks so demanding. >> yes.

our choreography is a tap dancer's theo tap in this show, but a lot of it is about adding a lot of flare and flavor, a lot of hips in there. a lot of jumping,nt the j this jumping. he wanted to include a lot of those different itings. s an ensemble show. only five people in the cast. we get a chance to work with each other and feed off of each other's energy and he's created a nicel little tra pattern for a lot of things so -- everyone there's not a bad seat in the house, basically, because you get to see everyone and everything. >> there's not b a song in the production. your vorites. "this joint is jumpin' is one of them. >> honey suckle rose. one of my personal favorites i sent t tell a lie, which is one we do at the end with everythins when weg a melody of his different ysongs. 're both d.c. natives.

> born araised. >> have you done theaters all of your lives? >> started off inrade school, singing in church here. dancing. theater came alo with that. i'm fortune enough to have a teacher. i really wanted to be a dancer up. ing my dance teacher told me you'll be able to sing forever. your limbs may go bad, you may brk a bone, as long as you can sing, nurture it. >> she obviously gave you good advice. >> we can't wait to see it. it's at the signature theater. nice to have you in the studio mark and nova. >> see you soon. it runs through march 10th. more than a billion people around the world have begun celebrating the lunar new year and the start to the year of the pig. beijing, look from

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so for longs america has been around, history buffs have spent good money on owning pieces of presidential history, but this latest purchase may just take the cake. a lock of george washington's hair wasust sold for over $35,000. why washington would have cut it off remai a mystery? it was found inside a letter written by hamilton anddr sed to a woman named eleanor g. collins. the handwritten lter was sold along with the lock of hair, washington and hamilton were known hoe a close bond.

>> that had to have been one of the most expensive hair cuts in history. >> 35,000. now to an update on an unforgettable girl we told you about later this year. >> her name is soph if i sanchez. she stole our hearts whenhe received a new heart herself. here's an update on her. >> reporter: looking at sopsaa hez now, you'd never know she underwent life-saving onrgerheyar jus t s do you feel any different with your new heart? >> better than i was. i see now it'sti b really nicely and smooth and fast like it's suppose to be like bump bump, bump bump, bump bump. it's just a orracle. >> rr: her first miracle happened when she sent a message to her favorite assinger. >> p come and see me. >> reporter: and drake showed up for her birthday. >> oh, my god! >> you asked me to come i'm . he >> reporter: days later, the

news her family had been waiting for. >> i'm getting a heart, mom! >> reporter: what did you hear from your buddy drake last? >> christmas, actually. merry christmas, love all to ou. >> reporter: youexcited? >> yes. >> reporter: we caught up with sophia in new york at fao schwarz, a trip impossible before her new heart. >> i like this, i lise >> reporter: sophia's back in school full time. >> i can play with now and run around more. >> reporter: this fifth grader knows she wou be here without an organ donor. >> it saves peoples' lives and one saved r:ne. >> reporow free to be a kid again with gratitude straight from the heart. >> so great to see her doing so well. >> i>>know. what a sweet girl. >> beautiful little girl. >> yes. we'veot a beautiful day. what's the rest of it going to be like? today, it's going to be

beautiful all throughout the day. sunny skies, temperatures topping out in the mid-to-upper 60s today. now clouds rolling overnight. we're dry for your morning commute on wednesday. by the afternoon and evening, will t start see rain showers move in. 49 degrees. just a few spotty showers thursday. maybe a few spotty showers early on friday. dry in the afternoon. right tures will be around 60 before we start to drop in the afternoon. before lunchtime that temperature's going to warm, but temperature drops on friday. look at the weekend. 0 right aroundd a chance of a mix early next week. >> all right. thanks, that's "news4 midday." thanks for being with us. we're back on the air first at 4:00 in the afternoon. >> you can news and weather update on our nbc washington app. until then, have a great day everyone.

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