innocent lives new zealand has ever experienced. how the rest of the world isng mourith the small nation. developing overnight back here at home, a d.c. police offir rushed to the hospital in a squad car after getting hit by a car. we're going to havee on the scramble to track down the driver who took off. plus, a brutal murder case that spans across maryland and virginia. a teen's family says he could not escape a violent gang. this morning, fiveed all ms-13 gang members are charged with killing him. good morning to you. welcome in to "news 4 today" on is saturday, the 1th of march, 2019. i'm david culver. we are following, as you seee, theveral developing stories this morning. ftrst, we are in for a big cooldown today we had what was a nice taste of summer, lauryn ricketts, yesterday. g folk to shed some layers. today, put them back on. it'll feel more like normal. >> feelingore like normal today, david. average temperature for ts

time of year is in the mid 50s. that's where we're going to top out. the only caveat, the b story, is the winds. yesterday, 78 degrees. just about 20 minutes after 2:00 that was here in d.c. again, it was so nice yesterday afternoon and beautiful. now, it is beautul out there today, but you're going to walk outside and feel that wind. you're going to feel the muc cooler temperatures out there. it is a good looking day out there. it was a beai iful sunrise. ve that on my instagram page. i posted it from 15 minutes prr to sunrise and after. the sky was on fire. it was gorgeous. 46 is the temperature right now. northwest winds sustained 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'r mseeing one at 20es per hour right now. gusts up to 30 miles per hour throughout the day. it'll feel a lot cooler out there. listen, only 56 today, which is just normal for this time of year. then our temperatures drop as we head through the next couple of days. we do have a little bit of snow on that ten-day forecast. it happens before we get out of the weekend. oh, yeah. we'll show you that and time it

out for you comingup. a lot of folks not going to be happy about that lauryn, we'll check in with you then. 8:02 on this saturday morning. now to the latest on the tragedy out of new zealand. muslim communities all over the world are paying tribute to those killed in two different mosque shootings. an area has been set aside near the chchristchhospital. it is here doctors are treating dozens of folks injured n the shooting. 49 people lost their lives wn a gunman opened fire during friday prayers. in the hours since, crowds have left these flowersgend mes to express support with the people impacted by the tragedy. in one day after the attack, the man believed to be the main suspect in the shootings appeared in front of a judge for the first time. that's 28-year-old brenton harrison tarrant. he is flanked by guards and handcuffed, wearing a white prison suit. he did not speak. you'll notice in the images his faces blurred. this is not because we're trying to protect his identity, but it

required by new zealand law for suspects not yet iconvicted. charged with one count of murder, but the judge says more charges likely will follow. his next court appearance is scheduled for april 5th. we're learning about new details of the attack. the shooting suspect came through the front door wearing all black and a helmet with a camera. the shooter live streamed several minutes of the horrific attack on social media. after unleashing hisampage inside one mosque, investigators say the gunman drove three miles to launch another deadly attack at a second mosq later, police rammed his vehicle, where they found explosivesim they tooknto custody. the brutal and senseless attack is sparking emotions worldwide, inuding here a home. news 4's shomari stone smoke wi spoke with mournings in adams center, hevirginia, asy came together for a vigil. reporter: a prayer center at the adams center mosque in

sterling, virginia. payingo tribute the 49 killed at a mosque in new zealand. >> it hit home. we're at a mosque right now. >> these women are thankful. jews, christians, loudounounty eriff's deputies, and the fb >> this kind of response is what gives us comfort. >> reporter: offering support to their heartbroken community. there are people from all over behind us, from different places of worship here to support us.li we'reng very supported. >> repornr: the worshippers new zealand were attending friday prayers when the gunman re.ned >> my heart ached when i heardo this. very horrific tragedy. you know, it was just obviously concn about, you know, copycats. >> it angers me, but it also co ncerns me. >> reporter: loudoun county chair at large phyllis randall issays hate-filled rhetori responsible for the seemingly endless terror attacks. >> when you think abat

happened to charlottesville, think about mother emanual church the attack on the synagogue couple months ago, and now this, it just keeps happening over and over. ng this hate is just not g to make us move forward. it is just not helping anything. happening today, the da dal al-hijrah in falls church is holdin a vigil tonight at 6:30. it'll be followed by a sunset prayer. we're following the latest developments out of new zealand all morning long and throughout the day. you can get the updates in the nbc washington app. type in new zealand. let's get to other local headlines. a d.c. police officer is recovering after a driver hit him, then took off. this morning, one man is inst y. police are searching for other suspects in this case.

it all started when police were responding to an armed carjacking in northeast last night. officers tracked down the stolen vehicle. as they got closer to the car, the suspecttarted to drive away and ended up hitting an officer. that officers expected to be okay, but police say a short time later, the armed men ended up crashing into another car. oficers were able arrest one of the suspects. right now,ffers are looking for the second one. we're going to stay on top of this story. we'll post any updates in the nbcto washi app. now to an update on a gruesome gang-relatedurr of a falls church teenager. the mother of the 16-year-old victim says her son thought the ga wanted him dead. police have announced five arrests in the murder of jack n jackson. officers say the victim onceth thought o click of ms-13 as d in fairfax county friends, until he showed up to a meeting in prince george's county o varnim street. >> at the meeting, the attack

took place, where the victim was stabbed as many as 100 times. he wasurdered in the house on varnim. they eventually took his body, placed it io avehicle, drove back to virginia, at which time they dumped the body on the side of she road and him on fire. >> absolutely brutal there.ot jackson'sr tells us her son had been forced into the gangn elsalvador. he fell back into its clutches after the family fled to the u.s. he was a student at fallsgh chuh school. the principal of the school sent a letter home to parents andud ts saying in part, quote, jackson was an engaging young man and will be missed by the jaguar community. an update to a deadly shooting in prince george's county. police arrested a man they believe killed at woman an apartment complex in hyattsville tuesday night. -year-old alexander maskowitz of aberdeens facing murder charges. he shot rivera while trying to

rob her. sha local deejay who went by the stage name dj salamander. her famy started a gofundme page to help pay for the burial expenses a man is behind bars this morning after a major gun and drug bust. this all started last week when police noticed a driver lingering around kruss ruston. there were threear inside a officers approached. they searched it and found a pound of pot alongith a handgun, ammo, thc cartridges,. and ca detectives decided to search the man's homend found several weapons linked to luburglaries our area. they teaseized over 450 thc vap pens. d without bond this morning. arlington officials are scheduled to vote onrncentives amazon's headquarters in northern virginia.

dethe county board is conng to give the massive online retailer $23 million. it says the money would come from hotel revenue generated over the next 15 years. proponents say it is a bar gaga compar to the $320 million amazon is projected to add to the tax base over that period of time. others y'disagree, and t challenging the assessment. there's going to be a later this morning. we'll post details in the nbc washington app, as it leads to a vote. a man is facing animal cruelty charges after posting a video of himself attacking a pelic pelican. maryland state police arrested william hardesty, accused of tackling and attacking a pelican. his former employer started getting complaints, though they had nothing to.o with he was arrested yesterday morning. he was in ocean city. he'll bera extdited back to

florida. j a race through a n the orhood and gunfire middle of the day. now, the man whod kicke off this wild chaseg learns how le'll spend behind bars. more onhis story when we continue here on this saturday morning. "news 4 today" continues right "news 4 today" continues right after is.

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welcome back. it started with a failed drug deal, sng off a wild chain of events, including police m chasing a through a neighborhood. it wreaked havoc on a silver spring community. this morning, the man responsi beginning his long prison sentence. derrick ward got his hands on the body camera video and explains how long the man will be locked up for. >> hop out f the car for one minute. have anything on you? >> reporter: this body cam video shows what was almost the in

ation of a dangerous day in a quiet neighborhood in silver spring back in april 20. e almost because the man p were looking for wasn't through running. >> stop! stop! >> reporter: police evtually captured then 27-year-old lamont jones after this foot chase. they say he was involv in a drug deal gone bad. the shots were fired on another vehicle. suspect was about to carjack another cawhen he was arrested in the kingsbury community.s >> tdividual, who just had reckless consideration for all the people in that neighborhood. >> reporter: lamont jones was sentenced to 35 years in jail, charges of accessory after the fact and attempted first degree murder, attempted carjacking, and a weapons charge. adding to authorities' outrage is where and when it all happened. >> gunshots in the middle of the day, around 2:00/3:00 in the afternoon, on a weekday. >> reporter: police started ll getting 911 cas about the gunfire, and two other men turned up in a car, believed to be invol the initial drug deal. one man was wounded.

the car had bullet holes. witnesses all describe a gold on chamcolored escalade suv being involved. police srched the area and spotted the suv. jones had jumped out. police caught him after the foot chase. a lot had happened in half an hour. lice found a bag behind a port-a-john with 3 pounds of marijuana, loaded .45 automatic, and an empty clip. jones had a prior two cots of robbery in fairfax a couple olars before. he could be on pin 20 years. at montgomery county circuit court, derrick ward, news 4. live look at national harbor morning.saturday after a taste of summer yesterday, we're looking at cooler temperatures for this weekend. lauryn ricketts is also tracking some snow. yeah, we'll check in with her, right after this.

an alexandria teen has claimed a national science honor. we're talking a big win with ai huge $250,000.ws introduces us to the self-professed space nerd in the otlight. >> ftc williams high school in alexandria, virginia, anna mphrey. >> reporter:t's the biggest science competition in the country, and alexandria, virginia, native, anna humphreyo hait.

>> being a part of the science talent search has been a dream of me since the sixth grade. >> reporter: the science talent search comes with more than just bragging rights. as the first place winner, ann takes home $250,000. >> it's going to take a while ffor this all to sink in,or sure. >> reporter: this is anna and her father in the hallof tc williams high school, where she is a senior, and he happens to be a teacher. >> not only prd of all she's done, but also really proud of how the schos here, and the teachers she's had really supported her over the years. go >>al was to figure out howss maive the planet could be. >> reporter: how did she claim this national honor?it 's her work. all of this research on exoplanets, planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system. >> if you have a largeet, the possible places it could fit get smaller. i'm a space nerd, as simple as that. >> reporter: and her sool couldn't be more proud. >> we didn't go out and recruit

ana. we didn't ask her to come here.o she is o alexandrian who comes to our school. the fact she was able to d at, and we as a public high school are able to get that recognition through her is amazing. >> reporter: where does this space nerd go from here? college. ana wants to one day be an astrophysicist. >> my goal has been to do good science. >> reporter: whatever she chooses to do, her future looks ouof this world. news 4. >> she isimpressive. >> love that story. >> we have a group of girl scoutsn the studio. troop 5742 from arlington visiting us. >> yeah, girls. >> they have somebody to look up to there. you, too. >> i was like, thank you, david. so swee thank you. >> i look up to you, too. >> you do? >> yeah. >> you and adam both. >> i don't know about adam. >> i don't know either. >> i wouldn't throw him into the category. >> listen, so many people were

thanking me for the wther yesterday. >> it was beautiful. i loved it. >> 78 degrees. today, back to normal, low to mid 50s. >> snow? >> little snow possible. listen, for the girl scouts in here, nobody is cancelling school on monday. none of this is going to -- hear all these groans. everybody is going like this. no accumulation. a few snowfkes but nothing crazy. it is not going to be a big deal. sten, we say this, a little bit of snow, because it may be a shock, considering we were almost at 80es deg yesterday. few snowflakes sunday night to monday. not a big issue. temperatures yesterday, again, in the 70s. toy, we'll be in the 5s. we have the wind out there. i've already had a couple people ite me on twitter saying it is darn blustery, especiallyown by the tidal basin. again, of course, they're next to the water, but it is a littld on the cide down there. now, the winds will settle down late tonight, then we're talking about light winds tomorrow.

plty of sunshin around for your st. patrick's day. monday, we have some morning rain and snow. that'll be out by the middle part of the morning. then we're quiet aset we into your tuesday. plenty of sunshine on tuesday. we've got sutny skies there right now. not doing much to warm us up, but it is 30ying. and 40s across the board. you factor in the wind, it feels a little on the colder side out the. headed o to get coffee, walking the dog, blustery but plenty of sunshinth out e. st. patrick's day parade, we have a lot out there area dress warmly. the wind will get you, cut right through you, especially compared tost day. any outdoor chores, working on the garden, just know, no rain.g it is g to be windy today. lighter winds tomorrow. if you are outside for an otended period time, especially with the winds whipping around, we've got tree pollen pretty high over the last couple days. if you found yourself sneezing, maybe eyes watering a little bit, it is because of the tree pollen. pretty high right now. no rain to wash it out.av we that little chance of

light sprinkles and some snow late sunda into monday. that's about it. for the most part, we're drying. th're drying out e. if you're traveling, we have a disturbance coming through pennsylvania. good for some of the ski resorts in western p 56 is our daytime high this afternoon. feeling colder because of the ustery northwest wind. 54 for tomorrow. we'll have a full sunshine but much lighter winds. clouds roll in late sunday. look at this, yeah, that's a little bit of snow. that's monday morning, 4:30 in e morning. now, our temperatures in the 50s this weekend. we were in the 70s yesterday. this is not going to stick on the roadways. we're talking about a wet snow that will be here and then moving out throughout the middle part of the morning. your windshield may be wet going 'tto work monday morning. it w be a big deal. dry the remaremainder of mondayh temperatures in the 50s. 50s and plenty of sunshine throughout hhe week.

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a city is lighting up the otreets, but this has nhing to do with a party. >> they're trying to ward off zombies. >> ok. it's no actual zombies w s we'r talking about. officials are trying to help the so-called smartphone zombies. they're here, too. folks looking at their phones bere walking right into a street. >> definitely encountered that. i know everybody else has, as ll

this is in tel-aviv. new light strips have been built right into the ground. people that are looking down will spot them before accidentally walking right into traffic. >> it is a sad reality. >> i mean, it happens all the time. for folks who take h security pretty seriously, this would a challenge. no question. a moose fell into someone's basement in colorado. lands right on their bed. now, police say two ople were sleeping in that room when it happened. >> man. yeah, they weren't hurt, just ooshocked. the was fine. wildlife officers sedated her, then moved her out of the house and back into the wild. that's -- i mean, that can real injureyou. >> did you see the house? i mean, are you going to blame that on the moose, how destroyed everything was? >> i guess so. >> all right. >> that is insane. >> stumble welcome to colorado. i would have thought it'd be elk. >> elk or moose, the same deal.

animale same >> they're very different. >> as i was saying that, i was like, i shouldn't be saying this. they're both big animals. let's tal about the weather, something i'm more accustomed to. breezy out there. you can see the water moving with the wind. we'll talk about snow chances. oh, yeah. that's coming back. we're

a nation in shock.

new zealand reeling from the deadliest mass shooting in its history. today, the world mourns with the small nation. abduction thwarted. police say neighborhood children helped save another child from an alleged kidnapper in maryland. and new research has some troubling things to say about how tns areandling the massive influence of social media and what it does to their lives. >> annncer: "news 4 today" starts now. as we welcome you back in on this saturday mornin the 16th of march, 2019, good morning to you. i'm david culver.da yest if you stepped outside, you had a taste of summer. wath was in the air. today, lauryn ricketts, folks going back out, going to feel a little bit more, i guess, average this time after year, right? >> definitely. average temperature for this time of year is in theid 50s. we are staying in the low to mid 50s. yesterday, 78 degrees. i was walking around yesterday because yesterday was my day off. i was almost shot.

i wa it was hot, almost sweating. i was like, i know what's coming. today is what was coming. the winds have picked up. 40s,ratures in the 30s and and we have a little wind chill. we he beautiful con digtditionst there. gorgeous skies. absolutely wonderful. plty of sunshine o there today. temperatures in the 40s here in d.c. 30s outside the beltway. sustaine winds. northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour, gusts up to 30 miles per hour. we have wind chills feeling more like the 30s.er teures move to the 50s. we're moving fast with the march sun. moving right on up. again, about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. we'll talk about a little it ad itty-bitty snow chance coming up. >> thanks, lauryn. 8:31. breaking news out of las vegas ght now. a police officer and a suspect shot after a casinon robbery the strip overnight. according to the las vegasre

ew journal newspaper, there was an armed robbery at the bellagio late last night. the suspect ran out and tried to steal a r, according to police, that was parked outside hee building. police told paper the suspect shot the officer in the chest, and the officer fired back, hittinghe suspect. the officer fortunately was wearing a bulletproof vest and is expected to be okay. the suspect is in critical condition.ce po are still investigating this. at this hour, they're going through surveillance vareo to more about what led up to the incident. now to the latest in the tragedy out of new zealand. muslim communiti all over t world are paying tribute to those killed in two different mosque shooting an area has been set aside near the christchurch hospital. this is where docto are treating dozens of folks injured in that shooting. 49 people were killed when gunman opened fire during friday prayers. in the hours since, crowds have left those flowers you see there anesges to express support with the people affected by the tragedy. thn shooting suspect, brenton harrison tarrant, was in court earlier this morning in

new zealand. he faces one count of murder, but the judge says that will probably change. in the hours following the attack in new zealand, police agencies here in the u.s. stepped up their presence at air ya mosqo area mosques. worshippers pressing past fears to profess their faith. i spoke with folks in sterling yesterday about theck atta > >> reporter: muslims gathering for friday prayers, lifting their pain and suffering to a higher power. >> our hearts go to the families, brothers and sisters who lost their life in this tragedy. >> reporter: resonating with muslims around the world,in uding here, 8,000 miles away in sterling, virginia. >> we need to stand against the teachi of bigotry and hate. >> reporter: the attack sparking a determination in faith.

e must be hopeful, alway we must process and stop hate and bigotry, but we must continue our daily lives. >> reporter: is there fear or trepidation to step into a sque today? >> i don't think so. i think muslims are scared in general, but nothing that would stop us from coming and doing what our religion requires us to do. prayer is really important for us. >> reporter: loudoun county sheriff's deputies snding by to safeguard the prayer, as muslim leaders take on a deer effort to root out ignorance. they hosted a group from virginia who knew little about islam. >> they id, you know, i'd love to grab coffee with you. you're just like us. i said, yeah, we're humans >> we' all human beings. we have the same red blood flowing through our bodies. >> reporter: loudoun county supervisor encouraginge to slow down. ecognize that humanity others. >> when you see your neighbor, instead of going quickly by them, stop and say hello, and talk with one another. spread the message of peace.

>> to help promote the message of peace,he dal al-hijrah islamic center in virginia standing in solidarity with those in ne sievzealand. they have a vigil tonight at 6:30 followed by season yunset . we're following the developments out of new zealand on our washington app. type inla new z. at 8:35 on this saturday, happening today, a major vote on an incentive pkage for amazon's new headquarters. the arlington county board is online ring to give the tech giant about $23 million. newsri 4's d ward is live in arlington county with more on today's vote. hey, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. indeed, there is the arlington unty board meeting with its usual business. it is all abo amazon. they're going to vote to give them that money, but there are some conditions. it's all about the incentive

agreement. they're actually calling it an economic development agreemst. this s amazon has to do certain things before they can get that money. among those things creating 37,000 new jobs and occupy more than00 6, square feet of office veace. that is the next 16 years. now, this meeting today, or this centive that they will take up today, has people on both sides about whether or not it should passed. and i if, indeed,t happens, this will be a groundbreaking moment in terms of amazon locating to the pentagon city area. alreas should see benefits in terms of infrastructure improvements and the other thing. they're not talking small they're talking jobs with an average minimum wag o $150,000. that is an amambitiou folks have begun signing up to that, but they won't get to that item on the agenda until 1:00

this afternoon. gn-ups started at 8:00. we expect it to be a spirited debate. maybe othe other end, we'll have a better idea about amazon in northern virginia. we are live at thegt arl county board meeting. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> could be a long day there with lots of opinions. we appreciate it. take you to prince george's county, where all new this morning, police hav a arreste man there who they say tried to kidnap a little girl. officers were called to the neighborhood off cherry lane in laurel. they saby bernardwalexander ed up to a 7-year-old girl playing inar her front after allegedly showing images on his phone, he grabbed her by the ha tried to lead her away. other children nearby saw this and started to scream,hich alerted the girl's father. alexander started to run but was later held down by the father until police arrived. he faces attempted kidnapping charges. now to a troubling, new report. this is about mental health ine a. more teens and young adults are

struggling with depression, anxiety,fnd thoughts suicide. experts think electronics and social media in particular are partly to blame. researchers at diego state university looked at data from the national survey on drug use and health which dates back t the 1970s. they found 52% increase in teens dealing with depression over the past decade, yet there was no significant increase amongld adults. researchers point out they didn't study the reason behind the trend but say technology has changed the way young people interact. with smartphones and social media essentially replacing -t faceface communication, which is crucial for mental health andemotional development. we want to remind you, if you or someone you know istruggling th mental health issues, there is help out there. you can head over to our website and click on changing minds for a list of resources. l8:38. st ahead on "news 4 today," a mother pleading guilty to poisoning her own son in the ho cital. this wght on camera. she says that she thoughthe

could help doctors but only made matters worse for her child. lie carey

this is ast disturbing y. a young mom is accused of harming her disabled son and triggering a medical emergency. only on news 4, we're seeing the hidden camera video that played in court this past week. it ultimately led to the woman's arrest. as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports, even pleading guilty, the young mom denied she intended to hcht her d. >> reporter: this is hidden camera video of the moment that got this mom arrested for child abuse. elizabeth malone injecting her disabled son with her own blood as he lay gravely ill. these are the syringes used. she p blood in the 5-year-old's central iv line,

triggering a medical emergency. doctors and nurses soon come rushing in. later in this police interview, malone starts by denying she did anything to her boy. llnally admitting it tearfully when detectives er they have video. >> i don't want to intentionally cause him harm. i know i did. i know i did. punish me. please let me see my children again. >> reporter: in court today, tho motherthree pleading guilty to one count of child abuse. defense attorney telling the judge, quote, she denies any intention to harm her child.sh loves her child like any mother. wae didn't like how her so being cared for, so she injected him to get a better response. prosecutors say the injections left the child with infections and high fevers. he spent much of february and march of 2018 in pediatric icu. doctors baffled by spontaneous bleeding from his nose and mouth. then during a subsequent april hospitalization, a nurse spotte a syridden in malone's shirtsleeve and a bloody napkin

in the bathroom. the decision was made to install camera. the recording giving police the evidence they needed to arrest malone. in her purse, they found syringes and a needle. t prosecutord the judge since malone has been in jail, her little boy's condition has improved so muchve he's been able to attend school. malone will be sentenced in fmid-july. airfax county, i'm julie carey, news 4. as we look live at union station, you can see in the foreground there it is a breezy saturday. cooler out there, as well. lauryn ricketts looking ahead with your tefoday cast. she's tracking some snow. after a taste ofsu er, we're now talking snow. now talking snow. we'll cck in with hheer

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tomorrow marks a special birtay for musiclovers. nat king cole would have turned 100 years old. best known for classics like "unforgettable." he is being honored at the national museum for african-erican culture and history. cole's twin daughters mark thei op of the exhibit. >> reporter: nat king cole had a voice like no other. while he died at the young age of 45, he left behind a tremendous body of work, including dozens of hit records, as well as movies d tv shows. cole was the first african-amican singer to have

his own network show.ou >> aer: the nat king cole show. >> he broke so many racial barriers. ep >>ter: when he died in 1965, his twin daughters were only years old. they got to know their father through his records, as well as the memories of family, friends, and fans. they admit their father's legacy ngn be, at times, overwhel >> was this person real? e s this person my father? it is almost like stery of santa claus. >> reporter: at the national museum of african-astrican ory and culture, they were met by the director. >> honor your father. >> reporter: he was eager to show them artifacts from their father's career. >> he was one of the greatest jazz musicians. the way he masterfully uses the piano. ♪ >> reporter: the cole sisters continue their father's legacy with the generation hope foundation. >> empowering children with the

wonderful, creative expression f usic. >> reporter: what they'll be thinking on their father's 100 birthday. >> it seems like he is still here. >> still sounds amaz he never left. >> reporter: a new retrospective of cole's music is being released to coincide with his birthday. saturday, the museum will host a panel discussion on cole's career, as well as performance by gregory porter, who is nominated for a grammy for his album of n king cole songs. for more, go to nbc washington.com and search "nat king cole." markegraves, news 4. >> it'll be a great exhibit. mark mentioned he was 45 years old when he passed away. to have that legacy. i didn't realize that. >> i did notno that. >> neither did i. >> interesting. >> great story. for folks headed out today, yesterday we had that warmth. it felt sod >> it was nice. >> i know. >> i had to take off yesterday. it was so nice. >> did you go outside? >> i tdid. i wor a walk, and i was

just thinking, man, it's hot out here. it wrm. i mean, 78 degrees. >> wow. >> right before 2:30. >> you see the flags today. the breeze is going to be aig part of the story, isn't snit? >> winds will be the main story. we have sunshine and coole nditions compared to yesterday, but about average for this time of the winds will be the main story today. already got a lot of people on twitter and facebook telling me it is darn blustery out here. it is. i mean, of course, with cooler conditions, you can see the flag flying behind veme, we inds that are gusting up to about 30 miles an hour. sometimes over at. winds picked up last night. you may have heard them. that's only going to make the pollen a little worse out there. around pollen flyin out there in that wind. if you find yourself reaching for thelaritin, aller gy medication, it is not just yo a. high level.

mold, trees, weeds, all low this time of year, but the tree pollen is high. it is wind chill of 30s and 40s throughout the d today. the temperatures, as they rise into the 50s this afternoon, this is pretty much how it is going to feel later on this afternoon with those blusteryes nort winds. plan for your saturday, again, temperatures topping out in oe low mid 50s for daytime highs. erage temperature this time of year, 56. we're just below that but staying around seasoeble over ext couple of days. brisk and blustery conditions. sun going down just about 7:15. the skies clear overnight. winds do not come until later o ni10:00. they'll settle downgoi going in thatmp atures just below the average of 56 degrees as we go over the next couple of days intoarly nextweek. the winds will be the strongest

today, but they'll dieto down ght and lighter over the next couple of days. if you're gardening this weekend, we have the winds out there but we also have dry cond pions. time tnt the tender vegetation. last chance f a freeze usually early april to early may out toward thehendoah valley. the last freeze usually occurs in the lighter green early to mid april. that includes the d.c. area and going down through southern maryland. again, possibly time to plant the tender vegetation out there today or thisweekend. no rain out there. widening this view out a little bit, we're quiet across the unit statesor once. we are quiet across the united states. looking good if you are traveling out there on this weekend. as fec as your ft for your st. patrick's day, we're going to wake up to a chilly starus be the skies are clear tonight, because the winds go light, we're starting in the 20 and 30s tomorrow morning. plenty of sunshine. we'll have an increase inud c cover throughout the day.

lighter winds tomorrow. late o tomorrow night, more clouds build in. after 10:00/11:00 tomorrow night, could have rain or snow. 6:30 tomorrow night, futurecastt patrick's day parade, good for that. sunday night to early monday morning, yeah, youth see , it's snow. wet snow coming our way. it is not going to be a big deal, but i want to mention it because it'll be a shock to some people when oyou see flakes flying around. we were almost 80yesterday. again, a little wet snow mixed in with rain happening sundayo overnight imonday. car may be a little wet monday morning. you'll have wet road conditions, but i don't believe they'll be slick conditions. temperatures in the 50shis weekend. we were in the 70s yesterday. we're too warmort to accumulate on any paved surfaces. not expecting issues monday morning. no cancellations, no school delays.

we'll have wet conditions overnight sunday into monday. we dry out quickly on monday. monday morning it is all out of here. we have sunshine monday withur temper in the low to mid 50s. low to mid 50s on monday. we slip a little on tuesday, right around 50 degrees. look at this, we're quiet going into next weekend. temperatures gradually into the low to mid 60s by late this week. by sunday, we're back to near 70. not quite over the 70 degree mark, but 68 degrees. not a lot of rain in the forecast. we he more news, a lot

8:56 is your time now. four things to know on this saturday. the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings appeared in court only one day after the shootings. brenton harrison tarrant is charged with one count of murder. the judrg says more c will likely follow. more developments on this story throughout the day in the nbc washington app. tonight, heret home a show of solidarity for those victims of the shootings in new zealand. the dar al-hijrah islamic center in falls church going to hold a service at 6:30. this is a vigil they'll be holding. more updates throughout the day will be posted, as well. a d.c. police officer ispe exed to be okay after a driver hit him and took off. he was struck while respoing to an armed carjacking in northeast last night. one man is in custody.g police are try to find the

other suspect. if you'r traveling through arlington this morning, a heads up, a local race about to start in four minutes cou impact your drive. mileris the four courts 4 race. these are the streets affected here. it is going to lead to several closures for the next couple of hours or so, up until:0 this morning. even though we had that taste of summer yesterday, probably ani , cooler start for the runners today. >> absolutely. a blustery start for those runners. nice all weekend, just blustery today. >> we'll be back here tomorro along wwit.

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