and first on news 4, a starting date for legal sports betting in the district. when and how you'll be able to placeour bets. battle lines are shifting on capitol hill. lawmakers told they'll have to wait weeks to see the special counsel's port, and they're now filling that time with the renewed fight over health ca. >> tonight the former director of the fbi says the summary we have seen of thear report so is good news. james comey sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc's lester holt late today. and lester will join us live in minutes to talk about his conversation with comey. but we're going to start with the tension building on capitol hill with blayne alexander. >> and that tension is building in part to this unexpected move by president trump's justice department tort sup ending obamacare entirely. now, keep in mind that this

really is a f politicalor for democrats who are now renewing their fht over health care. with the trump administration a backing the poh eliminate obamacare completely. >> if if the supreme cou rules that obamacare is out, we will have a plan that's far better than obamacare. reporter: democrats rallying to save it. >> i think we're going to do everything in our power. we just had a meeting on it as a bunch of freshman members soe weoing to fight it. >> reporter: democrats eager to focus on an issue they believe will help them win house control in 2018, already a frequentpi for 2020 presidential hopefuls. >> health care shod be understood to be a right. >> guaranteed high quality h universal heacare for all americans. >> reporter: but se republican lawmakers more hesitant, saying without a tconcrete plan replace now is not the time to repeal. >> i'm very disappointed and vehemently opposed.

>> reporter: it comes as congress expects a complete release on the robert mueller investigation in weeks not months, according to the justice department. >> i think it'll makeically help calm things down and bring people back together. >> reporte today republican senator lindsey graham said after speaking with attorney general william barr congress can expect to have that report before may. and a federal prosecutor today revealeven though special counsel robert mueller has finishedon his investigahe grand jury is robustly continuing its work. >> thanks s much. we are all awaiting a fuller view of the special counsel's p report ahaps no one is more anxious to see it than james comey. d as fector he launched the russia investigation. >> and then president trump fired him in may of 2017. and that triggered the appointment of robert mueller as special counsel. well, tonight talks exclusively to nbc's lester holt. >> you're fired a few days after

that i sit down with president trump. he says when i decided to just it, talking about firing you, i said to myself, you know, this russiahing with trump a russia is a made up story. what did you think when you heard that? >> i thought that's potentially obstruction of justice, and i hope somebody's going to look at that. ain, the president appears to be saying -- i don't know what' his head so i can't reach the conclu on, but what he appea to be saying is i got rid of this guy to shutdown an investigation tha threatened me. >> and lester is just back from quite an interesting inteiew. he joins us now. >> right, we're going to see a lot more of this on nbc nightly news a little later, but can you ivus some of your take-aways from that initial conversation? >> reporter: he defends the idea about looking into pcosible usion between the trump campaign and russia, despite the fining there was no such collusion or they couldn't conclude that.

he says there was plenty of smoke pointing to possible collion, so heas no regrets. i said did you take this as somewhat of a rebuke of the fbi efrlts of your leadership, and he said ohe contrary. he's very proud of what they did, and notes that the russiano were aiately called out for trying to meddle in the u.s. election. >> but he also said, you know, for people especially the president who was calling this a witch hunt, that this actually shows how nonpartisan the justice department is, this it,ort and what came out in what we know so far. >> yeah, i mean he thinks we should behe proud that process was allowed to work despite all the political noise surrounded it. of he takes that as somewhat a victor the one thing that he questions a lot is the whole issue of obstruction of justice and why the special counsel decided to pass off tt to the attorney general, perhaps congress. he doesn't understand isn he d criticize it, but he says i don't get it.

>> all rit, we will be hearing a lot more from lester's exclusive interview withes j comey right after this broadcast. and we hope you'll stay with us for that and our thanks to lester for his time. and we have somg break news from maryland. governor larry hogan has just vetoed twoontroversial bills. one would raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by the year 2025. the otherould allow local school districts to start their schoolay before labor day. he says starting the school earlier will hurt state tourisml both however, passed with veto-proof majorities. butke law will have to vote again on this. now we go to a developing estory right h in the district where several blocks of a very busy roa c way aresed off for a shooting investigation. this ts rang out late afternoon along good hope road in southeast, wounding a young man on a dirt pike. >> let's get right to news 4's

pat collins live there on the scene. >> reporter: erika, sources tell news 4 police are loong into the possibility that the victim here was targeted and that the shots -- the shots came from a passing car. the victim a young man shot as he was riding this dirt bike along good hope road in southeast. we saw two shell casings on the ground. we know the victim was hit at least once. us anday he was consc breathing when he was taken from the scene. police closed off several blocks as they gathered information and evidence. neighbors have comdiained about bikes buzzing up and down this road. here now from joyce saucier. she lives nearby. >> last night it was several of them. toy they started again today. >> reporter: the dirt bikes. >> they've been up and down the street. then i heard gunfire because the gunfire out was -- see how

nervous i am. i had to come out here because i couldn't believe this wasg happenn the daytime in washington, d.c. >> reporter: when you heard that gunfire you hit the floor. >> i hit the floor. i'm 71 years old.oo i'm old for that. >> reporter: again, sources say police are looking intitthe possib the victim here was targeted. so what's the motive? well, they're still working on that. erika, back to you. >> our pat collins live along good hope road in southeast. thank you, pat. big changes are coming to thbw parkway. those massive strips of the potholes are going to finally address all of that. he national park service said today it will starepairs this weekend, but it's going to involve closing a setch of the parkway both friday and saturday night. and a permanent fix is still a few more weeks away. news 4's cory smith will joinwis details live on that coming up at 60. >> but now to the future of

sports betting in the district. to haveders had hoped it up and running in time for baseball's opening day, which is tomorr. and that won't happen. but news 4 has learned when you will be able to place your bs. mark seagraves, he's live and it capital arena, will be starting on one of the opening days. >> reporter: the lottery officials tell us september now will be the soonest you'll be able to place a bet. if you want to use that mobile app on your phone, well, you're going to wait until next year. sporig betting is b money and will mean millions of dollars in revenue for businesses a local governments. the district has been racing to be first in the region to have it. and while d.c. is still onff trk to sports belting before maryland and virginia, it's still months away from reality. >> i think we need to get it going right now, give the pniple an oppor to invest. >> reporter: here's what needs to happen before the first bet

cane wagered. first draft regulations have to go up for public comment. that's expectedn to happen june. then those regulations have to be adopted. that would allowng bet to begin in september, in te for ening day of the nfl. but only on occasions operated by private iecompan >> i'm tired of waiting. i think everybody else is tired of waiting. >> reporter: if you're looking forward to placing bets from your smart phone that's going to take even longer. first the city has to reach a deal with the vendor who will design the mobile app. then that contract has to be approved by the mayer and the d.c. council. then officials estimate six months to develop, test and implement the mobile app. which means january of 2020 is the soonestpp the mobile a would be up and running in the district. one question that remains to be answered, will the districlo betting on college games or just professional sports?

now, if you've been paying t attentio social media today you may have heard some chatt saying he was going to put a sports book inside the green turtle restaurant behind fl on the firsr of capital one arena. i spoke to a specs person who says he never said anything of the sort today.t he j hasn't decided where it will be inside the building and likeit will look >> so what are the odds that this thing is actually going to go through on time and not be delayed? >> you know, it's a safe bet that it'll probably be delayed even longer, particularly the mobile app that the district government will operate through d.c. lottery. and that's because the mayor and the council will have to approve that contract. there are maybes of the d.c. council who are not comfortable with the way that contract was awarded or the service provider who currently operates t lottery machines. and so when all the gets before

.c. council, whether it's public hearings on it regulations or whether it' the vote on it contract, all of that can get delayed further once the council starts debating. >> mark seagraves, thanks so much. so no betting just yet but still a lot of excitement for opening day tomorrow. theats will start against a sold out crowd. but news 4 will be getting you ready well before that. our coverage starts early tomorrow morning on news 4 today. jim hanley will be live. >> you really don't nt to miss that. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> we also have some breaking news which kind o shock people this afternoon in alexandria. a mistrial declared in ere mu case that's been referred to as the werewolf murder case. the defense claiming insanity, that the killer thought the slm

was a werewolf and that led to a hung jury. joining us live to tell us where this case goes next. on the day of a plea the charlottesville unite the right case, new rules rolled out from ebook about posts white supremacists. and a fallen war hero nored at the white house and his son accepting theno medal o today for his dad. that is next. and we've got0s 44 ocean sit city, 53 d. back towards the west. this is where we want to be, folks. we'l talk about howhat includes what's going to hpen forap

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pointed questions on citol hill today. lawmakers focused on those two fatem accidents involving that boeing jet. they want to know how those planes were certified to fly. nbs jay gray reports. >> reporter: well, the ers involving boeing 737 sa a sen committee today pressed transportation officials on how the new jetliner was cleared to fly in the u.s. >> questions that had been raised in the aftermath about faa's oversight, the certification process for planes threaten to erode trust in th entire system. >> reporter: a system the acting chief of the faand defes. >> safety is at the core of the faa's mission. it is our first priority. >> reporter: multiple

investigations tonight continue into the crash of lion-air 610 d ethiopian airlines flight 302. both flights went down shortly after take off, 346 lives were lost. similarities in the accidents a led to concebout the plane's automated flight system and the worldwide grounding of the 737 max. today at their seattle facility boeing briefed 200 airline executives, pilots and regulators on changes to software and censors on the jet. the company says boeing has been continuouslyroding the required documentation with the final esubmissionected later this week. pilots and analysts say it wi be several weeks before the 737 max is back in the air. jay gray, nbc news. president trump awarded a posthumus medal of honortehis oon to army staff sergeant travis atkins.

his first deployment took him to iraq in 2003. and after a brief return he reenlisted getting deployed to iraq in 26. in june of 2007 staff sergeant atkinsnd his team encountered a suspicious man wearing a suicide vest. >> just as the terrorist was about to setoff the deadly explosive travis wrapped his arms and entire body around him and threw h to the ground away from his troops who were right next to him. he put himself on the tom of the enemy, and he shielded his men from certain death. eday the n of staff sergeant travis atkins will be etched alongside the names of america's brav wtriors and written forever into america's heart. >> all these years later staff sergeant atkins' son oliver who was just 11 years old at the

time accepted the medal in his father's memor her parents were murdered in front of her, then she was kidnapped, held hostage for 88 days. day the man who changed her life forever pled guilty t kidnapping closs and killing her parents. 21-yr-old jake patterson entered the pleas in court in wisconsin. he's facing up to life inwh prin he's sentenced come may. patterson shot his way into the house in october of last year. and after killingar herts he held her captive in a remote cabin. she escapedn january. she's now living with her aunt. >>self-declared neo-nazi who killed a woman in charlottesville pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes. he changed his plea in courthi lates afternoon.

fields was already convicted on state murder charges plowing into a group of counter protesters in a017. thatack killed heather heyer. fields faces a recommended life sentence for that conviction. t facebook iing a new step to fight extremism. the company is eanding its ban on hate speech. posts glorifying white supremacy have been f bannedor long time but pressoe mounlt today g further after self-described white nationalists used the platform to organize the neo nazi rally in charlottesville in 2017. civil right advocates have long argued that white supremacy, nationalism and separatism are c inngeable terms. phasy book now agrees with that analysis. multiple sources close to deadly shooting tevestigation news 4 a local boxer was the gunman. say policee sourc are investigating the shooting

as -- >> what led up to the deadly confrontation. >> reporter: prince county police say a gunman they searched for monday turned himself into police was was released as detectives continue to investigate a domestic shooting. prince george's county police searched for the gunman monday who killed one man and injured a woman. initially they believed he was holed up in the home where the shooting hapned and prompted a s.w.a.t. team response, road closures. neighborhood residents wer told to shelter in place and nearby schools were on lock down well in evening. according to multiple sources close to the investigation the gunm police were looking for is up-and-coming boxer ceshawn williams. he promoted the match on his instagram page. sources tell news 4 the domestic

dispute involved how he was going to divide his winnings from that nighe. police sayrgument began in one location between two gups but ended in front of williams' home where the shooting happened. police are investigating if williams shot in self-defense. police say the gunman turned himself in and was releasedth a investigation continues. ho-year-old david proctor was the man who was and killed. a woman was also injured by gunshots. we spoke wit proctor's family. they declined comment on the case. we tried reaching williams for comment. i was able to get in contact with abe family m who spoke to my by phone and said the family is dealing with the trauma of what unfolded in front of that home and not ready to speak. still tonight signs of change in crystal city as virginia begins to make way for amazon's new headquarters. and from blossoms to ba

ball, it is definitely spring here in d.c. are we going to have some temperatures to go with it? do

all right, doug is here. wendy and boegt got thboth got memo. >> i got to work on it. > it's like my guns need some ammo. >> let's take a look and show you what's happening out there right now. it is a nice afternoon.

it's, however, a little deceptive. again, plenty of sunshine. blue skies today but yeah still a little cool. sitting atin 53 degrees, out of the southeast at 6 miles an hour. wais off in thence you actually have fedex way out here.bu again nats park, we will be out there for opening d tomorrow.ht 53 r now in gaithersburg. it's going to be another chilly night tonight. it got down to the teens and 20s in some locations. i don't think we'll see that tonight, buttill a cold start to your day tomorrow. for the most part there will be a few of you in the upper 20s. but most of us staying above freezing. really into the sunday we're dry into early sunday and then we'll see the showers move in before noon. this is what will be coming our way. some clouds but not much. the only storm out here is way

down to the south in florida. andhis is doozy of a storm. they're seeing hail out of this. they saw severe weather. 30, 40 mile w an hourds down there. this is what they call a nor'easter. it's rig off the shore giving them a northeasterly flow. if you have any friends down there for springbreak, not the st. 1 right now in lexington, kentucky. 71, though, down to the south. so we're going to go 70s s we make our way in towards the rest of the week. opening day tomorrow, if you're heading down there it is going to be a nice day. but take the jacket early especially if you're going to go down arod 11:00 or noon. 60s by 1:00 by start time, 64 by 1:00 in the afternoon so, yes, come see us. next couple of days, 75 on

saturday and let's talk about sunday at n 6:45. ot talk about right now. >> let just keep our eyes on the prize. >> thanks, doug. so we are expecting peak bloom on monday, but y year that date is getting earlier. at 6:30 tonight amelia draper is going to have more on howgi chng climate has affected peak bloom. and the bw parkway is ability to be closed to fix those potholes. tonight we're hearing from drivers w say t headache this weekend is both worth it and long overdue. >>. breaking news, a mistrial in a bizarre murder case in alexdria. reve

ing news at 6:30. prosecutors must now decide whether to re-try a man who killed a popular old town alexandria store manager because he thought t victim was a werewolf. >> after more than three days of deliberation jurors were deadlocked and the jud declared a mistrial. >> reporte well, it appears jurors must have struggled with that insanity defense being offered in this gesome murder case, and with that mistrial declared this case now in limbo. jurors leaving the alexandria courthouse with somber looks their faces unwilling to comment about why they could not reach a verdict in the murder trial. prosecuts say the s killi of a popular old town store manager was mur. the defense wanted to find their soclient not guilty by r of insanity, arguing he thought he was killing a werewolf.

the victim's fridds troub by the thought baseem could walk free. >> all we can do h ise brad didn't die in vain and we will never et bradback. >> reporter: evidence showed he was suffering from severe mentan s when he left only days after getting reased from a psychiatric hospital. he came to old town, went the to the second storo of a window store and attacked brad jackson. he slashed and stabbed jacon 53 times. doctors who examined him for the defense say he was in the midst of psychotic episode in had a delusion he was a werewolf. with the mistal declared the defense attorney says he'd like prosecutors to avoid a and to agree the defendant was insane and commit him to a mental health facility. >> it's clearly tragedy out of

mental illness. the juryha recognized that's why they struggled with this for three days,nd we're hopeful the commonwealth will ultimately agr the place he needs to go is the hospital. he can be treated. >> reporter: now, the attorney tells me they will huddle up in his office early next week and decide how to proceed with this case. in the meantime, though, thean defe remains in the alexandria adult detention center. >> juli carey, thank you. pothole relief is on the way for the bw parkway, one of the bumpiest rides in all of thev. >> after weeks of busted tires, complaints from lawmakers and four-letter word filled commutes, take your pick from drivers, the national park service is launching an emergencyrepair operation. >> and cory smith joins us live from the craher zone with details. cory? >> reporter: yeah, in addition to the emergency operations that

will take place this weekend the park service is also fast tracking the repavement of a severely damaged portion of the bw parkway. i'll tell you what,though, every driver we spoke to today had the same i message,is about time. >> they were coming up and up. >> reporter: when it comes to the bw parkway. >> you're just hitting one after the other. >> reporter: and fix s all those potholes saraherguson sums up how most drivers people. >> it's about time. hurry-up and do it. >> reporter: in a rare move the agency would use its emergency contracting authority to make what it calls enhancedrepairs. >> the application of anve adheatch that should last a little bit longer term, be durable.be a bit more >> reporter: that's welcome news to drivers like jones. h it shoulde been done sooner but it's a good thing they're able to fix it now.

>> reporter: leaders voiced their concns about road nditions. at times the parkway looked more bvke the surface of the moon. >> this situationusly rises to the level of an emergency. it's a dangerous situation, a hazard for motorests. people getting flat tires, people getting injured. >> reporter: the long-term solution irepaving the entire parkway. that will happen next monthea of this fall. with that work comes the potential for some major traffic. patience is a lot cheaper than a visit to the mechanic. >> hopefully we'll have a good road and reliable and safe for people in the very near future. >> reporter:kn w mother nature did not make this situation any better but the nation park service says it is taking full responsibility for what happened here. that work starts on friday at 7:30 p.m. and will end sunday at 5:00 a.m. we have all the details o the closures for you

on nbcwashington.com. thank you, cory. arlington's crystal city with theood is echoing sounds of demolition. as crews get ready for amazon's arrival construction is under way on what will soon be the tech giant's temerary offices near the crystal city metro. amazon is leasing threes buildintil its brand new hq2 is completed. and when it's finished t campus will have 4 million square feet of offic space. >> former community leaders in front royal are accused of misusing millions of dollars, diverting some of it for personal use. a lawsuit claims the sheriff and economic development director misappropriated more than $17 million. the sheriff just announced that m.'s retiring before the end of his t the former eva director resigned her post suddenly at the end of last year. the eda issued a statement saying in part, quote, why we

are disappointed thatse transactions didn't come to our attention earlier through regularly scheduled annual oddsts we commit to doing whatever we can to ensure this doesn't happen again, end quote. we asked the director sheriff for comment. so far no response. after historic aances a bill that would have allowed terminally ill patients to end their own lives has failed in the maryland senate. that vote w deadlocked with one senator not casting a vote. this vote was a major blow despite a strong oppositionth fm catholic church. the bill would have made maryland the eight state to allow medical aid in dying. it is legal in the district. passionate responses tonight s a plan to cut federal funding for thecial olympics. at 6:45, what it means to the athletes who participate every year. and nobody has hit the power ball jackpothe since day after

christmas. there are now 750 million reasons to roll the dice and buy that ticket. plus, here's a look at the cherry blossoms down at the tidal basin this afternoon. now wit warmer temperatures in the forecast i moved up p myk bloom projection date this year. but over the years as our climate has warmed we've seen that average peak bloom date as

the cherry blossoms, they're about to hit stage five. that means they will turn puffy white over the next several days helpater temperatures will them reach peak bloom by monday. >> the park service says it'll be a delicate balance over the next few weeks. cooler temperatures help keep the blossom on the branches long, but it gets too cold then the blossoms can die off. >> and in recent decades the

arrival of the famed cherry blossoms has crept up earlier and earlier on the calendar. >> amelia dramer jones us now to explain why thatve is. >> the years as we've seen the peak bloom date has moved up the national park very detailed calcutions about the chaerry blossoms. check it out. between the years of 1931 and 1960 peak bloom average april 6th. fast forward to 1981 to 2002 thateak bloom date will jump up and the average peak bloom now falling on april 1st, can is exactly what we're expecting this year. i also took nulook at the ers from 2010 to 2017 and the peak bloom dat still

averages around april 31st. a five day changehe over last 80, 90 years or so. so this is the time where we talk about weather versus climate. u moved our peak projection date to monday. whether is what we expect day to day in the atmosphere. climate is what we exp over a long period of time, on average 30 years. when you step outside, what is actually happening, that'ea wha theer is. again, bottom line we have seen at peak bloom date move up by five years from april 6th. now april 1st as we track a warmer weather climate here in our area and globally as well. >> good to make that distinction, too. budget backlash today over a proposal from education secretary betsey devosla >> it will federal funding for the special >>olympics. e had to make some decisions with this budget -- s

>> this question of how many kids not about the budget. it's 272,000 kids. i'll answer it for you. that's okay. it's 272,000 kids. >> tonight supporters of that program are not staying quiet. coming up next local athletes who thrive in the special olympics every

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the deadline to release the findings by april 2nd but the committee should see the report within weeks. and in the meantime former f j directes comey is sharing his thoughts and questions on the investigation in an i exclusiverview coming up on nightly news with leste holt. there's new reaction tonight about a plan to cut all federal funding for the special olympics. >> that plan announced by education secreetryy devos drawing swift backlash. the founder of the program tweeted, quote, don't try to balance oud nation'st on the backs of those with special needs, end quote. news 4's meagan fitzgerald reports onhe now fal out of all this. >> reporte >> special olympics is really important because they offer these different programs and activities. >> if there was a momen that gave eileen mokao en joy it

would be seeing her 42-year-old brother ryan who has down syndrome living his dream. brian has won dozens of medals at the specialcolimpic games over the last three decades. >> sometimes i get to play bowling and tennis. >> these s of accomplishment and the sense ofev achient, it's something that actually will bringears to my eyes. >> reporte but the federal dollars that help fund the organization could be on the chopping block. educatn secretary betsey devos was grilled by members of congress on tuesday after wanting to cut all $18 million in funding for the special olympic. a spokesperson said, quote, the special olympics raises more than $100 million fillen clopically every year. and the activities o special olympics are better supported with other state, local and

private funds. tim shriver is the chairman of special olympics. he's confident lawmakers went let that happen.e we h great champion on the republan side, great champions on the democratic side, on the hill. >> the organizationgoays they're g to continue to work with supporte in congress, and they'll never stop advocating fo those special athletes w don't always have a voice. >> the thought that their funding would be cut is devastating. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. itch switching gears over $754 million up for grabs. >> it's stonight' drawing for another massive power ball. all you have to do s is get lucky numbers. if you want the lump y sum'll take home a little more than $465 million but that is before taxes. >> there have been 25 drawings

in a row without a big winner which has made this the biggest power ball jackpot ever. good luck, folks. >> doug's here to talk about the oather. sun and sky there the last couple of days so we'ron hoping wenue with nice weather for our cherry blossoms. >> are we heading into --he ing into a nice three day stretch and i just texted my wife saying i'll be a littleilate for dinner. i got to buy some power ball picks. we talked >> well no one wants $200 million -->> he next couple of days really looking nice. going to be a great day for opening day tomorrow. temperatures wise right we're at 53. winds out ofhe southeast at 6 miles per hour.

again, anytime we're out of the southe tend to be a little bit warmer. temperatures today a few degrees warmer. at least everybody made the 50 .degree mark tod definitely a far cry from yesterday. now, still dry on the radar. we're goi to stay tha way. not only stay that way today but really the next couple of days. no storms at all across the u.s. except dow towardslorida. once again, they're dealing with a nor'easr down here just spinning off the coast. we're going to be watching one of these next tuesday and wednesday as wel w right nre on the dry side for the next couple of day look at these temperatures. we've got the 50s, we've got the 60s, and then we've got the 70se those all coming our way. so it's just shifting to the east little by little andco we' inue to see that warming trend right on through the day onsaturday. now tomorrow increasing clouds and warmer. but a highre tempera of 64. some of you to the north and west will stayn the 50s tomorrow. but i really think d.c.

southward will be in the low 60s. as we take on the mets, we've got jacob going on against scherzer. th's going to eboo an awesome day one matchup down there. t degrees att time. take the jacket. 60 degrees by the 1:05 start time and 54 degrees by the afteoon. once aga which and see us. i've got the big green scree coming. i've got this thing coming with me. this is green screen here. i'm bringing it with me doing the weather live from the salt line. next couple of days here's that nice little winning hotry trend. temperatures fall after some shower activity. on sun not a lot of rain but temperatures falling around breezy conditions a that sets up a cool start for next week. by the way i think i got this right. i think the phillies come into town. that guy bryer ha remember him? i think they come into town next

tuesday. i got to check theate to mak sure. >> don't show us his picture. >> i think he is worth like 750 million now, isn't he? >> something like that. >> is that after taxes? >> if he could only get the name of the city right. coming up opening day jus d one away. why one nationals player is

well, finally we have theik summerweather coming. >> that means baseball. the wait almost over. nationals fans have waited 182 days. baseball rurping to teturningon nati capitol. martinez named the hitter to

begin the off-season. decided to go with eatenus becae, well, he gets on base a lot. with so many injuries last season the line-up orderas frequently influx, and eaten is happy to have something set because baseball players are just like you and me. >> you want csistency in tho relationships, right? when you go home t your significant other you want to have consistency. same thing here. when you can come here and know you're going to be in the line-up, there's a rhythm to it. there's a sort of confidence to it, and it's nice i i think r everyolly enjoys it. >> first chance to see that consistency tomorw with first pitch at 1:05. if you missed the madness the last couple of days the ncaa tournament back tomorrow. some of those games taking place in d.c.

but louisville with number one seed virgia making their tenth sweet 16 seed appearance. the one seed caps will take on the 12th seated oregon tomorrow night at 9:57 p.m. happy to be hereafter, well, being on the wrong side of history. becoming the first one see to lose to a 16th seed in umbc. virginia not being haunted by last year's ghosts. unburdened, d doesn't really matter in my opinion. you step up to the challenge that's there. you've joy init, you have focus in it, and you've got to be able to look both victory and defeat in the eye and say it's possibility and go forward. i think that's the best way to be. you guys have worked very hard spot and this obviously everyone here is desperate to advance. >> all right, now if the lose tonight they're eliminated

from the playoffs, but that's noan what has buzzing about the win. so what's got everyone talking is one player getting crossed up or so it appeared. wizards not too happy during a loss to l.a. late last night, but that's not what we're talkg abo final seconds of the first quarter lance stevensonngust crossi up jeff green, puts him on skates. stevenson showing off the handles and this play going viral on twitter. see the bench goingnk boers, but not what it seems. stevenson steps on green's left foot, gets him to stumble backwards, just green. he was trending on twitter because of this and was even asd about thelay after the game. >> he clearly stepped on your foot. can you confirm or deny that? >> i can confirm that he did step on my foot, but i don't care. he crossed me and that makesy everyb happy. >> what a good sport about

st epping on the foot still not the best look for jeff green, so we had to hit our archives to find our old favor rlts. does anyone recognize -- >> oh, come on. >> doug doing the jeff green before jeff green. >> is that why you have that limp? >> just like breaking ankles there, doug. >> and watch this from shemari. no chance at theball. >> good effort, so you and jeff have something to talk about next time. >> text time i see him, yeah we hang out every once in a while. >> and you're not doing that for a living, so that's evenfo bett you and your family. thank you for joining uew nightly starts in 60

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tonight, from washington, an nbc news exclusive. i go one on one with james comey. his first interview since robert mueller turned in his report. and his first reaction to that fone-page summary from attory general william barr. >> a lot of what is said in that letter doesn't make sense to me. >> the former fbi direor questioning why mueller didn't reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice. >> ao can't quite understand why he didn't resolve the question about whether the president was culpable for io obstru >> and tonight comey calling fof the releashe full report. >> you want this whole thing out? >> oh, it has to. >> a wide-ranging conversation. why comey says he has no regrets. ht also tongrowing controversy over the education