hose empowered in maryland have given us the distinction of having the most gerrymandered districts i america. >> a large crowd is anxious for justices to act on how political maps are drawn. the cases could impact who you vote for and which political party is in power. new this morning. the national park service is out with a new peak bloom date. what you need to know for the best viewing? and, yes, we've got shwarm days ahead of us that's why they've changek that had p bloom date. we'll talk about just how hot it's going to get around t area coming up.

announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning. to you. welcome to "news4 midday" i'm molette green. >> i'm pat lawson muse. weegin with breaking cherry blossom news this morning. the national park servi now says peak bloom will happen earlier than expected. the park service tweeted this morning that the indicator tree is n in full bloom and with temperatures expected to climb into the 70s this weekend, they're now predicting peak bloom will april april 1st, no fooling. >> i love that. we're talking about temperatures ithe 70s. i know. >> coming, but we're not there yet. this old out the morning. >> it is chilly, you're absolutely, right, guys. you're thenking about did spring go of the it looks nice out there. it looks wonderful, but boy is it chilly. now you can see on the bottom right-hand corner of your screen, 44 degrees. but onehing you really can't see, the winds are out there. we've got breezy conditions.

inds gusting up to 20 miles an hour. so breezy not windy but we are still seeing a little bit of a wind chillut there on this tuesday morning. 44 right now is our temperature. as we continue through the day, those temperatures are going to be warming right into the low to mid-50s. we are dry out there thanks to high pressure and that'hy we're seeing those bright blue skies and we will continue to see dry conditions. now, again, we are g 7ng into ths. we'll talk about just exactly what that number's going to be. welso have some rain in the forecast before the weekend is over. we'll show you atthat. th all coming up in just a >> thanks, lauren. now to two serious accidents both involving pedestrians. the most recent ithe alexandria section of fairfax county. one person is being treated for serious injuries after being hit by a car. fairfax county police say the crash happened in northbound lanes of richmond highway. no word on whether the driver stayed at the scene, but police do say that area is expected to be closed for some ti.

the other accident happened in prince george's county. police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash. this one involving a train. amtrak officials say two people trespassed on to theracks in bowie late last night and one of them was killed. trains were stopped for nearly four hours until they started moving again early this morning. this is in the same area where a person was struck andilled by a marc train in february. take a look at these flames. this house is in dunkirk, maryland. it took more than 60 firefighters to get them two allaze under control. it also took help from prince george's county andert who did come in to battle the blaze. the family and their three pets were able to get out safely. this house is a tal loss as you can see. developing this morning, a gunman still oner the loose a a deadly shooting in district heights. the massi police response led to two prince george's

county schools being placed on lockdown. justin finch has the latest on the search for the gunman from police headquarters. >> reporter: prince george's county police are continuing their search for that suspect in this case, ama g they say who shot and killed one man, left a woman a shot injured and then fled. i want to show you where all of this happen. talking about district heights is the neighborhood in an area offhe 5200 block. their outside of a town close to 2:00 p.m. yesterday. police found that man and woman shot. the gunman by that time, though, was gone. that did lead to a robustre onse from prince george's county police. we saw from chopper 4 very ssive scene there and on the ground, officers in tactical gear beginning t search for this suspect. as you might imagine, there was concern that theuspect was still out there, so two nearby schools went on lockdown. ma fr middle as well as suitland high school were on lockdown for hours as police f

searched that suspect. that wnlockdo lifted once police determined that the area was fe. later in the evening, residents saw remnants that have investigion with cars being towed away from the area where that shooting took place. today, awaiting some updates to learn more about the relationship between the suspect and those two victims is believed that they perhaps all heew each also standing by for an update on the condition of that woman who was ot and that man who is now dead. in palmer park, i'm justin finch, news4. right now in capitol hill, the house is in sessio lawmakers will try to override the first vetosi of pnt trump's tenure. the president was able to stop a congressional vote that would have prevented his emergency declaration at the sorder in a rare move, 12 republican senat voted with democrats to pass the resotoday for the voting anothe

. neededill tibe t o override the president's veto. right here in washington, there's a new fight over the mueller report. it's done. there was no collusion with russia and there's no proof of obstruction of justice. but how soon will congress and the public see the report? as news4 tracie potts explains, democrats are demanding a quick release. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller's report on russian election interference -- >> that should be something available to the american >> reporter: but how soon democrats want it one week fm today? >> there is no good reason not to make thebl report . >> they're like a dog after a boneur it wouldn'tise me to see them want to investigate mr. mueller. >> we have a four page summary written by somebody else, not by robert mueller. >> reporter: that somebody else is attorney general william barr who criticized the investigation and decided there's insufficient evidence to prosecute. barr says it could take weeks to

block out classified information from the report. >> it is important to protect sensitive sources and mads. we're likely dealing here with other prosecutions, classified information, damaging people's n reputa >> reporter: the senate's top republican voted no on releasing it, even though every member of th house of representatives, democrat and republican, voted yes. president trump says release the report, democrats want mueller and barr to testify about i soon. >> we're not going to turn this into a circus. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee has already contacted the justice department to set a date for barr's if you thought the special counsel investigation was over, maybe not. you justor saw senindsey graham he's calling for another special counsel o investigate the investigation to figure out how this russia probe cropped up in the middle of a presidential campaign.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. right now the supreme court is hearing two cases involving congressional redistricting. >> both republicans and democrats are accusing eac her of redrawing districts to favor their parties. >> one of the cases involves a district right here in maryland. aimee cho is at the supreme court with new reaction. reporter: good morning. the issue here is how democrats drew up t boundaries for maryland's sixth district. republicans saying the democrats did it tn a wayt boosted their own party and was illegal gerrymandering. this isn't a partisan case. the supreme court is also expected to hear a case north carolina. these cases together could set a precedent for the rest of the countr lots of passionate voters from all over the u.s. cam out today. many say they don't think politicians should draw districts and theyhink an independent group should do it instead. today we heard from both maryland governor larry hogan

an the former governor of california, they say they're hoping the supreme court will require new more fair district maps. >> representatives should not be picking their nsciti the citizens should be picking their representatives. that's the way it's supposed to work in america. >> america is the number one country in the world and i love america with all my heart and this is why i'm so excited to be here today and to fight t gerrymandering and to say that we must terminate gerrymandering. >> reporter: and they're also a number of arguments on the other side aswell. maryland's attorney general democrat ryan frosh a has filed appeal. he says they drew up the boundaries with a lot of inputs from vote also representative david shrone s aopposed the lawsuit. the supreme court is expected to make a decision by the end of liveside the supreme court,

utne. aimee cho, news4. >> thank you. we also ran into a group of high school students from austin,texas, at the supreme court this morning. they developed a board game on gerrymandering. they hope will educates and open conversation about the issue. tragedy now on top of tragedy.es two communirying to heal after mass shootings. they're now dealing with sever suicides. we have reaction from survivors of the florida school ooting. plus bump stock ban, the device allows rifles to mimic automa lc weapons. k at how the ban willork. w

welcome back. it's 11:12 this mo today the first major gun restriction in the u.s. in years goes into effectto bumps are now officially

outlawed. >> bump stock say device thatce can be p on to a semi-automatic rifle to enable it to fire continuously, like a machine gun. back in december, the las vegas -- the las vegas gunman back in 2017 used bump stock during his attack on an outdoor concert that left 59 people deaden the depart of justice announced in dec iber thatt would ban bump stnks. rights groups have asked the supreme court to intervene, but omere's no indication it will. twonities that have suffered massive losses from mass shootings are now witnessing new and terrible ripple affects. two students who survived the parkland, florida school shooting last year died last week apparently by suicide. and the father who lost his dauger in the sandy hook school shootings died by suicide yesterday. nbc's kate snow reports. >> reporter: this morning t communities that have already suffered unthinkable loss are hurting again.

jeremy richmond who's 6-year-old daughter was killed at sandy hook elementary was found monday morning at the building that houses the foundation he and his wife created in her name. in the years since sandy hook, richmond lefto his work become a full time advocate just last week, he was in florida talking with parkland families and others about access to mental health care. he aressed t personal challenges he faced losing a child. >> it's such a shock to the system that you feel displaced like you're -- liekt world is spinning and you're not and you're going to get thrown off of it and you have to find something to grip on to. >> reporter: for richman that something was the foundation created to support research into brain abnormalities that could be linked to violentbehavior. the foundation said in a statement about richman, tragically his death speaks to how insidious and formidable a challenge brain health can be. he days ago, sydney eye

willo also died by suicide. sydney's mother saying her daughter felt survivor'sgilt. this past weekend a sophomore at the high school also took his own life. it's unclear if the two had any leaks but thewo suicide in succession shocked people to the core how are you doing? >> mostly just shock and slight anger just at like how we could help better support people going through these types of situations and going throu ese internal battles. >> reporter: sam grady was grazed by blets and hit in a classroom a year ago. she talked with savannah a hoda the next morning. >> i know your best friend was shot next to you. have you been able to hearhat happened to her? >> yeah, unfortunately, she it. 't make >> reporter: sam and her friend emare seniors now. th wonder if sydney struggled because she was no longer surrounded by people who had a

common experience. >> i think the problem is when we leave the school, because now that's gone and that might have been what she was dealing with. >> such an t awfulgedy for those children and the families involved. we can't say this engh, if you or someone you care about is struggling there are resources to help. please call the suicide prevention lifeline, 1-800-273-8255. you can also find resources in the nbc washington app, search "changing minds." > we are learnin some new details about that cruise ship that sailed into a storm. norwegian officials say they have now opened an investigation into why the viking sky set sail despite a srnrm wag. more than 1,300 people were on board the ship when it hit rough seas along the norwegian thast. strong waves pounded the ship and tossed around furniture and the people. passengers recorded this

dramatic video. cruise rescued 500 passengers by helicopter. ne person was critically injured. check with your airline before heading out to the airport. southwest and american airlines have been canceling hundreds of flights a day. this comes after the faa grounded boeing 737 max 8 jets following a plane crash involving the same model jet in ethiopia. everyone on board was killed. that was thed secash involving the same model. the first crash in october in indonesia. boeing says it is working on a fix for the plane's computers. in news4, your health this morning. an experimental male control pill has passed an important safety test. the test proved the pill can decrease sperm productionhen taken for 28 days consecutively. researchers plan to conduct some longer studies and eventually will test the pill in sexually active couples.

it's been called an epidemic and public health crisis facing our children >> now the growing problem of electronic cigarette use isle being p out of the shadows in high schools across the untry. >> aaron gilchrist spoke to fairfax county students taking matters into their own hands and sending a health alert to their classrooms >> reporter: a million more kids vaped last year compared to 2017 skipping the old fashion tobacco burn and going straight for the ick nicotine infusion of ecigarettes. >> we've seen this issue so present in our school and sons that was opiration for the project. as>> reporter: the project an antivaping media campaign designed for a competition. the slogan, be cool, don't juul, a nod to the country's most popular vap riser brand. these two shomores h that message hard. the video at the center of their

media blitz featuredir t classmat classmates. e new mill len yumz just say no. >> people are me questioning what the negative effects of juuling. it's done j a good on getting the word out there. >> reporter: a8% increase of e-cigarette use among high school students from 2017 to 2018. early testing found tha ecig vapor may contain toxic even cancer causing chemicals. for young people, ecigarettes may beateway to real cigarettes which we know are moreharmful. youth nicotine use can lead to addiction and harmed brain development. >> when juul has the same nicotine that are in cigarettes, that's a powerful fact. >> reporter: theyto wanteeet their peers where they live on social media. a twitter account featured antivaping messages and their

video which had more than 6000 impressions. >> if they think about now and not in the future, we wan d to help them think more about what themselvesoing to >> aaron gilchrist reporting there. ecigarettes have become popular among teens because they're cheaper t cigarettes long-term and they're also often flavored which helps mask the fact that students are actually vaping inside of a school. experts recommend parents stay vigilant, talk to your kids abouttshe known aff and the risk of what's not known about ecigarettes. a car sharing service for will tell you about the safety measures the service offers? we'll tell you what this high school basketballayer has in common with nba stars like lebron james and vince like lebron james and vince carterat redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee.

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high school dunk contest hfal of me. fran bleety beat a pair of five star reeerts. sh 6'1" and uses her 31 inch vertical leap to reach the rim. she earned a perfect ten score from each judge on all four dunks. she's now the first woman to win the competition. current wnba scar candice parker won the contest back in 2004. that is awesome. >> that's awesome. b awesome is one word. >> i canely even hold the ball in my hand. >> oh, my sh the lady terps call it a season aft failing t fall in rather to ucla in the national college tournament. >> it's been 41 years since ryland and ucla played in the first women's national chamonship broadcast on national television. the third seeded terps, they were looking to make the sweet n their home court in collegek, p but they couldn't

make it to the finish line. it was a d appointing and especially for the team's only senior brianna frazier, ucla won the game 85-80. the men's tesrnament conti with the sweet 16 right here in d.c. this weekend, though. >> it's vecginia against duke and lsu versus michigan state. >> we wish them well. >> wish them all well. the time is ticking to sign up for a chance to race in this . ar's marine corps. marath if you've already signed up you'll find out tomorrow if you've secured a spote in race. 30,000 people are expected to run in thi's ye marathon. >> and it's set for october 27th this year. all right. weather's always iffy around that time. remnants of sandy came ke ough -- let me turn my on. it's off right now. we've got -- >> we can hear you now, lauren. >> it's always better with the mike on, isn't it? >> oh, my gosh.

they always have interesti weather for the marines corps. marathon,ri you get hnes or it can be really hot or really cold. october's an iffy month around here. >> can we just get to 70? >> we're headedthere. not today. >> i left the coat in the car, though. >> good for you. i haven't been outside. >> we're done with this winter coat. >> yes. >> pat you may need it tomorrowo morning, temperatures tomorrow morning are going to be cold. we're talking about temperatures in the 20s and low 30s. so pretty much everybody below that freezingark early tomorrow morning, it's going to be chilly. plenty of sunshine. it's chilly outow there right but today is the start of some warmer temperatures headed our way. let's go ahead and talk about the four things you need to know today if you've been outside. we've got that chilly breeze. we do have that freeze possible early tomorrow morning. thursday's a home opener. not looking too bad for that and friday, we got mild conditions out there and it is going to be beautiful on friday. current temperatures out there right now. 30s and 40s across the board.

it is a little chilly you factor in the winds, breezy winds, not really windy. we'red not talking about w gusts up over 40 miles an hour. about 20 on average. current wind chill right now bringing that downs. into the 30 that's what it feels like if you were to step outside. henahan lleya, l fiteetle b chilly. we're not quite theret. it's brisk throughout the day today. we'll have blue skies allday. and as the wind settle down during that evening temperatures will drop with a light wind and clear skies. that temperature will plummet reand this is what w talking about tomorrow morning. everybody pretty much excepli fr anna and down by the river t are belt freezing mark. it's rather chilly tomorrow morning but then w warmup. we'll be in the mid-50s tomorrow after low 50s today. 60s on thur 7ay,on friday. we keep it going from there on saturday. our average temperature for this time of year is 59 degrees.

for the most part we're going to be dry. if you need to go out and get th carwashed, do it. many dry days ahead through the rest of this week. let's go ahead and start this at 6:00 a.m. on friday. i've got a lite weak front coming through on friday. could be a few sprinkles north and west of d.c. pretty much most of the day dry on friday. we'll see cloud cover. we'll go partly sunny now these bright blue skies that we're seeing out there today. i saturday partly sunny conditions. saturday is dry but sunday anotherrontal system comes through which is going to drop our temperatures for monday. that could bring rairs sho our way. all the way through your day on sundayy expect saturo be the better day throughout the weekend. home opener coming up. we'll talk about that as well for thursday. >> thanks, lauren. have you reported pothole on your street? if so, you're not alone. a look at lad.c.'s to get all the rough roads fixed.

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breaking news. charges dropped against actor jussie smollett. hislecord w also be wiped clean. you may remember the "empire" star was acc of filing a false report about an assault he repoaued being aed in chicago by two men making racist and homophobic comments. police say he made up the entste y. smollett and his lawyers are expected to speak or were expected to speak after emergency hearing. as soon as we hear more from him and his lawyers about why this case has gone in this direction will bring that to you live and online.

now to the mounting tensions in israel ahead of a highly primeted election for the minister there. >> overnight israeli aircraft bombed targets across the gaza strip. the latest violence was triggered by a surprise rocketf d yesterday from gaza. a territory ruled by the islamic militant group hamas. israeli force haves arrested three students in the west bank believed to hamas. benjamin netanyahu returned home from washington today. he spoke via satellite at the american/israel public affairs committee conference denouncing anti-semitism. celebrity attorney michael avenatti is out of jail and legal with his own problems. prosecutors in new york accused him of trying to extortillions of dollars from nike. he is facing separate charges in l.a. s danhan aman reports. >> reporter: attorney michael avenatti released after posting

300,000 bond facing charges on both coasts. >> when it is all known, when due process occurs that i will l be fly exonerated and justice will be done. thank you. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office for t southern district of new york alleges michael aventi tried to extort millions of dollars from nike. just last week, michael avenatti allegedly told nike he represented an amateur basketball coach that quote, had information damaging to the company. he demanded $1.5 million for his client. >> when the company lawyers resisted michael avenatti, he told the company, it could skip paying for an internal investigation if instead it simp paid him $22.5 million. >> reporter: if nike didn't agree, michael avenatti threatened to generate negative

publicity for thepublic. >> this was an old-fashioned ow shaked >> reporter: in los angeles prosecutors allege michael avenatti used a settlement for one of his clientsay to his own expenses and using false tax returns to obtain a alone. michael avenatti who is best known for representing sto hy daniels i legal fight with president trump now forced to focus on defending himself. dan sheneman nbcnews. we are learning new details about a deadly shooting involving a deputy in frederi unty. investigators say a deputy shot and killed abraham arry anno yesterday morning in maryland. it all started with a call about man trying to break into a home. we've learned that ariano called police himself. there was no one insideri the he all of this but deputy say a woman who lived in the house had just alied for a protective order against him. we're told ariano had a gun and refused to drop the gun that's when the deputy fired the shot.

that deputy is now on administrative leave. a family mourns the loss of a beloved a grandfatherer a fire broke out in his d.c. apartment. 70-year-old reginald beckham was a vietnam war vet and purple heart recipient. here is a more recen photo. beckham was retired from the commerce department. the fire sparked just before 9:00 yesterday morning in a complex right off benning road in southeast.c. firefighters tried to rescue beckham but couldn't get him out in time. aeighbore spoke to says she was shocked when she heard the news. >> unbelievable. i cried my heart out. that was my friend. that was all of our friend. d.c. just kicked off it's potholepalooza campaign. it's going on a pothole patching

blitz. adam tuss says road crews have a lot of work ahead of them. >> reporter: when you want tock ff pothole patching season in the district, you give the mayor a paver and let her smooth out a pothole patch. >> we certainly have seen throughout the regiont potholes this year have been before. n >> reporter: d dot says it's received over 7,500 requests to fill potholes since the beginning of the year, that's more than doubled from the same time last year. >> some of the streetst are j awful. >> reporter: so why has this year been so bad for potholes. ? all the rain and w snowve had has frozen into the ground. the constant pressure from cars has broken apart the road surfaces. once the temperatures warm roads had apen invitation to lit. the parkway issues are well documented at thispoint. is it the worst you've ever seen? >> yes. >> reporter: we asked theay mor if she'd been willing to helpe

thational park service roadsin some of the other in the district. >> we are not really looking to take on any federal roads at this time. >> reporter: it was worth a shot tat least. way, if you want to report a pothole in d.c., you can tweet or call 311. >> if y want to check out how many potholes under your neighbhood, check out the nbc washington app, search ngotholes." parents looo get their kids around town may have another option. our news partners at wtop report hop-skip-drive i now available in d.c. the car service says it'll make life easier for busyeltway parents. they must pass a 15 point certification process. a support team monitors rides in realtime. parents can pick up d androp off alerts. prices sta at 20 bucks.

we have new video of what could be the future. a company i jap reveals its new hover bike. we're told the prototype can rise 30 inches in the air and reach speeds of 62 miles per hour. this is an option for you, pat. the firm is working to put the hover bike on public roads by20 . the company also says it can hit top speeds even on roads that are not flat. it's also supposed tbe able to fly over water. the hover bike was developed to provide a mea of emergency transportation in times of disaster. >> that's pretty interesting. >> kind of jetson's ?fe >> exactly. george jetson could use that. >> there's a rare photograph of abolitionist harriet tubman now on display in the district. >> curators believe this is the earliest photo of the undergroun. lead the photo shows tubman in her 3

la or early 40s taken some time in the 1860s in auburn, new york. >> i felt like this is the muum's version of mona lisa. this is our mona lisa, she would be the equivalent. >> the museum and the library of congress jointly own the photo. it's on display in the museum's main hal thiseek and will then be moved to the slavery and freedom exhibition. >> and that photo looks to be in very goodtion and the technology now they can really preserve them forever. >> yeah, which iseally nice. >> pretty good. lauren is looking ahead to a weekend warmup, she'll tell us about ithe after t break. an in emergencies, dogseed blood donations like people.

blood drives people linin up to donate blood that can help

save a life. but have you ever heard of a blood donation for your dog? >> it's not that common and that's causing a problem for oun furry f in need across they. coun cnbc's jane wells reports. >> reporter: this is a dog receiving a blood transfusion. this is a dog blood bank. a rare thing. jackie found out how rare whenh beloved lab suddenly needed emergency surry for a tumor. there was no blood. >> what do you mean? there's no blood. >> reporter: she did her own leg work a managed to find one unit of blood an hour's drive away costingf hundreds dollars. >> we were able to use this one and, you know, she made it through the night and she went into cardiac arrest and she passed away. >> reporter: for all that we do for our pets most of us don't realize that petan help each

other. dogs and cats each only have two blood types andhey cannot donate to each other and human oood doesn't work. meantime there ay a handful of pet blood banks around the country and supply and demand are completely out of whack. blue pearl emergency pet hospitals started its own mini blood bank in pa ram muss new jersey, buying the equipment and training staff becau often they were coming up short. >> i could call one of our commercial blood ban we use routinely and ordered a certain type of dog blood and they could have it to me within four days or they can tell me, well, we can get it to you in four weeks. >> reporr: annual screening of a donor costs $1,200. they have a facebook page to lure new donors and treats. >> we offer a month supply of dog food which owners are pretty excited about because that is a costly thing. ter: jane wells, cnbc business news. >> let's get back to that discussion about the 70s. well, getting there? >> she's stuck on that.

we're stuck on that. >> we're all stuck on that. i think we're turning a corninger here -- you just came in. you said you left your coat in the car earlier. is it a little breezy? >> it'stl a l cool out there. i ran to the door. >> wait until tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning is really cold but we're not going to have that wind, though. to rrow's really cold. then we start that uphill climb into the 70s. not today. we're stuck in the 40snd 30s right now. we're a slow rise into the lower 50s toy, but it is gorgeous out there right now. if you're headed out just know, on the pollen report for today those trees are a little on the moderate side. mold is low. speaking of trees, cherry blossoms now at stage four. we are now thinking the peak projection april 1st. we i moved back two days.

two more stages. next monday looking good. 44 right now is our temperature. 42 in, baltimo in annapolis. a little chilly. factor in that wind, this is what it feels like outside. it feels like in the 30s in most our area. it's running a little cool throughout the day today. today we'll be in the upper 50s. we are going to have those 'mtemperatures --orry low 50s and upper 40s for day time tghs today. temperatures falorrow morning. look at that. we'll be in the 20s and 30s. tomorrow in the mid-50s and not as breezy out there and over the next five days we will have those temperatures rising. d-70s by saturday. i'm going to talk more about the opening game for nat coming on thursday. we'll show you that in just a little bit, guys. la thank you, en. the greed of wall street in the '80s is in the spotlight at arena stage. we have a sneak peek at the play

by prize winning playwright. weou told about apples new streaming service yesterday. today we have a bettera i of what you will be able to watch on it.

the story of greed, power and wealth inspired by wall street back in the '80s. it's called "junk" and one of the show's star joins us now with what audience can expect. thanks for being here. >> thankyou. >> your character is based on the real life categy of the wall street crisis the scandal back in the '80s. >> i play robert merkin who is based off of a very real junk bond trader. and he was really responsible for the rise of junk bond nancing in the '80s. >> the playwright of this production ju"junk" talk about

what happened back then and impacts politics today. do we see that in the play? t >>nk we do, yeah. i think we see the sort of unfettered, unregulated capitalist mentality has a lot ofitfalls to it and that ordinary people can get lost along the way. it also -- the play really deals with the way that money and politics are inextricably linked and you see characters, attorneys whore running for mayoral seats who are going to need the money of the ultra wealthy and powerful if they want to get to where they want to get t i even that means they ultimately want to make it wtter for people and change things the to get there is, you know, through the ultra rtwealthy. >> imitating life. >> a bit. >> so you deal with politics. what about the ethical issues? are they addressed in this production or are some of the questions addressed? >> i don't know whether they're answered or not. it's up to the audience, but rtainly the ethical questions are the ones that the playwright

is raising. the fact is, there was a lot o racial prejudice and ethnic prejudice in corporate america in the '80s. manyeople will tell you there still is today. we had a board member from the theater come in and talk to us about not bei allowed in the cafeteria because he was jewish in the '90s. one of the screens of my chacter is for a long time financing and hope andinancial power and the possibility of creatingusinesses and starting new things was denied to a large cross section of the country. nwy te people struggled to get their small businesses off the ground and he saw this asopn rtunity to open up wealth to everyone. >> yeah. the i say in the play, only thing we care more about than race is wealth. >> is it the kindnf product that you think will get a different reaction here in washington than sn it would new york? >> gosh, that's a really smart question. probably

we have one of the smartest audiences in the country. we have very highly educa audience members, people that have worked in finance and politics. many people i suspectill know some of the major players in this play and, but that's true in new york as well. i think that because we're so close to the political center of ings and we do have the milk institute down the street from us, i think that the issues are -- at play in different way in washington. >> it'll certainly be an interest to a lot of people who live in this area. the play is cald ju"junk". thomas keegan plays michael millkin can't wait to see that. april 5th at arena stage and it runs throu the 5th of may. >> good luck and thank you for being with us. >> thank you. apple isdi expan to new territory. the tech giant announced it will offer new services including video streaming and an apple credit card.

>> reporter: hollywood heavyweights joined apple ceo em cook after monday's star studdedvent launching new subscription services. including the ancoy's widely anticipated move into video streaming. >> apple tv plus. >> reporter: and original content. more than 30 productions are in the works featuring hollywood celebrities. >> hello, am i late? >> reporter: that's a question apple faces as it plays catch-up against screaming rivals like amazon and netflix. >> you have 85 million house holds spending more than $100 a month on their pay tv services. >> apple tv channels. >> reporter: apple also announced updates to i tv app, apple arcade. >> these games arey insan fun. >> reporter: apple news plus offering access to hundreds of magazines for ten bucks a month. >> we're very early stages in how people are shifting how their consuming their content. >> reporter: another first for the company, a credit card.

users can sign up for the apple card an an iphone and manage it through the wallet app. >> a new level for privacy and security. >> reporter: with every new offering, a promi from apple to protect user data. >> privacy and secure. >> if you were playing buzz word bingo, they are heavy on that theme. >> reporter: the company works to u lurers deeper into the apple ecosystem. coming up, an update on my goal to get fit for spring. i've got some tips on exercising at home. look at, pat!

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have the space, even when you travel. that jump rope with you. it is a great workout. it actually provides benefits for a full body workou you do it in 15 minutes you can get a good sweat up. next everyone's favorite. pat'svorite, push-ups. and pat did them this way for me this morning. >> love them. >> with the proper form you can strengthen the lower back, the core, engage those abs. it's good for you. >> good upper body stuff. >> fin the squats can help you improve a lot of stuff especially the lower body strength, the glutes, allthf stuff. i want to you keep sending me your updates on social media, use the #getfitforspring. join the journey with me, come on along,re working on a mass boot camp set for april 12th, i wan the community to come on out. we'll have the american heart ia association,tes association out there and we're going to work out. >> fantastic. >>:00 a.m. in the morning. >> group sweat.

uren, you can come too. >> oh, okay. 6:00 a.m. a little early although i was here by 5:30 this morning. that's really early to work out. but good for you guys. listen, if you want to go outside for a morning run tomorrow morning. it is ly, temperatures below freezing, beautiful conditions. t me tell you, right now if you're headed out to home opener, definitely fling like baseball weather. temperatures will be in the 60s. beautiful nex chance of rain, not until sunday. >> all right. thank you, laurn. we will be back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> you can news and weather updays any time with the -- uptes any time with tdahe

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