instagram post. hate crime hoax. >> i'm offended by what's happened, and i'm also angry. >> the wild scene outside a a chicago courtfter the arrest of jussie luollett. outcries of anger. >> i defended our country. >> activistsushing for the ual rights amendment see their rights hit a dead end in virginia. a judge a says coast guard officer is so dangerous he needs to be locked up now. so lieutenant christopher hasson will remain in jail for now. >> t shocking allegations against him, include the amazing of a cash of weapons a plotting to murder innocent civilians. but the defense said he fes nonviolent charges and the government is overhyping the case. >> chris gordon is live outside the courthouse in greenbelt with the judge's orders. >> reporter: doreen and leon,

prosecutors call him a terrorist but have not charged him as one yet. the judge today gave them no more than two weeks to file additional charges to back up the allegations they made here in federal court today. lieutenant christoph r hasson sarod straight in his jail jmp suit listening as the prosecutor told tge he's a domestic terrorist his writing show an intent to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in thisve ment. exhibit 1, these are theeans and ammunition seized from his silver spring me. they say he targeted democratic politicians and media personalities. >> the sheer number and force of the weapons recovered from mr. hasson's residence in this case, coupled with the disturbing nature of his writings, appear to reflect a significant threat to the safetf our community.

>> reporter: the defense lawyer representing shassond the government made a characterization filing an inflammatory document to attract ringa attention and pressure on the court to assure detention. hasson, the defense lawyer says isrg c with two nonviolent offenses, possession of a firearm by an addict and misdseeanor pion of a synthetic prescription inkiller. hasson has not been charged with terrorism and denies each and g every of thernment allegations. feral judge day ruled that hasson should be detained in custody saying the governmentde met its b proving he's a danger to the community but caveat, i'm holding him 14 days in the absence of crging mr. hasson with criminal activity that amounts to domestic m.terror senate majority leader schumer was on the list of his targets.

>> i feel very, very confident that our law enforcement at the federal and local levels is on top of these things making sure all of us on the list are safe. >> reporter: lieutenant ss's lawyer said he is not a danger to the community, he has nocr inal record, 28 years of military service, and he's a good husband and fathe and should be returned to his family pending trial. that's the latestrarom the fe courthouse in greenbelt. back to you. >> thank you, chris. chris gordon reporting live. this is not baseball, you don't get a third chance. that's what the judgeaid to roger stone today when she ordered him to not make any more public h statements about case. the tougher gag order comes as washington steels itself for a new face of the russia investigation. blayne alexander here to break it down for us. >> reporter: pins and needles, everybody waiting any day now is the report from when we could understand that special counsel

robert mueller has completed his investigation. with growing signs special counsel robert mueller could wrap his investigation now into possible collusion between the ignay and campa russia, all eyes will soon shift to attorney general william rr, who will decide, how much if any of that reporma will be public. >> we might see a flurry of activity in the next few days or couple weeks. >> rorter: the president's long-time political adviser, roger stone, who was charged with lying to congress and witness tampering, today silenced by aederal judge ter posting an instagram cture now deleted showing that judge alongside an image of cross-hairs. >> we have this man having essentially threatened a federal judge. he's clearly an impulsive person. >> reporter: the outspoken stone now banned by the judge from making ata publicments about his case. he can use social media for posts like this one, mad this morning, soliciting money for

his defense. it comes as president trump's former atrney, michael cohen, spends the day on capitol hill preparing for his congressional testimony nwet . >> the many investigationsover entities related to donald trump, his camign organization, his inauguration committee, all of those investigations will continue. >> reporter: and the president's am preparing their response to mueller's report to be ready when that investigati concludes. now as for the possible t timin s release, certainly all and are on next week president trump's travel schedule. remember he'll be in vietnam for that highly anticipated second summit with north korea's kim jong-un. more on what will happen when special counsel robert mueller does turn his report over to william barr. that report will explain who was prosecuted, who was t, and why. once the attorney general receives that report, he'sed

requo send a summary to congress but not necessarily the full report. however, if the report contains allegations offi impeachable offenses, legal analysts say he has to pass the full report to congress. some of mueller's findings may be based on classified material ndor secret gury testimony that could not be released by law, a the justice department does not generally comment on investigations that do not lead to criminal charges. a plub listy stunt, a bogus claim, a slap in the face of chicago pd, those are the words used by chicago's top cop about jussie smollett. >> he was just released from il a short time ago after posting a $100,000 bail for felony disorderly conduct. erika gonzalez joins us with the signature. >> the head of the chicago

police department calling it shameful. ake would jussie smollett this up? superintendent eddie johnson says the empire star was unhappy with his salary. chicago pd said jussie smollett first tried t gain attention by sending himself a letter with racial and homophobic slurs and when that didn't work, police say he plotted an assault on himself. nigerian brothers taken in for custody and dubbed suspects blew thi open. one told police detectives smollett wrote $3,500 check for them for the attack. he's charged with felony disorderly conduct. his attorney releasing a statemt, quote, like any other citizen mr. smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence. as f his role in f "empire

releasing a statement saying it is, quote, evaluating the n. situat where do things go from here? >> absolute justiceould be an apology to this city that he smeared. admitting what he did. and then be man enough to -- to offer what he should offer up in terms of all the t resourcest were put into this. >> superintendent johnson says bogus police reports cause real harm to legitimate victims who need real help. he called this scar on chicago that the cityer neith earned nor deserves. doreen, back to you. you. rrika thank virginia activists are now turning their attention to the fall elections. their push to get a vote on the e.r.a. failed today in the house. the amendment approved by 37 states would ban discrimination

based on sex. julie carey was in richmond capture the emotional reaction. >> i defended my country. >> reporter: words of anger from an air force veteran. >> i'm disgusted by this vote. >> reporter: daphne portis served for 23 years. d theeat once again of an e.r.a. measure left her in s. te >> i really, really thought they were going to pass this thing. i really, really thought with all my heart. th is america. >> reporter: this was the scene on the opening day when hopes were high thi would be the year virginia would approve the equal rights amendment, making it the final state needed for ratifications. but some opponents warn the measure could bring unintended consequences and open the door to broaderccess to abortion. >> the question here is shall we

go forward withn amendment that so radically ignores an entireme s of the female population, that is unborn girls. >> reporter: in spite of the arguments the e.r.a. won proval in thesenate. but in the house a dead end, failing to get out of committee. today democrats made a last ditch effort, seeking a rule change that would bring it to the floor for a vote. >> if you say you value women, that you supportwomen, what i say is, pro it >> reporter: on a 50/50 vote the measure failed, disappointed e.r.a. supporters telling me they're shifting to the general assembly ections. >> i believe we're going to flip the house now. i'll work very hard on that so we have the votes to get the equal rights amendment passed in virginia. >> reporter: julie carey, news4. new at 6:00, republican leaders in the virginia general

assembly say they have a plan to investigate the two sexual assault allegations against lieutenant governor justinfa irfax. it comes with two days left in the general both women who accuse fairfax say they're willing to come and testify publicly. now republicans are proposing a 10 member bipar court of justice subcommittee to investigate. > we've been pretty straightforward, that is we laid out a concept that we would like to work with you on, and w just need a yes or no answer. i think that's what we're loing for. don't give us excuses. >> we have yet to see what they're talking about. how would this be done? do we have investigapower, subpoena power? ho t do we collect data, informaten? we don't h the details, sp ifics. >> on top of that, they're worried a general assemblco proe

d interfere with a criminal investigation. prnecutors in bosto said they'll look into allegations made by one of his rsaccu day one of a summit at e vatican in the books now. we'll go to jay gray about it. gender neutral driver's licenses already an optione in district. why they could be coming to maryland, too. >> weou got t a snowstorm but already the cherry blossoms are popping out. things are looking up, ug. don't get too excited about those, or this either. we have more rain comingust in time for the weekend. this is a storm system that's going to move close to our area morrow, on your friday, but a bigger storm system for saturday that's bringing snow to las vegas and even parts of los

breaking right now, police looking for the person responsible for a double shooting that left one man fighting foris life. chopper 4 high above the scene, authorit telling us police found two men inside a pickup truck in the 7700 block of afternoon.oad this both victims rushed to the hospital one in critical condition, the other seriously injured. blunt conversations marked the first day of summit at the vatican. leaders of the catholic church are meeting to come up with a plan to address clergy abuse scandals. jay gray is live in rome to tell

us what was and was not said on day one. hi, jay. >> reporter: hthere, doreen. the first day was intense, at times emotional. pope francis opening the summit urging the cardinal bishops and other catholic leaders to here to, quote, listen to the y of the young who want justice. day one of this historicsummit. >> the wounds of the recent cries carryhe memory of innocent suffering. >> reporter: emotional for those on both sides of the clergy abusis . >> we were raped. so stop those who are raping kids. it's not rocket science. >> reporter: pope francis openinghe first session on responsibility, providing 21 reflectionhe points for nearly 200 leaders of the catholic faith here. first on tha list, outlining steps to take in cases of abuse in a practical handbook.

>> they put together a handbook. this is abo the rape and sexual abuse of children. >> reporter: other points do discuss alerting authorities, full investigations, and protecting victims. >> they are a road map for o discussion. >> reporter: survivors say a map isn't necesshey. thatoad to change begins and ends with pope francis. >> he is the one that stroke of a pen change the law. those that rape children should be removed from ministry, zero tolerance for that. >> reporter: that phrase, zero tolerance, isn't mentioned anywhere in the pope's notes for reflection. now each day of the summit has a central theme, tomorrow's foy cuss, leon, isaccountability. >> there will be a lot of eyes cast toward rome to see what happens with that meeting. thank you, jay. hte a home, some sexual abuse survivors say they are

skeptical that any real change will come out of the summit. survivors and advocates gathering in northwest d.c. inday. they are ask pope francis to immediatelep institute sg reforms. th want more transparency, better reporting of suspected abuse and harsher penalty for abuse and coverups. >> if you abuse a child, you are immediately turned over to law enforcement. if you cover up the o abuse a child, you are turned over to law enforcement. it doesn't take four days o prayers and discernment to it. sta >> there's a vigil planned for tonight to play for reform at st. ignatius chapel. that sta at 8:00 p.m. a dramatic finish in the battle over the last undecided congressional election in the nation. after a four-day hearing the north carolina board of elections voted today to hold a new election. republican candidate mark harris ended up with the most votes in

the ninth district but there were allegations that operatives on his payroll committed ballot fraud. harris denied knowledge of any wrong doing but his own son testified against him yesterday. it's not clear when the new elecon will take place. tonights4 ns recognizing leaders in stem. >> one of those being honored dr. marina robinson snowden. the first black woman to receive her phd in nuclear engineering. >> reporter: today dr. marina robinson snowden phd is part of history. >> i'm thankful. it wasn't something i planned to do, but it's been a testament to follow through and good advice. >> reporter: it mean it is door is open. >> it means nothing if i'm the first and only, right. i think that has been a

sustaining force for me is making sure i can see who's next. >> reporter: especially since she didn't see stem as a way to the top for herself. her memories of grade school are not of a young math and science whiz kid. >> it wasn't until 10th grade i had a teacher challenge that. it's stereo type. you sit in a classroom and you're nervous to raise your hand because you feel as a woman, if you are wrong all the women behind you are now going to be seen as wrong. >> reporter: at work she's focussed on nuclear arms control and matters of diplomacy. what grounds her, family history. >> my grandfather had a saying, you have a good mind. >> reporter: from knowing her roots back to slavery to stories of four great grand uncles who received their own phds and having an experience at florida

undergrad university. >> i'm not an exception. we been brilliant. >> reporter: she puts her special place in history in perspective. >> it's not that we have not been contributors in these spaces. it's that we haven't done our due diligence in telling the story. >> reporter: especially when she speaks of one of her heroes, nasa mathematician katherine johnson whose story was depicted in "hidden figures". >> we've always been contributors, now i had a face and a name, and the woman is still alive. it was all great. we have always had a space here, we need to continue to have a space here. and these women and ideas are valuable to us. >> that's just a preview, i want to see more. that's just one of the stories you'll see during the news4 black history month special "she thrives" features sries of

lack women in the dmv making histor this sunday right after "meet the press." coming up plans to put toll lanes on i-270 and the beltway are gaining steam, but how will maryland pay for it? >> adam tussoes up in chopper 4 to show us what's in store. we're getting ready to make the presentation. we're on the way to the winner. we have the stick in hand. there she is over there. rachel. >> hi! >> reporter: think she's excited? are you >>cited? we're so

chopper 4 up early this afternoon got u look at the snow cover still on the grass, despite the temperatures into the 50s and for some of us even the 60s. what a wild 36 hourse've had, doug. >> incredible going from the 30s yesterday. snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain. 60! >> that's the weather man' platter. you got everything you ordered there. >> a day you' working hard and a day i had had my feet up. i just lost in another game i was playing. >> come on >> that's a good thing. we do have more storms coming th next couple days here, one of which coming saturday. not reallytomorrow. but tomorrow will be a change from today. look outside right now, looking great across our area,

temperatures still mild 57 degrees. the rest of the area still in the 50s. 51 in gaithersburg, 52 in leesburg. we'reooling quickly. we will cool fast in these areati there's snow overed, seeing the clouds move in, they're going to act as a blanket to keep us warmer so i'm not worried about a refreeze in most areas. i'm not saying there won't be iceevywhere, but most of us stay dry. ahead of the nex stormsystem, this is storm's storm but the rain slides to the south. high pressure to the north going to keep that rain to the south. there it is, w making i our way, then way south of us, down to richmond, itay come tomorrow morning see a shower from d.c. southward. that's the best chance tomorrow morning. you may want to take your umbrella with you but i think most of us remain on the dry

side. by 11:00 tomorrow night, further south. but the next storm, it's snowi in hollywood, inasegas. that same storm moves our way and brings us rain. lookn terrain saturday afternoon. upwards of an inch of rain ontu ay, early on sunday. but notice the temperatures, only 44 with rain o saturday. a nasty day there. up to 68 on sunday, early rain and gusty winds to 40 miles an hour. much more on the ten day forecast including a couple more chances for snow. how many folks in hollywood think that snowsp iecial effect. >> it was snowing at the rose bowl the last time ich ked. >> that's crazy. coming up a pat collins snow stick first. the judges' vote goes to runoff. several of them. you've seen the final four, next 6:30, the winner revealed.

>> reporter: can you identify this split? this is 270 and the beltway right here. and the idea is to improve the traffic congestion. but how do you do i'm adam tuss up in chopper 4 with the new plan for toll lanes along these corridors. i'll explain coming up. and health complaints tied and health complaints tied to johnson & johnson baby pow

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could be coming to major roads like i-270 and the maryland beltway. >> there's concern about how it would all fit. adam tuss is in chopper a 4 with look at all this tonight. >> reporter: when you have a story like bthis, thet way to describe it is to come up hernd in chopper 4ive you a great look at what's going on down on the road. take a look, this is 270 at the beltway split. we're talking about how do we add capacity here? how do w make the traffic flow better on 270. right nowoo notng bad but you know so many times of the day it's crowded. and the hogan administration is ofing away from the idea more transit corridors and instead talking about h.t. lanes, like you see in virginia where you pay to use thelanes, or just express lanes where you have to pay to use them no matter what type of vehicle you're in how do you do that without encroaching on the space here.

you see so close to so many homes, businesses and residens that could be in the way. maryland said they intend to do everything in the existing right of way, but we'llave to see. as we swingo down te beltway we're talking about this could mean potentially yearsf nstruction. how do you get around all of it? it's not an easy task that we're talking about these major roads and drivers are split on the su >> you want that luxury, but it can get expensive. >> i don'tike it. >> not at all? >> not even a little bit. i don't car if it's 25 cents, i don't like it. orter: looking at the split at 270 and the beltway. all of it is under an environmental review, no timetable for when we would start constructioec on the pr and the state is looking into the fact that this could be a public, private partnership. meaning a private company would pay for most of this and maintain it and operate it. back to you. adam tuss.

> maryland could soon join a growing list of states that don't force you t choose male or female on your driver's license. a bill gotreliminary approval in the state senate on wednesday. it wld allow drivers to list their sex as f for female, m for male or x for unspecified. and prohibits the motor vehicle association from not giving a driver's license bause it doesn't list the applicants sex. yesterday we saw snow, icea a rain all combined in the same day and cherry blossoms on top of that. it might be february 21st but a viewer sent us pictures of cherry blosso amelia draper here to ms. explain how that can happen is that not unusual? >> i'm told it's not uaun i was sitting at my desk

yesterday covering winter storm and thi pops , maria sharing these photos with me. you can see, yeah, a closer look, some blooms coming out from the cherry trees down there right around the tidal basin. ere's another picture she shared with me on twitter. absolutely gorgeous, especially with the snow in the background and the monument as well. ied rea out to the national parks service wondering is this unusual? n theional park service responded to me and they said it's not that unusual. it's the type of cherry tree that is blooming. it's the autumn flowering cherry and it will open sporadically during warmer periods of fall and winter. the park service said tomy'll reallyup when it e warms up towards spring. on march 6th, the national park service is going tonnounce when they think peak bloom will be this year we'll be making our forecast to

you an idea. average peak bloom is in early april. all sig spring i around the corner. >> we're appreciative to hear that news and know the forecast is coming up in two weeks. and daylight savings time. >> march 9th and 10th. >> lifts our spirits. this lifts aot of spirits every year, the snow stick challenge. this time around, show us your best impression of your favorite movie moment. >> our judge narrowed down a field of entries built for the big scen. now it's time for the big reveal. pat collins back at his snow post in northwest d.c. with the news. pat? >> reporter: the entri io this snow stick challenge, way over the top. so creative our judges had to do a vote off to find v they best one. one, two, three. show me the numbers. it was the closest snow stick

challenge of all time. the judges conducted a vote off to determine the winner. >> this is really hard. a >> reportehoto finish. first it was "e.t.," "bird box," "mission possible" tied. then "bird box," "mission impossible" tie. >> tied again? >> reporter: in the end, the winner -- >> that was amazing. >> reporter: -- "bird box" from the peockamily in texandria. congratulations rachel peacock, winner ointhe pat co snow stick challenge. excited, huh? >> i'm very excited. this is a huge honor. as a d.c. transplant, this makes us feel at home. we're really tonoredhave the snow stick. >> reporter: you're a loyal watcher.

>> we watch every day starting at 4:00 a.m. every day. >> reporter: the fact her last name was peacock had nothing to do with the stick. >> when y saw "bird box" you said -- >> it's a winner. >> reporter: , winner chicken dinner. >> winner, winner chicken di er. >> reporter: congratulations to rachel peacock and her two little girls. it's rachel's snow stick but i have g a feeling it'ng to end up in lauren's room. that littlegirl, lauren, she just would not let g of that stick. she's probably still got it in her hands inside the house. i want to thank everybody who entered. your entries were rrific. again, way over the top, i'll see you at the next one.k th we got another snowstorm? >> no. no. we don't want another one. we don't want any more

measurable. >> just one more? come on. >> the entries this time were really creative it's easy tohe understand the judges were challenged to pick a winner. >> and

o> more news about an alarming allegation involvi of america's best known brands, tonight johnson and johnson facing multiple investigations over wheth the baby powder contained small amounts of the company denied that claim but now the department of justice and senate committee are launchin their own investigations. the news comes after a report that reportedly internal company documents suggesting j & johnson knew of a link in their products as far as the 1970s and failed to act. did you see the scene from the duke game the shoe of the

bestol player inlege basketball -- after that shoe exploded on the court, social media caught fire. everyone wanted to weigh in on zion williamson's injury last night. his shoe split open as he was making a cut t across lane in the game against their rival, north carolina. nike called it an isolated occurrence and they're investigating. williamson is expected to be the top pick in the nba draft even with this, and celebrities, including president obama were there to see him play for about 36 seconds. people were paying thousands to be there for the game. critics ripped nike for the incident and the company's sck fell b 1%, which is big money prfor them. >>ecutors call him a significant thre. now a coast guard officer accused of plotting domestic terrorism will stay behind bars. coming up, pete

doug we've seen it all the last couple of days. what's next. >> all. all again. more all again. that's what is in the tenay forecast. we saw just about everything yesterday within the snow, rain, freezing rain, i'sleet. got all of those in the next seven to ten da it is amazing. >> good to keep it interesting. >> it is. and throw in there a dab of 70 on sunday. today it was a very nice day after what we saw yesterday, just a nasty wednesday. thursday much better 57 degrees right now.

dropping down to 46 by 9:00, 43 by 11:00. temperatures around the rest of the area, with the snow cover dropd quickly, 47 manassas. 42 in warrenton. no have cloud cover that means the clouds act as a blanket tonight and not allow temperatures to cool that much. tomorrow morning i'm not expecting a refreeze, don't worry about that. r as far as tar is concerned we're dry. now we're watching a storm system. that storm down to the south. you can see it, a lot of rain, even flash flooding going on in parts of the southeast. we have high presrtre to the that's not going to allow tomorrow.move in can't rule out a shower south of d.c. tomorrow but most of us dry. this future weather is turday. the next storm system moves our way. look at what that storm system does, right now it is snowing at the rose bowl in pasadena,

california. snowing i las vega the third storm they've seen in a week. never see that. that incredible. we have shower activity around noon, not a lot. we havere of freezing rain or sleet over towards parts of the blue ridge. that's about it. everybod gets in on the rain saturday afternoon. look at saturday afternoon,hat is a nasty day, going 44 with a high with just plain oain saturday, look at saturday evening, heavy rain developing along frederick, baltimore, d.c. if you have plans on saturday, i hope they include an umbrella because you will need that as you make your out. tomorrow you don't need the umbrella. can't rule out a shower muth of d.c. bt of us dry and cool. 36 at the bus tom, 46 at recess, 47 picking up the kids. w now as make our way into saturday, 44 degrees with that rain. sunday a good chance of a shower

rly, most likely before 8:00, 9:00 in the morning not an rll dan at all. we clear out, gusts of 40 miles an ur. let's talk about sunday. early showers possible but thing heavy. winds pick up in the afternoon, gusts up to 40 miles per hour. much warmer. temperatures climb into the 60s. again i'm going 68 on sunday. 52 on monday. 50 on tuesday. chance of snow on wednday. cooler and then watching this pattern right here. the first week ofmarch, let's just throw in the potential of another winter storm. pat collins says he wants to use the snow stick, that might be the chce. >> there's still time to change your mind, though, doug. >> there is. now to our top stories. new video of "empire" actor jussie smollett getting released from ja he paid a $100,000 bail after turning himself in this morning for allegedly staging a hate crime. police say smollett wrote two men a check for $3,500 to stage

the attack. it was apparentlyecause he was dissatisfied with h salary on "empire." a federal judge here in washington just mzled roger stone. the judge strengthened a partial gag order, stone now forbidden from making any statements about thecase. he was called into court today a to exp a media posting he put up showing a picture of the judg with what looked like co oss hairs in the background. the local coast guard officers prosecutors say is a domestic terrorist will remain in jail now. prosecutors say he amazed weapons and wanted to murder sivilians on a massive scale. pete willi joins us now to talk about this case. >> it was a bit of a surprise in court today because the judge

basically said to the prosecutors you want him held in jail until hs stand trial, but i need to know why you think he's a danger to the community. the prosecutoraid he has a list of people he wanted to kill, 15 weapons, 15 people on the li, lots of ammunition, spent thousands of dollars in the last two years emulating the man who carried out the deadly attack in norway in 2011, building up his defenses, his survival gear and just as alarmingly prosecutors say they also found he was abusing drugs, a painkiller called tram doll and had a briefcase full of human growth hormone, tnd combination experts say the drugs he was abusing and the steroids would affect his thinking. >> we're hearing about these frightening things that he was allegedly planning but he's only facing juneharges and they're only holding him for 14 days

until the can come u with more. why the disconnect? >> 14 days at least. and the judge has given both sides 14 days to come back. he basically said to the prosecutors come a back tell me why you think he's a danger to the community. the reasons he's being held on the gun chargers, that's the way they say to get him off the streets. the gun charges say he was a drug abuser and he was buying weapons and that's a federalio viol that's why he shouldn't have the guns, but undoubtedly they say more arges are coming. >> the letters he wrote and e-mail, shows what kind of intent he had, that should be reason enough. >> that's an interestingqu tion because the judge said it showed interest in that but didn't prove he intended to do anything about it, it didn't pr ae intent that's what the government has to come back with. >> tteresting. mo come on that story. you'll see more of pete's reporting on this case on nbc

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enough to get the wiz into the post season. he hasn't been cleared for game acon. he shot some free throws. he's played in just nine games for the season but coach scott brooks optimistic for his return. >> h said he felt great. thery suras successful but it's part of the rehab. it takes a while for your body to get back on the nba court. great, had no pain, that's part of the project. now he has to do this part of the rehab to o getn the court. the caps playedgshe k on mo hagelin must have made quite the impressionau becse today they for him. caps fans might not remember hagelin so lovingly, the former

penguin and ranger was on teams that beat the caps in the playoffs five times, including three straight. but ot lastyear. we got that one. the capacity are away tonight h but thee is getting a $15 million makeover. the arena set to get upgrades including double sided curve monitors, center hug display, concessions, but the biggy, a sky ring display, the largest andirst of its kind for an indoor american aren work starts when the caps and wizard's seasons end. even when bryce harper was in town, ryan zierman has been the face of the nationals but will juan soto take that title? sherree burruss caught up with sim.ly >> obviohat juan did last year was special.

now the fun thing to watch is to see if he can do it again.f he's one o those guys that worked soard and he wants to btarn. i don't have any d he's going to do it again. >> reporter: looking back to last season, just lsons learned? >> last year not making the playoffs, it's a failure for us, which is a good place to be. we've come a long way in a short time where we're expected to make the playoffs every year, st year we didn't do what we were supposed to do. we'll learn from that and move on. i love the team we have, the coaching staff took a lot of the blame last year. the players have to play. they put us in good situations and we're the ones who didn't execute. it's on us to do better this year. we're all looking forward to putting last year in the rear view mirrornd having a great 2019. new head coachal and gen manager of the xfl franchise in washington d.c.,ep hamilton. >> that's pep hamilton, your new

head coach and gm of the district's xfl team. he's been an assistant in the nfl for the last 20 plus year, starring in howard where he played quarterback. the new xfl will be sthilar to e nfl, not the pre saysnation, and hamilton he couldn't pass on the c chanc ch again in d.c. >> i have my off season home right here in d.c. ier live y capitol hill by the eastern market. to have an opportunity to come back home and most importantly still continue to do what i love. >> i'm here for the support of p. i think p is a great person. being in d.c., comg outf howard, the quarterbacks, coach, had succes i'mere for pep. there's nothing going omon. i'm notg back, trying to play football, just in support of pe >> but could he

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