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neighborhood in north baltimore if you knowt tea it's an up and coming re residential part of the city. right now we have no reports of injuries there. it's hardo tell if there was anything else on board. it appears that a car is maybe involved in at. it looks like it was a near mish e. >> absolutely. >> a mini van. we see people on the ground surveying the damage on the ge br we don't know if this was caused by a defect in the bridge. but 11 cars derailed moments ago in northbaltimore. we have more breaking news now. five people now under f arrest the gruesome gang-related murder of a local >> police say they stabbed the >> police in prince george's county wrapping up a press conference a few minutes ago.ey aid the victim, jacson chicas and the five suspects are
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ms-13 gang members operating in fairfax county. last friday they attended a gang meeting. >> police say the suspects stabbed the teen to death and th drove to stafford county where they dumped his body and set him on fire. let's turn to theak bg news coming from the white house. >> it is official, just moments ago president trump vetoed the senate's decision to override his national emergency declaration. >> wendy rieger at the live desk with the breaking details. >> the president pushed back power.using his veto this is the first time he's done so since he took office. yesterday senators voted 59-41 to override the emergencyation border. 12 republicans broke with the president that wod allow him to get money for the wall. president trump's veto not a surprise. he pledged he would do he also of those dozen
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republicans who rebuked the president's emergency claratio declaration, many said they did so because it's a badpreceden precedence. the lawmakers will pick this up when ty return from a week-long recess. do they have the two-thrids majo to override the veto? notkely. >> thanks, wendy. horror and unbelievab devastation in new zealand. 49 people were shot dead while ey worshipped. >> it is the deadliest mass shootit ever in t country. one man has been arrested and charged with murder. he appeared to have live streamed thisttack at a mosque going room-to-room wearing bullet proof vest. >> miles away another mosque attacked. utree people in custody it's unclear if they'll be charged. now increased based on mere hat. wheneverol we see that anywheren
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the we get a little nervous. so it's our resnsibility to go out and make people feel mro neal w t lt on e front of the main hospital here inoor'te christchurch where medical professionals are working to save the lives of the dozens of people who were injured ierthe tworist attacks at two mosques here in christurch. 49 people were killed, and dozens of others injured, men, women and children. all of whom had been going toay prs at mosques here in this usually peaceful city. >> this is a horrific attack against a nation that is not really used to having terrorism attacks. >> reporter: a major investigation is under way to discover who was involved a
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how far the web spread. >> gunmen like that with explosives and filmed the and put out a manifesto. that creates a lot of ripple effect. >> reporter: four people have been arrested, one man has been charged witrder. not only is this an investigation here in new zealand, but in australia as rill. the australian minister confirms that one of the people who is in custody is australian citizen. prime minister jacinda ardern calls it one of the darkest days in new zealand's history and she also christchurch. the attack is evoking communities here in our area. >> david culver continues our team coverage. > david, from what you've been speaking to people on the ground do you sense any hesitation
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among the worshippers who may fear for their safety attending worship? orter: it's interesting, having spoken with several muslims here toy. it seems those attacks in new zealand only further encourage the profession of faith for those local muslims. proof was when we were at the midday prayers for the friday prayers. it waspacked. and the message was a powerful one that further pushed against hate and bigotry. far removed from the chaos that unfolded in new zealand, a train quality and peace permeatro h the adam center mosque. worshippers gathering for the friday prayers. pares bringing their little ones, their heart the loss of life. >> whoever took a life has taken th life of all humanity.
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>> reportene attgeneral mark herring here to assure the largest mosque community. >> we will do everything we can to keep you and your families gs standing watch. >> is there any fr or trepidation to step into a mosque on a day like from comi doing what our religion requires us to do, and prayer is important. >> reporter: she says the mass shooting is another reminder of the you aurgent need to counter misinformation. >> we are not what you see on , the extremist groupusing islam as a label. we're not part of that, we don't stand for that, that's not who th are. >> at the end o day we're all human beings, have the same blood through our bodies. >> reporter: loudon orunty superv encouraging people
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to slow down and recognize the humanity in others. >> when you see your neighbors, one say hello and talk with another and spread the message of peace. >> reporter: i've also spoken with fairfax countyyolice t too are stepping up patrols this evening at local mosques. here in between prayers they have a priva security company patrolling around. at 7:00 tonight that's when a big vigil is going to be here, folks from several difhsrent fare going to be here remembering the victims and promoting the message of peace. sounds like what we all need to hear. thank you. this incident is casting a light on a worldwide tide of white supremacy and how social media played a role in the broadcasting of this violence to the world. blayne alexander has that part of the story coming up at 4:30. we have new damage reports from that powerful bb cyclone
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weather system in michigan it brought a tornado last night, tore into homesng rippi siding off of walls. you're looking at alabama here wher a tornado damaged homes, knocked down trees. and in kentucky a tornado flipped the roof off a eschool with children and staff inside. luckily no major injuries there. let'so get storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer for the latest on that. this is the same system making its way to our region, right? >> yes. but as y we talked abouterday not producing severe weather in our ar. itut s ahead of it. look at the storm, first of all. you s can it is making its way across our region. as we toldou yesterday we'd see sunshine west of i-95. east of i-95 best chance for shower activity. we could see more, the actual front is juste back to west so we could see a few more showers as we make our wth throug night tonight but we are just seeing the warm air.
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here's where the cold air lies. look at the temperatures right now, currently sitting at 76 in the city. 76. just amazing. 77 in hagerstown. it is 85 in annapolis. to the west, only in the 40s i the cold a moving in. if you were hoping the war air would stick around for the weekend, i'm sorry. i'llow show you cold things are going to get for st. nutrick's day in a few . a couple of showers out there. we talked about this yesterday most of the day would be dry but that we'd have a couple showers, here they are storm team 4 radar, they are moving southwest to northeunt. right a clarksburg, damascus. if you live in damascus right now maybe you're barbecuing as you're watching me. you have the grill going outside and it's up because you're watching the meat. close it because here comes a nice shower on top of you.
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let's zoom on in. i want tohow youxactly where it is. it's right around clarksburg the shops and 270. going up 27. what's coming our way next? you can kin of tell, can't you? 37 chicago.n 46lexington. it was in the 70s here yesterday. we are thearmest on the map right now. i'm covering up orlando at 84 right now c so we be the warmest on the map. but the cold air is moving in for the weekend. not quite as cold as the 40s but still quite chilly. here's the storm. the main part is way up into canada right now. this is a secondary area of low pressure. for us the storm system is moving through andt behind much cooler conditions. breezy tomorrow, a high of 56, right around average it's not going to feel that warm because we are going to have good wd coming from the opposite direction, the north, that will make things cold. st. paty's day o a high 54 degrees. and staying chilly on monday and
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tuesday. 76 today, we could see some snow flurries on monday whmorning. >>? >> come on, man! >> just got to tow that out there. >> what do you mean? reel it back in, why don't you. thank you, doug. coming up next, news4 is working for you in the community. 're going to show you how a group of local third graders are preparing to make a very s delivery to a worthy cause. >> a former youtube star making >> a former youtube star making history on nbcs the first [female voiceover] with the penfed car buying service from penfed credit union, you can get rates as low as 1.49% apr on new vehicles. to apply. visit penfed.org
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[female voiceover] today, people across the nation are experiencing the benefits of joining penfed credit union. with the penfed car buying service, they're finding the right car at a better price. and everyone is welcome to apply. join today at penfed.org sharing is caring. and students at washington school in bethesda put those words in into action this morning donating thousands of books for a worthy cause. molette green caught up with the third graders as they prepared to make their delivery. >> reporter: what are we donating? >> orbooks. >> rr: how many? >> 4,000. >> reporter: about 4,000 books. let's start packing them up. today is pack up day and delivery. we're here w at thehington episcopal school where those youn s yteee houehe spent weeks
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donating all of these books for a worthy cause. i want to thank the teachers and the principal and the parents who haveuprted this effort. s.t.e.m. teacher katherine owens is here. all of this was part of a big lening effort to get them more involved in the community. bout educationre but education is about social an donsible and what we to make a positive difference. these kids have donere a job. >> reporter: they have and mark can talk about how the books ke a difference. you're with the wider circle, your love, your charity close to your heart. where do these books go? >> they go to kids in low incomd communitiesoing to schools that don't havece enough reso throughout this region. i can't thank you enough. you guys are heroes today. >> reporter: you guys are heroes! that's the latest from the bethesda. give him the books, yes, he's h
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taking them w him. back in to you. >> thanks, molette. >> that's awesome. next at 4:00 we continue to follow the breaking news out of new zealand. >> dozens are dead after a coordinated mass shootingt two mosques. the violence raising concerns abou the attacker's ability to broadcast their crime live in social media. >> plus plans for a new [music playing]
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right now the world is terror and mourning a attack that is painful to contemplate. >> people at prayer gunned down in their house ofwo hip. this time it happened in two mosquesle where at one heavily armed white supremacist shot and killed at least 49 people. ewis time it happened in n zealand.un til now, considered one of the world's safest countries when ranked by factors that include murder and violent extremism. >> this time the gunman chose to stream his killing spree on facebook. you won't see it here. blayne alexander is trackingon reacere in washington for us. >> reporter: so many people around the countryere in the u.s. giving an outpouring of love and support to new zealand. and we're getting a lot of strong reaction from here at home, a place unfortunately
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that's all too familiar with the reality of mass shootings. pain in new zealand felt across the u.s. present trump expressing his sympathy tweeting 49 innocent people have so senseless died. the u.s. stands by new zealand for anything we can do. in the nation's capitol a across the country mosques stepping up security. police in new york standing watch during early morning prers. from the council on american islami >> we tell our community, do not be afraid. and do not abandon your mosques. not today, not ever.ou they want yo be afraid. you should not be afraid. >> reporter: in christchurch, new zealand dozens killed during an attack on two mosques, streamed live on facebook and later taken down. this freeze shame showing the
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presumed killer driving to one of the locations. online a manifesto laying out a ntwhite supremacist viewp and at one point referring to to presiden atrump. were o you a supporter of druf donald trump. as a symbol of purpose bulletproof vest asr policy mand leader, dear god no. >> and the weaving across national boundaries ung social dia is something that for governments and the tech companies involved is a huge crisis. >> reporter: now a nationwidely consid considered one of the safest in the world dealing with tragedy. and throughout the day,hat video has been shared across various platform youtube said they're worng to remove any violent footage. >> thank you, blayne. blayne alexander. >> we'll follow developments in
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new zealan our nbc washington app. how the local muslim community is working to change minds and arts here at home. an arrest andto a that angered some animal lovers, police have arrested this man, william hunter hardesty of accused maryland who's of feeding and then tackling a pellan in key west. he was arrested this morning in ocean city. he is charged with animaly cruend will be extradited back to florida. >> a lot of people who are unhappy with him. th's forsure. >> it might be a raucous meeting arlington.n the board scheduled to vote on incentives for amazon to locate at national landing. they're considering about $23 million that would come from hote revenue over 15 years. they say that's a bargain compared to the 300 million
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amazon is expected to add to the tax base. we'll b there so make sure to watch nbc 4 news at 4:00 and 6:00. a troubling new report about mental health in america. more teens and young adults are struggling with depressi, anxiety and thougts of suicide and experts think social media is to blame. data from the national survey on drug use and health which dates back to the 1970s and they foundse 52% increan teens dealing with depression over the pt decade. yet there was no significant tncrease among older adults. researchers did study the reason behind the train but say technology has changed the way people interact with smart phones and social media replacing face-to-face interaction. if you or someone you know is struggling with menta health
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issues, there is help out there. head to oursi w and click changing minds for a list of local reso wces. nl soon have the only female host of a network late night televisionshow. new host lilli sg broke the news last night. late with lilly singh will take over the 1:30 slot. she rose to fame on youtube and said she's excited to have a new audience. >> i'm excited. i get to create a s scratch, i get to make it inclusive and make comedy segments and something i believe in. she plans pretaped comedy etches and other signature elements. we wish her luck. >> i o not much a youtuber. have you seen hr before? >>e not. i was told today she made millions doing it. >> really?
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>> yeah. not surprising for that verld. >> we to dvr her for yourselves. >> i'll check her out this d. week we know we have gardening t enthusiasts tatch news4. >> we know you're probably itching to get out there and work on your yard, but as amelia draper explains, i can hear the wind already, not so fast. i we have colder air moving in for the weekend s talked to our experts about the dos and don'ts what you should be doing in your lawn and garden this time o yearf
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>> we have a look at your first 4 traffic. the roads this weekend, couple things happening. in arngton, westbound 66 at closures every 15 minutes between 6:30 in the morning and 9:00 in the morning as they do repairs there. montgomery county, wisconsin avenue and old georgetown road has lanes blocked. detour on southbound and a single lane closure there 7:00 p.m. saturday tom. 7:00 sunday. mostly overnight but still a little bit slow. 270 between middlebrook road and montgomery village avenue closures over night for the next two mohs. and prince george's county, crane highway between frank tip pet roa andrumps hill road,
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single lane closure hanging around through theg of 2019. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning. a war day in march can inspire a madness, a greenma ess. it hits those of you who love to garden. >> it can cause you to burst out the door after the cold and snow we've been dealing with and start work way too soon. amelia draper is here witthe dos and don'ts of earlygpre rso too early. look what's happening outside. that's a good look on you. >> the winds out here rightan n tomorrow are the reason you don't want to put weed killer gr in y lawn this weekend, it's going to be too cold or windy to have any.impa but you can start the cleanup process, start pruning, pulling out dead vegetation. it's going to be a great weekenn if you to do edging or laying down mulch. i know folks here were talking
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about mulching their garden this weekend. that's going to be something can youo for sure. but you want to hold off on the weed preventers and killers for one reason or another, the weather not cooperating out there this ekend. you can put trees and shrubs in your garden right now. but you want to hold off on the tender vegetation. planting anything like that cause you are still going to have to protect it. we are likely not done with frost and freezes. sunday morning in theuburbs north and west of washington we'll have temperatures right around or even bel freezing. so get out and mulch this weekend, pull out the dea plants, edge, do things like ff t, but you want to hold on planting any summer-like flowers and hold off on the weed killers and weed preventers this weekend. doug and i will be talki more about the cold front moving through, causing these windy conditions, mild temperatures and theik feels temperatures
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over the weekend going to be impressivepe as to the tture difference. i'll have more on that with doug around4:45. we're sorry about all that time you put in working on your hair. >> i was fixated on the couple of people playing hky behin you, leaving work at 4:40 on a friday. >> they're quicklyki w down the stairs. i'm jealous. we haveewnother hours. >> amelia and doug will be back after the break. they'll be timing out the rain moving in forour friday evening and ur commute and at's in store for the rest of the weekend. we'll explain the controversy for aew business ♪
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scott macfarlane back with breaking news, president trump
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making his first veto just a few moments ago after senators went against his national emergency on the southern border. here's what he had to say about it just a few moments ago. >> congress' vote to deny the crisis on the southern border is a vote again reality. it's against reality.it s a tremendous national emergency, it's a tous crisis. >> of those dozen senate republicansho rebuked the declaration yesterdayn a 59-41 vote many said they did so since it sets a bad precedence. the veto sends it back to the house. le get you caught up on e developing situation out of new zealand after coordinated m. the death toll stands a 49 but area hospitals are treating nearly 50 people for their
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police have one man in custody and he's been charged with murder. officials say he was not on any terror watch and police say it appears he had this carefully planned out. he even streamed it live on facebook. we'll show you a freeze frame from that stream. this is coming from inside a car headed to one of the mosques. police say the accused killer left a 74-page anti-immigrant manifesto behind. while there's nec d threat our area or the united states here at home pole are stepping their presenc at mosques.po ce chief peter newsham wants them to know they are in a safe we are staying on top of these developmen in new zealand. we have much more information for you on the nbc washington app right now. there is concern this afternoon about a proposal to open a poultry market and slaughterhouse in alexandria.
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the business would house hundreds of chickens for stomers to buy a have processed in aan specia. julie carey reports opponents are lining up to speak at a public hearing tomorrow in hopes of stopping that plan. >> reporter: when sandy opened this dog tyining facil in an industrial area, she joined two other petes business, auto shops, a recycling center, a brand new restaurant ready to open, but she ner imaged a chicken butchery, a slaughterhouse opening down the street. >> this use is inconsistent with the changes going on along colvin street, roth street and this general area of the west end, whi is an area the city is trying to concentrate on to upgrade. >> reporter: this is the building thewould be using. tey specialize in a a manner of
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slaughtert follows slaumic law. the own spoke to us, saying there are thousands of customers in virnia who have to travel to his story in philadelphia if they want to select a live chick. >> i have 14 locations natiowide and i have problems with my neighbors. my business, to look at it from outside, you wl not tell there's a live chicken. >> reporter: residents just now learning of thepo pl, which certified very little public attention. >> peoplere shocked the city would consider a use like this. >> but the auto shop owner says he has no worries. >> i'm a business owng think of people doing business. the people openg the business they already thought of what they're dealing with.
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>> reporter: the planning commission has approved the special pmit now it's up to the council to weigh in. several hundred live chickens would be housed inside the facility at a time. we are working for your health with a f warni parents, playing certain sports can be bad for your child's brain. researchers at the centers f disease control and prevention studied medical records from 2010 to 2016 and found 2 million kids went the er for sports related head injury, roughly 45% stem from contact sports like football, basketball, and soccer. the highest rate of er visits were boys between 10 and 17 years of age. here's doug to talk about e friday we've had. maybe a few rain showers moving into the picture but all in all it'sn a nice week. >> we were at 64 degrees i believe on wednesday, 74 degrees yesterday. 75 yesterday. and now we've reached 77.
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probably a little t warmern that in some areas. what an afternoon it wascross our region. a great afternoon and evening setting up. notice on storm team 4 radar, we are trackinge couhowers right now. i'll get to that in a second. i want to show you what's happening outside at the citol wheel. notice on the potomac we havett bit of wave action from the winds gusting over 20, 30 miles per hour. 76 right now at the airport, dropping to 72 degrees at 7:00. still on the breezy sidey 11:00 down to 60. the wind switches to the north to northwest and that makes things cooler tomorrow. 76 manassas, 77 in leesburg. a everybody on the mild side and jusut everybody dry. however, we are watching this line right here. it is a little bit of a line. we saw heavier showers around damascus earlier now along the same line we're watching more showers coming around the
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damascus area towards clarksburg. widen out, see what'shappening. you have the front here, ahead of it heavierighowers and here we have the line to go. this whole thing has to progress through the area. we're not done with the showers and thunderstor yet. mostf us from west of i-95 should stay dry. ,e see more big changes, thou talking about the weekend. it's time to get out the jackets. not puffy coats but the jackets. >>'s absolutely. oing to be colder this weekend. this time tomorrow it's going to feel 40 degrees colder. still nice for your evening. temperatures this evening falling io the 60s but 45 degrees greets us tomorrow morning, cloudiness as well. partly sunny skies if for your saturday, a high of 56, which is exactly our average high this time of yed. sunday a c start, 36 in washington, but beautiful sunshine throughout the da the winds on sunday are not an
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issue and a high temperature of degrees. look at the feels like temperatures at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. wind chillsn the 30 during the morning hours, in the mid 30s to low 40s atnc ime. at best it's feeling about 45 degrees tomorrow night. so if you're heading out, you want the as we look to sunday morning, check this out. this is 8:00 a.m. we have wind chill temperatures in the 20s on sunday morning. and only feeling like we're general in the 30s to 40s throughout the day on sunday. but lighter winds overall on sunday. that being said, the having a low impact on your weekend. great weekend to hit the slopes, the st.paty's day parade. get the car wash we're looking dry for days. the tree pollen coming in know we have a lot of allergy sufferers noticing tse polle counts. >> it's near record levels for the date. oi saw that my car coming in today. a lot of sniffle going on.
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56 breezy tomorrow. 54 for st. pad dy's day. on the cool side. 53 on monday, 50 on tuesday. tuesday is the coldest day, a chilly start, high temperatures may not get out of the 40s for many of you. as we move toward next week, most of the week cool and fraray, saturday on ther side of things. i think next weekend, as of right now, is looking absolutely fantastic. >> 68. >> i haven't used a term today, it's a fantastic friday. we haven't hadho any of for a while. >> we haven't, as a matter of fact. this may be the first one we had in months. >> absolutely in months for sure. i want to give ashoutout, leon and i were hosting the 45th annual public safety lwacheon i out there helping to give out some of those awards, leon was there, too. a lot of fun. a thousand people there for this event, leon. great for us to do it. >> recognizing and thanking some
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of these heroic first responders who appear in the stories we cover on the desks here. people going into burning homes and rescue people. shooting situations where police throw themselves in the middle of the situations and risk thr lives. it was great to thank them for what they do. and tom o'manager, retiring, this is the last time i'm going to say something nice about you. we thank them for their service. honoring gnat king cole on what would have en his birthd
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sunday marks a special birthday for music lovers. nat king cole would have turned 100 years old. >> the legendary singer known for classics like "unforgettable" he's been honored at the african-american museum for history and culture. >> this only on news4.l see >> reporter: nat king cole had a voice like no other. ♪ unforgettable reporter: while he died at the young age of 45 he left behind a tmendous body of work, including dozens of hit
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records as well as movies and tv shows. cole was the first african-american singer to have his first network show. >> he broke so many racial barriers. >> reporter: when he diedaughrs only 3 years old. they gotw to k their father through their records as well as the o memory family, friends and fans. they admit their father's can be at times overwhelming. >> was this person sal? this person our father? it's like the mystery of santa clau >> reporter: at the nationalf museum african-american history culture they were greeted by the director. lonnie was eager to show cole's daughters artifacts from his father's career. >> this man was one of the greatest jazz musicians. if you listen to his early work, the way he masters the piano. >> reporter: the cole sisters
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honor his legacy with a foundation. >>g empower children with music. >> reporter: as for why'll be thinking on their father's 100th birthday. >> it's likehe's still here. >> he still sounds amazing. >> reporter: a new retro speckive of his music is being released. and saturday they'll host a panel discussion on cole care as well as performance by gregory porter who was nominated for a grammy for his album on nat king cole songs. mark segras news4. 5:00, a g now at ssive police effort. leading to multiple arrests after the murder of a local teen. how it's tied to the ms-13 gang. plus border emergency veto. >> as president, the protection of the nation is my highest duty. >> trump flexing this
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presidential power for the first time. buttonight, democrats are already vowing to fight back. and terror in new zealand. >> a gunman opening fire inside two mosques, killing 49 people. >> i heard fighting and then everybody just run toward the ba doors just to save themselves. >> the changes happening in our area to keep worshippers safe. first at 5:00 we are getting a clearericture of what may have motivated that horrific terrorttackn those two mosques in new zealand. i'm wendy rieger. that suspected gunman reportedly strapping on a bod camera to fve stream the masker. this is ourst look at that suspected gunman. and there are new dails tonight about an apparent anti-immigrant manifesto posted online right before the attack. leon harris is tracking the latest developments for us.
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>> it is saturday morning in new zealand. the horro of those mosque attacks starting to sink in this in a country unaccustomed to gun violence. local authorities are calling this a well planned attack. the gunman

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