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road. a serious accident leaves commuters stuck in traffic fors hourhis morning. we've got new informaon on the crash and fire that caused the major back-up. i'm tracking a couple of snow showers out there ostorm team 4 radar. rain and snow making its way in parts of our area. i'll update you on what to expected. outrage is building over what many consider aceight sentor president trump's former campaig chair, paul manafort. the president weighing inhis morning. now"news4 midday" starts 11:00 on the button here on this friday.
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good morning to you, i'm adam tuss. >> i'm erika gonzalez. don't know what time it is. we'v got the head of the pothole patrol complaint department right here. >> i'll take you report and deliver it. >> and doug kammerer i talking about our weather. >> guys, i only come in when there's a major storm making its way across our area. that's n what we have today. >> not at all. >> i'm just switching with ameliarar today. we do have a storm coming through, some snow makingwa it' through. you can see around frederick and leesburg. a lotf this hasot been reaching the ground. we are expecting this to pick up during the day today as an air of low-pressure begins to make it's way our we begin to see snow first as we move on through the afternoon as well. that's what we're tracking. take a look at the temperature right now and this is why this is such a big issue. look at d.c. with some s out there right now it's 41 degrees. very hard to get anyla
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accung snowfall at 41. 31 in hagerstown, bthough,ow freezing to the north and west, that's why we think maybe a bit a coating up to the north and west. believe it or no guys, on sunday, just add these two numbers togeth, that's our sunday afternoon temperature. >> i'm ready for 70s for sure. >> sorry to make you do math on a friday. right now president trump is on his way to alabama to see the deadlytion from tornadoes there. 23 people were killed, more than 90 hurt wn several twisters touched down on sunday. the damage here is massive. house after house torn apart,el personalgings scattered for miles. the community is coming together to try and the president told reporters this morning that he will meet with the state's governor and storm victims. meantime, the president also talked about his former campaign chair paul manafort before leaving for the south. > i feel very badly for paul
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manafort. i think it's been a very, very tough ime forhim. >> manafort is headed to prison but not for too long. he was sentenced to les than four years yesterday. the suggestion, if you will, was 19 to 24 years. the judge's decision stunned legal observers. tracie potts has more on that. >> reporter: the legal community is reeling. >> it is an outrage. >> reporter: after a virginia judge gave formerrump campaign chair paul manafort and unusually light sentence, 47 months in prison, just under four years. he faced up to 24 years for financial crimes unrelated to the trump campaign. the judge said manafort lived an otherwise bss life. >> as a former prosecutor, i'm embarrassed. an american, i am -- i'm upset. >> this is a thug and he needs to be put under j thel and this judge did exactly the opposite. >> reporter: the case stemmed r fromert mueller's russia in
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stigation. >> there's absolutely no evidence that paul manafort was involved in any collusion. >> reporter: manafort in a wheelchair in green jump suit oke for the first time in months saying he felt punished humiliated a shamed. during the trial, michael cohen is now suing the trump on organizati, separately, f $1.9 million. he says they stopped paying his legal fees after he cooperated with investigators and implicated president trump i testimony before congress. >> michael coh lied like a dog is what he did. he sat there and said he never asked for a pardon and he had. >> reporter: cohen's attorney admits he did at one point inquiry about pardon but is no longer cooperating with the president's legal team. don't expect a pardon for cohen. as for paul foma, president trump's attorney reconfirmed this morning that it's not in the works, but it's not off the table either. tracie potts, nbc news, shington. and manafort will have a
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second sentencing next week. that case is going to be in d.c. in that one he pleaded guilty to two countsnd of conspiracy agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's office. the deal wasater withdrawn because he lied to investigators. thenc maximum sente in d.c. is ten years. lots of headaches for people trying to get to reagan national airport this a car slid off the george washington parkway crashing into some trees there. right next to the exit for the airport. all northbound traffic was turned around on marine drive. the crash happened about 6:00 this morning. two people had to go to the hospital. all lanes reopened just in the past 30 minutes, so that is t good news there. one of america's most wanted men has been found living on the streets in our area. >> this is incredible. lamont stevenson was arrested in prince george's coy.ty yesterda he was charged with murdering two women, one while he wasn o the run. officers found stevenson sleeping in a truck in new carrollton. he told them his real name and
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said he was wted in connection with several crimes. police say he murdered his fiancee in new jsey in 2014, then he ran off to avoid prosecution. d.c. pollse say he murdered his new girlfriend inside her d.c. apartment on wednesday. her family says they' relieved stevenson is off the streets. >> i just want to know why. i don't know if i ever know why, but they got him, they got him. we got a good god. we got a good good and i'm sad, but i'm happy too. >> still not clear here i and when stevenson will be extradited to new jersey to face charges there. the search is on for the driver wanted in a deadly hit and run. >> yeah. family ise devastated making funeral plans for their father. willie williams was just feet away from his apartment in northeast washington when he was killed. megan mcgra is live near the crash site on rhode island avenue with a look at how williams' kids are remembering him. hi, megan?
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>> reporter: well, good morning he was ahusband, a father, an army veteran and his family says he was enjoying retirement, but 65-year-old willie williams is also the latest victim of a hit and run. police are still looking for the person who was behind the wheel. yolanda williams is heartbroken. her family now planning the funeral for her father, 65-year-old willie williams, making it all the more difficult, the fact that the driver who killed her father drove away and is still onhe loose. >> i love him. and he knows it. it's hard on our family. >> reporter: policeay this is the car involved in the deadly hit andn. it's described as a gray mini van with a blackike rack on the roof. williams was crossing rhode roland avenued 9:00 tuesday night. sidestigators say he was o the crosswalk in the 1500 block
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when he was hit. d williams d of his injuries the next day. his family now calling for justice. >> he's an innocent man. he didn't cause no problems for nobody. he loved everybody. he's a very well respectable man. >> reporter: and investigators are hopeful that someone will recognize the mini van seen in that surveillance video and give them a call. th family i hoping that the driver comes forward. back to you. >> thank you. i want to tell you about big changes that are coming to the national zooll in anffort to keep you safe. the zoo received final approval to cloal about h its entrances. the main entrances are going to stay open but the side entrances, they will close by the end of the year. it's a big change. zoo officials will also add new fencing around the perimeter. attention ton our
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sports now. it looks like the redskins may have found their answerho to will be their new quarterback. it seems like we've said that before. >> the nswer to the quarterback, not to the winning situation. >> correct. >> they'reng pic up case keenum from the denveco br justin finch has much more. >> reporter: fans who have been watching n are aware, that, yes, this is the second straigas off-on we have seen washington go for aba quartck trade and case keenum has been called up to give us and the b denverroncos some late round draft picksn coming upthe 2020 draft. il now, w case be our closer?ei be question bng asked right now. a look at his last season may be an indication re. he did start every game that's good. he threw 18 touchdowns, 15 interceptions. broncos went 6 and 10 last seasonen keum now set to finish year tw of his two year, $36 million deal with the broncos.
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espn now reporting he's brokering a one year deal with us,ll a multi-million ars deal to join the burgundy and gold no w. he made have to duke it out with coltccoy just to see who gets first string next season. alex smith as it remains right now still recovering from that nasty leg injury last season. youay not s him on the field next year but the question is, will case keenum be the guy to bring some heat to the benc themains to be seen as well. by next week, we should know more about this deal. the league year is going to start next wednesda i'm justin finch, news4. >> thank you. we're following breing news. chelsea manning thrown in jail. what she refused to do when she could be freed. >> a we're lookingad to the weekend time change, oh, yeah, that's happening this saturday. we'll tell you how to avoid sleep issues after this switch, if that's p
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we com back on the air with breaking news. chelsea manning in jail today for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating wikileaks. this happened after a brief hearing in whi manning confirmed that she has no intention of testifying. manning sayhe objects to the secrecy of the grand jury process, the judge says she will remain jailed until she grandies or until t jury concludes its work. manning is the former army telligence analyst convicted an leaking hundreds of t wikileaks. the february jobs report is out and it's not great news. employers added the fewest o number jobs in nearly a year and a half. a weaker global economy along th the trade war between the u.s. and china may havelelayed a n that. the sharp slowdown might have also been worsened by unseasonably cold weather gripping most of the country. despite all of it, analysts
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expect hiring and growtho rebound in the april through june quarter. the unemployment rate is at 3.8%. right now at mid-day, we are keeping an eye on the house floor where lawmakersre considering the democrats signature piece of legislation h.r. 1 also known -- if i can talk today -- also known as for the people act. theemocratic leaders say bill is designed to restore faith that government works in e public interest, this after the house overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning anti-semitism and other bigotry in a week that exposed deep division in the democratic caucus. halley jackson reports. >> the resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is lai on the table. >> reporter: the house passing a sweeping resolution condemning not just anti-semitism, butus antim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance. >> when a leaguenves classic
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anti-semitic lies three times, th this body must condemn that anti-semitism. >> reporter: all of it a response to the explosive comments fromnginnesota sswoman ilhan omar who seemed to question the loyalty of israel's americart sups when she said this -- >> that says o it isy for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country. >> reporter: while the resolution did not name omar specifically, it was a direct rebuke. the congresswoman, again, ignoring questions overnight. >> there no comment. >> reporter: but she did release a joint statement with two other lawmakers highlighting their support for the resolution saying, we are tremendously proud to be part of a body that has put forth a condemnation of l forms of bigotry. omar, a somali american and one of the first muslim women elected tocongress, has been targeted herself for her faith, but has come under fire
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for statements seen as anti-semitic. the debate exposing sharp disagreements among democrats with lmakers dividedver how to respond to one of theirown. many jewish democrats bsting their remarks with house speak nancy pelosi calling on the congresswoman to be careful with her words. >> i don't think that the congresswoman is perhaps appreciate the full weight of how it'seard by other people, although i don't believe it was inteed in any anti-semitic way. as halley jackson reporting there. for hr 1 republicans frame the bill as one that does not reform government ethics and takes taxpayer money away from the american people. i want toell you that a former top montgomery county official is going to spend 15 years in prison for stealing $7 million, almost $7 million in taxpayer money. he pleaded guilty to converting county money to a shell company that he created in 2010. the time he led the county's
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economic development department. prosecutors say he spent that cash on casinos aroun the country. his client has a gambling> ware since police in new york raided the stonewall inn, a popular gay bar. the demonstration that' followed sparked the gay rights movement. today the museum opensew a exhibit that takes a look at its lasting impact. news4's cory smith takes us inside and looks at how d.c. play l a role in thet rights over the years. >> reporter: the museum's rise up exhibit say coming out story itself, chronicle in celebration of the gay right movement and the people that had the courage to make it possib. christy oliver is the exhibit's director. the stonewall and riots serve as the starting move for rise up. thatiolent summer gave birth to the gay rights movement of the '70s,ts leaders like
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harvey milk are prominently featured th wughout. >> wt to tap into that personal connection. so this is why we focus people like frank. >> reporter: journalism also plays a role in the exhibit, from coverage of the aids epidem to a celebration of lgbtq publications like the washington blade, the oldest lgbt newspaper in the united states. >>hey really are aeader in getting out lgbtq news and talking about it. >> reporter: for oliver, the challenge was to curate an exhibit thatse speaks to t born after the gay rights movement and to those who lived . >> it'snteresting to see these eye cons coming to life again. >> reporter: people like john lake who was born a few years before stonewall. >> if this teaches us how far we've come, it also shows how fa is yet to go, but if also gives us hope that we can get there. >> reporter: if visitors walk away with nothing else, they hope they can at least see
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anyone can make a difference. ib the e officially opens on friday. the world's most iconic doll is celebrating a milestone birthday. >> she's 60 today. her icon only continues to grow. she's hade man 200 careers and she continues evolving. i have the reporter barbie in my desk. >> awesome. on this international women's day, riley morrison here celebrating with brand-new shoes. months ago she wrote to steph curry asking him why he didn' have shoes available for girls and that sparked the creation of the curry six shoes. riley codesigned even the shoe with under armor and they are now available everybody. she got to celebrate the release with curry himself.
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>> how cool ithat? so it is time to spring forward. coming up, t how avoid waking up sleep deprived come monday morning? >> is that possible? road closures that can slow you down this weekend. i'm melissaay lay. southbound express 4 on the beltway shut down from saturday night. the ramp from the eastbound dulles toll road will als be shutdown because of this. follow the detours northbound express lanes ramp to the connecter will remain open. on metro, red line single tracking between van necessary and dupont circle. blue lines between arlington cemetery. as far as the rest of the lines, silver, orange and greenic regur se there. have a great weekend.
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whether you know it or not, you some homework to do this weekend if you want to be ready to spring forward. >> that's right. you'll lose an hour ofsl p. that could be tough especially for young people. news4 justin finch asked the doctor how we can all get ourselves and our family's ready. >> reporter: from high in the sky to those runways below, f frequeers know how your monday could feel and maybe you do too. >> spring ahead is kind of like going from chicago to washington, d.c., you've got a one hour time change and you're not going in the direction that human beings typically like to go. ur reporter: that's because body's prefer gaining time as if we were flying west, so sorry os thpring ahead weekend, we're losing time. doctor daniel lewis says, you can make it easier on yourself and your family by acclimating early. >> we basically need to prepare
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to get up a lot earlier than we are accustomed to on monday morning. so preparing for that can be very, very helpful. >> reporter: whys that so critical? >> first of all, if we wake up at 6:00 a.m. to go w tok or unfortunately for adolescents to go to scol, it's really 5:00. >> reporter: hear that. your body's still at 5:00 a.m. at 6:00 a.m. so sure your clock's ahead but your body could be behind and may not catch up in one weekend. >> and to shift those across time zones which is what we're doing this weend, it takes some time. >> reporter: young people especially may have a hmeder adjusting sleep habits. something dr. lieuen has studied. as soon as today, dr. lewis suggests going to bed just 20 minutes earlier p night to ease your family into a healthy spring schedule. >> that small change can really have an impact on the regulation of their sleep, on improving functioning, how they look and
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feel. >> reporter: and have you ready to take on your monday, justin finch, news4. >> i am tired just thinking about it, guess what, sunday morning i'll be right here so i'm going to lose an hour of sleep. >> i'm so sorry for you. >> i do lik how you were talking about the younger people like myself. or it's hard for you. it's hard you to get adjusted. >> you know as having a family, it's hard t get adjusted. the kids' clocks are all off. >> you used to lose an hour going out and partying. >> extra hourn the club. >> oh, my gosh, the kids are going to get up at the same time and i got to get up too. >> some of us have to work on sunday tmorning. nk you. >> good luck, buddy. we're watching the snow unming down. nothing arod the d.c./metro area right now. down around fredericksburg too. we're tracking a storm system that's i makings way through back to the west and eventually all of this, see all of this dryer air, this is filling in
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right around the 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 hour and that's when it can be coming down pretty good at times. we got the cloud cover but the clouds are still fairly gh. they've got to bring those down a little bit to get any snow. nds out of the south at 12 miles an hour. 41 and snow. that does not happen very often, when you're talking about very cold air, that loft does allow that snow to come down. we see it melt first especially on the roadways. we may see a coating to the north and west. 41 d.c., 41 huntington. 32 winchester, 36 frederick, 31 in hagerstown. so most everybodyut at or a freezing. that's very good news here. that's why we're not expecting too much on the roadways. here's 1:30, not much going on. watch what happened during the afternoon. rain/snowig line along i-95, south and east, this is dealing with rain, nor and west this is snow. montgomery county, frederick
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county, loudon county, fauquier coes rht on tououn ty 7:00nu, th s allon oitut c of here. you have dinners plans, don't worry, too much can't rule out a stray shower or sprinkle. i don't thinkou'll need the umbrella tonight. how much snow? not a big snow. mostly rain again d.c. southward. maybe a coating in frederick and leesburg. that's really about it. any accumulation will be confined to the mountains. we 42 and snow todayro tom g f 70 on sunday. >> yeah! >> i'm excited about that. early showers and sunday in the afternoon. early next wemo, ay, tuesday, wednesday looking great. >> so ready for spring. >> thanks, doug. scams tgeting the elderly. a new crackdown and warning. and pancreatic ca announced against it and nowart of the news4 family fighting the same disease. we'll talk to our former
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announcer: you're watching" "news4 midda >> welcome back at 11:30. there's a new crackdown on a cruel tri a that may have hit member of your family. >> the justice department says it has charged hundredsle of pe with scamming seniors out of three quartersf a billion dollars. pete williams has details on ammers and how they're doing it. >> reporter: john holmes a retired business consultant in arizona says he wa using his computer when a message popped up like this, a computer virus warning telling him to call for help immediately. he did, paid up, but t kept getting worse. >> i said, you know, i think this is a scam and he just a laughednd he says, you can't do anything about it. >> reporter: he ended up having to buy a new computer, total cost $1,500, but justice department now round up of more than 260 people in the u.s. and overseas accused of cheating 2 million american victims most of them seniors out of $750 million
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with the pho computer virus, >>e of the fastest growing scams. t's despicable because the people involved are vulnerable and because of their sge in life, they don't have the opportunity frequently to recover. >> reporter: how to avoid it? don't fall for sudden couims that computer has a problem. >> hang up on an unexpected call hoom someone claims to be providing tech support. just hang up. it's a scam. >> a scam claiming that you've won the lottery and that you t just nee pay some of the taxes to claim the prize, that one's also becoming pretty popular for targeting seniors. prosecutors say never pay the money. >> uh-hum. the maryland house of delegates has approved a bill allowing terminally patienten t their own lives. the vote was 74 in favor, 66 against. that ll's allows adult patients with less than six months to live to request a doctor's prescription for medication to end their life. the bill now heads to thetate nate. if it's approved and signed by
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governor hogan, maryland will join seven states and d.c. that have laws legalizing medically assisted death. this week h put pancreatic cancer in the spotlight. "jeordy!" host alex trebek announced he is battling the disease. he revealed he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. trebek says it'llgh be a t battle but it's one he'no tough. the cement comes as our beloved former member of our news4 team is also fighting ther ca he was diagnosed a few years ago andadecently work the cancer spread to his lungs. barbara harrison spoke to him about his trootment. >> gmorning. >> good morning. good to be he. >> good t have you here. >> reporter: joe krebs with his unfailing good nature is up for the next round in his fight againsit a disease odds not in his favor. >> good morning and welcome to "news4 today," i'm joe krebs.
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>> reporter: in his years as a reporter here in washington, his serious approach to covering hard news coupled with his always affable style and quick wit made for winning odds for the morning team. when he retired in 2012, we knew joe was eager to use his unflagging energy to travel more on his bicycle and to far off destinations with his wife. we didn't see a lot of t bveling jo one friday in june of 2017, he was heading back to the studio for a good-bye party for longtime coworker tom when hely abrualled in sick. >> i was so sick i could barelye it was digestive problems, pains in my stomach, abdomen orarea. >> rr: he saw his doctor. there were tests and the next week an mri. >> right after the myrrh and said i want you to come in and talk to me. >> reporter: it could b a benign tumor but it could also be cancer. >> the only cure for pan tree
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attic ccer was surgery. >> reporter: but surgery wouldn't be an option if they found it spread to other organs. >> if we can't do surgery, we're talking about months not years and we're both sitting there and i immediately, thoug this is july, yeah, and i was thinking, i migot see thanksgiving. it was really a- an incredible kick in the gut. >> devastating. i thought our lifogether might be coming to an end. >> right in here. >> reporter: the surgery was successful but about ten months later it was discovered that the pancreatic cancer had indeed spread to the lungs. there was surgery to remove the lesions and chemotherapy, but months after that, more were discovered. this time he's back at georgetown hospital to begin the fight again. >> arms over my head. >> reporter: and this time they ll try a different weapon in the arsenal against this lethal e sease. >> wve to reconstruct the
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images of the last scan we just did. while he's doing that, i'll give your tattoos. >> reporter: joe is being marked for a series of intense radiation treatmenthat will be done for this machine, the cyberknife. relatively new in treating pancreatic cancer. >> the doses are so high that it has veryeood cha at eradicating the tumor. >> reporter: joe plans to keep up his fight. mary lynn has been beside him. neither can guess how this journey will end. joe wants to keep up theattle but to also to remember to enjoy his life along the way. >> i want to do what i love and i want toe liv the best life possible. i want to live in the now. that's what i want to do. >> joe has certainly not slowed down between treatments for his pancreatic ncer. he and his wife will head down to the g lop goes islands for a getaway. >> certainly wishing him and his family the best. >> absolutely. weekendou warmup, is
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welcome back. a simple act of kindness has changed one new jersey man's life forever. 's now $273 million richer after winning a mega millions jackpot. >> but this luckyinner almost lost his ticket before the drawing. kathy park tells us how a good samaritan help him become a multi-millionaire. >> congratulations. >> reporter: mike is one of the country's newest millionaires winning $273 million, but his cky break began with a mishap. >> i putts the ticke down to put my money away aet did sng with my phone and justal wd away. >> reporter: he forgot to takth
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this et he bought at new jersey convenient store. his meg millions could have been claimed by someone else, accept the employee turn it had in. >> my parents raised me to be a good pe i was doing the right thing and i would do itai agn. >> reporter: wersky picked theh ticket up next day and that night hit it big and now plans on sharing his good fortune with the store's good samaritan. >> i'm going to do sething for him. i got to. reporter: why? >> i wouldn't have $273 million if it wasn't for them. >> reporter: this new millionaire ping it forward when luck struck twice. kathy rk, nbc news, trenton, new jersey. >> so define share for me. >> it's got to be at least a n. mill >> are we talking a hundred bucks, a million bucks? >> it's got to be a million. >> can we go halvesy? >> i think that would be great.
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>> millions a nice number. >> weather-wise it wasghood enor him to get home that night and the day after, so, again -- >> you're begging for some of the money, w is tht's going on? >> i'll beg for anything. i would like to get some cash. i'm still begging for some s w for my winter forecast. predicted 25 to 35 inches ofow o far for this winter. we're close to 17 inches so we're well below that number. lo , we got snow coming down in the portions of montgomery countyrerick county, loudon county. thst of this i einn to l t ohee dth.c. area, b right here isn't even really the storm. the storm itself is still back to the west. you see this drier air. this is all filling in as it makes its way our way. but wtemperature-wise, we' warm. not just way warm. look at 41 degrees right now. winds out o south at 12
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miles an hour. that helps to keep things on the milder erside. teures north and west and where it has been snowing, it is colder and once it starts snowing in d.c., we'll see this number come down till about 39, 37, 38 degrees becau t it will ha cool the column and t ct meanl the atmosphere. 36 degrees in frederick right now. 35 what we're looking at right now next couple of hours, light rain and snow around 2:00 and 5:00. see how we drop once the moisture really start to move in. 34 by 8:00. should be out of here, light rain or p snowsible but should be out of here by 8:00. if you got dinner reservations, wu should be okay. and the look for what we'll be seeing for the next couple of days. rain to the south. ybe a coating to the north and west, especially on grassy surfaces. i'm n too worried about roads and into the higher elevations
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here, maybe one to three. skiing this weekend, really looks great especially tomorrow. high temperature of 50 degree tomorrow. rain moves iom laterow night into early sunday and then, hello, 70 degrees on nday afternoon. monday, tuesday, wednesday, also look good before our next chance of rain late next week. >> thank you, sir. coming up, we are getting you ready for the weekend. >> a little female power in the new marvel movie. jason freely is here and will jason freely is here and will let usat redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee.
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theaters. >> jason frailly hasn it. what do you think? >> it's going to do big business. i thought it was solid to good, not great, but it gets us to the en game next month and that's what we all are waiting for. it just an entertainingly empowering movie. a young generation of girls will be inspired by this. she's surroded by jude law ander that's mentor on theen saw, and annette benning is her mentor on the humande. samuel l. jackson preeye patch, so they digitally deaged him by 25years. ey've been doing this a little. remember robert downey in civil war. it's a technology they've been developing for a while. you can't reallyell him this. we do find out h he lost his
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eye. there's a couple flaws. it starts a little slow in outer space. they try to jam in a bunch of flash backs with her back story. once it lands on earth, it really takesoff. lots of '90s references from blockbuster vide cd-roms, nine inch nails. there's a lot of funny stuff like that. i'd say good, not great. it ds get us to end game which is what we're all ready for. >> i don't kw the whole back story so it would be interesting to catch up on the marvel series there. tell us about sar silverman. >> the kennedy center tonight is doing a big event for that arsted by s silverman. we have performances by ben folds. >> is he with the five? >> he's with his daughter gracie fold. they'll be performing together. there are other performances.
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what's really cool is it's out in the kennedy center hall. we have port city brew tasting. >> are you going to this? >> i might swing over there. >> you had me at beer and karaoke. >> we'll have to go get in the photo booth. >> what's noto love. >> i know. from the movies to kennedy, let's talk music. talk to me about some of the groups coming in to thun this weekd that we can catch? >> lots of good live concert, arrested development at city wine winery. cypress hill at fillmore, j. , bo jej roe and travis scott at capital one. lots of options. >> i challenge you to a game of horseshoes. >> you're right. >> take me to another place. >> cue it up, vince.
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available. who are you holding here? >> this is chamomile. she's a guinea pig and she's available f adoption. she's four months old. she's lived with children, adults. she's lived with other guinea pigs. friendly. ly >> low impact pet. you've got to keep it in its crate i'm sure. you wouldn't give them the run of the house, would you? >> no. she'll need and enclosure but she'll need attention every day. they live four to six years. it could be longer. >>ll right. standard adoption fee for guinea pigs in this or is it higher or lower than dogs and cats. >> it is lower. $ it for the adoption fee. >> very nice. are they all spayed and neuter? >> we're not spaying and neutering the guineapigs. good point.
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we do spay and neuter the rab its. >> shat aree of the other nonstandard pets you have here? i did not think that this would be something ttou were bringing in today. i was surprised. >> this is an unusual one. >> surprise guest number two today cooing away. >> this ismo ie. he's quite young. he's a little nervous. he t hasn't done before. >> okay. >> awe. >> he's very socies. he l to be held. he likes to be pet on his head here. >> okay. >> and, yeah, he is a very fun animal to have in thehome. he's a little squirmy today. >> that's okay. i can understand the bright 'slights. whathe adoption fee on a pigeon? >> i believe it's also $20. so most of our small answers.
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>> is it easy to care for a pigeon? >> it is. >> they survive on the street so i figurehey're self-sufficient. >> mookie here is a -- his breed is also mookie which is a domestic pigeon. they are primarily raised by and cared for by humans. he lives indoors. he has a primarily seed diet but he likes fruits and vegeotbles. >> youo eat your vegetables to get big and strong. >> he's very simple to care for. he lives in a cage, but i let him out forci ex. i'm currently fostering him. so i let him out for exercise. >> he just flies around the living room? >> exactly. he just likes to fly around every day for exercise, yeah. >> and we know the life expectancyf most pigeons? >> it can rank from ten to 12 years. >> really? i'm surprised. >> depending on how healthy they are, of course. they can live quite a while. >> so what is our third surprise
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guest? i've seen one of these here before. we have surpriseum guestr three is a turtle. >> yep. >> also probably best for, you know, indoor use, inside of its own little enclosure. >> yes. when they're indoors they need a pretty large tank. >> okay. >> and but we do have adopters that put them in their ponds. >> oh, all right. >> on their property. we have adopters that have a great pond set-up and yes. >> it has a big bf" on thek i assume that means it's female. >> yes. se we h them in groups together so we identify them iol. the ado fee for our turtles is $10. >> okay. >> ourea adoption has all kinds of information on what they need. >> you can always good to humane rescue alliance.org and find out how to add any of these nonstandard pets to your family. >> so now you know morebout pigeons than you ever thought you would have 12:00 in the
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afternoon. >> thed exercise, they fly around. >> mookie domestic pigeon at opposed to international pigeons of mystery. ty are among the top ten choirs in the country. we're talking about the tal enltsed singers at t.c. williams high. >> our molette green is hanging outith them as they prepare to head to a major competition in minneatelis. >> rep t.c. williams high school choir in harmony this morning and they've got big they're traveling next week to perform on a national stage with the best of the best. want to bring the choir director theodore thorpe toab tk t where they're going and what they're doing, the music for all choral festival. you had to go through a rigorous process. >> it was a blind audition with home nationall conductors listening. >> reporter: what will this do? >> this will do an incredible ount of musicianship and their
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overall education. >> reporter: i lwae that you to set them up for a world stage as well giving them more exposure. show can we help a community? >> you can help in so many ways but the best way t isgo on the tc williams.com website and donate through paypal. >> reporter: we want to hear them si. okay. didn't my lord deliver daniel, is that the song? do it ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this is one of the many songs b they'll performing next week in inanapolis, indiana and we wish them well i'm molette green in alexandria.
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back in to you. >> they are so good. we wish them the best of luck on their trip and competition. >> absolutely. we're singing a tune for 70. >> uh-hum. >> you'd like to s some snow today. >> best of bothworlds. >> we can do both, why not? >> this might be the last time we have snow in the season. and then 70 on sunday. look at the n snow right coming down in montgomery county andoun county. >> we'll see you later.
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