a dang row step ande terri idea, that's how democrats have described the plan to call a national emergency to fund the bordll. >> and tonight, that's what the white house said the president will do and mitch mcconnell will support him that's beuse the specterf a february fiasco hangsla around tonighte alexander joins us with the latest developments. >> reporter: everyoment this week it seems up until now has hinged on one question, will president trump sign this bill and keep the government open or will he not and we be looking at a shutdown. in fact, the senate would not vote until they had confirmation the president was on board with the bill. after days of uncertainty, that confirmation came this afternoon. today, the senate beginning with

a simple plrayer. >> let's pray the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesn't shutdown. sign arter: prepared to bill to avoid another government shutdown tomorrow. after o a morni uncertainty this report from mitch mcconnell. >> i just had a opportunity to speak with president trump and he would say he's t prepared sign the bill. he will also be issuing a mergency declaration e the same time. >> reporter: soonanti after the senate vot pg tos the bill. it would allow neay $1.4 billion for a border barrier and 55 miles of new fencing, but no concrete wall. the president's allies framing that as win. >> strikes me the president can declare victory with funding for 55 more miles of barriers. >> reporter: it's less thanar a r of the money the president initially wanted for his wall and no more thahat

was offered before the shutdown. vice president mike telling andrea mitchell. >> the president of the united states has the absolute authority under the and by statue to declare a national emergency a reposition resources to address that. >> reporter: democrats considering a legal challenge. >> we will review our options. we're prepared to respond appropriately to >> reporter: sarah huckabee-sanders said the white house is prepared for legal challenges, adding but there should not be any. even some republicans are split on this. some were urging the president strongly to declare the national emergency but others hing he would decide not to. alexander. stay d.tu this cell phone video captured a dramatic arrest by the base of the washington monument. >> tonight we learned this same person taken into custody by park police is the g suspected

of setting a fire inside a d.c. pizz shop and nowhe's facing federal charges. >> mark segraves broke the story this afternoon. he u joins now outside district court where he appeared today.? ma >> reporter: this is not his first court appearance. it is his first court appearance in federal court but he appeared on charges of assaulting that police officer at the washington monument a few days ago in d.c. superior court. prosecutors today would not say what his motive was behind starting the fire at comet pizza. they did say how they caught him. it was that blue and white sleeve jacket he was wearing in the surveillance video at cannot pizza that he was wearing two times when he was arrested out.ide the washington monum prosecutors say the man seen fighting with park police is thes in this video same man seen in this surveillance video from inside comet pizza, 22-year-old ryan rimas has been charged with

arson in connection to the january 23rd incident inside the restaurant in upper northwest. in court today, ryan rimas told the judge he didn't havemonough y for his attorney. the judge appointed a public defender who asked that ryan rimas be released to his pants. the jud denied that request. federal investigators have said the suspect went into the restaurant about 9:30 in theg even and set the curtains on fire. nobody was hurt. about two weeks later, according to court documents, on february 4th and 5th, he climbed the fence around the washingndn monumentas arrested. during the first incident, he fought with two park police officers who had a to use baton, then pepper spray and finally a taser to subdue him. according to prosecutors once remiswas in custody, he was recognized as the comet pizza suspect because of his jacket with the white sleeves. you'll recall in 2016 comet

pizza became the center of national mia attention when edward welch went into the restaurant with an automatic weapo weapon. now he is now facing up to 20 ars in prison on the arson charges alone if he'sconvicted. we can tell you who it was that connected the dots here. dit was a. fire department paramedic who responded to the washington monument scene w aft tased who recognized him as possibly being the suspect a the comet pizza fire. that's the latest from u.s. district court. >> very good eye by that ems er wo word that amazon was backing out of its plans todd a campu in new york. shocked and angered some political leaders there. >> and it raised concerns aut wh might happen here in

arlington. amazon sain the p fell apart because of local and state political leaders who were unwilling to give subsidies. >> julie carey joinss now from pentagon city with reaction to today's bombshell. i don't think people were expecting this, were they, julie?ep >>ter: they'd heard the tumblings but they were surprised when came. that spot behind me that's going to be an amazon tower some day. the company is going to start moving in soon to leased spaces in crystal city. eventually some 25,000 amazon workers expected to settle into and leaders say that bombshell in new york has no impact here. >> nothing has changed. >> reporter: a sigh of relief governmentton county and business leaders. they admit there was anxiety when it hitocial media that amazon was pulling out of new

york. >> i spoke directly with the folks from amazon after the announcement broke and they reiterated their commitment this does not change anything about the plans for virginia. >> the proposal for national landing calls for amazon to g graduallw up to 25,000 jobs here with the possibility of climbing as high as nearly 38,000 ptoome day. one of the other questions, with amazon backing out of the new york location will arlington push for ace bigger p of the pie? >> at this time i'm not interesting in absbing a speculative new number of jobs. i think what we discussed with our community makes sense forco our unity. >> reporter: and he thinks he knows why amazon is at adi much erent reception in arlington than it did in queens. this community had planned for lots of growth in the crystal city area even before the amazon announcement. >> we had been planning for this without knowing it was amazon for nearly a decade.

where they'r locating is an area that's got existing office vacancy, butdy also alr community consensus plans to accommodate intense levels of growth that far exceed what amazon is planning to build. >> reporter: amazon has also made it cles the companyot going to reopen the hq2 search. plans move ahead to expand in northern virginia and nashville an other growth will tak place at the company's existing facilities. now the next big step for amazon here comes on march 16th. that's when the county board is expected to vote on what's called a performance agreement, it lays out the incentives the county will provide in exchange for the thousands of jobs expected to created. bill barr is the tion's new attorney general tonight. he was sworn in in the white house this afternoon of the senate approved his nomination. he will oversee robert muellerig

russia inveion. mueller is expected to submit his findings in the nea future but barr will be the one who decides how much of that report is st to congress. during his confirmation he said he was in favor of transparency but did not admit to turning over the full report. n to the book that explains the turmoil at fbi headquarters after james comey was fired. it was written by acting director andrew mccabe, who a stepped iner president trump fired comey in 2017. in an interview on "60 minutes" he describes meeting with the present just hours after the president fired comey. t how long after t was it when you decided to start the investigations involving the president? >> i think the next day met with the team investigating the russia cases and i asked the team to goack and conduct an

assessment. >> in march, one day before andrew mccabe was scheduled to retire, he was fed by then attorney general jeff sessions. the justice department accused mccabe of misleading nalestigators during an int probe. he denies any wrong doing. president trump had strong push back in a tweet, he calledcc e, disgraced and said he p pretended to be, quote, a poor little angel. he also called him a puppet for, in his words, leaking james comey. chaos and panicn an office when a guy walked in shooting. he killed oneerson and injured another in an office off hamlin street. that's where chris gordon is. >> reporter: one of the victims was sho to death just on the other side of thew windohere i'm standing. the other man spent the day in

surgery, he was shoive times. the entire building is a crime scene. and d.c. detecvesre hoping surveillance cameras above will help them catch the shleter. peescribe it as a scene of sheer chaos and panic. shots ringing out,esulting in death. >> we was all frightened. >> reporter: d.c. police s a lone gunman wearing a mask and gloves shot two mennside the fice here at trojan labor, a temporary staffing service inrt ast washington. one of the victims was killed. the other is an owner of the serve. >> it does not appear to be a robbery because it doesn't appear he tried to take anything. >> reporter: a dialysis technician who works across the street arrived before 6:00 a.m. >> it was chaos, people getting in their cars and fleeing, running, we was running just to

get a from the scene. >> reporter: police say they have video from surveillancens camerase and outside by the front door. a man who doesn't want to appear on camera had just left afterg gettis work assignment and heard the shooti s. how manyts did you hear? >> multiple.ve i can't count because i was at a distance, like i said. it was multiple, >> reporter: day laborers i spoke with are trying to figure out why anyoneould bring a gun here and start shooting. >> what's your reaction to the fact somebody came in and shot two people? t'>>s crazy. it's crazy. >> reporter: can y think of anybody who might have a beef against them? >> no. no. they give people work. >> reporter: now, the wife of the owner here called a day laborer to spread the word that her husband came through surgery after being shot five times and is tonight surrounded by his family. that's the latest live in

northeast washington, jim and doreen back to you. >> thankyou, chris. they are teenagers who changed the conversation we have abouot school sgs and gun violence. >> and today students in parkland, florida, said they are not done. next at 6:00 tonight, the moment of silence observed across the state of florida to remember the 17 people killed one year ago. and the mission survors are still carrying on. also ahead, more potential victims coming forward after police charged a local track coach within solicit a student for prostitution. >> reporter: should have we have more metro service? a conttious board meeting today. one more nice day before snow

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one year ago, 17 lives lost. 17 families and an entire community changed forever. >> since the high school shooting in parkland, florida, surviving students have made it their mission to make sure the cotry is forever changed, too. marjorie stoneman douglas students were dismissed early day. they were not in the hallways the exact moment the shooting began last year. instead thousands of schools in florida observed a moment of silence for thopl 17 p killed. the washington nationals at spring training also joined for the moment of silence, joining major league teams across the street. we have the report on students who returned to school today and those who could ornot. >> repr: silence marking the moment the community of asrkland, florida was forever changed. students, friends, family

members once againling to one another. >> i love my son. i haven't h heard voice for 365 days. >> reporter: to remember the 14 yudents and 3 educators killed oner ago at margery stoneman douglas high school. >> their lives shall never be forgotten. >> reporter: statewiause as hundreds of thousands seek meaning with acts of service. struggle urvivors the to bring any sense to the tragedy goes on. >> i do feel the question ofwh why am i still here. but because i know that i have some sort of tpurpose,t kind of keeps me going. >> welcome to the revolution. >> reporter: as for the students who have becomeeading voices in the fight for gun control. they have chosen to spend this day out of the spotlight, toay honor and tribute to those who were lost that day. some of them speaking with nbc's kate snow a fewgo days saying their fight will never stop. >> you have not seen the last of

us. >> reporter: survivors of a vihorrific act of gun ence, working to turn grief into action and honor the 17 lives that were lost. danshenman nbc news. the activism of the pkland students has also kept the focus on school safety for the past year. >> florida has a new law requiring a safety officer at every school but critics say one principal has gone too far. man tee school for thes a has hiredbawo comt veterans armed with semiautomatic rifles. he told nbc that he wants officers who have been tested under fire. >> it's something that you can deal with. tey've dealt with it before, andy'll move forward to accomplish the mission. >> why a long gun. why not a simple glock? >> it's not a sport i'm not looking for a fair fight. if anything like that happens, i

wantlu ably, overwhelming fire power, i want overwhelming odds i our favor. you can learn more about school safety changes implemented across the country on nbc "nightly news" rights after t newscast. survivors from parkland said they want the focus o o remai the victims of that attack one year ago. >> in that spirit, we wa to share once again the names and faces of the people who lost their lives last year. we'll be right back. this presidents day,

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heretome afterng trapped by a mudslide is in good condition tonight. this is video of crews wheeling he a out in stretcher near san

francisco. the mudslide dislodged her home from its foundation on thursday. >> the house then slid down and slammed into another me. e woman was pinned under debris and encased in mud. a storm system dumped several inches of rain i this area triggering a flood warng. >> that frightening. that same system, doug, is coming ourway, isn't it? >> they're getting hammered in parts of the west. a couple years ago we were talking about how bad the drought was, and now a couple years ago, no snow. they're having so much snow, e theybout to get 2 to 5 feet more. and that has to come our way eventually.'s coming saturday and again as we make our way towards early next week. ght now, current temperatures sitting at 50 degrees. winds out of e south at 5 miles per hour. a pretty nice day, even though we saw a lotud of c cover,

temperatures on the mild side for this time of year. 48 in leesburg, 43 martinsburg, 45 huntingtown. we're cool but we're not going to cool all that much tonight. there's the cloud cover i'm talking about. i was hoping for more sunshine today we saw a little bit butno a lot. here's the system that i'm talking about. numerous systems going o on here, san francisco, down towards los angeles, around phoenix, over towards nevada. i mentioned 2 to 5 feet of snow, winds up to 150 miles per hour towards the top of the mown tines, incredible. that energy is going to move across our regionur by sy morning. tomorrow night no problem, going out friday night going to be an night. nice and mild. temperatures start to fall tomorrow bynight. 11:00, it'll be on the chilly side. you'll needhe coat. saturday morning, waking up, looking out the window, 7:00

a.m. we have some snow coming down, especially in the southero s. look where it's not snowing, baltimore, frederick, hagerstown. most of the snow is d.c. southward all day. around, 10:00 a. that's the area in the darker purplestt g the accumulating snow. the ones affected by the ice, most likely not getting this round of snow. snowing until 1:00 or 2:00 before it moves out. down to the south where the most, 1 to 3 inchesrod waldorf, fredericksburg. asoating to an inch maybe far north as winchester. parts of montgomery county, a coating to an inch mostly on grassy surfaces we are not expecting this to be a big impactful event on saturday because of 62 on friday so the roads we think will be okay. 48n sunday. 48 on monday. chance of showers both sunday and monday but not a huge

chance. bigger storm, tuesday and wedn oday. more mor that at 6:45. d.c. has derailed metro's plan to keep shorter hours and do more track work. net the decision is not final yet. at 6:30, our adam tuss reports on whether there's any wiggle room before a final vote. >> reporter: a high school tck coach and school security officer arrested accused of trying to payor a student f sex. ahead on news4 you'll hear from parents of some of these students. we're staying on top of the breaking news for you tonight, from t white house and capitol hill, president trump set to sign a government funding bill and declare a national emergency. but this border fight

breaking news if you are just joining us at 6:30, democrats are fuming and republican reaction is mixed to president trump's decision to declare a national emergency on the southern bord the white house confirming that move and saying that mr. tmp ll sign a bill avoiding a government shutdown. many in the gop had cautioned the president against declaring an emergency but are now signaling support. democrats are n holdi back. they are using terms like lawless, and calling the move a, quote, gross abuse of power. here's house speaker nancy pelosi. i know the republicansave some unease about it no matter what they sayecause the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, just think of what a president with diffent values can present to the american people.

>> democrats are threatening legal actio and the white house says it's prepared. the bill the senate passed without allow for neay $1.4 billion for a border barrmir and 5s of new fencing. but there will be no concrete wall. the house votes later this evening. doreen and jim back to you. more baking news, these are live pictures from fort lee, new jersey, fire t tearingough a five-story apartment building. part of the first floor of the building have collapsed. firefighters a making rescues here, escorting people from the upper d floorsn onto fire escapes. we have no reports of serious injuries b this is a serious situation in fort lee, new jersey. a trusted track coach in northeni vir is held behind bars tonight charged with trying to payde a s for sex. >> now more accusers are steppi

stepping forward. the coach, dellvip jackson is also a security officer at the school. david culver has the story. >> reporter: as the father of a high schooler, tonight wayne jackson is troubled by allegations against the school's well-liked track coach. >> it's hard t process. it's very concerning that something like that would be going on. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies arrested 37-year-old delvin jackson wednesday accusing him of trying to solicit prostitution from a boy. >> there weref accusations exchanges of sex for temoney. >> rep today deputies tell us more accusers have come forward. >> we received two calls from two people whoeyaid e potential victims of mr mr. sojan. >> reporter: michael's sonas graduated and said he looked up

to coach jacks. >> it's bizarre to have a relationship like this, someone who'soaching your son, who your son likes and trusts, and then for thio happen. >> it was. very disappointing. >> reporter: more disturbing for some of thes, paree was not only the track coach, he was security chool officer. his job was to protect the kids. to have something like thispp , do you lose trust? >> i have. >> reporter: in a statement staffordounty public schools says they are aware that a member of the staff has bn rested and charged. adding the track coach/security officer has been placed on administrative lead. >> the school acted swift. >> reporter: deputies are praising relatives of th three teens who stepped forwaga with the alons. >> the parents had a good relationship with their child, the child disclosed that information, they took that serious andth reported it t authorities. >> reporter: they're hoping more potential victims will reach out. first on news4 tonight we

have new details about the arrest of a man who shot and nearly killed a virginia polic officer six years ago. news4 has learned he had been practicing his shooting skills at a local firing range before s arrest last week on several arsonnd gun charges. police found two loaded handguns nd aen sr at bashir's apartment. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of alexandria police officer peter laboy. he was released from a mental hospital last>> year. d.c. leaders are standing their ground when it comes to how long should stay open at night. tonight board members voted in favor of cutting back maintenance times so trains can run longer. but that's not sitting well. adam tuss is tracking the story from the silver spring station. >> reporter: this is the debate puing people on two sides of

the sues, do you want longer or shorter hours, more maintenance or less maintenance? metro's board is carefully trying to keep things civil with this debate, but there were times when discussions about why metro should k shorter hours in favor of more maintenance went off ttrack. s is the stuff that makes my mayor and councy. craz >> reporter: it's clear there coe erns, d.c. leaders have bl pked thens for shorter hours and more maintenance. they want longer hours and more trains running instead. but there was opposition to that. board membergo michael ldman wondering if late night/weekend service needso come back because metro figure shows only abouteo 1,000e ride the train. >> i'm not sure we'd do well moving 1,000 people. >> let me -- >> i'd like t debate on this, but you're saying you would never support >> let me -- let me.

>> i -- >>s that'good to know. >> may i? >> reporter: after the meeting, metro's leader, who said the maintenance needs to continue -- last time it said you may step away from the agency, if you don't get this plan in place -- t's not quite how it was presented. what i said historically if i feel i'm being force today do something unsafe that's a different issu h >> reporte bottom line, theen maintce will gone done it just may have to shift to impactful periods like the middle of the day and evening. >> reporte l d.c.ders say they'll try to find some common ground but that may not happen. at the silver springat n, adam tuss news4. while the debate over school start times continue in maryland it appears virginia may be closer to a compromise. virginia lawmakers haveassed a bill allowing school districts

to start classes up to two weeks before labor day. but districts that start in augu would have to schedule a our-day labor day weekend to boost tourism. it now goes to governor ralph northam. larry hogan threatened to put the debate on theballot. one of the stars of the new congress was one of the chief opponents of amazon in new york city. >> coming up on how alexandria cortez and other new york leaders responded to amazon backing out over political pressure. p lus sharing theove on capitol hill. why two maryland children spent valentine's day delivering roses to members of ngress. i'm tracking your forecast the next couple days. we're tracking snow.n saturd i'm going to tell you how much there is. and then big storm outere tuesday, wednesday. we'll talk about it. se

news in new jersey. a massive firnd fight way right now here in fort lee across the hudson river fm manhattan. the fire tearing through this five-story apartment building. we now understand three volunteer firefighters have minor injuries. firefighters are als making some rescues right now. emergency shelters are being set stay with us for updates as we learn moree right h 6:00 and again tonight on news4 at 11:00. yland o children from m are spreading valentine's day cheer on capitol hill meet cavanaugh bell and gabriel cook, dreed in shirts that said kind they handed out roses to dozens of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. no doubt melting hearts along the way. they tells the bickering and arguing on capitol hill are the motivation for doing .th

>> well,ol becauseitics has so much hostility, i just want to spread some positivity. >> sivity, niceness. awke the world happy. >> themakers tell us it was a nice surpre and they're thankful for childre spreading uplifting messages. who wouldn't like to see them show up. >> exactly. so adorable. melan trump celebrated valentine's day with a group of ildren at nih this afternoon. it's her second year in a row paying v ait to patients with the childre s end, that's a nonprofit that provides free housing and supportive serces to families with children with rare and serious illnesses. those kids aref part clinical trials asea reshers look for cures and treatments. we know amazon is staying putn virginia but tonight split reaction in new york about the company's ituatiodecision tk

out. the chances for snowek this d are changing, folks. d are changing, folks. and there a

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pizza restaurant. video shows officers using a stun gun to take down ryan rimas at the base of the washington monument earlier this month. we're told he climbed the fence and fought with officers. when the paramedics got there they recognized him from the restaurant surveillance videon >> amazonrms it's backing out of the deal to open a new campus in >> that decision will not impact plans here in virginia. chris palone reports on the action in new york aft political opposition killed the deal. >> reporter: from the moment amazon revealed it would putf part its secondeauarters in new york city opponents criticized the deal. toda theapparently killed it.

polls showed 70% of new yorkers rupport our plans and investment, a num of state and local politicians have made it clear they oppose ouril presence and not work with us. the company wre. amazon promised to bring 25,000 jobs and $5 billion of investment into queens but critics feared the presence would bring up housingris and strain infrastructure. >> it's not like bringing in a stadium where you can ploy anyone who happens to live in that neighborhood.u' re attracting outside talent. >> reporter: new york mayor bill de blasio slammed the company. we gave amazon the opportunity to be a good neighbo and do business in the greatest city in the world. instead of working with the it comm amazon threw away that opportunity. elected leaders are facing qutions of how losing a project with thousands of jobs could be a good thing. >> we could invest those $3 billion in our district ourselves if we wanted . >> reporter: while the new york city part of the project is

dead, amazon confirmed plans for its second headquarters outside washington d.c. are still in place and the company is not looking for another city to replace new york. chris palone nbc news new york. doug is back with more about our weather. we have a good day and then something else. >> yeah. and saturday, the more i'm looking at it, maybe a coating to an inch in the d.c. area. it's kind of a nasty inch. >> and it happens on a saturda too. >> you can stay inside, but the roads shouldn't be a big issue. this is not going to be a highly impactful storm but the snow will come dow from d.c. southward. a nice evening, mid february, still at 50 degrees. 48 by 7:00. dropping to 45 by 11:00. temperatures not dropping all that much gonight. g for a low of 44, the current temperature in hagerstown. back to the west, charleston,

west virginia at 59f egrees. somee warmer air continues to work its way in overnight and ow, that'say tomo why we're expecting a nice day tomorrow, even with cloud cover. we are dealing with the clouds, we've seen them all day long. was hoping for a little bit more sunshine. but we turn our attention to the west. look at the moisture, storm after storm continues to pummel the western ption of the nation. seattle, portland,. those systems eventually have to me our way and they're doing so on saturday. next big storm, call it theext stormit's moving in at 7:00 a.m. youee the snow south of frederick, leesburg, d.c., around the 7:00 hour. by 1:00 it's already starting to move out. the heaviest snow down to the south of washington. to the north, frederick,

hagerstown, baltimore may n seeny snow. coating to an inch around the d.c. metro area. downtown d.c. not expecting much at all. 1 to 3 ihes fredericksburg, around waldorf. could this change? sure. this has to come up about 20 to 30 miles and now all of a sudden we're in the 1o inch mark. again it could change here, but this is whatwe'reinking. either way it's not going to change big time and go 3 to 6 or 6 to 12 inches. that would just be a wish for a lot of us. we're going to stay othe low erside of things for sure. for the kids at the bus stop tomorrow, this is what you can expect, 44 in the city. 53 by recess. 61 by the time we're picking up the kids. a nice day, mostly cloudyki ski, of like we saw today. 41 on saturday. 40 on sunday. watching another storm system sunday into monday. that should mostly stay to our

south. we could see some shower activity. the big day is tuesday into wednesday, just how much cold air isn pla for that wednesday storm. ednesday morning could be a real mess withice. that's one thing we're watching. that's something we've been talking about for the last couple days. and then the chance for showers remains all next week. yeah. that's not good. >> thank you, doug. coming up, first workout for nats pitchers. why max scherzer thinks this is going to be his toughest year. ahead for us tonight, president trump avoiding another government shutdown while pulling the trigger on a national emergency to fund a border wall.'l have late details and reaction. also we'll take you to the school where combat veterans with longuns g

this is the xfinitypos desk. sherree joins us now. firstworkout in west palm beach. >> you hear that baseball glove it's a sweet sound. baseball is back. and nationals fans expecting a better season with martinez in his second season as manager. remember this, he brought camels

last year to spring training to help the team get over thehump. it didn't work. but he'sotitching the idea altogether. >> you mig not see any camels but that doesn't necessarily mean you' not going to see any i want these guys to be present every d and win their day. everybody talks aboutig picture and the big picture is to get to the world series, right? how do we get there? you start by winning dato i've had conversations with a multitude of guys on our team. and they're all in. they get it, they understand. >> the nationals showing t love of valentine's day. he has to love his club right now, the first workoutndor pitcherscatchers. and patrick corbyn, aix s year, $140 million deal, corbyn talking things over with max scherzer, probably a good idea. scherzer set the nationals'

record with 300 strikeouts last season. ready for another big year and the competition getting tougher but the goal remaining the same. >> we're all here to win a world series. that's yourdream. that's every players dream, to wind the world. se be in that situati and win it. i'm cognizant how to get there, we need to win the division. and this nl east is going t hbe ak of a battle. ngis is probably goi to be the stiffestn competitithe division race in my career. every game there's going to be higher expectations to put a wip up there. >> the first full team workout is tuesday. the past weeks for mike nonstoppedas been he transitioned to the head coach of the terps. a successful signing day keeping two of the best talents athome. he's from d.c. so he knows the importance of keeping kids in

state and excited to start this new chapter in college >> it's been a whirlwind but i'm enjoying every minute of it. to have an opportunity to run a program that you grew up, for me, pretty much worshippin to have the keys to this great organization, the football program, is a dream come true. >> when you started the recruiting process, did you have to answer any questions the student athlete or families about what happened with th previous coaching staff? >> it was something we didn't shy away from. the pink elephantn the room. the one thing we did was we start.sed it from the we didn't try to wait to see if they would ask. it's underood what took place here was a tragedy and that because of the tragedy we've put ourselves in the forefront of being the best at what we do in terms of student athlete, health, welfare and well being. and we've donell and taken all

the correct steps we need to to ensure that hopefullyever happens again. >> we'll hav more with lo locksley. the capital putting out a bunch of valentine's day love. including our favorite, i orpic you. you're unbealable. and gnats with sean doo little, do you wanto be our valentine. umbc,ou'll never be our no. 1 because we never want to upset you. a little salt in the valentine's wound there. but snaps for the creativity on that one. >> thank you, sherree.

>> that does it for , nightly ws is nenext

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