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new mid-day. a 3-month-old baby is dead. we have thetu ding new details from a police in a case that's now being treated as a homicide. no let up in the attacks from president trump a day after he said social medi sites were censoring conservatives. today his target, kellyanne conway's husb and we've got a nice day for this first day of spring. oh, yeah. that begins at 5:58. can we kee it going? we got a lot of rain. we'll talk about it. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >> good morning and welcome to
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"news4 midday," i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a baby found unconscious and not breathing insoda a d.c. home this weekend has now died. police were called to g street southeast on saturday afternoon. we now know the baby skylar newman was. 3 months o the cause of death was blunt force injuries and police are now treating this a a homicide. you can look for updat on the investigation throughout the day wre and in the nbc washington app. are also following breaking news out of b friefrie this is a housing development. two adults, a man and woman were shot. no word on condition of the victims and police say there is no threatic to the pu a somber day for students in st. mary's county. today marks one year since the deadly schoolin sho at great mills high school. >> a vigil was held to remember the life of 16-year-old jalen willie, but it's also a day of
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recovery. >> drew wilder is at the school for us this morning. drew, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, erika, good morning. that vigil just wrapped up but still an investigation is ongoing. look in front of the school right now and there's an added police presence at great mills high school today because they are following up on investigation into threats made just thismeeek on sociaa all leading up to this day where a vigil is taking place to member the life of a young girl who was kille here just one year ago today. buses file into great mills high school and on this cold morning a chilly memory in the shooting inside these hallways one year ago. >> the stronger because i know the school would come together and help each other and i think the community as well. >> reporter: a year ago, a cold d rainy day when 16-year-old jalen willie was shot. she died a few days later.
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desmond barnes 14 years old at the time was shot too hit by the same bullet that killed willie police say the shooter was willie's ex-boyfriend, then-y r-old austin barnes. the school resource officer running toward the danger and sho shooting barnes in the hand, barn taking his own life. >> it was very scary. >> reporte she tells me she's thankful there are more police here now. you still just never know what could happen. >> one year lat as aparent, do you feel safer sendi your kids here or about the same? >> about the me, yeah. >> reporter: i talked with the same sherif department this morning about those threats made on social media. they tell me those threats have been debunked but they're s ll investigating. reporting live this morning in st. mary's county, drew wilder, news4. >> thank you. check out these pictures of a fire in frederick county,
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maryland. that's a mobile home that went up ilames early this morning in smithsberg. the fire department says it was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived and three sides of lrthe structure had ady collapsed. there are no reportsf any injuries. today marks the start of the national cherry blossom festival. it runs through april 14th and highlights include the open ceremonies on saturday, like the kites festival as well and big parade down constitution evenue. the star of th festival, the erry blossom trees along the tidal basin. >> the main straction is always the trees themselves. we're probably still a couple weeks out from pea bloom be are still right on schedule for the projectedloeak date occurring between april 3rd and 6th. >> now this year's peak bloom as he just indicated is predicted to be april 3rd through t 6th. that's when 70% of the trees
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are -- the blossoms are open. now to the weather. it is the first day of the cherry blossom festival and it is alsohe first day of spring. >> didn't feel a wholeik spring. >> we must have to wait a while guys. temperatures are going to slide rightnderneath that normal daytime high. we should be 57 for this time of ar. we'll end up at 54, 55. few degrees below normal. it's a beautiful day, though. more clouds an yesterday, though. we're going to continue to have an increaseov in cloud throughout the day today but we will be dry. temperatures are in the 40s right now. we're going to top out again in the low to mid-50s as we head through the late afternoon into the evening. we've got a system that now has formed off the coast of carolina. you can see it right here. it's going to join forces with this system a little bitouoming of the midwest. that's what's going to bring our next rainmakeror tomorrow.
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some areas may even see a little bit rain tonight. we'll talk about the rain and time it out for your weekend. >> thank you, ma'am. we've got an update for you this morning for the search for a murder suspect the man accused of killing h unc as a prince george's county home is now in custody. he was arrested yesterday in baltimore. police say he showed up at a hospital on a golf cart. had beenn the run since sunday. he is charged with first-degree mu cer. todld be the day a family begins to find closure with a verdict exactly two years after their daughter was found stabbed in her d.c. apartment. a man accused of her 2017 murder, procutors say elijah torah, his dna was found on her he was caught on surveillance camera driving her car and using her atm card.
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neil was i d.c. to work on an exhibit. a jury will try to figure out that he was insane he drove to new jersey fam alexand and beat jackson and assaulted him with a box cutter. the two were total strangers. the defense team is expected to call several psychologists to the stand. embarrassing andnf p is how d.c. councilman jack evans describes the eths violations he is now facing before beingal fo disciplined yesterday, he vowed to win back the public the vote to reprimand came ntthout objection after an emotional staterom evans himself. >> this is very difficult time for this council and a very difficult time for myself. in retrospect i would have done
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things very differently. >> evans was reprimanded for violating thecouncil's code of conduct. he is accused of using his government email to seek business opportunities with law firms that lobbied the district. >> you're showing to the public and to ourselves that that kind of behavior will not be olerated. >> i want to thayou, chairman, for taking some action insuring public trust. >> evans was able to hang on to his powerful positio c asir of the finance and revenue committee, but an amendment to that resolution strips some important agency's from under the committee iluding the sports and entertainment authority and arts and humanities. evans als chairshe metro board and he's under a separate federal investigation and depending on that investigationa moreion may come. fairness, fitness and foreign influence, those are the main points in an odd twitter fight between president trump nd kellyanne conway's husba george. the president is dealing with
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all that and more as he heads out to ohio f a campaign event today. tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: president trump called it a stacked deck insisting facebook, google and twitter arega biasedst him, deliberately muting conservative supporters. >> there is collusion with respect to that because something has to be going on. we have to to something about it. >> reporter: the preside is using social media to go afterc ervative attorney george conway, husband of white house adviser kellyne conway, the president calls mr. conway, a total loser forea rdly questioning mr. trump's fitness. >> i don't share those concernsp >> reporter: asident trump is doubling down on his weekend twitter tirade against the late senator john mccain. i was never a fan of john mccain and i never will be. >> as the presidentampaigns in ohio today, there's increased scrutiny on his business, the "new york times" reports he borrowed $2 billion from german
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deutsche bank and promised bankers weekends at his mar-a-lago resort. >> with money laundering for russians. >> reporter: the feral appeals urt is considering whether mr. trump violates the constitution every te a foreign dignitary pays to stay at one of his hotels. >> w want him to stop profit tearing from beingthresident of united states. >> reporter: the just department argues that part of the constitution doe not apply and there's an important policy update to tell you about this morning. president trump says nothing is off the table, not even military action when it comes to the unrest that's happening right now in venezuela. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. and we now noy the washington capitals will visit the white houseo on monday t celebrate the team's 2018 buttantially cup victory brent connelly said he will not go. he would decline an invite from president trump.
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surprise development in the titution solicitation case against robert kraft. prosecutors have offered to drop the charge that he paid for sex at a south florida spa. kraft andot 2r men who were arrested would have to admit that there was enough evidence to convict them and if they agree to that, they can avoid a trial and t risk of being convicted on the charge. they would still have to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a fine. kraft has pleaded not guilty, so far his attorney hasn't said whether he will accept the deal or not. a warning this morning about a kidnapping scam. how to recognize a real threat and what to to about it. we e learning more about the accidents and n close call that forced the faa to ground the boeing 737 max jets.
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there are troubling new developments in one of thead crashes that led to a global grounding of all boeing 737 max jets. investigators have listened to the tape cockpit recordings and say that pilots struggled as they tried and ultimately failed to save the aircraft ande ow are learning just a day before that a similar emergency onhe same plane happened with a different crew here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: this morning as the 737 max fleet remains grounded amid multiple investigations, new details about last october's lion air crash that killed all 189 people on board. according to three people with knowledge of the jeat relsed voice recorder, as the pilots of th 737 max were scrambling to keep control of the plane, they began sourcing a handbook struggling to understand why the jet was lurching downwards running out of time before hitting the water in indonesia. nbc news did n have access to the recording or the transcript.
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it comes asti new informa is released about another 737 max 8 flight just day before the lion air crash where pilots got help from an unexpected source as that jet began diving downward, an offduty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpitorrectly diagnosed the problem telling the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight control system called mcas and save the plane. investigators examining this month's indonesia crash are considering just how a computer ordered the plane to dive in response to data from a faulty sensor and whether the pilots had enough training to respond appropriately to the emergency among other factors. me while, this morning, captain america's best known pilots is weighing in. sullen burger famous for that radio call during a kffi he cer the lives of everyone on board during the
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miracle on the hudson landing back in 2009. now with the 737 max fleet in grounded, cap sully is criticizing the faa for letting boeing conduct certification inspections on itself saying it has createdt inher conflicts of interest. a market watch op ed sullen burger also writes boeing and the faa have been foundanting in this ugly saga that began years ago but has come home to roost wit two terribl fatal crashes. a former ntsb chief agrees. >> it's not question of whether the faa has enough resources and enough talent to do the job, it's theiron rebility to do the job. >> reporter: under staffed and r underfunded, cs allowed the faa to delegate more authority to boeing to certify the new 737 max meets faa criteria. now boeing is under fire for not telling pilots about the new antistall software program on the max called mca suspected in
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last october's crash in indonesia and last weekrash in ethiopia. the faa gave mcas little attention. former faa accident investigations chief jeff guzeti. >> boeing will always be perceived at profit orienting but boeing knows how much it costs when one of their planes crash. >> the faa has been actingith a full-time chief for more than a year now, now the white house is nominating steve dickson to the job. he's an air force academy grad, former pilot and the former delta airlines exec in charge of flight operations. dixon will have to undergo the sete approval process, of course. deputies in charles county hope you can help them find t people shooting out car windows in the middle the night. this white four door sedan has ren driving through neighborhoods w cars are
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being we spoke with someone who's window was shot out. he hopes catching the vandals will show others that they can't et away with something like this. >> it serves as a deterient to sther people if you do something like t you will get caught. >> $1,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help catch the people responsible for these crimes. a warning now about a frightening scam every parentsh ld know about. it starts with a phone call that your child has been kidnapped. im and som you can even hear screaming in the background or somebody crying, but it'sf part a plan to trick you into paying a ransom. >> gadi schwartz explains how to protect yourself. >> reporter: it's a scam devised stop any parent in their tracks. >> i was frantically driving t thschool. i was on hold with the school. i was hanging up. i was calling back. i was screaming. >> reporter: kathy gross terror stricken as she heard wt she thought was her daughter's voice. >> she said mom, they took me,
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i'm in a van. i don't know where i am. >> reporter: former olympian ano commen and his family also among those targeted. he started shouting expletives and that he was going to shoot our daughter. >> reporter: it's called virtual kidnapping and it works like this. a hoaxer calls your phone to convince you that one or y loved ones have be taken. they try to keep you on the phone and wire them money before you realize your child is saf the entire time. >> that's all that really mattered to us. >> reporter: if a call like this does come in, hang up immediately, and never say your loved one's name that could be ined into trick you that the hoax i real. emanating from inmates fluent in eng dlish calling from prisons in mexico leaving little recourse for investigators. >> it'sat trauming at a pretty high level. >> reporter: the best line of otection, stay calm a be aware that odds are your family
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is safe. gadi schwartz,. nbc ne a georgetown university alum has started an online petition calling on the university to rescindegrees in admissions of any alumni and students that are involved in the high profile admission scandal. former georgetownni t coach is among 50 people charged in the scheme. prosutors say ernst accepted bribes for admitting some students. georgetown university released a statement reading in part, quote, we are reviewing the details of theindictment, examining our records and will be takin appropriate action, end quote. today the lottery opens for the 44th annual marine corps. marathon. lottery registration will be open from noon today until next tuesday. you'll find out next wednesday if you've been selected. 30,000 people are expected to run andat mn organizers say thousands more are actually interested in running.ot >> thery is the most air way of allowing as many peopleb
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as pos to join the race. good luck. different kind of lottery, we're talking about tat powerballest jackpot up to $550 million, that's the eighth largest powerball jackpot ever. a $2 ticket could make you a millionaire. the lump sum option is worth about 335 million before taxes. so there you go. enjoy thinking. >> if you don't usually play, you kind of feel like -- >> it's two bucks. it's not going to kill you. all right. storm team 4 is tracking what could be heavyn tomorrow. so after the break, lauren let's us know when it>>arrives. ain and snow are things of the past,ngs the midwest have seen too much of. we'll talkbout the impac at
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outside of houston is finally out. firefighters are still on the scene and no doubt will be there for some time. foam and water were sprayed on hot spots. this is the fire started on sunday there. the smoke has reached austin which is more than three hours ay. flood warnings are still in effect for people in more than half a doz states for major flooding. >> the disaster is still unfolding, in fact, for many farmer in the midwestould lose everything. kathy park in the story. >> reporter: chad we goner anda johnll bought this 40 acre property 15 years ago, now it's a sanctuary for endangered goats, their livlihood. so when their farm was devastated by this week's floodwater they rushed in to save thes. anim >> the water came in, the water came in so quick -- excuse . >> reporter: the damage to agriculture in nebraska this week estimated to be nearly a billion dollars, the latest blo
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many farmers. bankruptcies in the region rasing by 19% last year. from the war and international competition over agriculture products t extre weather, farmers are struggling to survive. >> as people put ood, sweat and tears day after day for livestock and their crops to put food or whatever on the tables of peoe around the country. >> reporter: forecast for so many farmers is uncertain. y do you thi can afford to rebuild? >> we don't know. we don't know. we donw. >> reporter: kathy pa news, omaha, nebraska. >> you got to feel for these folks. so much devastation out there. >> it's their lilihood. it more than a bad weather day. it impacts their everyday lives. >> did you see the pictures on facebook buried in the snow? they had the blizzard a it a melted. it's just ridiculous. we got little pieces of those
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systems tha came through but nothing obviously -- nothing like what we were seeinut there in the midwest. we have a few sprinkles her there on friday even thunderstorms from that system, fromeally not seeing much it now and they got a little bit of rain yesterday. that's going to join forces wit a syste that's off the coast for north carolina and that's what's going to bring us rain tomorrow. and wwill get a good little dose of rain. we haven't had rain in quite some eme. weot going to have to worry about the flooding threat but we are seeing rain out there tomorrow. we're seeing sunshine right now with the clouds moving in. it's a pretty nice day out there. tomorrow we could get one to twn es of rain right along i-95 like the greater washington corridor. that's where you're going to see that one to two inches of rain. then the winds will pick up on friday. we could have a few showers on iday, maybe spotty at best and breezy on saturday with some chilly conditions. teeratures out thereight now, you can see we're in the 40s.
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we're warming up pretty nicely. 'll top out in the low to mid-50s for day time hig today. yesterday we were at 57. today 55. rain chances increase tonight after about 8:00 p.m.re for south and east of d.c. again, spring, vernal equinox this g, the sun doesn't go down until 7:20 and through the overnight you'll sta to see that overnight rain lifting through the area. so here's that system that's bringing some rain to the portions of the midwest. here is that coastal system. really all the energy from this is going to transfer all the coast andhis will scoot up the eastern seaboard. it's moving right on 's. heour time up here. look at this. the evening commute will be dry but aft about 8:00 our friends in southern maryland, you'll start to see rn showers and that continues to spread north and west through the area. so by midnight night, all of southern maryland engulfed and stretch back towards i-81 just
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in time for that morning commute. the yellows and the oranges that's heavier rain, so aga in heavy at times through the day tomorrow. it will start to wrap up tomorrow evening during the commute but how's your friday shaping up? we'll talk about that and we'll talk aut the weekend coming up, guys? >> thank you, ma'am. no easy fix. commuters,ho meowners, lawmakers and plannersll coming together to talk about ways to improve rapid hot spots like 270. while a proposal to add a fasts lanet making too many people happy. >> red dresses now hang outside the national museum of the american indian. we will hear from an artist who hopes the exhibit will p a spotlight on a serious issue.
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so that they would be appropriate for muslim brurlz. >> 50 people were killed when a gunman stormed into two mosques last week and. opened 30 people are still in the hospital. theer was caught and arrested. a man accused of sharing the shooter's liveid stream from the attack could spend decades behind bars. 44-year-old phillip arps is charged with two counts of n violatin zealand's objectionable publications law. each count carries a possible 14 year sentence. arps sred the attacker's visit one day after the massacre. for thee first t this morning, d.c. councilmember trayen white is responding to reports of a hit and run involving his car. in a statement released this w morninte said he noticed minor front-end damage to his car on tuesday. he assumed the driver had backed into it while parking and he filed aolice report. white said he received a phone call a few hours later from the police alleging that his car had been in an accident. the statement goes on to say,
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quote, soon after my conversation with officials, a friend admitted that he borrowed the car witho my consent and was involved in a minor fender bender the night fore. police tell our news partners that this remains an active investigation involving the councilmember's vehicle. the time wepend each day commuting is pretty awful. maryland state leaders are looking at widening i-270 and the maryland beltway to help drivers butay doing so come at a price in the form of tolls. the plan isonntious and as transportation reporter adam tuss tells us, maryland officialseannot r out the chance that expansion will mean taking awa people's homes. >> reporter: signs all over the montgomery county council chambers showing plenty of concern about this road project, the biggest worry, will i-270 be win to make way for toll lanes. >> i personal believe we'll be able to gethrough thi without
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taking homes, but i -- i can't flat out say it until we see what the proposers come back with. >> did you draw that? >> reporter: one little girl even presenting transportation secretary h p ownter opposing toll lanes and there was pointed criticismrom the county council about a lack of information with what's really happening with the project. >> people don't feel engaged. oi've been some. it's a lot of talkingat. there's not really opportunity for engagement. >> we needo geteople to a place where they can feel comfortable in their own hom in their own neighborhoods. >> reporter: evan glass showing a book ontraffic. >> those of you who have not read it, chapter 6, why more roads lead to more traffic. >> reporter: they want more transit options like a train system while major change is likely going to come to 270 and the marylandbeltway, it's not clear exactly what will happen yet. the states still studying exactly how the roads should
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change. now the state says it could do nothing here along 270 and the beltway but if that happens, then the speed with cars could drop consistently to below 15 miles n hour andsoon. along 270, adam tuss, news4. >> thank you, adam. meanwhile we've got an update for you on breaking news. two peoplehot in dumfries. >> our bureau reporter is live at the scene with the latest on this, david? >> reporter: we just arrived on scene here. t this is jff dumfries road. it's a smaller neighborhood here, a newer neighborhood and a quiet subdivision at that. you ren see where detectives now focused. on this house right behind me here and they've been on sce for a little over an hour. they got that first call round 10:15 shooting. 'm told that inside a man and woman werekilled. now, i'm told this is contained to the home. so that raises the possibility that their investigatis this a murder/suicide. they have not yet concluded
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hat's where everything has been focused so far. they've only shut off thise portion of eighborhood so not causing too much of a incident for a lot of the neighbors here and a lot of the area hav live in thi been passing by just to get a better idea as to what exactly ant on inside that home. one source well that the sheriff's department had a deputy arrive at this home yesterley. it's not why they were called to that home, but here we are 24 hours later and n le ub homithcide, potentially a murder/suicide. i'll be working this to get you more details throughout the we'll see if we can get a better idea of who lives inside that home. thhe latest in dumfries, virginia. back to you aaron and erika. >> david, thank you. some of you are living in the healthiest counties in our area. that acc nding to a report that ranks the healthiest communities in each state. in maryland, montgomery county topped the list andowecond place,d county followed by frederick county and third.
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down in virginia loudon count takes first place in the state's health rankingis followed by arlington and fairfax sliding in third. many of these counties share similarities like good air quality, clean water, access to a clinical care services and so forth. a d.c. service is making sure parents are not surprised with anyd unexpec expenses. a look inside a day care that's putting a smile on the fac of children and parents. plus for the first time in history, the fda has approved a drug to treattu postparm depression. you'll hear from aho woman says it has already changed her life.
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>> meghan fitzgerald shows us how the group is already changing lives. >> reporter: the love between a parent and their child is indescribable. >> kissy. >> reporter: which is why this man says she wants to give her daughter the best of everything starting with a good education. >> another book it is. >> reporter: a few months ago impossible. >> i can't afford a day care, so being as thoughet i assistance that's a great thing because my ave toer -- i don't bring her any diapers or bring her any food. >> reporter: she's looking for a job and money is tight, but she found kid space which a day-care facility offered by the house of ruth. >> it was started to support women who were hemeless. sinc it has grown to serve almost a thousand women. >> reporter:andra jackson is the executive director of the organization. she says they also help women and their young cldren who
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fled domestic violence. >> we support them in helping em to regain their independence, heal from the trauma and abuse. >> reporter: they offer housing and a safe day care for young children who were exposed to the trauma. >> many of the children who come to us have delays and have challenges. >> reporter: so through things like talk and play therapy, love and care, these children are able to thrive. >> she was a goo goo gaga baby but now being 19 months. she's advanced. >> reporter: little mariah is the perfect example. >> eight, nine, ten. >> reporter: this organffation is oing hope, not only for parents, but for the next generation too.o >> you brush them up and down? >> reporter: meghan tzgerald, news4. tonight you'll want to step uptside if you can to get a glimpse at the moon. it's a full moon that has reached the closest point to earth in its monthly orbit around the planet. >> tonight will be the last of 2019. 've seen three consecutive
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super moons if you'll remember since january. saw this really close-up thanks to chopper 4 yesterday morning. look at that. so pretty. beautiful. officially, it'll be complete at 9:43 tonight, so get on out there and take a look for yourself. >> pretty. >> get out there quick, too. we'll see cloudsin roll >> clouds are rolling in, rain's rolling in. rain after about 8:00 p.m. if you're south and east of d.c. it'll be pretty light around here until tomorrow. >> and then - >> and then we've got rain, everybody. so we will see l some rainer on throughout the day tomorrow and then as we get into e weekend looking a lot better. in case you need to figure out what to wear headed out afternoon, take the kids to the park, looking good for that. it's goingbe t fairly nice this afternoon. we'll have a lot more cloud cover than yeerday. yesterday beautiful blue skies. we'll have that cloud cover out there. temperatures low to mid-50s this afournoon. thenl need that rain
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jacket tomorrow. wind breaker for friday and turday, maybe even a small umbrella on friday as we're still going to have some rain showers, s rain showers left around the area. if you're headed out to get that car wash,he go and take your chances because we've got that rain tomorrow. i still need to get mine washed out there now. current temperatures in the 40s. we'll continue to warm up into the low to mid-50s today. clouds continue to increase throughout the afternoon. weead into the low to mid-50s throughout the late afternoon and 50s. shows south andeast. you'll have them by about 9:00 or 10:00 and that rain will continue toh through the north and west from there, all with this system down here, this coastal low. it's going to join forces with this system, a lot of the energy from that system is goingo transfer off the coast. that's going to move up the eastern seaboard and that's what's going to bring us that rain as we headnto tonight and into the day tomorrow. so there's that rain right there. southern maryland, you see that rain moving in and it'll contin to spread north from there. tomorrow morning's commute is going to be a little wet.
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the heaviest rain will line-up along i-95 but since it's the coastal low, i-81 and west you'll have lighter amounts. we still have it along i-95 tomorrow night it all said and done. gtemperatures tomorrow ang to be into the low 50s and then by the time we get into your friday we've got windy conditions. those last into yours saturday well. we'll talk more about your weekend in that 10-day forecast coming >> all right. lauren, thank you. free frozen treats for the start of spring today. where you can find thedeals? beautiful red dresses meant to call attention to a very seriousissue. we'l have more on the display n.tside the national museum of the american ind
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jamie black joins us now. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> the red dress project is an outdoor art installation. can you tell us more aut what visitors will see when they go there? empty dresses are hanging in public space so that people can really encounter the spirits of the women who have gone missing. an you tell us about the women, the missing women that you're trying to represent in the exhibit? >> well, in canada there are ov 1,100 missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. this has been an epidemic going on for quite a long time and ths dresre really there to represent this issue and get give people space to talk about and look for ways to make the space safer for women and girls. >> and where did you get the red dresses? what's that significance? >> the dresses were all gen by donation to the project. i've been doing the work for about ten years now and it's traveled all across canada and the dresses were all collected
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in the first year of the instrolation by donation places all across the world. >> they're so different, they're casual and ballgames. it's really interesting t see. the exhibit is simil to the handmaid's tale, the tv show, what's your thought to people making that >> the red is such a really powerful color and so i think it's usedyo rea like bring attention to things, so i think in that case, that's also what t they're doingthe color red. >> and why did you want to draw attention to the pligh of indigenous women in canada and really around the world? >> yeah. i think it's really important that we talk about some of the issues that are happening on the ground in communities and people have been fing violence because of colonization for hundreds of years in north america and it' really important that we have a conversation about it so that we n create safer spaces for women and girls. >> what do you hope wheno visitors there? what do you hope they're feeling and what do you hope that they come away with after they leave? >> i think that the dresses really can connect with people
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at the heart on the heart level, so it's really making that connection and i think a lot o the time we give out -- if we give outti infor or writing, people don't make that same connection and just that powerful image sticks with people and i think they'll walk away never being abl toforget. >> indeed. it really is powerful to see the ped dresses hanging there. how did you come with the idea even? >> well, as an artist, ideas are very afemoral. all our different lifece experi lead to these decisions. i feel like this work was really giveno me and it adds a responsibility to have voices of the people heard. i knowhat you're also doing a performance tomorrow. can u tell us more about that? >> yes. so i'm going to be interacting th the dresses and creating asa ed space around them and honoring those dresses. >> it sounds very excited and the exhibit is very powerful.
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>> and they never came back. >> being able to treat people quickly within days is unlike anything we've ever been able to do before. >> reporter: 70% of women given the infusion improved significantly. 30 days later, they were still feeling good. for stephanie and her girls -- >> hadley said, mommy, you're back. and iid , yeah, i'm here. >> repter: it's been life changing. a newborn in upsta w york is breaking records, hartford buckley was born just a week ago weighingn at a whopping 15 pounds, five ounces. >> whoa. >> she is the biggest baby born at the new york hl in at least three decades. mom says she knew herwoaughter d be big, just didn't know
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she would be that big. harper was taken to the intensive care ut for monitoring but it appears to be doing just fine and mom and dad are very happy. imagine that. >> i don't know what normal size baby -- >> i haven't had kids yet, seven, eight pounds maybe. fo all the moms out there, 15 pounds, five ounces. you imagine it. all right. a message for prom goers. coming up how alower shop is doing its part to keep teens safe. "ellen." ater today on >> so it came out recently that you' dating rosario dawson and it would be an amazing we had to usgo have in the white if you go in single and then you have a wedding in the white house, i mean, we wou watch. that would be -- that would be like our royal it would be great. >> new jersey senator and presidential hopeful cory booker stops by. he's talking aboutis relationship and politics too.
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raiser. rita italian's ice is also nning a promotion. the chain will give out more than 1 million free cups of the frozen dessert. rita's has about 600 locations in 30 states. i'm contessa brewer. >> i'm still thinking about the dairy queen. >> we got to find some ice cream, right? we are working for you in the community with details on a , ique program in mccla virginia. >> the prom notes programs puts these little safety messagesde inhe corsages in an effort to prevent dru driving during the prom season. molette green has more from the flowers and plant shop in mcclain. >> reporter: i do want to give a big shout-out to our high school students from mcclain high school this morning and our senior right there who will be going to prom this year, these messag of safety you'll find this plant this flower shop started this so many years ago, ms. beth, please don't drink and drive.
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that's basicly the message inside chip and sonya have been keeping it going so many years. what do you think about keeping it going in the community? t>> i think t it's a very important thing. these kids are ouruture and we need to get the message out in as many ways as we can. >> reporter: office of colorado with fairfax county police is here to talk about how important it is t wk with the community. >> absolutely. we are very encouraged in supportive of businesses that do those things that help our teens and the challenges they face today. >> reporter: okay. the fou things you need to know to stay safe from fairfax county police. d underagenking is against the law. there are stiff consequences that include, loss of license and hefty fines, 500 bucks and the threshold for your blood alcohol is w lowern you're under age, .02. you don't need to drink and e drive to h a good time, right, everybody? let's have a safeap and prom season. thats the latest, back in to
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you. definitely feeling like prom season out ther today is the first day of . spri we've got sunshine today after 8:00 p.m. south and east of d.c. st st seeing rainead into the area. weather alert tomorrow we will have rain throughout the day. maybe ay spo shower on friday but the main story friday, the winds still blustering windy on saturday, sunday the pick of the weekend and we do have rain chances for the beginning of next week. >> all right, lauren, thank you very much. that's it foray "news4 mi we're back on the air first at 4:00 this afternoon. >> you can g news and weather updates any time with the nbc reshington app. have a day. see you tomorrow.
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