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in just one minute, doug's going to tell you what to expect when you wake up tomorrow morning and he'll tell us about our next chance for rain and even some snow movinn,too. but we're going to begin tonight with an nbc news edexclusive. leocuments show the trump administration created a secret database of journalists andvi acs tied to the migrant caravan. >> yeah, nbc reports tonight thatgentsave arrested or questioned at least 21 people. among them more than 50 people target by customs and border protection, journalists and social media influencers. that's according to our sister station in san diego. agentsollected information on these individuals and placed passport alerts that kept several people from entering mexico to work. >> our san diego stationay that the intelligence gathering was done under the umbrellaf operation secure line. that's the operation designated to monitor the migrant caravan. the documents list people who

officials say they think should be targeted for screening at the border. hoat includes journalists are u.s. citizens and dozens of people from the u.s. and other countries labelled as organizers or instigators. >> you'll remember in november unrest broke out as some migrants tried to run through border checkpoints or scale barriers. customs and border protection responded with tear gas. the agency released a statement tonght saying part that it, quote, conducts interviews and investigations to prevent future indents that could cause further harm to the tsblic, our agnd our economy, end quote. we tl continueo follow this story for you. on? all right. let's bring it on home here. winter hanging tough. chief meteorologist doug kammerer standing by with a loo at tonight's wind chills. >> we're talking about one cold start to the day tomorrow. today, extremely cold. the coldest it' been in well over a month, guys.

the high temperature today, just look at these numbers. 34 degrees was the high in d.c. 29 in gaithersburg. not even above freezing in man areas. look at all the 20s we had back toward the west. 26 hagerstown. 30 in clinton. not above freezing there either. the wind chilns in the t to around 20. take a look at the wind chills right now. 13ngaithersburg, 12 in manassas. that'st's in the 20s, where you don't have much wind at all. that's some good nlys. we're actueeing the wind begin to calm. that will continue overnight so temperatures will go down tonight, too. a very cold start. friday. snow chance on and then watching sunday. whoa, watchinsunday big time. but for something nice. see you back here in a minute. >> oh, we like the sound of that. all right. doug,. see you th if you were watching this rescue play out today, you coult ake your eyes off our live pictures from chopper 4.

a worker trapped 120 feet up on this radio tower in d.c. wereitter cold winds, they whipping out here, folks. the man was up for nearly three hours. temperatures in the 30s that actually felt like the teens. our shomari stone has a look now at thec dramati rescue and what crews were most concerned about. >> reporter: chopper 4 captures video of a worker stuck 120 feet up a radio transmission tower in northwest d.c. for about three hours, suffering fro hypothermia hypothermia. >> i was just settingh a h point to safely lower him down. he had been exposed to t elements for quite a bit the of radio tow around 10:00 wednesday morning behind a police station on georgia enue. 3 1/2 hours later, he realized

he was stuck and called for help. the temperature in the 30s. lthe wind chn the teens. >> the cold impacted himnough ere he could not return along the same path that he initially traveled and felt he needed assistance. >> reporter: in order for the man to get down on his own, he would have had to climbed up more than 100 feet, cro a catwalk and climb down more than 200 feet. >> we used the approach from below, which was to put an aerial ladder up. that was eventually successful. >> reporter: the worker was able to ther himself firefighter who safely placed him on the ladder. they both climbed d tn. firefighted me it took three hours to rescue the man because they were methodical and careful. >> it was a matter of -- primarily a matter ofty sa >> reporter: fortunately the worker did not need to go to a hospital. >> he was in great spirits. you know, we communicated, y, knack and forth. he was very involved in his own rescue. >>eporter: in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4.

>> that was incredible. those cold outside making for a rough few hours for this man in fairfax county as well. new tonight, night visionideo shows fairfax one, the fairfax county police department's helicopter team rescuing a hiker in a wooded area along potomac river in mclean. this man had been hveing for l hours and in fact broke his leg in the process. his sister was worried as thees temperat dropped. the pilot and the crew along with some high technology helped officers and the medics find him in the woods. firefighters used an atv to pull him out of there. >> a new tonight, man is dead after being hit by a minivin after cro rhode island avenue. hit last night near frankn street here in northeast d.c. he was not the arosswalk. you can see a shoe left in the middle of the road. williams t diedoday at the hospital. police are looking for the driver of a gray minivan with a black bike rack on top. tonight we are learningou

troubling hateful graffiti found inside a bethesda elementary school. a swastika found yesterday and to make it worse, there was alse a c word written next to it. the school tells it doesn't know how many students viewet but they have removed it from the bathroom there. in a statement the principal says, quote, this does not reflect the valuesol of your scnd will not be ta tolerated. the school is having students sign out to use the bathroom now and they're checking that bathroom ery power to prevent this from happening. quiz sho icon ale trebek opened up his cancer decision. "wheel of fortune" host pat sajak was among the first to extend his positive message to

trebek. saying i would never bet against him. trebek explained to fans it's going to be a tough battle, one to fight. >> i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. uth told, i have to because avder the terms of my contract, i to host jeopardy for three more years. help me keep the faith and we'll win. >> let's do it. trebek told fans today the prognosis for this disease is not encouraging but says he's ht going to f it. now, pancreatic cancer is the of deathding cause from cancer in the u.s. 55,000 americans will be diagnosed with the disease this year. trebek revealed his cancer is in the advanced stages. ain, stage four. making it very difficult to treat. only 5% of patients live more than five years after being diagnosed withti pancr cancer. early detection is key, but most

people donave any symptoms until the tumor hasnd grown is in the advanced stages. leon? troubled singer r. kelly will go to sleep tonight in a it has l, but this time nothing to do with his sex abuse charges. cameras caught kelly being led awayfsn handc tonight. he also has a new mugshot. there you see it there. he owes more than $160,000n backed child support. officis in chicago say he won't be getting out of jail until he pays it up. earlier this wmorning, theld saw kelly melt down as he defended himself against the sex abuse charges that he's facing to "cbs this morning's" gayle king. >> i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. y'all are killing me with this [ bleep ] -- i0ave years of my [ bleep ] career -- >> robert. career and of m y'all trying to kill me! >> the singer has pleaded not guilty to sex abuse charges including our women,

three who were alleged to be underage at the time. there is new information tonight in the murder of a recent graduate and honors student in charles county. >> yeah, news 4 has learned the killing may be connected to another attack. today walter thom' mother tol our pat collins her son was her support system as she fought cancer. she can't believe he won't be standing beside her any longer. >> he was always with me. >> and for him to die this way -- >> can't -- it's unbelievable. >> now at0, 11:0 news 4's jackie bens is connecting the dots between thomas' murder and a weekend shooting in the same neighborhood. >> reporte news 4 a learned investigators are looking into whether the shooting that took the life of 18-year-old walter eugene thomas, a crime that both devastates and puzzlesis family, is connected to another

shooting. that crime happeneay three earlier a half mile away in the same waldorfoo neighborh the 23-year-old victim in sunday night's shootin was not fatally injured. >> he was kind-hearted. he would give you the shirt after his back. >> reporte thomas' mother describes him as a young man close to his family with plans to attendostology school. he was the youngest of four sons who wore a pink shirt to support his mother during her battle with breast caernc baby?. whatoid he to you? walking er: thomas was home from a friend's house when he was shot tuesday just after midnight. his body was found on a bike dth. >> someove up on him and told him don't run. he ran and they shot my orbaby. >> rr: both shootings are unsolved. detect from anyone with information. he's hoping for a presidential pardon,tout rrow president trump's former campaign manager will be sentenced in an alexandria

federal courtroom f bank and tax fraud. paul manafort faces up to 24 years in prison. the case against manaft was the first so far brought to trial by robert mueller. as part of his russia investigatio e pleaded guilty to two conspiracy charges in a separate buel red case in d.c. he'll be sentenced in that case >next week. ext at 11:00, and only on news 4, a local opera singer inspiring a new generation of artists. >> they're really looking to kind of go on a journey and really learn about themselves. >> our megan fitzgerald explains how he's helping young connect their performances to some real life inspiration. today's bitter cold continues overnight, but start warming up those selfie sticks. we're just weeks

a local theat company is helping students find their voice. the young performers there act and sing in plays, but it's what they're learning about themselves that makesm the prog so unique. >> they're pretty amazing. megan fitzgerald s wws ust sets this group apart along with the conversations they start in a story y will only see on news 4. ♪ >> reporter: he has trained his entire life to be an opera singer, but it all started when

he was kid growing up in montgomery county. >> it led me on to become a professional opera singer, which is what i've been doing for the last 20 >> reporter: he perform add round the world, singing for dignitaries, even debuting at the metropolitan opera, but his journey -- >> everybody's boonn. compan >> reporter: led him back home. it's led him here. >> so young artistsme ofca is in its ninth year. de was founded, we say in short to really give stus the opportunity to find their voice. ♪ have you seen what's happened ♪ >> reporter: these students from across the area work for hou training, practicing to create a performance seen by hundreds of people. is year is les miserabeles. average isn't your production. >> what does crime mean when committed by someone whom society has abandoned? >> reporter: they're having open andatonest convens about the social issues in the play.

>> like she really only thinksa eath is the only way she can liberate herself from the situation. r reporter: and how itates to society today. >> definitely the conversations we've been having at rehearsal have helped me connect with the character. >> it's kind of unbelievable how little society has changed. >> reporter: the discussions allow these students to perform better on stage. it also helps them to understand themselves even more and their own story. >> i've for a lot of my life struggled with identity, theater, it doesn't matter who you are. i feel more comfortable and confident in the world. >> reporter: and it's been a worthwhile jouey for rolando sanz who chose do return home to give back to a county that gave him so much. >> i always r say theh i get from shepherding these kids through this process and seeing the result of their hard work is by far a bigger rush than even

performingmyself. >> reporter: megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> that is so escool. students are going to be performing les multiple sclerosis les mis next saturday. >> news 4 is working for you in th community today. tonight our tommy mcfly hosted a watch party in d.c. for the premierf brand-new show on nbc called "the village." it centers around tenants in a new york city apartment building. neighbors who become an unlikely family. you can catch "the village" on tuesdays at 10:00 after "this is us" starting march 19th. all right warm up those camera phes, people. it's almost cherry blossom season. tonight we finally know when you'll be able to see d.c.'s most famous flowers at their peak. ameliatraper is the title

basin to explain. >> reporter: blossom watch is on. the national park service said that the cherry blossoms are now officially in stagene out of six. what that means is we're starting to see little buds show upown here on the trees. the park service thinking that peak bloom this year will fall between apr 3rd and april 6th. here at storm team 4,laery si but a little bit later. we're thinking peak bloom will between aprilth and april 8th and temperatures by far and away are the biggest variable in bringing out the blossom especially those afternoon high temperatures. >> so >> doug wanted to go down there. he just couldn't rock that hat like >> too cold for me. you guys know i'm a tender guy. too col >> well, we need the temperatures and the winds to cooperate. big time. i mean, you know, looking at those cherry blossoms n theyd 68, 69, 70 degrees. we don't see that at all in the next two weeks. that being said, it looks like we're going to have most of the mont of mar on the cooler side of things and that's why we

pushed the cherry blossom thing back. talk about the cooler side, yeah, it was cold tonight for sure. bring up that hood there, buddy. yeah,no you k it. definitely on the chilly side over towards bethesda a little earlier. hands in the pockets. you needed the coats no matter at you were doi this evening. it is cold. the one big reason today was the wind. ook at the peak wind gusts today. 33 miles an hour in d.c. 30 miles per hour in leesburg. 30 in than plus. close to 40 down towards p-- clear skies, temperatures lling pretty quickly. 27 degrees. winds out of the northwest still at 13 miles per hour. we're not seeing much in the way of gusts. that's some good news. int a 13-mile-an-hour wind puts ourchill at 16 in d.c., 12 in manassas, 13 in gaithersburg. you kind of see where tomorrow is going. even a 5 to 10-mile-an-hour wind is going to make it feel that much colder. we're not going to see any rain ornow over the next 24 hours,

but then we're goio t see things change. clear skies now for the most part. higher clouds moving in to west strginia. farther back this is actually part of the same system. look at thew s back here towards nebraska. this system is going to come all the way across the a country hit us during the day on friday, and it does mean we'll see a chanceor rain or snow in our area on friday afternoon. let's time it out for y. friday rning, no problem at all. we're not going to be seeing any snow here. it does loo like,however, this might be all snow early in the day. here is 11:00. noce, though, it' to the north of washington. this is with the warm front that's coming through. frederick along hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester. ro see another batch of mostly raind the d.c. metro area. chance of snow to the nortr some compu models give us 1/2 an inch, really more of a coating tothhe n this would be a dry snow because it's going to be cold throughout the atmosphere. it may stick on grassy surfaces

in our northern zones. this is just going to be a sh that's really is.h. this is not a big storm at all. the one i'm watching is the weekend. tomorrow, 24 at theus stop. make sure the kids are dre warm. 4 it on friday. with the chance of rain or snow. 50 on saturday. rain early on sunday. you wake up early sunday and go, oh, not a great day. no, no, no, we're going to see the sun come out. temperatures will go into the low 60s. i think sunday afternoon is really looking quite nice, and if that's not nice enough f you, how about plenty of sunshine monday, tuesdy and wednes >> there you go. >> -- with temperatures above 50 degrees. once we t g50 -- yay. >> yeah, that's what mama thanks, doug. coming up, the caps, thefere ing the love up in philly, folks. plus the wizards do something they haven't done in 11 years. -guys, i want you to meet someone.

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tonight was the best we've seen the capitals really start game in almost two weeks. for the first time since february 21st, the caps scored first in a gam with a tight metropolitan standing, it was important for washington to leave philadelphia with two points. this fittle capsan very excited to see alex ovechkin and the great 8rselivered. fi period, scoreless. ti with the puck out in front and gets over toom wilson for the goal. this was an incredi eeort. look at this. ovi re, but he watches wilson's goal sliding into the boar. caps take a 1-0 lead. later caps back on the attack. a long pass ahead to brett connolly, shoots and at first not ruled a goal. they look at it. onnolly gets his 14th of the season. hits the camera. -- excuse me, 17th. caps up 2-0 n on a power play in the second period, john carlson with the great keep-in. then over to ovi in his office. ovechkin's leaguedi leang 40th goal of the season, getting

closer to 50. 4-30 o. 0, caps. not swing down. jake of vrana hustling. wraps it around the goal. nicklas backstrom, nice hustle and feed from vrana. caps up 5-0. flyers score three, but does it really matter? caps win it 5-3. braden holtby's 250th win. second fastest ever to reach that mark. andiz theds hosting the mavericks and a lot of fans wanting to see dirk nowitzki, the 21-year veteran, hasn't announced his retirement yet, but getting ovations at every arena this season. bradley beal getting quite the ovation in the first. beal driving. absolutelying it down. beal putting the mavericks' defender straight u on a poster. what a slam for bradley beal. skip it ahead to the fourth. wizards down one. ball kicked out to trevor arena. ariza with 22 points.

later with the five off the mavericks miss, here they come. a long pass to bradley beal. a little contact. gets the bucket and foul. team high 30 points for beal. wirds beat the mavericks 132-123. down a level, patrick ewing and georgetown visiting depaul. hoyas probably don't want to see max strus any time soon. strus on the drive falling, still gets it to go. depaul takes a 21-10 lead. later, depaul kicking i out to strus, and he knocks down the three. the senior feeng it tonight. final seconds of the halftime winding down. who else? strus draining the buzzer-beater. game high 3 points. depaul blows out georgetown 101-69. hoyas' final regular season game is at 16th ranked marquette on. saturd one other college score for you tonight. george washington loses on the road to fordham,on 67-56.

regular season left for gw saturday against george mason. dayse counting down those until the tournament. >> exactly. >> almost here. >> yes, it is. >> thank you, sh >> thank you, sh er

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