confident they'll prevail. we begin our newscastith a national moment, another one. >> americans have been riveted all day long to the testimony of the president's forr attorney and fixer michael cohen. the republican strategy became clear early on, take allst of cohen's ony as unreliable because he's already admitted to lying to congress. at one point they put up a sign shing this picture and this schoolyard taunt. cohen called them out on it. >> liar, liar pants on fire. >> i'm responsible for your silliness because i did the same thing that you're doing now for ten years. i protectedr. trump for ten yearea >> thatng just wrapped up within the hour. our team coverage starts now with blayne alexander. >> reporter: doreen and leon, ax

osive day of testimony today from michael cohen. we saw him apologize severals tihroughout the hearing. ch times it appeared he was near tears. l cohen said he was a good person who was mesmerized by tpresident trump and spe better part of ten years trying to protect him. but republicans say michael cohen is just a liar and i'llng tro save himself. today michael cohen, the president's former attorney and fixer testifying before the house oversight committee says he regrets the ten years he spent working forresident trump. >> i'm ashamed because i know what mr. trump is. he is arast. he is a con man, and he is a cheat. >> reporter: cohen saying president trump knew his political advisor, roger stone, was in contact with wikileaks during the 2016 campaign about the release of hacke democratic party e-mails and that the president embraced the idea. >> mr. trump responded by stating to the effect wouldn't that be great.

reporter: cohen says he threatened people or entities at least 500 times while working for the president and that he nade hush money payments during the campa at president trump's request, showing a copy of the president's personal check. >> to cover-up his affair with an adult film star and to prevent damage to his campaign. >> reporter: republicans working to discredit cohen who is headen to pri in part for lying to congress. >> he wanted to work iusthe white -- >> no, sir. >> you didn't get brought to the dance. >> are i did not want to go to the white >> reporter: president trump from vietnam tweeting cohen did bad things unrelated to crump. buten said he lied to congress about a scrapped trump tower project in russia because the president implicitly directed him to. >> mr. trump did not directly tell me to lie to congress. that's not how he operates. >> reporter: during the hearing cohenespologized to con and to his famy. blayne, alexand, nbc news

washington. >> local house members grilling the president's long time fixer in a nationally televised setting. scott macfarlane continues our team coverage talking to those leaders down on the hill. reporter: congressman jamie raskin tol me what he heard sounded like a crime against d c democry. as michael cohen raised his hand eainside thering room, cameras, crews and spectators jammed the rayburn office building outside. even the overflow viewing room required a seat reservation. on this stage democrats defended the sr witness against criticism mr. cohen has already lied to congress. >> our colleagues are not upset because you lied to congress for the presint. they're upset because you've stopped lying to congress for the president.

>> reporter: inside this massive room of reporters is congressma conally of northern virginia. it is local members of congress getting a bright spotlight today. we e dntuallyked inside the scrum to ask this. does any of thi feel a little bit like a spectacle? >> well, i think the republicans are trying a to make it look that way. >> reporter: d.c. delegateno el norton has seniority here. >> and my own constituents are very much concernedhe president doesn't tell the truth. >> reporter: michael cohen is back tomorrow behind closed doors. ming up the remarkable hearing that ended and why so many people are talki about what elijah cummings said to close the hearing. >> you got it, scott. yeah, that marathon hearing today ce to a very fiery close

as you heard scott there courtesy of eliegjah cummings. he said overga and over we're better than this. we're learning more about president trump's intewictions north korean leader kim jong-un at their summit in vietnam including who wasn't there during their private sit down. news 4's erika gonzalez joins us now from the live desk with why at one-on-one could be important. >> you had on one side president trump and on the other kim jong-un. other than two interpreters e there was no lse in the american that means n was at the private meeting to take notes. that raises concerns. mr. trump may have made concession tuesday the north koreanerle mr. trump says their relationship is a really good one. they met in singapore last june. the president called that first nuclear summies a sus, and he's looking for even bigge and better things out of this meeting in hanoi, vietnam. t iton't be easy. there are some huge sticking

points. the u.s.ants denuclearization. north korea wants sanctions aylief. military experts deal could be reached, but it won't happen quickly. while in vietnam mr. trump was paying close attention to the drama on capitol hill, he called his former attorney michael cohen a liar. ika he live desk, i'm gonzalez >> erika, thank you. lester holt for nbc news is in vietnam to cover tt summit. here he is now with a look at what he's working on tonight. >> helloga from hanoi. a rainy day, but it doesn't stop folks on their motor bikes. it is the preferr method of transportation here. i want to tell you about tonight's nbcew nightly i recently sat down with a man who's the most recent commander of u.s. command forces in south korea. 's got a very good handle on what he sees as potential threats from nor korea, about their weapons program and why he feels optimistic about this summit. we'll have that and a lot more en we see you tonight from

vietnam on nightly news. >> lester holt will be leading a special edition of nbc nightly news live from hanoi,af right r this newscast. let's turn to the weather now. snow chancesp ramping for the end of the week. how about that? >> notgain. doug's here with an early look at our forecast. >> it does look like we're going to see that chance of snow, and this is kind of the start of a much more w.tery patte it's going to feel more like january next week than march as wheednto the first full week of march. wow. out there tomorrow nig this is tomorrow future weather, timing out rain down to our south and west. sun goes down, temperatures cool, cold enough for snow. friday morng that's 1:00 a.m., area wide snow for everybody. we are expecting some accumulation during the day on friday. impacts for the morning rush, yeah, we think we're going to see some. that means we could see some school delays and maybe some

school closures. t've got my updated snowfall total n coming up at 6:25. >> all right, we'll see you then, anks, doug. tonight there are growing calls for a lawmaker in maryland to resign. delegate maryann is apologizing after using ao racial slur refer to parts of prince george's county. joining the call for her to sp down nairld's governor and senator. prince george's county bureau chief has more on the anger over her comments. >> her comments and views were hurtfu >> reporter: today the prince george's county executive spoke out against racist commentsade by a maryland delegate about prince george's county. >> her opinions don't mean anything, a woman who reps people 100 miles away from prince george's county. we know who we are. >> reporter: a second term armocrat fromord county apologized yesterday for using the n' word when referring to a

predominant african-american legislative district in prince orge's county. also brook said her racist comment requires morehan an apology. >> we think she should resign. i think anybody would agree that a person who goes to work and espouses the views that she did, should be fired. >> i'meeply apologetic. ve made a mistake, and i'm trying to repent for that. >> reporter: today in a briefw intervie with ousibaltimore er station she apologized again for her comments. she's also apologize today the leership of the maryland black caucus. the speaker of the house is calling for her to takee sensitivaining and strip lasanti of her leadership position. today she said she has support from her district. >>. >> i've gotten a lot of support and love and forgiveness from home. and my constituents are helping to guide me through this very

difficult time. >> reporter: maryland governor larry hogan among t many saying lesanti should do the asght thing and dtep i stasoord. future plans. wilkins,lis, i'm tracy news 4. emotions are running high outside the u.s. supreme court today over a case with local and national implications. the future of the peace cross, some view the nearly century old war memorial as a religiousol sy >> reporter: supporters of the american human association brought signs and gave speeches arguing the peace cross dedicated to war dead should be removed. sits onovernment land and is maintained with tax s.doll >> a cross war memorial is a ymbol and ropriate took place at a religious ven

rue, not on public property. >> it's their day in court, a constitutional challenge the cross violates the separation of church andei state is consider bide the highest court in the land. steven low isti a pla in the case. >> it may not move and it may not make a sound, but it is like visual screaming. >> the memorial stands 4tafeet at the busy intersection of baltimore avenue. it was dedicated in 1925 to dozens of prince george's county men who died in world war i. janice whose sond d in afghanistan came with other gold star ms. >> don't take down the cross. so i pray the supreme court will ruleon and say take the cross down, let it stay. >> reporter: attorneys supporting had the memorial argue it h stood hoar for more than 100 years.

and thatn it's not establishment of religion. >> that's the standard we're asking t court today to adopt. say, lelook, the government coerces you into some religious belief or behavior the first endment is not offen fd. >> reporter: the justice are expected to issue their ruling some time in june. at the u.s. supreme court, darcy spencer, ns4. our team coverage of the michael cohen hearing continues tonight. we'll dig deeper into some of the questions asked by local members of congress and take you to the watch party. people actually took a day off work to watch it all. concerns aut metro rail cars being hacked by a foreign government. i'll tell you why some local lawmakers are worried about it. and protecting your boat. and protecting your boat. after a news 4 i team

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love! hope! and rather a lot of tea. the best of britain, from the moment you step on board. we've got some breaking news in the district tonight. people returning home to a crime scene in one northwest neighborhood. a man was found shoteath on monroe street just a few hours ago. >> the police chief says reviewing re surveillance video which appears to show three men getting into a fight. onet,f them l returned with a weapon and thought one of the other men. police are talking to witnesses and they're still looking for a suspect. maryland legislators are considering a bill to change the way votersan get absentee 4 i-ts after a news investigation exposed vulnerabilities in the current system. >> investigative reporter jody fleischer in the nsroom with what critics say have to change to make maryland votes more

ser:re. >> report gets e-mailed to them to print, vote and mail back. it's designed to make voting more acceptable but critics say ithelso makes system more of a target for hackers when more people use it. from a cyber security law expert. >> the current process is insecure. >> reporter: to members of the maryland group save our wvote. are just trying to discourage the use of ballots delivered online for their a security privacy vulnerabilities. >> reporter: several members of the public told legislators in the wake of their election meddling maryland should tighten its absentee ballot process which currently allows all voters to reive ballots via the internet. last fall cyber security experts told the i-team bad actors could easily obtain personal voters information and target unregistered vors, register them and vote. they could sendte active a

link to a fake ballot so they think they already voted and not show up on election day. our investigation found 47 other statesho could get electronic ballots to only those who absolutely need them like overseas and military voters and those with disabilities. prince george's county delegate yolanda washington sponsored the bill. >> we get report in 2018 about what we can do to protect our elections even more, and this is one of the things that came out of i to make sure we protect our elections via absentee ballots. >> reporter: the state board told the i-team acknowledged to ters the state cannot guarantee secrecy nor can it protect against all risks when using the internet. snow one spoke against the bill but that waselso the c with

similar legislation last year and that bill never made it to a vote. delegate washington says he's more confident it h more support this yea >> our original investigation just check out our nbc washington app and click on investigatns. espionage, foreign agents, spy,s sou like a novel or something, but there are real concerns metros new hi-tech rail cars could be hacked. why. tuss explains >> reporter: could your metro rail car be spying on you? know.u never >> reporter: you nevere know. thssue a lot of these rail cars are becoming more hi-tech. they're more connected. you take a look at somhese ogwer rail cars and you can see that techny on display, and that's where the concern comes in. but pretty much every major transit system including metro cars fromhi-tech rail other countries.

and china has emerged as the country that's winning a lot of bids to make these kinds of new internet connected rail cars. lawmakers have taken notice. r, the chinese are particularly problematic, howeecause of cyber concerns. they're known eoed technology that can compromise and listen in. reporter: so howikely is it that a country like china could hack a rail car or put some kind of malware in it? >> if it's connect today the internet there is a chance that somebody could hack into that system if it's not protected. >> reporter: greg otto is the editor-in-chief of cyber scoop but listen to this. if china really wanted to hack a rail car to try to pull information off people on the rail cars they're not going to go to where the rail cars are made. they're going to get on a car and put some type of bug on a seat or light fixture. that is ten timess easier than getting involve with the way ehese cars are made. >> reporter: in th meantime

tro tells nbc 4 it'll put put any new rail car through a cyber test to mak sure it's secure. adam tuss, news 4. virginia governors northa wife pam is facing a racial scandal of her own tonight. she handed cotton to magine bei serdeans tudhentm toi ng slaves and having to pick cotton. according t post" the incident happened last week. a state employee complained tt her eight grade daughter was upset during a tour of the governor empsis residence when pam northam handed her a ball of cotton. in a statement today she said she regrets if she upse anyone. a gop state senator said he had a daughter at tha tour. he says her intent was to show the horrors of slarynd make sure everybody understood the pain slaves felt inome small measure. governor northam has resisted

calls ton resig after admitting he wore blackface decades ago. north carolina will set a date next week for a new congressional election after results of a 2018 race wereut thrown over evidence of fraud. republican mark harris appeared to narrowly beat democrat dan mccreedyn a house race in november. but today one of harris' campaign operatives was officially charged with illegal ndllot possession obstruction. harris says he will not run in the new election. his ys it's because of health. mccreedy does not plan to run again -- mccreedy doe plan t run again, rather. michael cohen challengingde the pre in public. why republicans take on his krefbl credibptity. people sn and made a day of it. and a look now at storm team 4's future weather showing snow that could l sd to someool delays on

just 24 hours ago we were having that nice warm sunny day. remember that? and now you're upgrading the friday forecast? >> no, also 24 hours ago i was telling you today would beh cloudy w a high of 48 degrees. ? that's not right? >> no, we got u to 41 today. it was chilly out there. many of you were onl in the 30s all day long. we knew it would be cooler today, but, wow, just look at th high temperaturesacross the area. only 41 degrees today in d.c. 41 in leesburg, but look to the west of the blue ridge he.

52 leray, 54 petersburg, virginia. that's where we saw sunshine all day. the mountains kept the clouds back to the east. and out to west you're dealing withunshine. there's the cloud cover. look again. here's the mountains. thers the cloudsll to the east. the clouds are kind of given way now. we are seeing more clouds moving on in. some shower activity. we've got a little front trying to make its way down. the only exception could b well north and west of our area. for us we're trackinghe next system, that is the friday systemee dwas mentioning. this was thursday night. tomorrow night at 8:00, no problem. we're dry. don't have any issues with the evening rush tomorrow night. now friday little different story. here's 11:00 tomorrow night, starting to see that snow encroach upon the region. seeing tt snow by 1:00. everybody seeing snow.

by 5:00, there you go, some snow coming down. and io think at this point we're seeing some roads snow covered because of that. this is what we're lking at. watching the temperatures jus how cold do we get, and we are expecting some light snow accumulation. that during the morning hours on friday. re's what i'm thinking 1 to 3 inches area wide down to the south maybe a coating to an inch. still watching this. this is just our first call on this map. yes, it wiost likely change a bit. 48 tomorrow, a bter day with some sun. chance of showers on saturday, mostly dry. another storm on sunday. right now looking like rain, but i do think some of youo the north andest could see some snow, too. a new assignment for sully. president george h.w. bush's service dog now fulfilling a final wish of his former master.

graduation rates going down in prince george's county. but why some say it's actually good news the schoolystem recovers. and if you missed thery f finish maryland's elijah cummings not holding back. >> we're better than

my name is mhael dean cohen. today i am here to tell the truth about mr. trump. >> cohen is lying. >> mr. trump is racist. he is a con man and he is a cheat. >> the first announced witness for the 116th congress is g a

going to prison in two months for lying to congress. >> lying for mr. trump is normalized and no one around him questioned it. he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair and tbo lie it to his wife, which i did. >> michael cohens a known liar. >> that was my job was to stay onmessage, always defend. >> michael cohen now says he is done defending. the president's former fixer and attorneyaying he is taking responsibility for his mistakes an he regrets lying to evcongress. >>al local lawmakers among those grilling cohen. >> and a contentious hearing concluded with a powerful message from the oversight chair, maryland's own elijah cummings. >> scott mackferlen on capitol hill this evening witn more t that. i don't think we've ever seen a committee chair wrap up a meeting tt y. >> reporter: when he took over

as chair of the house oversight committe january we knew he'd be a bright spotlig g. s to speak first and last at all those hrings. here's how he wrapped up today's hearing with michael cohen. >> the question will be asked in 2019 what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy intact. did we stand on the side lines and say nothing? people come in here and say, oh, oh, this is the first hearing. it is not the first hearing. the first hearing was with regard -- remember a little girl, a lady sat there, herug er died because she could not get $333 a month in insulin. that w our fir hring.

second hearing, h, voting rights, corruption in government. come on no we can d more than one thing. and we have got to get bk to normal. with that this meeting is adjourned. >> mr. comings is the top democrat on the committee lcot ress and now that democrats are in charge he holds that gavel. michael cohenilack on the tomorrow before the house intelligence committee, but that hearing is live on the hill i'm scott ow mackferlen,ack to you. >> love to be a fly on the wall in that >>hearing. i have not seen that until now. very powerful. >> thanks, scott.an now forpeople michael cohen's testimony was a viewing. >> many bars opened early as people packed in to watch d.c.'s

drama unfold. >> news's cory smithaught up with some of those folks and he joins us live to uell what he 'tw at midlands in northwest. >> reporter: i dnow about you but i enjoy a good potical drama, and to have one on live tv throughout the day was tascinating. we were here shah's tavern where a lot of people grabbed a beer, grabbed a seat andst pped in to watch the fireworks on capitol hill. if politics is entertainment, then today's hearing on capitol hill w must-see tv. >> i've seen a lot of hearings before and they tend to be pretty dry. this one has been a lot more lively than i expected. >> reporter: from the beginning it was clear michael cohen's hearing was the perfect time to njoy some draft and drama in d.c. >> people are looking at this like that doesn't happen often in their , so they want to be a part of it and educated to what's going on. >> reporter: several bars in the district opened tir doors

early. 's sh tavern hunter took a break from driving for lyft watch her first ever congressional hearing. >> i'm pretty new to d.c., and this is really heavy political climate, so i guess it's common that a lot of people would hav come out for this. >> reporter: about a mile away at the midlands, full time musician justin foregoed sleeping in to huddle together with friends. there was some high drama and some laughter. but he says the seriousness of this moment is not lost on anybody. >> but we're also invested i this because this means so much more to everyone right now than it ever has in raecent history for me teyway. >> rep and you can bet the bars will be open before the fireworks start. >> you're in d.c. this is like sports. this is like orotball. >> rr: now doreen and leon, the hearing may be over but i think it's a safe bet to say people going to bars across the country tonight will be discussing what they watchhr on

tvghout the day. back to you. >> thanks, cory. >> much more of michael cohen's testimony still ahead on this newscast. don't miss complete coverage coming up at the top of the hour ons nightly n right here on nbc 4. d.c. attorney general carl raseen the latestvefficial to igate president trump's ininaugural committee. "the new york times" reports hoosubpoenaed documents related and federal prosecutors in manhattan andrs new 's attorney general have requested similar documentation. a serious drop in the graduation p rate innce george's county. a state audit shows a 4% drop in the number of students who graduated in 2018, however it's seen as a positive because these numbers are believed to be real. in 2017 a state investigation of county records found a number o states were graduating when they shouldn't have been.

one school board member who's been working to address thate isells us they naed to focus on the students as ely as pre-kindergarten. >> that's what the data tells us, and so itn doesn't m anything to graduate students if they're not reading on gradel ler doing math on grade level. it's so important we start interventions, and the real focus on educating students mucl r. >> the state audit also shows the school system is struggling with student attendance. concern is growing tonight that a morng county massage therapist charged with sexual asault may have more victims. this is pictu of joshua weston johnson. aslice say he worked as a privatege therapist at a spa and then a woman accused him of touching her inappropriately in decber of last year. investigators say johnson may have worked as a private massage therapist at different spas in montgory county. in just a few minutes the town hall meeting will begin about the future of a historic black community. road improvement and development

are planned in a gainsville community called the settlement and many people who live there are descendants ofreed slaves who bought that land in the 1800s. the meeting on the issue starts at 7:00. afterdi stand by ting by th of former president george h.w. bush, a new assignment for sully the service dog. >> coming up next, more about sully's upcoming tenure at walter reed military medical center here in bethesda. and right now we should be expectingit ae snow early friday morning. i'm going to break it down for you, take you hour by hour and talk about possible delays or even closis. even closis. we'll beng r

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you may remember former present george h.w. bush's service dog sully. he was a pretty b presence after the former president died, and sully was with him until the day he did pass away. >> sully was at the capitol rotunda. in this photo that went viral. well, folks, today sully has a new assignment. he was officially sworn in as the newest service dog at walter he's going to be bringing joy to the thousands cared for every day. >> it's mostly going to be er and good d c spirits with the president's dog coming to visit in your hospital bed, that's going to get your tention. >> reporter: and it was his wish to have sully sent to walter reed after he died. this wayro he can pvide the same happiness he received.

dna put to the test. just how reliable a home testing kits when it comes to telling you about your health. oming up experts separate curiosity from reality. and doug's tracking snow that could impact your friday morning commute. eth t

resident trump's former lawyer michael cohenisd his public testimony to congress just about an hour ago. ohen called his former boss a racist, a con man and a cheat. >> he said president trump did not direct him to lie congress about the trump tower moskow project because he didn't havehe to. told congress the president doesn't give orders, he speaks in a code that cohen

understood. republicans attackeen as a liar and criminal because he's headed to prison for three years for crimes that include lying to congress. here's a question to consider. if you wore at risk developing a life threatening disease or condition, would you want to know? genetic testing puts that information right at your fingertips, but tayts not be a good fit for everyone. t it's critically importa understand what those home dna tests are and what they're rno >>orter: it's a kaumgbinatikaumcombination of cutting edge science, skreels. do it youf genetic tests offer an affordable and easy way to study your dna from the comfort of your own home. butrsi cen etde tests designed to answer a medical question about adition that a person may have orhat other members of their family may

have. >> reporter: the doctor is a clinical and molecular geneticist at the national institute of health in bethesda. he one of t leading researchers in the world when it comes to inherited disorders and admits he has not had his own dna tested. >> i practice what i preach. you don't go into a doctor and have anylood test done just for curiosity. you do it when you need it and if you need it, then it's worth it. >> reporter: 23 and me is the only with fda approval to screen without a prescription. it can also test to see if you're a carrier for inherited conditions like cystic fibrosis e- sicll anemia. for some knowledge about that is power, but there are limitations. >> they are not testing for the overwhelming majority of gene changes or mutations or whatever you want to call them that could

be causing that. so for camp for the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene, there's over 1,000 known gene changes that can cause tse traits. the company tests for three. >> reporter: there's also significant concern that the results could reveal you're at disease developing a that has no cure. >> and they sometimes generate answers to questions you might not want. >> reporter: a troubling est result that comes without any guidance from a doctor or netic counselor to hem you understand what it really means. and if y decide to take the test, be sure to read the fine print because companies can sell your dnaor profit. >> they are in many cases also doing research on your dna, and so you need to be aware they may keep that and may want to do research on that and make discoveries on that. >> bottom line the doctor says if you have a familyealth

history or health concerns of your own, you should get genet testing done correctly by a physician. if you're just curious about your heritage and have no known health issues, well then take the home test for fun. but understand it has limitations. as for the results, employers and health are not allowed tose your genetic information against you by law. but that protection does not apply to life insurance or long-term car insurance. that part of the story airs tomorrow on news 4. >> very interesting. think of this as a bit of automotive dna. imngine how you'd be if you just spent housands and thousands of dollars on a usedy car onl to find out it's worth thousands less? new data shows the massive amount of area vehicles h had their odometers rled back, a drivers had no idea it happened. consumer reporter susan hogan is going under cover to find out what you need to know before you buy a used car.

we'll have that for you tonight on news 4 at 11:00. and doug is back wit more about the weather changes. it's already cold and more on the way. l a more cold. you know, this is january cold that we're talking and unfortunately we're heading into the monthf march. something's definitely wrong. i don't know w broke the thermostat. check this out, guys. look at the temperatures here. notice dallas it says 62, now 37.current temperature is really amazing. this is why we're so cold today. this is called cold air damming where the cold air comes in and sits on the east side of the mountains. look at pittsburgh, 53. the cold air all the way down into thein car. 29 in new york. look at buffalo just about three hour drive fro pittsburgh, 17

degrees. that cold air moving on in. it would b really nice if we got into the warmer air, unfortunately that's just not in the cards. right now what is in the cards is snow. you can see the radar picture is all clear. we're going to stay that way. heading into school tomorrow fon the kids problem. chilly, cool, cool. 48 degrees by the time we're picking up the kids. now, as we make ourthay int next couple of days here comes the sw. 8:00, no issues at all whether you're picking up the kids from pracce or going to dinner, whatever you're doing tomorrow evening, no issues. by 1:00 a.m. if you're thinking about take aglate night stroll at 1:00 in the morning, that's when the snow comes in. nd by many of us getting up here to start watching news 4 today, snow in our reejaggion. but for the morning hours it will be aigh impact event, and

that's why i'm expecting some delays here. this is our first snowfl forecast. this could change a little bit tonight at 1 to 3 inches, though, area wide, coating to an inch down to the south. even around d.c. in towards parts of montgomeryounty and leesburg, 1 to 3 inches. 3 definitely on the high side here. but area wide 1 to 2 with isolated 3 inch marks. that definitely will cause some proble early on friday morning. road conditions no problem, and slick for the friday morning rush. that's why i think a lot of schools will delay or possibly even close. we'll keep you posted there. friday afternoon with cloud cover. so we're not going to see a ton of melting so we could seeel slk on friday. saturday most of the day is actually e y. yesterdayd a better chance of rain. temperatures around 53. our high tomorrow, by the way, 48 wit some sun.

42 with rain and snow likely on sunday. snow over the north and west. d then look at the cold. wow,ng 35, frigid, free cold, yes. we're talking wind chills, guys, in t teens. that's about as cold as it gets in the month of march. ande've got it coming for the whole first week maybe into week number retwo. >> we' hoping that's winter's last gasp. still ahead we have the division race heating up the playoffs in the orhon, the capitals get ready for a match againstn old friend. on this incredibly busy news day president trump here in hanoi face-to-face with kim jong-un but with an eye, too, an kopt as his former lawyer captivates the country

all right, so the capsthe trade deadline looking pretty go t. >> you knos is going to be your roster, and the significance of this next game coming up on friday, more important for the capitals. last night's blow out win over u g ottawa, the two squaring off on friday. the capitals laser focused heading into the final 18 games of the season. washington's traveling north coming off an explosive offensiveffort against the senators tying their seasonigh with seven goals. but it's not going to be easy. they face-off against their old head coach and the focus is thooe. >> pretty story line for you guys. a division rivalry and being neck and neck and wish him the

best and stuff, but it's comheg down to wire and here we are. you got to take those points and continue to play good >>hockey. at a high level back in nassau, it's going to be a fun environment. that'll make it as close togu rer season game as it can be. >> all right, well, that's going to be a good one. as thes capital gearing up for the playoffs, the wizards, hey, there's still hope for a post-season appearance, but pin rds a bit of a tai right now. losers of four straight i seven of their last nine. tonight a chance to turn things around in brooklyn. the wiz 1 and 2 against the nets that game on nbc sports washington. and they only have 22 games left in the regular season. but meanwhile 116 days and counting, that's the days adding up that we have been patientlyta waiting for bryce harper to

sign with a team. t about aing day is j month away, and according to eeports this week harper had a secondng with the giants. they along with the dodgers and phillies remain the favorites left in the harper sweepstakes. and the nationals taking on the astros today. second inning for adam eaton, ripping this ball into right field. eaton heads to second with an rbi doubir. he got his 2 rbi of the spring today. and astrosh manager w a front row seat. soto takes this ball into right center withonwo that scores a r rbi single for soto. the nat season is just around the corner and same is true for d.c. united when the mls champs atlanta united come to town for the first game of the year.

back for his first full seize wn the black and reld. and d.c.e now home, and h spent quite a bit of time in the off-season here in the district. >> to the 11 weeks right off i was there for eight weeks and realized gow cold its and a lot colder than back in england. you've got kids you ta them to school and pick them up and i either tame them somewhere to pl or sit down and -- >> his favorite subject is history, but it might be a wet first game. >> not just wet but cold onnd night just after the home game. but i'll tell you what nothinga to of d.c. united.

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breaking news tonight. tireworks as michael cohen delivers explosimony to congress. the president's former lawyer and fixer painting a dark and damning portrait of the man he served closely for over a decade. >> he is a racist. he is a n man. and he is a cheat. >> coh on a blistering tear ilcusing the president of criminal activity e in office, of directing him to lie about those hush money payments, and knowing about those wikileaks disclosures in advance.an that was just the start. >> how many times did mr. trumpr ask you to teaten an individual or entity on his behalf? 100 times? >> more. >> 00 times? >> more. >> 500 times? >> probably.