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they say they got a call for suspicious person inside a ntal truck in a parking lot in prince george's county early this morning. they got his name, they ran it in the system and saw that he was wanted for murder. he's also wanted in connection illing that happened just last night in d.c. we begin our report tonight with that victim's mother. >> my by's gone, but i'm so happy and feel so bthssed this got him. >> the mother of natina kiah is elated that the man suspected of killing her daughter has been caug. >> that was my only child. that was myy o child. he took it away from me. he took it away from me. but he will not take my jo r orter: lamont stephenson is the suspect. a man on the fbi's top ten most ed fugitives list. he'd been on the run for more than four years. he was wanted for the murder of his fiancee in newark, new jersey in 2014.>> three prince george's county
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police officers in the early morning hours apprehended one of the fbi's ten most warranted th are preciousew who have pride of place to say such a thing. >> reporter: nina kiah was a security guard at the men's shter, and that's whe family members said she meant lamont stephenson. she was no idea we was ated man or had a violent past. >> that was a senseless murder. he left four young womenithout a mother. >> reporter: her boss said she rked at the shelter a little less than a year. >> we already feel the los for them and, you know, her kids. i mean,no to that you have a 14-year-old that will grow up without a mother. >> reporter: it was a very emotional day today for everyone involved. i'mold that the suspect in the case was cold, he was tired, he hungry. and it seemed like he was ready
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to give up running. ck to you. >> darcy spencer reporting from prince george's coty. thank yo darcy. also breaking tonight, we quite at the not end of the legal saga for president trump's formerai ca chairman, paul manafort. >> he is in court right now awaiting a judge's sentence in the first of two sentencing hearings. six people directlyoncted to the trump campaign have been charged with crimes in the special counsel's tt so far manafort is the only one to go trial. and he is facing the harshest punish so far. blaynalexander joins us with the latest from the sentencing. >> reporter: that hearing is still going on right now. at last check from our producers inside, they were talking about twhether manaf should receive any sort of consideration for cooperating with the special counsel. but prosecutors say that manafort didn't tell the special counsel's office anything they didn't already know. eep in mind he's facing up t
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24 years in prison for these charges and at age 69, that's fectively a life sentenc paul manafort, the forme d mpai chairman who hel then candidate trump clench the reican nomination today facing senteing on bank and tax fraud, those charges not related to manafort work on the trump campaign, brought by robert mueller. who said manaforty repeate and brazenly violated the law, including lyi to prosecutors. the white house not ruling out a presidential pardon, t president last summer standing by manafort. >> he happens to be a very good person. i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> reporter: its comesother one-time trump confidant, formey attoichael cohen files a lawsuit against the trump organization for legal fees. >> are you aware that michael cohen -- >> thank you all for much.
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>> reporter: michael cohen after testifying against t president in a marthon four days on catol hill now under fire after this. >> i would never ask for or accept a pardon from president trump. >> reporter: now l hisyer said they did discuss a pardon but that was before he decided to tell theruth about his former boss. >> michael cohen lied like a dog is what he did. >> reporter: with cohn headed to prison, republicans say, this only further damages his credibility. we're just getting updates from inside the manafort hearing. we understand according to his defense attorney, paul manafort wi be speaking in had court before his sentence isimposed. so a lot of eyes will be watching and >> we could get the news any time now.s keep updated. take next wednesday in the
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district, he pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy and sgreed to cooperate with the special counsel' office, tha he lied to investigators. the maximum sentenceec in d.c. ten years. judge amy berman willf decide he serves the sentences at the same time or back-to-back. the special counsel's office reserved the right t weigh in on that option. our coverage continues wh nbc "nightly news" with lester holt after this newscast. we'll jump in live if we learn the sentence within the next hour. >>t's look at our forecast. the cold stretch is going to start easing on down theroad. >> relief is on the way, right, doug? >> we have one more day tomorrow that's going to be winteranike then relief big time as we make our way into the weekend. out there ttoday, a little of relief from yesterday. the frigid arctic air mass that put wind chills in the teens sterday now in the 20s and
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30s. 28 gaithersburg, 34 d.c. still chilly for march but nothing like as far as the radar is concerned, nothing to show. howeve just back to thewest, we are tracking our next storm system. it's a warm front, the area ofw essure back to the west, all snow making its way through entucky into portions of virginia. this will make its way our way during the day tomorrow. we are expecting some snow. some of you may see some accumulation, not a huge deal but something i'm tracking for friday. you mentioned the possibility of warmer weather? it's coming this weekend. especially on sunday. i'll time it out for you, break it down. see you back here in a few maryland could become the next state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their own lives. today a controversial bill passed the house of delegates but not without heated discussion. chris gordon is in annapolis
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with both sides of the debate. >> reporter: this was an emotional debate. one lawmaker voting for t end a life option act after sharing her story of battle with breast cancer. >> i do not want anyone forcing me to live in pain or in a drug state or die humanely in starvation in hospice. >> reporter: the act comes with conditions. it will only be available to adult patients with less than six months to live.av theyto request assisted suicide three times, once in writing with a a witness they have the right to cancel the request at any time. >> it was sere and it were going to be severe for six mohs o so, and i knew that death was inevitable, yes, i would take that option.e >> reporter: s of the lawmakers who voted against the end of life oions act say they did so on religious grounds.
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others say they fear that elderl poor or incompetent patients could be forced by thsr famil or care givers to request it. >> my concerns is this isn't the right policy. we need to make sure we have access to pain management at the end of e life to make sure people don't suffer and have hospice care. >> reporter: the vote was close, 74 in favor of the end of life option act, 66 against. >> what it means is that the people who are in pain now have the peace of mind if this legislationnoasses ofwing that they don't have to needlessly suffer. >> reporter: now the bill goes to the maryland senate, which mu a alsorove the end of life option act for it to become law. reporting from annapolis, chris gordon news4. > breaking news involving the redskins in jt the last 15 minutes, the team has traded for veteran rbquark, case
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keenum, he started 16 games for the broncos last year and helped to the playoffs two seasons ago. the redskins in the market for a quarterback after the timetable for alex smith's return unknown. we did reach out to the redskins who have not t confirms trade but we'll haveore coming up in sports. back toyou. thank you. congress is taking action because of a news4 report. our scottoracfarlane rd a convicted kidnapper is weeks away from his rease from prison, the bureau of prisons has moved the man to a neighborhood just minutes away from the victim's family. u.s. senators are now asking the feds toe that. >> news4 broke the news that scott tyree of hearnden has
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nearly finished a 16 year prison sentence and is being sent to a halfway house to finish hisen se in pittsburgh, just a 4 minute drive from the home of his victim's family. in 2003 he pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-o. of pennsylv he lured the girl online and drove four hours to pittsburgh to abduct her. a nationwide m hunt found tyree four days later and freed the girl. when w told the family the u.s. bureau of prisons placed hima i pittsburgh halfway house and expects himo remain in that area after his release next h, mohey were outraged. >> there's no reason he should be our problem. as long as he's here he's going to be our problem, because it's terrifying. >> in a new letter, 's pennsylvanwo u.s. senators are asking the bureau of prisons to reconsider the placement
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saying there's understandable concernor the family and he should be transferred elsewhere. the bureau of priso said they followed established policies and practices a consulted with the court system before placing him in pith. they did not say whether they planned to change course. we'll keep watching. >> we kn you will. thank you, scott macfarlane. nce george's county police officer off the job facing indictment for assaulting a man in his custody. tracee wilkins joins us live next with reaction from the police chief. final approval for security changes at the national zoo. what' itn, what's out, and when you'll notice the changes. new at 6:00, our friend joe krebs talks aboutis fight against pancreatic cancer and why he's now trying a different treatment. >> 91% of people diagnosed will die within five years. so it's a very scary
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in prince george's county today, a police officer is on leave accused of punching a man who was in his custody last year. >> and a grand jury indicted that officer on assault charges. our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, joining us to tell us what we know about this right now. trac tracee? >> reporter: according to the prince george's county police chief, corporal steph downey arrested a man who was wanted for breaking and pentering, him in the front seat of his vehicle, put the seat belt on him, he was handcuffed and the began to punch him in his face. hear now from the polde chief the state's attorney.
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>> our police officers are charged with enforcing the law, so an incident like this one is of great concern to us. the citizens of prince george's unty deserve to be protected by officers who operate with the highest degre of trust and professionalism. >> once those allegations were made, they were investigated by our internal affairs division. and once they were substantiated, the department brought these matters to our state's attorney so they could be addressed. >> rorter: the chief says they found out about this incident because of other officers who report what they saw corporal downey do. as you said, he is nowfo suspend the department pending the outcome of this case. reporting live, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. the trial at the center of an electrocution at mgm national harbor is moving forward. today lawyers for the family of
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7-year-old zana greene annoued the trial will begin next february. the little girl was severely shocked when she touched a public handrail last summer. she still suffe from severe brain injury and cannot speak or move. mgmas not responded to the lawsuit arguing it does not have enough information. today the green family lawyer called it a delay tactic. >> we have laid out exactly what our complaint was, 42 paragraphs, being ver specific about the negligence involved and what their duty wasnd how they breached their duty. they wlated to so they made a motion. >> mgm did issue a statement late today saying, quote, we are heart broken over the suffering of the green family, due to the tragic accident that occurred last year. we are continuing toeek a resolution with representativesy of the famil in the hopes that
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this can realu a timely coon. within the hour the house pass d a resolution condemning hate speech in response to comments from freshman congressman ilhan or of minnesota. her comments implied that u.s. ipporters ofael have divided loyalties. critics say she used a ste yeeeo type to undermine the jewish community. >> i feel confident that her words were not based on any anti-semitic attitude but that she didn't have a full appreciation of howhey landed. >> the issue has divided the us.ocratic ca the original version of the resolution denounced only anti-semitis after some complaints largely from progr s progressiv progressives, it was wprened to imove hate speech of all
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times. chelsea manning could go back to jail for refusing to investigate in front of grand jury. she objected to questions yesterday because they her constitutional right. tomorrow a judge wil desigcide manning is in contempt of court. theormer private was sent to jail for 35 years for sharing scooters with wikileaks. the national zoo is beefing up security and it means big changes for today the planning commission voted to increase the number of security fence in and around the zoo. and they're reducing the number of pedestrian entrances, tos mark segrave reports on these new security measures. reporter: is been in the planning stages for some time, adding additional fencing around the national zoo and closingl sevef the pedestrian entrances. today, the national capital planning commission gave final proval to the changes.
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the biggest change is reducingu ther of pedestrian entrances from 13 down to six. there will also b additiona fencing installed around the zoo perimeter. the three main entrances, including connecticut avenue, will not be impacted by the changes. but smaller entrances like these near parking lots will be closed. one of the entrances closed is behind amazonia building. you can get it to by thi popular hiking trail along the creek and get to the zoo here. but officials say this was never intended to be a e publicrance in the first place and will be fenced off. they received dozens of letters and e-mails from citizens in opposition in closing the pedestri entrances but officials said it was necessary for security and other reasons. zoo officials wanted to install permanent security checkpoints at the main entrances but that was withdrawn after public opposition. zoo security will implement
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temporary screening points for spring break as they have in the past four years in response to severallent incidents at the zoo during past springs breaks. the closing of the pedestrians entrances scheduled to be completed later this year. at the zoo, mark segraves, news4. >> major safety changes coming to a busy street. a street known to be so dangerous to pedestrian. just ahead adam tuss is going to show us some of theeatures already in place. another mix of rain and snow coming our way tomorrow. doug has the timing on that. and then some siouser
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the good news part first but we have to get through some other stuff. >> how bad is it going to be tomorrow? >> one of the worst -- no. this is just tiny system. >> you can't scare us after the winter we 'had. that's a good point, especially yesterday dealing with wind chillsn the teens. it was brutal. today wind chill we had it, but it was in upper 20s to 30s. we can take that after yesterday. 40 degre, winds out of the north about 9 miles an hour. add that to thepe tture you get 34 in the city, 28 gaithersburg, 34 manassas, hagerstown coming in at 27 we're chilly for the month of march but nowhere nearer yey. yesterday was just an incredibly cold day for the month of march. nothing on the radar picture now. you can see some snow down to the south here. take look at the wider picture. we have the storm system moving in. the cloud coverage is here, thers the snow into southwest virginia. storm system moving down, across
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portions of illinois, indiana and kentucky it will move our way. give us a chance for snow. tomorrow morning not worried about snow. cloud cover, solutely. we'll see the sun during the day, well,uno during the day tomorrow. the snow coming in during the day. 10:00. around the 1:30, right along i-95, south and east best chance for rain. little bit of a mix. and snow back towards the west. it's there pretty muchte all oon through 5:00, 6:00, evening rush. the eveningwi rus be wet not white. i think the roadways should be okay. thiset gs out of here by around 8:00, 9:00 tonight and 10:00 it out. so a chilly friday night if you're hded out. snow, i expect a coating in some areas. that's on grassy surfaces, roof tops, that's about it.
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i'm not worried about roadways. back to the west, 1 to 3ion po of the blue ridge. high temperatures tomorro 42. 50 degrees on your saturday. 70 on sunday. morning rain and -- yes, 70 everybody. 62 on sunday. more onext week's forecast. looking pretty good. i'll send it back to you guys. >> we can't wait for that 70 degr s. thank you,doug. it's the latest crack down tocams targeting seniors ever. how the justice department arrested 260 people. > major changes coming for one of the busiest corridors in our region. i'll tell you what's about to bn convicted of killing his wife
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sentencing hearing for paul manafort is currently under way and he did address the judge in statement just in moments ago. we are hearing snippets of what paul manafort had to say. not apologizing instead sayg he had been, quote, humiliated and shamed. that, quote, being separated from my family the last nine months has been hard. i have felt punishment during these inproceedings. closing he said, i ask for compassion. paul manafort wheeled into the courtroom in a green jailhouse
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jump suit this afternoon. he could face anywhere from 19 to 24 years in prison for felony charges as it pertains to tax and bank fraud so want to make the distinction here this has th nothing to do is time during the trump campaign or anything to do with russia. the court is in a recess right now. we are expecting to hearse a encing very shortly. so stay with us for that. back to you all in th studio. our other top stories at 6:30, a routineice call in prince george's county led to the arrestne of of the fbi's 10 moth wanted fugitives. lamont stephenson is accused of killing his fiancee in 2014, and a mother of four in the district just last night. police found him in maryland this morning after responding to a suspicious person in a vehicle report. a grand jury indictment of a
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police officer today. corporal stephen downey charged with assault, accused of m punching a in a police cruiser last fall. police say downey is white, the man he punched is rican-american and had just been arrested. tonight the man who murdered his own wife and gunned down ai roolice officer on her first day begins a life-long prisonntce. >> the judge in this case imposed the jury's f recommendati life in veison, but the families of the victims bel he got off easy. david culver is reporting from manassas. >> reporter: living with the pain of having lost her daughter, cstal hamilton, sherree murphy fought past the exhaustion to be here today. >> it's hard for me to get out and start a day withouthinking about her. sometimes i don't get up. >> reporter: she got up today to
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testify against her former son-in-law and daughter's killer, ronald hamilton, an army veteran and now a convicted murderer. >> i wasn't expecting to bring her back i body bag. i was expecting to see my child walking not laying in a cold place. >> reporter: february 2016, he gunned down his wife in their home and then opened fire on the responding police officers, wounding three, killing officer ashley guindon, it was her first day on the street. her mother, sharon, testified that her daughter bled to death, telling hamilton, yquote, are a vicious, cold-blooded heartlehear heartless murer. even life in prison without parole is too good for you. hamilton will never walk free, a dge today upholding the jury's recommended seven life sentences. hamilton was forced to sit through painful testimony given by his victims' loved ones.
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>> itow showed far reaching this man's actions were throughout the community. >> it was powerfulnd it was a time for them to offer to the court how this wliilves.l >> reporter: sherree believes just was not done. believes hamilton is getting ofe easy, as --. >> i'm going through hell. hell. >> reporter: an exhausting judicial processoming to an end tonight as a long journey for healing begins. david culver news4. 24 families are dealing with the loss of their homes this afternoon. video posted from the fairfax county fire department shows smoklo bng out of the garden-style complex on creek lane in the fair lakes area. no injuries reported here. crews arrived to find smoke and fire on the top floor and attic. investigators are searching for a cause.
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the red cross is trying to help the victims. a major crack down on people targeting seniors. federal agents charging more than 250eople theyay scammed victims online. in the last year, more than 2 million have lost money to scammers. personal information, including credit card numbers, bank accounts stolen. which can be devastating for seniors. >> a claim that the victim's computer has virus or it's been hacked. but don't worry they'll fix it for a fee and for access to the victim's computer. and we all know what happens next. >> therimes are often underrepo underreported. the department of justice asks anyone who may be a victim to help them stop those who are responsible. if you've ever tried to wals ac route 1 in college park, and we don't recommend it, you know it can be tricky. pedestrian safety a is huge issue there, especially after some recent agedies. w transportation reporter adam
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tuss tells us the entire corridor is about to get a major safety makeover. >> reporter: along route 1 in college park -- >> seen ae coupl near misses. - >> reporte- a push to improve safety for everyone. there you go. so many people are herend jaywalking is so common some shrug it off. >> they put a nce in the middle because a couple people got killed jaywalking. >> they're going against the light. what do you think about that? >> iort of sympathize because thiss a real long red light. >> reporter: this is aro danus stretch, six pedestrian deaths in the last 10 years according to statistics. but some new traffic tricks liks all way ptrian signals are showing promise. here in college park some intesting things have gone on pedestrian wise already. for instance everybody gets a walk signal here at this intersection. that's something that's changed
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in recent years. a way to increase pedestrian safety. road's about to go through a multi-year upgrade. hundreds of new pedestrian lights, bike lanes and wider sidelks. >> we're doing everything we can to make it feel safer and to completely eliminate traic and pedestrian fatalities and injuries. >> reporter: students the upgrades but they say awarenessould help cut down on the accidents. >> i think those generally happen late at night when no one is thinkingwe ll. >> reporter: for now a transportation corridor poised for change. in college park, adam tuss news4. this time yesterday we were just getting the news about alex trebek's diagnosis that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> one of our colleagues here is fighting a simil battle. coming up at 6:40, barbara
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harrison join us us with joe krebs. why joses the disease needs more attention. >> we're stilling watching a courtroom where paul manafoe is about tontenced. we'll tell you what that is as soon as we learn it. we have a lot of things going on in the weather, snow making its way during the day tomorrow for some of us and then we have 70, at leas close t it, something for i know what it means to have reliable support. i found a company who believes in me. they look out for me. and they help me grow my career. at comcast it's my job to constantly monitor our network,
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family members can only imagine what happed to loved ones that boardedalaysia airlines flight 357. >> that plane disappeared five year and still hasn't been found. >> tom costello is at a new facility designed to keep that
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from happening again. >> reporter: i'm here in northern virgia where they're tracking every aircraft in the sky real time using "gps" tracking technology. since malaysia airline went missing last year, rules have changed,ules requiring gps tracking of aircraft in the air and specifically over the oceans, how are the doing that and what's the latest information on where the plane may lbe? f that is coming up on nbc "nightly news." coming up snow a 70s in the forecast. doug is back with what you need to know about getting a aund tomorrownd over the weekend. coming up next a member of our news4 family is talking about his up and down battle againstti pancreac cancer. joe krebs tells barbara harrison, about the fear, anxiety and yes, hope. >> we're going to fight this this.
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now to the outpouring of support forrd jeo host, alex trebek, as he battles stage four pancreatic cancer. at 78 years old, it's a devastating diagnosis for the game show host andis many fans. pancreatic cancer is the third eath ig cause of cancer the u.s. more than 55,000 people have diagnosed each year. among those alex trebek who revealed yesterday he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which means it has spread to other parts of his body. only 3% of people at that stage live more than five years. early detection is key but niat's difficult because there are no scr tools to
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diagnose the disease. symptoms include jaundice a as we back or stomach pain but most people don't have any symptoms until the cancer has advanced. aretha franin, steve jobs and patrick swayze all died from pancreatic cancer but alex ebek remai optimistic and has vowed to beat it, joking he has threeears left on his jeopardy contract. a beloved member of our tv family fighting a similar battle, joe krebs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few year ago, his long-time coanchor and friend, barra arrison, has more ojon joe's treatment andfight. >> good morning. >> good morning morning. is this going to be painful. >> no. >> reporter: joe is up for the
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next round in his fight against a disease with odds not in his favor. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs. >> in his years here at nbc 4 washington, his approach toard ws and affable style and quick whit made for winning odds for the morning team. when he retired in 2012 we knew he wanted to travel more on his bicycle and far-off destinations with his wife. so he didn't see a lot of traveling joe but one friday in june of 2017 he was heading bac to the studio good-bye party when he called in sick. >> i was so sicel i could b move. it was digesve problems. >> he saw his doctor, there were tests, aon gram, and the next week an mri. >> right after the mri my
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mgastroenterologist calle and said i want you to talk to me. >> reporter: the doctor said it could be a benign tumor but could also be cance >> the only cure for pancreatic cancer was surgery. >> but surgery wouldn't be an option if they found the cancer had spread. >> if they can't do surgery they're talking about months not years. we're both sitting there and i thought, this is july, and i was thinking, i might not see thanksgiving. it was really an incredible kick in the gut. >> devastating. i just thought our life together might be coming to an end. >> right in here. >> reporter: the surgery was su essful. but about 10 months later, it was discovered that the pancreatic canceredad in spread to the lungs. there was surgery to remove t lesions and chemotherapy. but months afterthat, more were discovered. this time he's back at georgetown hospital to begin the fight again.
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and this time they will try a different weapon ithe arsenal against this lethal disease. >> he has to reconstruct the images of the last sca we d. while he's doing that i'm going to give you your tattoos. >> reporter: joe is being marked for radiation treatments that will be done with this machine, the cyber knife, new in treating pancreatic cancer. >> thisachine delivers high doses of o radiatir a short period of time. the dozes are hh it has a good chance of e raid indicating the tumor. >> reporter: neither can guess how the journey will end. joe wants to keepp the battle but also remember to enjoy his life along the anway. >> i to do what i love and t live best life possible, live in the now. that's what i want to do. >> reporter: and joe has certainly not slowed down between treatments for his pancreatic cancer, he and mary lin will head down to the ga lap
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goes islands. he's doing what he says he wants to do to live in the now. >> he looks good. >> doesn he. >> i know he's doing a walk for pancreatic cancer on june 8th and 're all joining him. >> exactly. and we hope everyone out there will join us too. >> if anyone can beat it, he can. >> we want to be there to watch him do it. >> that cyber knife, that's good. otngers crossed. >> we've them. >> he's got a lot of support from all of us. >> yes, he does. doug is here with a check on r weather. >> sitting up here with the three ladies, i love this. >> you're a lucky erguy. >> lucky guy tonight, i don't know what i did to deserve this what everybody deserves some 70 degree weather. >> yes, we could use it. we need it bad. >> but first, ladies, we have to bringw in some s too. we get snow tomorrow, not a deal. some of you may see a coating to
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the north and west, most of us ward.ain south and ea that means tomorrow afternoon, ait a horrible rush but any time you add to the evening rush that slows things down. right now, 40 degrees. temperatures dropping over the next couple hours.re look at the c wind chill, not a lot of wind left but a 5, 10 mile an hour wind givesur us temper like these, 37 in d.c., 28 in gaithersburg, nowhere near as cold as yesterday. it felt ability 20 degrees warmer today than yesterday because we didn't have nearly as much wind. not much on th dar. starting to see some snow well down to the south and west because of atorm system moving in. not a strong storm, a big storm, but we're going to watch the area of low pressure move in with the warm front. the warm front comes in first and gives us a chance of snow . tomorr 8:00, no worries getting the
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kids off to school and yourself off to work. okay. no worries at all. by around noon, stillry for the most part but seeing snow shower activity back to the west. then we get into the snow from d.c. north and west. montgomery county,airfax county, frederick, hagerstown, right back towards larae. down to the south this is all rain. even in our areas that are going to see snow. i'm not concerned much about the roadways. i think the temperatus stay well above freezing so anything that falls on the roads should not stick. however i think it will stick to grassy areas on trees and things like that. down to the south, just a little bit more of a mess. so the evening rush could be a problem getting home from work tomorrow afternoon. rain snow, snow north. light accumulation possible, a coating on grassy surfaces, your car, roof, could be a prey ow for a time farther north
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and west you get. but most roads will be okay. especially the primary roads out there. not too worried about those. if we have an issue it would be as the sun goes down, 5:00, 6:00, when the sun is sthting 's when we could see some issues but all in all we're aying above freezing tomorrow, low of 34 tomorrow. 42 for the high temperature. 52 on saturday. and sunday here we go, a.m.ra , clearing and a high of 70 degrees. and remember set the clocks ahead one hour. you have one hour less to pamey, er that, everybody. 62 on monday, and tuesday a wednesday, 52 degrees. next thursday and friday we're on the warm side again with another chance of just some rain. so not looking bad as we look at the temperatures. looking prett good, actually. this means a lot more to me now than it did before. it used to mean an hour less of partying, now it means i h to
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get up with the kids an earlier. > walk it of >> yeah. in comup, who is the red skins' new quarterback? sherree is next to introduce us to case keenum. >> here's lester holt. >> y fivers since the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370 we'll show you how planes are tracked today, hoping ro nevereat such a mystery. who might be milookg in onin -ah, the old crew! remember when we all used to go to the cafeteria and just chow down midday? -you mike, lunch? -come on. voted "most likely to help people save $668 when they swit." -at this school?
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i think my favorite reaction you said earlier was the flaming dumpster. >> fire. >> on social media. >> yeah. >> the last hour has jus been -- >> warm reception. >> -- so hectic. it's a mixed bag. breaking news in the last hour according to multipl reports the washington redskins are
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trading future draft picks for quarterback case keenum. this entireso offs the question was what washington was going to do with the positioo duee uncertainty ofsm alex ith coming back from injury. looks like case keenum will be ttling with colt mccoy for that tarting position. case keenum started every game for the broncos last year. in the previous year he adlped le the vikings to the nfc title game where they eventually eost to the eagles. and he'll b playing for his t fifthm since joining the league. nothing can be official untilne next way when the nfl new year officially begins. washington will be paying keenum $3.5 million. we'll keep our eyes on this and bring you the latest in the coming week. the mindset fis the capitals tat stating to shift into
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playoff mode. last two weeks they've come from behind to win seven of their last eight. and last night the aapsually scored first. they're on a five-game wning streak thanks to last night's win against ilphadelphia. how about the goal tinder picking up h 250th career victory, the second fastest goalet to to 250 wins in nhl history. players like seeing five goals, five different teammates scoring those goals. and that balanced scoring is the key ingredient in a recipe to success. >> that's our dna and why we were successful last year. guys ood to see a lot of chip in. it's positive for the team moving forward. >> everyone is pulling the same
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way. that's what we need coming down to lhet couple games here. the terps women's baseball ga -- basketball team are the stop seed in this weekend's matournament. land is 11-1 all time in the big ten tournament winning titles in 2016, 2015, and 2017. the tournament can be a grind but theets are making sure the underclassmen are fully prepared. >> it's physical coming in it's going to be more physical and amped up than the regular season was with the big ten. i think with the games we've been through, the schedule we have, i think we're battle tested and reds dy. >> i think they heard from everybody it's going to be tough, not going to be easy. something they almost never experienced before. you're at the college level playing back-to-back-to-back games three days in a row. it's not going to be easy b th strong survive so you have
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to push through. >>tonight, the american men host navy in the patriot league quarter finals. a top piter matchup this afternoon, stevenau sberg and job degrom starting on e mound for nats and mets. straussberg pitcher perfect this afternoon. in the third, he jus catches con fordo win show shopping. one hit, no run baseball. t on other side, degrom one mistake, nats get two off degrom in three innings so they win it 6-4. did anye see jim handly there in the stadiums? 47 months in prison for paul
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breaking news tonight. president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, being sentenced to federal prison. a stunning fall for the man who helped propel his candidate to the presidency. we're live at the courthouse. > another stunning turn. the president's former lawyer gad fixer michael cohen now suing the trump zation. a sheriff's deputy murdered and a fugitive on the run. a dramatic chase tonight and a standoff lasting for hours after an attack at a suburban hotel. widespread danger tonight after several major avalanches strike, cutting off highways, leaving cars buried and drivers trapd. one avalanche so strong it ruptured a gas line. a closer look at ptic cancer. so many people asking after alex trebek's diagnosis. why is this cancer so much

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