ro> protesters cleared out representatives fm amazon in arlington ahead of the county board's vote over millions in tax incentives for the tech giant's new headquarters. the death toll climbs after two man opens fire at mosques in new zealand. this morning the country is looking for ways to make sure something like this never happens again. >> a slip of the tongue at dinner may have given away joe biden's plans when it comes to the 2020 presidential race. sounds like a joyeden thing to do. good morning to you. happy st. patrick's y. >> righ >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> and i'm david culver in. >> it's the 17th of march, 2019.

green course, have our on. >> feeling the spirit. >> beautiful start to this sunday morning. a little chilly out there, but you were asking theri question t before we came on air. >> is it going to ni ? is it going to warm or another nice day like yesterday? lauryn ricketts, i'm willing t ake the sunshine if it's warmer. >> we had sunshine yesterday, but we had wind yesterday so that's the bigth thing. winds were the problem yesterday throughout the day. we had some breezy coitions, but temperatures yesterday, not bad. we made it into the 50s. it was aeautiful day yesterday, and i think you're even going to like today better because we're not going to have the winl. beautitart to your morning once that sun comes up. listen, equal parts ofli dt today and equal parts of nighttime. the sun comes up at 7:17 and goes down at 7:17 ler on today. as far as your morning planner, starting off in the 30s rightw. a little chilly when you step outside early on this sunday

morning. 37 is our temperature. once that sun comes up, we're looking at sunny conditions and the temperature will come up into the 50s. nothing happening on the radar howeve can see we still ytoday. have some snow later on tonight. oh, yeah,e're got some snow and rain showers, so we'll be talking about those. that's a coming up. we'll tyke it out for you in just about ten minutes. >> alluright. , thank you. following breaking news out of prince george's county. one man was shot to death and another is in the hospital. police say this happene along alcona street in the residential area. rightt' now still unclear what led up to this deadly shooting, but police are still on scene collecting evidence. no word yet if a possible suspect has been arrested. and a meetingo vote on ngllions of dollars with the incentives to b amazon's hq2 project to arlington pretty much spiraled out of control. >> this got wild. the board v eventuallyed to approve the $20 million package

but not bore several interruptions from protesters. >> are we going to be able to continue the meeting? >> it's not a meeting. >> i've asked you a question. >> this is a sham. >> that's just a taste of it there. protesters againsthe county's plan interrupted proceedings several times saturday afternoon. the meetingad to be adjourned at one point because of those disruptions. but in the hours leading up to the meeting we were able to get perspective from both sides of this debate. >> commukty members who i w with, for example, in this past year alone, they have already eseen a $200 incre in their monthly rent, and so what we can expect to see is eve further exacerbation of the big housing problems that weavin rarlgton county. >> crystal city is working really hard to revitalize itself if amazon comes in it gives more economic area to an area that badly needs it. >> amazon is promising a multi-billion dollar investment that will bring tens thousands of new high-paying job saying it will generate b more

than $lion in tax revenue over two decade. for more information on amazon's arrival our digital team hooking you up in the nbc washington p. >> now to the latest on the terror attack in new zealand. overnight we learned that another victim of the attack has died bringing the death toll to seveore are still fighting 50. for their lives. >> meagan, this morning the nationg there is hav its own gun control debate. the prime minister proposing a ban on semiautomatic rifles as we learn more about the whitet supremac that police say launched this attack. >> nbcarah james is in christchurch. >> reporter: here i, christchurew zealand, a grieving nation got more bad news. >> it is with sadness that i advise that the number of people who have died in this awful event has now risen to r:. >> reporteoo other people were injured and two remain in

critical condion. e gunman took aim at men, women and children as they were involved in their friday >> the 28-year-old appeared in court yesterday charged with murder. you'll also know that two other people we apprehet a cordon during the operation. at this point we do not believe that they were involved in these attacks. ga>> reporter: the investion into the mass shooting continues, and it is a wide-rging one. new zealand's prime minister says the alleged gunman wasn't on anych agency w list either in new zealand or australia. she wants to know why s authoritie they are exercising vigilance to make sure that everyone in this island nation remas safe. in christchurch, new zealand, sarah james, nbc ws. >> and back here at home, an outpouring of support for the victims and our lal muslim community. last night religious leaders gathering for an emotional vigil.ne

mo gathered at the islamic center in falls church. dozens of folks from different faiths came together. organizers say the size of the group sends an important message. >> it tells me, it tells our community here, it tells american muslim community and it tells all people of faith that we stand together this ignorance and we stand together this hate, and this hate will never divide us. >> as we know, sadly, houses of worship have become regular targets of attack including here in our country. we invite you to stay with news 4 the continuing coverage of the new zealand mosque shootings. in the nbc wasngton app we're sharing more about the 50 lives lost. just search mosq. nowo a viral video making rounds on social media, it shows a teenager cracking a raw egg n over australian lawmakers

head. take a look at what happened. >> when people are gettinged attack in their own -- >> yeah. >> that man punchg the tee in the head is australian senator fr annan. right after the egg cracking. people wrestled the teen to the grous. happened a day after the senator made some controversial comments following the new zealand mosque terror attack. he tweeted that there's a link between muslim immigrationnd violence. strangers are comin to the teen's defense and they are raisl g money to pay any lega fees. >> a a violent crash sends two d.c. police officers and another person to the hpital. the officers were responding to an emergency call when their cruiser and another car collided. the back of the cer ended up wrapping around a light pole at these interion of 12th and monrn streets brookland yesterday afternoon. no one is facing life-threatening injuries, and it's still uncles who at

fault. >> we're learning new details in a hit-and-runnvolving a d.c. police officer. this all started when police were responding to an armed carjacking in northeast on friday night. officers tracked down the stolen vehicle, but as they got closer to the car the suspect started to drive awa and ended up hitting an officer. a short time later the men crashed io another car. officers were able to arrest one of the suspects, 27-year-old carlton johnsson,ut the second man is still on the loose this morning. the police officer involved is expected to be okay. >> will he or won't he? that's the questio still irling around former vice president joe biden and another potential presidential run. alip of the tongue may have asvealed the answer. in dover night he was the keynote speaker at delaware democratic party's largest annual fund-raising dinner andr criticizeddent trump's administration and says the country need to come together, but a slight mishap in the speech had the crowd on their feet.

>> i'm told i'll get criticized by the new progressive left and that i'll be criticized by -- >> i didn't mean it. >> someid have hat biden has told them he'll certainly make a run. >>rn later this g chuck todd will have exclusive interviews with o somethe candidates catching up with amy amy klobuc and beto o'rouke. >> and before you head out for the st. patrick's day parade want to make sure you get home safely. that's why lyft is teaming up with the washington regional alcohol program againo offer promo codes. it will cover the first $15 of a

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find a world of inspiration. find something you love today. unique selection. unbelievable prices. homegoods. go finding. . welcome back. it's 6:13 on this st. patrick's day. looks like it will be a beautiful day ahead. it's a beautiful shot behind us. >> lauryn ricketts, i was gng call you out for not wearing green but you can't. >> i can't.

>> smart you didn't. >> i can't because then the maps will sho right through my dress and that's why i had to wear blue, close to green. hey, guys, we've got a beautiful day for st. patrick's day. a lot of peopl will be wearing green out and about and what a perfect day to celebrate all the st. patrick's day festivities going on around the area. now, the sun is coming up in just about an hour. 've got some clouds out there, but it's not too bad out there this morning. will we b windy today, no, compared to yesterday. however, we do he some rain and snow during the overnight, and are we going to have any issues tomorrow morning? no. most of the road will just be wet. north and west of d.c. you could have snowy accumulation on the grassy surfes, but we're just too warm. more snow or rain? gno, track spotty showers into thursday and maybe toward next weekend but that's aboutty it. pruiet as we head through this week. current temperatures out there right now in e 30s. 20s in warrenton and manassas

and prince william county. 52 will be our daytime high today. not as windy, but we'll have hefull sunshine out, so for any festivities, headed to brunch, it's going to be dry, nny and cool. might want to eat inside because it's going to be a little chilly. any parades we have going on today, anyaces going on today, sunglasses, jacket is probably all you're going to need andtt nie festivities, i know it's a sunday, but if you're out and about, showers dur overnight hours. no showers out there today though. we're going to be dry, but clouds will roll in later on this evening likely after about dinnertime and then clouds will continue throughout the overnight. after about 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. we'll start to see some snow work its way into the area. it may loo like a little bit of a winter picture tomorrow morning when you wake up, and this model will hold on to some of that rain throughout the day so we canave some showers throughout the day and crying out tomorrow afternoon, and we'll have some sun later on tomorrow afternoon, but look at this, plenty of sunshine all

throh the week. temperatures gradually go up. we're back into the 60s weekend. >> loving the warm trend. lauryn.u, >> "reporter's notebook" is coming up next. good mornevg, ybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome. at the table with us this morning david culver w covers northern virginia for us and mark segraves who covershi ever, especially the district, which is where i do want to start this morning in district. all last week we were reporting on thin stance of an employee in the department of human services being charged with and pleading guilty to accepting bribes, sex in exchange for welfare benefits. hat's exactly right. he's second employee case manager for the department of human services in the past few months to plead guilty for the exact same crime, except in this case as you pointed out it was a much larger scope, $1.5 million in fraudulent benefits. not only was he taking cash, kickbacks, he took sexual favors

from at least 10 to 20 women. they still don't know the entire scope of this. this guy had worked there for 13 ars without a problem. no criminal background, no criminal history, but in late 2008 over the course of four months hehe issued payments. he had the authorization to issue payments without aone else's supervision up to -- up to $2,000. >> okay. >> so he made1, every one5. he took $1,000 of it and the it.pient got the rest of he ultimately got caught. he did this over a four-mon period of time and it was $is.5 million worth of benefits that aid out. >> how does this happen and nobody noticed it to the point where it got to more than $1 llion worth of benefits, but i guess small amounts in that short period ome >> the other gentleman who with a charged in the -- completely unrelated except that they exploited the same

$2,000 threshold. if they kept it under $2,000 theyld basically cou dole them out. i will say and i think department of human services wants us to o poi it was their internal safeguards that caught these two guys. saw that there were irregularities in the authorizations that they were signing off on, notified the inspector general and that's what started this investigation so now you havewo people who have been charged. they say that's it as far as d.c. government employees, but you have hundreds, nearly 300 women who took advantage of this system. pey are now being looked at because these areple who were entitled to benefits. they just got these addional benefits they weren't entitled to, but this could jeopardize their abilio collect further benefits that they otherwise would be entitled to. >> do we know if they were aware that the sha work was going on with dimitrius mcmillan or were th thinking this month i got more? >> no, no, no, they were kickbacks. he would go outnd solicit and say i've got a deal for you.

let me do this in your name. you'll get the check. give me $1,000 and you keep the rest so the benefits are cash benefits, you take thoseth thes are food stamps. those are on a card. he wouldn't actlly get a kickback out of those. this all happened within four months. >> this may not be done. >> he'lle sentenced in juan and we'll see more. >> he's facing 15 years in prison for this. >> let talk about the college admissions scandalhat's obviously been dominating headlines in the past week against this -- this guy who is running a company to help people to coachs stude and to help them get into their colleges and at the same time taking money,l ns from parents, to figure out ways to get them on to sports teams or to say they are on sports teams. >> right. >> being brought in the schools this way. this is -- this has even affected our area. >> it has. obviously we've got the local tie with georgetown, but just talking to parents in gener, ere's something that resonates with this story, and in the arew

thatre in. northern virginia, maryland and d.c. uncertainiv competyear when it comes to higher education. you've got parents spending thousands of dollars, not hundred of thousands for allegey forging their way in, thousands for college prep courses and trying to get thighs kids best positioned to get intm thetitive schools in our area, particularly in virginia where you've got several state schools. >> the tennis coacht georgetown has been included in this indictment, it's -- i thi it's shocking for a lot of folks because they say privilege here and they see folks who are given this opportunity and really kind of through illegal means, according to federal officials, to get a spot that could otheise hav gone to somebody who earned it. >> mark, walk us thrgh the instance on georgetown, talking about $2li m. >> $2.7 million. gordon ernst. you know, this guy had a lagendry career.

his fatherd in the nhl. he played hockey in tennison college. he was drafted i no the but decided to pursue tennis. in high school he was undefeat his entire high school career. oais guy was a tennis prodigy anded at great universities up to georgetown university, taught the obama twins how to play tennis, was traveling with the "a" giroud, chevy chase country club, and then for some reason fel into this scandal and scam that as david said w nationwide. what he did is took $2.7 million, and eh coach at a university is allotted slots for admission. he would sign off anday -- in the case of georgetown it was 12 studbets were going t on his tennis team and save him a slot and they would take advantage of the system with the s.a.t. w scores at not and get into georgetown that way. you keknow, it r georgetown. he is now the coach back in his

hometown at rhode island university. i called there. i was the one who lethe athletic director know that their coach was being indicted. he had gotten a job there. hadn't told them that this was on the horizon, so now he's been suspended from that job as well, and, you know, when you talk to students on campus, students and parents, youknow, they are just outraged. the other component is how some of the parents took advantage of these learning disability provisions that are given. they were told get your geted te by our doctor. we'll get him special accommodations saying that they have got learning disabilities which allows them to take the test alone with the proctors who are on the payroll. >> all these different connections. >> what about thereaction from the schools? georgetown hasn't had a ton to say about obviously they have been made aware that the investigation was happening. yo have to wonder h this sort ndof thing happens a it flies under the radar for so long.

>> recently thisast week i was talking with a member of the board of visitors with one of the virginia college t universities as is something they are not surprised that had has been going on. it doesn't really shock them. it makes them more aware now that public attention has become this visible. talking to students on the campus of george mason this past week, lot of kids likewise not surprised but dismayed. they say this is kind of the so bety that hasn allowed to kind of continue on in this way in letting privilege just continue into these positions of rising in the ranks but one high school college counsellor told me said we're pushing higher education to a point where it's becoming meaningless essentially. matching go back to kids where they are supposed to be. even if it's not college. even if it's a technical schools. technical schools used to be prolific and now they have scaled back and if you go into mechanics and plumbing and into something that real set right rout for you, it's not necessarily college.

>> we'll leave that part of the conver there for now. we'll take a break and talk more with david and mark in just a second. stay with us.

welcome back. david, you were outf george mason university this past week talking to some of the students about this new app that allows so tracking for safety reasons but has also raised some concern among students. >> the balance of privacy and security and it's called the g raverdian app. george mason has been a part of this network since 2017, but it's the recent reboot of the app that has some questioning what exactly are they collecting snformation-wise, and the app essentially all students to download it to their phone and give aware that i location and police are check them and set a timer and say if they have to be at a class at a certain time or back to their car and if they bdon't getk to that car at a

certain time it will send out an alert to their, paren contacts, their roommate or even police and they can fd their exact location. it's pretty specific. this goes beyond giv ygr cell phone location. it can go exactly to where you are on campus. >> sounds like a good idea. >> sound g like aat idea and the students seem very willing. the students say we'll download it and want to know where that information is going. administrators are confident that the information is being kept secure and went be used for anything other than security a safety. and they are saying we're living in an era where we need to give up some of the information.ar >> so no issues with people downloading this. >> so far the issue has been getting students aware, to actually download app and when we were there they said we have

no idea that this existed, and they seemed willing but long w where y want to k that information is going to go? >> have to keep an eye out for that a mark, you h really cool story that has another chapter tomorrow with this cross that was sort of lost and buried at r town. >> my second trip to georgetown this week, two very different circumstances. back in 1634 when the first english settlers landed in st. mary's county, the jesuits who were on that boat brought an iron cross, and it's said to have been at the first catholic massthe new colonies. it later was taken up to cecil county maryland whe hung over the school where john carroll went to school, and then in 1862 the was an inscription

put on it until a father stumbled over it in healy hall. he found it and they hung it up ll dahlgren chapel and that's where it s is now and tomorrow is the anniversary of the maryland day, and father murphy is going to this the back seat of his car and take it to st. clement and o cay r on the ferry. i get goose bumps, just like a jesuit priest, a jesuit priest who 385 years later ig mak the same journey with the same cross that another jesuit priest, and it will be the first time this cross has returned to st.nt cle island in all these years. it's on the website, just search

iron cross but it's a cool story. >>ymbolic given the season of lent. very cool how it's all come together. >> after maryland day it's coming back to georgetown. >> it's staying there for the day and then bnk to georget because this is the first cross in the history georgetown university becau w know georgetown university got its start down on the eastern shore of maryland. st. francis xavier church down there so it will come back and placed back up on the wall in dahlgren chapel and i urge anybody to go there and spend time in that chapel. it's a beautiful, beautiful chapel. stained glass everywhere and in this crossthey ha hanging and it's a fascinating piece of history to look at. >> we know we live in a history-rich area but there's so many little stories and things we tonight know that pop up like this and a chance to learn so much more about where weiv gentlemen, thank you very much. appreciate your time today. >> thanks. >> that is "reporters notebook."

we appreciate j youoining us today as well. news 4 continues in just a minute. pars o of control. a hearing dealing with arlington county deal of a bringingmazon to crystal city was interruptedt disrupted b the board was able go forward with a vote. >> 50 dead, the death toll rises to theorst ever terror attack to hit the small nation of new zealand. >> historic flooding. a massive winter weather system has turned into deadly flooding in the midwest, and the water is not done ring. >> good morning to you. a busy sunday morning here. happy st. patrick's day to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> adam tuss has this morning off.

i'm david culver. a nice start, a little chilly out there, b folks will be outside enjoying the day. >> if we have the sunshine and the trendue cont i'm okay with that. >> the problem is we had the stronginds and lauryn ricketts thinking they are going to subside. >> they started to die down late last nighuy we're looking a lot better as far as the winds are concerned, but we are seeing some clear there.ut we'll have some sunshine once that sun comes up 15 minutes afr 7:00, and we're looking good throughout the day. look at that. a little hubae back there. we'll have a greatoutart to morning. 37 degrees. it's a chilly start and once om that sun up we'll have full sunshine. temperatures will rise under that march sun. headed right into the 50s and not a lot to lower about on your st. patrick's day. if you're brunching, if you're

headrc out to c and headed out for a walk early this morning and get some coffee, listen, dry, sunny, cool conditions out there. you'll need the jacket and maybe a light jacket for your parades and that's all you'll need and nighttime festivities we do have showers and some snow actually talking so we'll be more about that. that's coming up in just a little bit. >> did you just say snow, girl? snow? >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. i'm not red for it. thank you, lauryn. arngton county has approved a multi-million dollar incentive package to bring amazon to crystal city. >> it was high dramahat threatened to derail this weekend's vote. mark segraves takes us inside this public hearing. >> reporter: a contentious hearing including controversy and conflict as one man is dragged out of here by police. >> ang we g to be allowed to continue our meeting without disruptie? >> there w multiple disruptions throughout the hearing. >> do we get to ask questions.

>> at this time. >> dozens of protesters opposed to amazon coming to virginia making their voices heard. >> this is not a meeting. >> i take it the answer is no. thank you. >> this is a >> one man became so disruptive as members from amazon were testifying that the chairman temporarily adjou meeting. >> we're in recess for ten minutes. thank you. we're in recess. >> i'm tired of syou. what irong with you people? >> we're in recess. >> shame! shame! shame! >> but in doing so, the chairmae allowed amazon officials to leave the hearing room through he back exit along with the board members. >> shame! shame! shame! reps neveron returned to the hearing. >> they clearly are going out of their way to protect amazon. >> as the board members tried to continue on with the hearing without amazon, the protesters continued to speak out. >> but you're about to give the t company on the plan

[ bleep ] $23 million. you have all should be ashamed of yourselves. >> as the board prepared to vote, the same man who had charged the dais earlier became verbally abusive towards some amazon supporters in th front row. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> after hours of testimony and debate and multiple disruptions the boardinally voted unanimously to approve the $23 miion incentive package clearing the way for amazon to come to crystalhicity. >> ink we're now ready f a vote. >> reporter: the man who was taken out in handcuffs, chris then, a known i activistn the districts was charged with disorderly conduct. in arlington, mark segraves, ornews 4. >> than 100 people signed up to speak at that meeting. many protesters inside and outside were supportive of amazon. some say they are looking forward to the company bringing more economi t activity crystal city. >> amazon is promising a io

multi-bi dollar investment that will bring thousands of new high-paying jobs. the company stays will generate more than $3 billion in tax revenue over two decades. a lot more information about amazon's arrival in our nbc washington app. >> now to a grim update in the new zealandg.osque shoot the death toll has risen to 50. dozens of other victims are still being hospitalized right now. they say now the small nation is having itsun ownontrol debate. the prime minister proposing a ban on semiautomatic rifles as we learn more about the white supremacist that police say launched the attack. she says the alleged gunman ndsn't on any agency watch list in new zealand a australia and wants to know y.authorities also gave an update on those arrested along with the suspected gunman. >> you'll als know that two othereople were apprehended at a cordon during this operation. e of those persons, a woman

hasreeen ased from that charge. the man in that vehicle has been charged with firearms offenses. at thi point we do not believe that they were involved in these attacks.so of you will also be aware m that anoth was arrested as a result of this investigation. what i can say is an 18-year-old man will appear in court on monday. >> sadly officials say the death toll is expected to rise. >> andre graves being prepared for shooting victims, but the authorities have not released the bodies to family yet. crews were seen this morning preparing the gra for eventual burial. muslim tradition man days that the dead behi buried w 24 hours of a person's death. >> back here at home, an or the ing of support victims and our local muslim community. last night religious leaders gathering for an emotional vigil.

mourners gathered at aocal islamic center in falls church. dozens it of people from different faiths came together. organizers say the size of the group sends an important message. >> it tells me, tells our community ,he it tells american muslim community and it tells all peopleai of that we stand together th w ignorance an stand together this hate, and this hateill never divide >> us. as we know, sadly houses of worship have now become age regular tart of attacks including here in our own country. >> weave covered way too many of them. stay with news 4 for continuin coverage of the mosque shootings in the nbc washington app.e weharing more this morning about the 50 lives lost. just. search mosq meanwhile, senator tim kaine is down at the colombia and

venezuela border discussing how the crisis in venezuela is impacting both countries. during his visit he'll meet with refugeesorced to flee their home due tthe going humanitarian crisis. he'll also discuss the blockade of foreign aid and how the u.s. and other countries can support peace and democracy in venezuela. developing in the midwest this morning, catastrophic flooding in february sda, and it has turned deadly. residents in the eastern partte that have sere told to leave their thunderstorms. saturday evening local officials confirm one person hadd dn that flooding, and two others are missing. the huge swell of water is the snow melt from this week's bomb cyclone that hithat part of the country. nebraska's governor says this is the worst flooding that his state has seen in half a century. >> thoughts are with them. hundreds of people in prince george's county came out to learn more about he owning. a free workshop was held at hope

christian churc in beltville. to of a national effort increase homeownership in the african-american communities. it provided information on credits and down payments and other programsor first time home buyers. >> a time-honoredti tra in school, talking about the science fair. the d.c. citywideair was held. over 150 students showed off their hard work to a panel of jues. some impressive projects, a self-cooling haar seat and handmade robots. gosh, these are students to name a few of their projects and as one student from southeast d.c. told us science is a big part his life. >> i love it because it gave me escape from the things that were going on at home and really shaped me to who i am today. >> the top three winners l go on to the international finals that will be held in phoenix. e>> and you still h a chance to become a millionaire.

no one won last night's powerball drawing soow the jackpot stands at a whopping $550 million. that means it's more tha half a billion and n theext drawing will be on wednesday. >> wow. >> that's st. patrick's y, too. if you're feeling a little lucky. >> waking up at 6 w0,ll be right back with a look at your forecast with laur yn

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welcome back. the already largent presil candidate field got a big new name added to it this week. >> former congressman bkeo o'rouke k off his campaign in iowa. nbc's political director chuck todd was there ycaterday and ht up with him. chuck, as we know, iowa is a very important astate. >>ays is. >> beto made some mistakes. he acknowledged some mistakes ha made as teenager and then, you know, some comments he made about his wife tha some people thought was offensive. what does this mean?

how has he been doin sofar? >> it's interesting. this is -- i don't know, sixth, seventh, eighth presidential ee campaign i've out there now and been going to iowa since '90s for tse presidential campaigns. i have family there so i'vegoeen g there since i was born for what it's worth. there's a lot about hims that tailor made for iowa. iowans areis optc. they do like that can't we all just get alonge. atmosph they like their pragmatic politicians but like their inspirational and it's right or left. mike huckabee r a very cheery campaign in '08 and did well. you run upbeat cheery campaigns you can do well there. he's interesting. i'm curious to see how long he n go without getting specific. he'll get asked a ton of questions on issues, whether it's from voters,ots of press, and you'll hear him and he'll -- he'll answer the question bte ing you everything he knows about that issue. >> right. so he's clearly well read on

the issue and then he never gives you >> where does he stand? >> look, his whole thing is i don't have everym answer. oing to be the guy that has good relationships with everybody, and i'm going to stitch all this together. look, i think some voters will respond to that. youlearly saw that yesterday when i was with him in iowa. people are hungering they want to fall in lot. you can see that. they are not looking to make a pragmatic choice for president and they want to fall in love and we'll see ife' one of those people. >> isn't the question for democrats who can stand up there against president trump and hold his own. >> you talk to democrats and many of them were there, and these are the super activist right. they have already met, some of them, had already met o six seven of the candidates, even one of the gadfly candidates, adrian yang and each one is looking for somebody that can beat trump but they haer a dit idea of what it takes to beat trump so that's another

aspect of this. i'll tell you one thing i came away with. in amy klochar who i also spent some time, she also could renate very well iowa. a lot of midwesterners like the fact that she's a fellower midweste but i would say i would throw a bit of caution aboutoe biden. i did not hear people begging for joe biden to get in thisra there. >> interesting. >> they like joe debin, but they seem to be looking for -- they may come back and say, okay, biden's the guy, but they seem to be shopping for otheres candidefore they make that decision. >> we also saw, you know, the senate republicans, 12 republans, right, that were in support of not allowing the prident to go forward with this emergency at the border at he's trying to move forward. >> right. >> but we also saw the president issue his first veto. what does thismean? >> you know. it's interesting. if youad just tracked

republican senate rhetoric on the constitution and the executive power t over last six years, the vote should have been in the 90kas, there should have been 40 odd republicans that ved against the president on this, so i look at the fact that it was only a dozen, and it shows you i think the president's strength in the party but look at who the dozen only 1 of the 12 is somebody that's on the ballot with the president in 2020. anybodylson the ballot in 2020 voted with him and that shows you his politicalat power e has been the power and i think it shows you how he's redefining the party, a party that really o prided itself conservative constitutional positions, small government. limited scope ofou how interpret the constitution, and ay s is the most expansive to interpret the constitution. look, this still is going to end h in the supreme court. they stille to decide whether they are going to weigh in on this or not. they may not. they may say this is a fight between those two branches of

government, but i think this vote showed how much power the president has in thearty. not that republicans are for comfortable to rebuking him. >> a lot more to break down "meet the press" on 10:30. >> a good show. 2020. good to be out in iowa. >> yeah. >> let's go. >> the 5k run that beto was nning. >> 5k. do a 5k every day. that's what yo should do, two to three miles every day. a 5k every day. >> right on that. >> come on now. >> all right. >> we'll see you in a little bit. >> thanks, chuck. switching gears, a path to sobriety starting from the inside of fairfax county adultd ntion center. >> this morning only on news 4, i was able to get an exclusive look at this program turning a jail sentence into addiction recovery. >> how did you end up here? >> the decisions i made. >> it has taken several loups for aaron myers to take ownership of his actions. this most recent incarceration

onarted 11s ago for drug possession and attempt to distribute. t >> do you this is the last time you'll be incarcerated? >> i can't -- i mean, that' the al. i can't say yes or no. i don't know. i mean, i've -- i been taught just to stay in the moment, you know. all i have is today. >> reporter: it is a profound self-awareness that aaron, now 32, learned here. >> you are the next of people in recovery. >> reporter: aaron is one of about a dozen inmates taking part in a pilot program aimed at drug and alcohol recovery >> they named is s.t.a.r., striving to achieve recovery. >> these are volunteers. nobody told them that you have to be in this program. >> reporter: the participants must apply and be accepted into program. they live in the same quarters and spend their days unearthing the deep-rooted trauma that led to theiric aons. >> we have this program for the right reasons, not because somebody want to get tim off their sentence. >> reporter: do you think this is a life-changing program? >> y.

i'm blessed to have the opportunity to be a part of this because it's not just about us t it's about people that -- that are going to come after us. >> reporter: including aaron's 8-year-old son who h hopes to become a role model for. >> it's definitely motivatin when he lights up, when he sees me. >> and to have your son o daughter say dad, i'm proud of you. that's huge. that's huge. >> reporter: using a jail sentence to create a lasting sobrtyie. >> we should point out this is not first time sheriff stacy kincaid has made a big change to traditional lockups n.2016 she helped to implement the diversion first program ging fairfax county motorists a new option when they encounter minor offe aers experiencin mental health crisis. it allows them to take individuals for proper treat tnt rathn immediately putting them in jail. it's a pretty interesting program. >> yes. >> very fascinated by what i saw inside because you don't get in there a lot. >> good stor >> good to see.

>> you are wearing green, you look so festive. smartidhat yout wear green. >> i don't have any green dresses because of the green screen. >> we've got a nice sunrise behind us. >> beautiful a second ago. guys back there. it's a pain to move that camera but i did tweet out a photo three minute ago of this beautiful sunrise. >> i'll re-tweet it. >> it's thehe red. it looks had a little hot, that camera does, but it waste abso beautiful coloring of the sky, so go ahead. i put it ton twitter and facebook. i'll put it on instagram in a second. one othe most beautiful sunrises i've seen. >> that's nice. >> let's talk about fou things to know after a gorgeous sunrise. the sun coming up at 7:17 and going down at 7:17 tonight, so, again, we've got a good deal of sunshine and a good deal of night life ahead of us for this st. patrick's day. as far as what you need to know

today, not quite as breeze out there. rain and snow showers to deal with during the overnight hours and we're sin and cool tomorrow and we're quiet and sunny on wednesday. those temperatures out there right now stuck in the 30s. 37 in the district and 37 in ft. meade,t's a little chilly start. plenty of sunshine and cool conditions. temperatures climb out of the 30s and into the low 40s. again, lighter winds out there. for your st. patrick's day, 52 degrees. plenty ofuunshine. an see nothing happening on the radar right now. this is the way it's going to be today. however, we do have some of that overnight snow and rain, and, yes, we're going to see a little bit of snow coming our way. let'start this at 10:00 p.m. because we'll be try until then. 2:00, 3:00 this morning. we'll see, yes, a little bit of snow, a lite bit ofain but our ground is too warm. most of it will melt on contact. waking up the roads will be wet.

waking during the overnight you might haveittle bit of a winter picturesque kind of deal going on. in the afternoon maybe some raih ers. they will taper or quickly. e think a good deal of the afternoon could dry. a light rain jacket and small umbrella definitely necessary tomorrow as temperatures climb out of the 30s. otomorrow we top in the upper 40s to right around 50 degrees. sunny skies. tuesday and wednesday, may have atty shower on thursday but that's about it. put all sunshine there because i thin it will be a sprinkle if we do see anything, and then as we continue as we go to saturday and sunday looking good. looking at those temperatures

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protesters cleared outve representa from amazon in arlington ahead of the county board's vote over millions in ck incentives for the tech giant's new headquarters. >> the death toll rises dayste r a gunman opened fire on crowds of people praying at two mosques in new zealand. this morning country is looking for ways to make sure something like this never happens again. >> a slip of the tongue at a dinner may have given away joe bides plans when it comes to his 2020 presidential race. good morning to you. i'm meagan fitzgerald. happy st. patrick's day. >> the 17th of march, 201. adam tuss has this st. patrick's day off. i'm david culver. >> happy to be here icmorrow. >> a start to this sunday. going to be a nice day after all. >> we'll sunshine coming through. >> lauryn rickets tracking it. you're thinking the breeze will

slow down a bit compared to yesterday. >> absolutely, guys. >>e're not going to have a wind out there today. plenty of is up. sun coming up in about 17 minutes from now. 16 minutes actually to be exact because it justurned 7:01. it's a beautiful start already. look at this sky. goodness. just about ten minutest ago was bright red and now we've got hues of pink and orange. no hues of green and that's actually good news f us and we're talking about sky cover and no big storm is coming our way. yat to wear as come out this afternoon. you'll need the light rainck . rain and plenty of sun. eel nd the sunglasses and also on tuesday and wednesday. monday, rain jacket and evenht some lnow gear because we've got some snow flakes in the forecast tonight. temperatures out the right now are in the 30s. listen, we're going to talk about the sw and rain chance in your area, so that's coming up in just a little bit. >> lauryn, thank you.

>> we're folgwing breakews in prince george's county from overnight. one man was shotea in in lanham and another woman is in the hospital this morning. d in a say this happe neighborhood along alcona street. once on that scene, officerhe were, they found both of the adults inside the home suffering from these gunshot wounds of the rightow police are collecting evidence, and so far no word on a possible suspect. >> a meeting to vote on millions of dollarsth w of incentives to bring amazon'sro hq2ct to arlington spiraled out of control. >> it got really wild >> the board eventually voted to approve the $23 million project but not before several interruptions fromrotesters. >> are we going to be able to continue our meeting? i take it the answer is know. thank you. >> this is a sham. >> protesters there against the county'slan interrupted proceedings several times saturday afternoon. see meeting had to be adjourned at one point bec of those disruptions, but in the hours leading up to the meeting, we were ableomo get

perspective from both sides of this debate. >> meeng with community members when i worked with, for example, in the past year alone, seen a $200 increase in their monthly rate so what we can expect to see is even further avacerbation of the big housing problems that we in arlington county. >> crystal city is working really hard toevalize itself so if amazon comes in it gives an opportunity to bringec more omic activity to an area that's badly needed. >> amazon is promising a sulti-billion dollar investment that will bring t of thousands of new high-paying jobs. amazon says it will generate more than $3 billion in tax revenue over two decades. >> more office on amazon's rival in our nbc washington app. >> now to the latest on the terror attac in nealand. overnight we learned that another victim of the attack has died bringing the d tthl to 50 more and several more still fighting for their lives. >> this morning the small nation it is having a gun control

debate, the prime minister proposing a man on semiautomatic rifles as we learn more about nbe man who launched the attack. >> s sarah james is in christchurch. >> reporter: here in christchurch, new zealand, a grieving nation got more bad news. >> it is with sadness that i advise that the nber of people who have died in this awful event has now risen to 50. >> 50 other penal wer injured and 36 remainos in the htal. two of them in critical condition. the gunman live streamed his horrific shooting rampage at two mosques on social media as he took aim at men, women and little children involved in their friday prayers. >> as you know, the 28-year-old male appeared in court yesterday charged with murder. you'll alsonow that two other people were apprehended at a cordonuring this operation. at this point we do not believe they were involved in these

attacks. >> reporter: the investigation into the mass shooting is a widg g one. new zealand's prime minister says the alleged gunman wasn't on any agency watch list either in new zealand or australia. she wants to know why. authorities want to make sure theyre exercising vigilance so everyone on this island nation remains safe. sarah james, nbcnews. >> back here at home an outpouring of support for the victims and the local muslim community. last ight religious leaders gathered for an emotional vigil. mourners gathering a the islamic center in falls church. dozens of people a from different faiths came together. organizers say the size of the group sends an important message. >> it tells me, it tells our community here, it tells our american muslim community and it tells all people of faith that

we stand together this ignorance and we stand together this hate, and this hate will never divide us. [ applause ] >> as we know sadly, houses of worship have now become regular targets of attack including here in our country. as we continue to follow this story, we inviteou to stay with news 4. our coverage of the new zealand mosque shootin continues in the nbc washington app. it's there this morning. can you read more about the 50 lives lost. just search mosque. ng now to a viral video ma rounds on social media. it shows a teenager cracking an egg offer an australian lawmaker's head. take a lookt what happened next. >> when people are getting tacked in their own -- that man punch the teenn his head. australian senator fraser anning is hism. t

ght afterwards the teen was wrestled to the ground this. happened after a day after the senator made a controversial wi comments follo the new zealand terror attacks tweeting there's a link between muslim immigration and violence. now strangers are coming to the teen's defense and they are raising money to pay y legal fees >> let's bring you back here at home at 7:07. we're learning new details this sunday morning in a hit-and-run involving a d.c. police officer this. all started when police were responding to a armed carjacking on mt. oli at the road in northeast on friday night. officers tracked down the stolen vehicle, but as they got closer to the car, the suspect started to drive away andp ended hitting an officer. a short time later the men crashed into another car. ficers were able to arrest one of the suspects, 27-year-old carlton johnsson, but second man is still on the loose this morning. the police officer involved in that hit-and-run is expected to be okay. >> will he or won't that's the question still swirling around former vice president joe biden and a

run.tial presidentia a slip of the tongue may have revealed the answer. theover last night he w keynote speaker at delaware's democratic party's largest annual fund-raising dinner. hetr criticized president p's administration and said the country needs to come together, but a slight mishap in his speech had theferowd on their . >> iee told i've criticized by the new level. i've got the most proxwrifs record of anybody running for -- anybody who would run. [ applause ] all right. i didn't mean it. >> a definite announcement is expected around early to mid-april but some insiders claim boyden has told them he's certain he'll be running. >> later this morning chuck todd will have exclusive interviews with some official presidential candidates. he caught upen withator amy klobuchar a beto o'rouke in

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t.c.maslan suffered a severe traumatic brain injury that left him unable to walk or talk. >> after theis attack wife faced the challenge of caring for a man who seemed like a stranger in many ways but they faced the unknown toward. news 4's deen gentzler has their story. >> good luck with that. >> reporter: if you saw themn walking dowhe street together, you might think what f beautifulily and you'd be right, but there is so much more to this family'sry shan

that. >> plus are working on a time already line in that beating case of a man on capitol hill. >> reporter: six and a half years ago t.c.maan was attacked and robbed as he walked home to cap him after ats game. his skill was shattered by a baseball bat, a severe traumatic brain injury that nearly killed him but instead left hable to talk or read or use the right side of his body. our hearts ached for this young father and his family. >> i think i'm really doing a nelot bet we met t.c. and abby about six months later. his hospital stay was over, and abby left her teaching job behind to take charge of 'st. medical care and intensive therapy and their 2-year-old son jack. it was utoverwhelming, they were determined. >>here he is. >> hi. >> this is t.c. today. >> the injury itself is always not -- it's not always evident

to people. it's sort of -- what am i trying to say? >> invisible. >> it's an invisible injury me use you wouldn't see walking down the street, but if you listen to me or sit with me for long enough you might catch it eventually. >> reporter: after years of therapy and intensive effort he's back at work at his former position as an environmental analyst, a huge his first goal was just reading to his son. >> you know, i sawalhe of having a son, having my wife, ust ng my health, and i kept my -- my eyes on the prize of getting back to that. >> reporter: and abby was right there with him. >> if i hadn't kept the idea in my heart that this was possible idon't think we would be here. the on what kept us working so tirelessly over all these years. >> the son wmportant to

recovery, too. >>iac has been a light throughout the entire journey. he was the constant reminder that life goes on, that life is vibrant, that there is light in the world during real, really dark days. >> jack's an energetic 8-year-old right now whoooks just like his dad. >> and he has a charming little sisterow rosy who is 2 and j half shari and smiles in abundance. the maslins are living back in their old neighborhood and be ay is teaching at same elementary school she leftnd years ago she's written a book. >> it's a book about anybody who had to reinvent their life, for peop had a plan or vision for how things might go and then needed to look at the world through new eyes. >> abby describes the terrible shock o t.c.'s injury and the pain of the long recovery and especially the emotional journey

for all of them. abby's book is called "love you hard," something tc said to you when h couldn't find the right words. >> i look into his eyes stunned to silent. tc's broken language has punctured the heart of the matter. love is hard. there's noeay i can sav this marriage if i keep comparing t.c. to theerson i lost. i need stop sitting submerged in grief and if i can find a way to genuinely love the new t.c. i'll have done saved the marriage, i wil have transformed myself in the process. how do su feel abouting that stuff out loud? >> yeah. it's still true. be true. ways >> it's beautiful. it really is beautiful, ah. >> i just love you that much. i real do. >> wow. >> doreen gentzler with that report there. here's the reality. life is not back to normal for

the maslins. t.c.'s health challenges continue and it comes to a traumatic brain injury but they have lived with the unknown for so long that they can face it without fear. >> what a beautiful family. >> 'sabook "love you hard" is available now and she will be on aouook tour t our area. check out cwhington.com for a list of the date tours. what an incredible family. wish them all the best. incredible. >> 7:16 is your time now. let's take you outside for a live look on this sunday morning. ahilly start, but lauryn ricketts says we'll do without the breeze. she's expecting sunshine d then snoanw.

today's not just st. patrick's da m it alsoks a very special birthday for >>sic lovers. >> yes. at king cole would have turned 100 years old. >> the legendary singer best known forssics like "unforgettable" has inspired tributes all this weekend at the national museum of a can american history and culture. mark segraves tourem the mus on friday along with cole's twin daughters. >> repor hr: nat king cole a voice like no other. ♪ unforgettable >> reporter: while he died at a the you of 45, he left behind a tremendous body of work, inclung dozens of hit records as well as movies and tv shows. cole is with a the first african-american singer to have

his own k netwow. >> "the nat king cole show." >> he broke so many racialba iers. >> reporter: when he died in 1965, his twin daughters were only 3 years old. they got to know their father through his records as well as the memories of famy, friends and fans. they admit their father's legacy can beest t overwhelming. >> was this person real? you know,as thi person our father? it's almost like the mystery of >> reporter: at the national museum of a can american history and culture they were greeted by the museum's director. >> to get a chance to be with you, to honor your father. >> reporter: bonnie bunch was eager to show colegh dr artifacts from his career. >> this man was one of the greatest jazz musicians. if you listened to his early work, the way he sort ofes masterfully hat piano. ♪ >> the cole sisters continue their th's legacy with the nat king cole generation hope foundation. >> empowering children with the

wonderful creative expression of music. >> reporter: as for what they will be thinking on their father's 100thth by sunday. >> it doesn't seem possible. it seems like he's still here. >> still sounds amazing. he never left. >> reporter: a new retrospective of cole's mic is being released to coincide with his birthday, and saturday the museum will host a panel discussion on cole's career as wells performance by gregory porter who is nominated f h a grammy f album of nat king cole songs. for more on the event at the museum go to nbcwashington.com and searc nat king cole. mark segraves, news 4. >> how >> a great exhibit. >> yeah. >> lauryn ricketts with us on this st. patrick's day. >> cold start. >> chilly out there. >> we'll see some sunshine u're thinking? >> yeah. we'll see sunshine, much lighter wnds. i cannotr green. somebody is like you're not wearing green. i can't wear green. >> you'll blend into the wa. >> i'll blend right into the wall and plus i have no green

dress but yuf ei have enough gr >> i'm trying to get rid of that blue box. now thaten ion it, tried to make it disappear a second aan i don't know why it's still there. 'rndy today? no. looking at much milder conditions out there today. a much lighter wind out there today. do we have any rain or snow overnight? yes. actually. we're going to see some rain and snow thowers during overnight hours, but is that going to lead to any issues on your monday morning? no. we'l a be dry more snow and rain this week, no. no snow or rain thiweek at all. we're looking at much nicer conditions as we get into this e , so, again, some drier conditions as we head through this week. as far as our temperature are concerned, we're talking about 30s across the board and 20s to the south so it is little chilly start out there early on this st. patrick's day morning and we'll move into the low 50s.

average temperature is in the mid-50s. still nice as we e headi into the afternoon especially because we don't have that wind. our next system, here it is, and it's not reallyuch to write home about. that's our next system that's going to come into our area, and since it's coming during the overnight temperaturesl w lower so we can support a little bit of snow and rain late tonight into early monday morning. let's go ahead and start it for you. 10:30. tonig you'll be dry all day. the clouds roll in after rnnertime. af:00 or 3:00 a.m., most of us will be sleeping, we'll start to see snow moving in. now, it is going to look a w little bit likter if you have an early start tomorrow morning, but a lot of going to melt on the roadway, so a lot of this is going to be wet roads out there. if you're a higher elevation, you could have a little bit of accumulation north and west of d.c. more in the grassy surfacesnd most will be wet. as we head through the afternoon we'll start to dry out. temperatures tomorrow in the upper 40s. we're drying through the

afternoon, and then we're dry tuesday, wednesday, maybe a spotty shower on thursday as the frontal system comes through but that's about it. friday, saturday. we're dry as temperatures move right back into the 60s as we get into nextg

develop in the midwest this morning, catastrophic flooding in nebraska has tned deadly. residents in the eastern art of the state were told to leave their homes this weekend.

saturday evening, localal offi confirmed one person had died in this flooding and two others are missing. the hugewell of water is the snow melt from this week's bomb cyclone that hit tha the country. nebraska's govnor says this is e worst flooding that his state has seen in half a century,nd several other states are seeing intense flooding from this week's snowfall. >> lauryn ricketts has been keeping up with the wild system ov the last few days. lauryn, who exactly is a bomb >> it's actually a general term that we see during the winter months a lot. bomb, it really just means explosive development. so weaw this storm drop 24 millibars in 24 hours and once it does that, that's when we cae categoomething as a bomb cyclone. any storm is a cycne so this had a rapid pressure drop of 24 millibars in 24 hours. just exploded.

blizzard-likeon condi on the north and west side and tornadoes, severe weather on the south and east side of it. this storm wasst a m and i saw over 45 inches of snow in colorado a wolf pass creek so this storm dropped a lot of snow and now with thingsarming they are getting all the rain and all th flooding. quite a mess and a deadly one at that. >> all right, lauryn, thank you so much. how beaute successful that sunrise. good morning to you. ur time now is

good morningyo to it is march 17th, st. patrick's day. happy st. patric ys day to. thanks for waging up with us. i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> and i'm david culver. i assume adam tuss is probably with his philly brethren. the. >> hey, girl. >> you ready to head how the? >> oh, my gosh, it's st. patrick's day, i need to go. >> hello, lauryn sricketts. pping out. i hear my director. where did she gock >> welcome >> thank you, i'm back. hi, guys. >> starting off a nice sunday morning. >> yes. >> chilly out there, and you're thinking it's going to be some sunshine. >> beautiful out theight now, guys. you know what. look right behind us. tu can see sun coming down on the capital dome. sun coming up at 7:17 so just about 15 minutes ago and the sun going down at 7:17 tonight, but

it's a beautiful start to your st. patrick's day, and it's going to be a gorgeous look at it outside. it's just absolutely wonderful. now it's a little chilly, but, hey, listen. it's march. temperatures are in the 30s right now. warming up into the 50s today, so we'ff starting in the 30s. some areas down in manassas starting off in the upper 20s, e don't good news is have the wind to deal with out there right now, and we'll continue to see light wutds throughe day. especially compared to yesterday and another thing.ne sunsll day long as temperatures top out in the low 50s so it's going to be gorgeous. fairly mild. our average temperature for this time of the year is 50 degrees and we're a little under that. more clouds rolling guess what, guys, we've got some snow that's going to be falling morrow morning. yeah. we've got some snow and rain. i do want to m ation i i think a good portion of our area aky see snow depending on

how early you're up. that's coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you.n arlingounty has approved a multi-million dollar incentive package to bring amazon to crystal city. >> high drama threatened to derail yesterday's controversial vote. news 4'sark segraves takes us inside that meeting. >> reporter: a contentious public hearing, including controversynd conflict a one man is dragged out of here by police. >> are we going to be allowed to continue our meeting without disruption? >> reporter: there were multiple disruptions throughout the hearings. >> do we get to ask questions. >> tut -- >> reporter: dozens ofte prot opposed to amazon coming to virginia making their voices h >> are we going to be able to continue our meeting? >> this is not a meeting. this is a sham. >> i take it no. >> this is a sham. >> reporter: one man became so disruptive at representatives from amazon were testifying, that the chairman temporarily adjourned the meeting. >> we're in recess for ten yominutes. than we're in recess. >> i'm tired of you. what is wrong with you people?

>> we're in recess. >> giving money away to amazon. >> shame! shame! ame! >> reporter: but in doing so the chairman allowed the amazon officials to leave the hearingg room thrhe back exit along with the board members. >> shame! shame! shame! >> reporter: the amazon reps never returned to the heing. >> the clearly are going out of their way to protectm amazon f the people. >> reporter: as the board members tried to continue on with the hearing without amazon, the protesters continued to speak out. >> but you're about to give the richest company on the planet [ bleep ] $23 you all should be ashamed of yourselves! >> reporter: but as the board prepared to vote, the same man who had charged theaisarlier became verbally abusive towards some amazon supporters in the front row. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> reporter: after hours of testimony and debate and multiple disruptions, the board finally voted unanimously to approve the $23 million incentive package clearing the

way formazon to come to crystal city. >> i think we're now rdy for a vote. the man who was taken out in handcuffs, cis then, a known activist in the district, is charged with disorderly conduct. >> in arlington, mark segraves, news >>4. ore than 100 people signed up to speak at the meeting. many protesters inside and outside were supporte of amazon. some say they are looking forward tthe company bringing more economic activity to crystal city. >> amazon is promising a multi-billion dollar investment that will bring thousands of new high-paying jobs.ay the company it will generate more than $3 billion in tax revenue over two decades. for more on amazon's arrival head to our nbc washington app. the death toll in the new zealand mosque shooting has climbed to 50. dozens of other victims are still in the hospital being treated. now the small nation is having its own gun conversation debate. the prime minister proposing a

ban on semiautomatic rifles as or learn me about the white supremacists police say launched the attack. she says the alleged gunman wasn't on any agency watch list in new zealand or australia a wants to know why. authorities also g an update on those arrested along with the suspected gunman. >> you'll also know that two other people were appreheed at a cordon during this operation. now one of those persons, a woman, has been released without charge. the man in that vehicle has been charged with firearms offenses. at this point we do not believe that they were involved in these attacks. some of you will also be aware that another man was arrested as a result of this inv ctigation. whan say is an ma18-year-old will appear in court on monday. >> reporter: officials say they do expect the death toll to

rise. >> meantime, graves are being prepared for thehooting victims, but authorities have not released the bodies to their etfamilies crews were seen this morning preparing the graves for eventual burial. muslim tradition mandates the dead be buried within 24 hours of a person's death. >> and back here at home, an outpouring of suprt for the victims in our local muslim community. last night religious leaders gathered for an emotional vigil. mourners gathered at a local islamic center in falls church. dozens of people from different faiths camogher. organizers say the size of the group sends and important message. >> it tells me, it tcols our unity here, it tells american muslim communities and it tells all people of faith that we stand together thi ignorance and we stand together this hate wil

never divide us. >> as we know sadly houses of worship have now become regular targets of attack including here in our own country. >> stay here with news 4 as we continue to cover the new zealand mosque shootings, and in the nbc washington app we egsharing moe are sharing more about the lives lost. st set lives lost. >> you still have a chance to become a millionaire. no one won last night's drawing so now the jackpot stands at the next on, and drawing will be on wednesday. ahead on news 4 5today, a

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the family of a terminally ill cancer patient is fighting for change. >> the father of two was just hours away from losing his battle to cancer, but inside of being cleared for hospice those final houe filled with frustration. only on news 4. i sat down with the man's widow to talk about what happened. >> nina butler will tell you it was love at first sight when she met her husband nick six years ago. >> he was just open, compassionate, loving from the start. >> reporter: nick was the type of guyho livedn the moment of every day because he knew how was.ous life he was diagnosed with testicular cancer shortly after college. nick beat the odds and a few years later their daughter vera was born. >> just lockinger at h with this face that all you can describe it, justjo pure >> but the cancer came back and last week before veraould turn 2 nina found nick unconscious on the couch. t she knewir journey was about to end, so he wasushed to

inova loudoun. he was ready to go to has tis. >> i asked him if he knew what was happening and he said yes. are you okay withhis now? >> yes. >> but no one in the family had power of attorney so nina was said nick would have to sign the do no retus tate form himself. >> it was a nightmare of a poor facetime cnection to a psychiatrist. >> reporter: nina says the psychitivity who could confirm that nick could make the decision couldn't be there in s person they had to use a remote connection that's like facetime. the entire process took 35 minutes. she said it was agonizing. the ceo of several hospice centers in th area says nick's experience should not have happened the way it did. we reached o to inova loudoun hospital and they releasedll th ing statement which says in part, quote, due to hipaa regulations we cannot comment on specific patients or care received, but inova doe utilize

telemedicine in certain situations to provide expedious, specialized care for patients regardless of the location. for the sake ofnder hus nina wants to share her experience to hopefully create change. >> i hopethere's a real reflection in the medical community about the ethics of these teledoctors. >> now there is a gofundme page that's been set up to help the children with education. can you find more o o nbc washington app. inova loudoun also says they are loing into the family's concern and that the hospital is always looking for ways to improve patient satisfaction. he>> 743 is time now. let's take a look outside on this sunday morning. a slight breeze in the air. un is up. it's going to be a sunny day,yn it's going to be a sunny day,yn laicketts says, a sunny

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our 19.99 or 49.99 oil change includes a tire rotation. it is one of the oldest and largest film festivals that's right underay here in washington. >> that's right. the d.c. environmental film festival opened this week showing more than 100 films, and we're not talking about boring documentaries either. >> a look now at some of the filmshat you can see in venues across the city. >> reporter: riveting, real. >> if we lose elephants. >> reporter: life. >>drama. >> reporter: that will leave you on the edge of your seat. sound like an ad for the latest box office thriller? these arem actual scenes f some of this year's informative

and by the way entertaining fair at the 2019 environmental film festival d.c.in washington, >> we're entering our 27thea so it's -- the festival is the longest running environmental festival in the united states, the largest in the world. >> reporter: many of this year's films focus on people as they face environmental challenges around the world. shark water extinction, for instance, is a spellbinding tale that follows the filmmaker rob stewart in a dramatic high seas effort to expose the billion dollar illegal shark fin industry. >> he tragically passed away during a dive on this film project, and so his parents continue to produced the film "the river and the wall" bound to spark lively debate during the conven that always follows each of the film's screenings at the festival. >> the film takes on the issue of the wall separating mexico and the united states, but it

does so in the context of how it affects the environment in that area, how it affects the ecology and how it would affect the wildlife. >> there's no guides here no, one you can ask. >> reporter: and another thriller is "the lost city of the monkey god." >> there's been a rumored lost city that we've heard about for a long time. >> the film tracks an expedition that after generations of failed and deadly attempts usesew age technology to try to find the lost city. >> i've had too many disappointments. >> reporter: do they have to find it? >> come to the screening to find out. >> reporter: this year's festival features a local filmmaker who works with the conservation biology institute at the national zoo. >> i've been here for about two years. >> reporter: he took his interest in the world's dwindling elephant population all the way to myanmar to do a three-part film on saving them from poaching and eventual

extinction. >> i've thought about it for every year and every year i thought that's very scarey. >> it's called free soleo. the winner of the 2019 oscar for best documentary. it's also an entry in this festival. >> it focuses on alex hanhold who is a rock climber who free climbed el captain. >> reporter: it's the opening night name, but it's bound to keep people wanting to come back to more. >> even though you know the ending of the film, it's absolutely thrilling. >> i so badly want to see that. >> me, too, wow. >> the d.c. environmental film festival that opened on thursday runs through march4t next sunday. there are 25 different locations where you can seefilms, theaters, embassies, theaters, even national zoos, and a lot ov ts are free. >> individual tickets for the screening are $10 per person and to check outhe schedule open up our nbc washington app and

just search film festival. that looks cool. >> somee incredi images. lauryn ricketts, as you seevi t nment. >> that movie i heard is incredible, incredible. i saw that guy actually out when i was in jackson hole and i didn't know who he was and now that the movie has become popular, but, yeah, i saw that. yeah. great. >> got an academy award. >> somebody told me about thatid because it know they were making it. >> his fingers. >> crazy, crazy, scary. >> yeah, scary. >> headed out there you'll have to bundle up, or will it be okay? >> i think it's g ng to be all right. if you're going down to the cttomac river or hiking, i mean, today is per to go ahead and do that. we haven't had rain for a while so it won't be mid on som of the trails. just looking good on this st. patrick's day. >> nice. >> the good thi about today compared to yesterday, yesterday really wasn't that bad. it was a little breezy out there, but it was beautiful. same deal today. minus the wind so it'soing to be another gorgeous day. temperatures into the low 50s. we've got snow on theway,

believe it or not. let's go ahead and take a look outside. thanks to high pressure in charge. honestly, it's going to look like this a lot of this week so we've got some pretty quiet conditions this week so we do have a few hiccups and i'll talk about that as far as the current temperatures. it's chilly. temperatures in the 20s and 30s right now and we'll go ahead and warm right up mainly in the low 50s by this afternoon, so this afternoon right after lunchtime is going to be very, very nice. you'll still a jacket. it's not going to be that bad. a little cooler outside the beltway. again, not as windy and all sunshine out there today. so if you're headed out this morning, you're headed to church services, maybe taking that dog for a walk, getting some coffee. farm markets are starting to open up. looking good even for brunch. dry, sunny and cool. any parades that are happening in our communities today. grab that jacket and, of course, the essungla and if you're out and about later on tonight, i know, it's nday, but if you stay out past about 2:00 a.m.

you'll see some showers and some of those could contain a little bit of snow. not seeing much right now. a little disturbance passing to the nheth coming off great lakes, but for the most part we are dry around here, but we do have that rain-snow chance late tonight into monday morning. otherwise we are dry as we get into tuesday, wednesday and thursday, so let's go ahead and start this at 10:30. clouds will roll in after dinner. again, we're dry all througut the daylight hours and even all throughout the day because i don't see a lot of th coming in until about 2:00 a.m. that's snow. that's snow. 50 today, 50s yesterday, 70s to near 8089 day befor we're too warm for this to accumulate on the ground, but we're going to see some snow flakes flying around tomorrow morning and then als little bit of rain shower action. most of this will taper off dung the afternoon. no accumation. just w d.c., grassy areas. could be enough snow to turn some of the grassyas a white,

you may get minor accumulations. i'm not expecting issues on this monday morning except you may need a small rain umbrella. temperatures will start a little cool tomorrown the 30s but most of the roads are just going to be wet tomorrow, not white. so, again, even though we get some snow w don'tt it to be a shock to the system. most of that will move out by late afternoon, a then we'll see sunshine by late afternoon. sunny skies, tuesday, wednesday, and into thursday a few spotty showers. ht on utures will go r into the 60s as we head into next week and that's a good next week and that's a good chance of rain not until next week and that's a good chance of rain not until dearest britain. we love you. maybe it's your big hearts. your sense of style. welcome to ba100. (ba100, you're clear for take-off). how you follow your own path. you've led revolutions... of all kinds. yet you won't shout about it. it's just not in your nature. instead, you'll quietly make history. cake. beds. poetry.

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the promo runs only this afternoon through monday morning. >> and keep it right here for "meet the press" this morning. chuck todd talking with presidential candidates senator amy klobuchar and former representative beto o'rouke. that starts rightfter news 4 today at 10:30. >> a lot going on. >> lighter winds and 4temperatures in the upps and lower 50s. all sunshine. rain and snow overnight. light,o problems tomorrow morning. >> perfect. >> that's all for us. thank you so much for joining us. >> happy st. patrick's day.

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