main shock is the clouds clearing throughout the afternoon. we have sunshine thisweafternoo. l have full sunshine as the clouds start to clear. it isoing to be chilly and we have winds that will be gusting up to 30 miles an hour. right now winds out of the south you see the bottom corner of the screen. as winds start to shift, that's going to pull the temperature down a littleif bit, bea view out there right now.yb now is the time to see the cherry blossoms. meagan fitzgerald sa yesterday was so packed, so nice, maybe the rain will scare off some people today. i'm here to tell you we'll have moreunshine this ternoon. the rain out there now. if the rain has ended in your area, it h ended for good. this frontal system back edge of the front now coming through the shenandoah valley. the rain coming through i-95 corridor. that will continue to push off tohe east clearing behind it, and a drop in temperatures. that wind will startt, to sh already starting to pick up now, was out of the south. now o of the southwest.

starting northwest and will pick up. 60 miles an hour, 60 is our temperature now. most of the afternoon in the 50s.il wait uou see the windchills tomorrow morning. show you those coming up. >> i don't want to look. i don't want to look. thank you, lauryn. new this morning, a man is dead after an ernight crash in prince george's county.e olice swas driving along richey road around 1:00 a.m. car suddenly crossed the center of the road and smashed head on into another vehicle. he was pronounced dead at the scene. all lanes are now back open.ry policeg to figure out what led up to this crash. a tragedy unfolded at a p populak in northern virginia. a man jumped into lake braddock to save and dog police tell us he never made it back to shore. darc spencer is in burke with the details. >> reporter: yellow police tape surrounds lake braddock, off limits despite the beautiful weather. that's because something tragic happened he. fairfax county police say a man

apparently drowned trying to rescue a dog from the chilly titers. >> dets are still looking into that aspect. initial repts are that he did go into the water to retrieve a dog. just don't know w if it his dog or somebody else's. >> reporter: police were called here after 5:00 for the report swimmer.ing boats and rescue swimmers went in, they found the man's body about 40es later. they say the dog was found and is okay. >> the bestf myowledge, i believe in this community now for 19 years, i've never heard of something like this happening. >> reporter: john johnson heads the lake braddock community association, he says people use the path around the lake to ercise and walk their dogs. he says the lake is not very deep but it is very cold this time of year. >> i think it is tragic. the worst thing that you want to happen is for some tragedyhao en to a member of your faayly. it is a worse when it happens to a child, but it is

equally bad when it happens tot an ad my heart goes out to the family. >> reporter: police worked well into the nighttime hours on saturday, collecting evidence and talking to potential etnesses. theyxpecting to release additional information sometime today. in fairf county, darcy spencer, news 4 today. thank you. in the district, ten people were displaced after a fire damaged much of t home. you're looking at the pictures there. residents escaped here on 54th street i southeast yesterday. d.c. fire tells us the firear d on first floor of the two story house, no one was hurt. ths still no word on what caused that fire. take a look here, investigators trying to figure out what cause more than 20 railcars to derail yesterday. some of them were carrying propane tanks which were damaged and some of theed le no one was hurt. it is smooth sailing onhe baltimore-washington parkway right now. such good news.

all lanes back open. for the past few days, portions of the roadway have been closed for emergency pothole repair. take a look. chopper 4 flew over, crews out improving conditions for drivers who had to dealith popped tires. the repairs are expected to help improve b conditiefore a larger repaving project starts next month. head to our nbc washington app to learn more about the repairs on the bw parkway and across the region including permanent fixesoming this summer. just search potholes. several teenagers were behind bars this morning after a massive disturbance in baltimore county. all started after a mar madness party at east point mall on friday. police say after the evt, a fight broke out in the parking lot. ople damagede mall property and one woman says her pursewith stolen with some cash. look at a busted windshield that

someone texted us. about 300 teenagers were involved and nine people were errested. they charged as juveniles and were released to their parents and guardians. a navy s.e.a.l. charged with fatally stabbing an injured iraqi w prisoner is no longer being held in the brigg. >> this comes hours after president trumpweeted about it. the attorney of special operations chief edward gaonagherrms he was moved to the barracks at the marine corps air station in florida. this comes after the president tw oted in favor gallagher moving, saying it honors his past service. gallagher was accused ofng establisn islamic state prisoner under his care in 2017 al with shooting two civilians in iraq and opening fire on crowds. he has pleaded not guilty to these charges. new this morning, some insight on what americans think since the cpletion of t mueller report. according to a new poll,40% of people say they do not believe that the president has been

cleared in the russia probe. while 29 say that he has been. 31% say they're not sure. if you want to see more, you can head tobc news.com for the complete breakdown on this new poll. and it is that time of year again. you can see it behind us, the cher blossoms are here and so are the crowds. in oves. >> packing the tidal basin for sure. if you decide to headut now, you can see some rain drops in the next hour or so, could beli le wet down there. some crowds, our derrick ward has the umbrella up around the tidal basin. how are the crowds looking? >> compared to yesterda not a lot. take a look. this is what we have been seeing for most of the day. it picked up a little bit. thice is more traffn the road. i think people arerobly opting to view the cherry blossoms from their cars. a even o day like this, they are indeed a spectacle. they have tir own subtle luminescence. that sounds like a quiet go go

band. bu they add a little light and color to a day like this. as we heard from lauryn, the sun will come out later today. what better place to be when the sun breaks through the clouds and starts to light up these cherry blossoms. so still a day to come down here. if you don't likecrowds, don't mind rain, today is the day fu. live along the tidal basin, derrick ward, back to you. >> you havetl s luminescence as well, good stuff, derrick, thank you very much. time is 9:07 on this sunday morning. still ahead, get this, aiv grandmother birth to her own grandchild. we're going to eoflain this gift ove when we come back. at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent.

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the incredible way that she came into the world for one family. >> yeah, it is all thanks to her grandmother. nbc's tammy leitner has the story. >> stay awake. >> reporter: for most couples, having a baby can be a challenge. but for this couple, having their daughter started with an unconventional offer. >> i said i would love to be yourcaier, gestationial carrier. i said i love being pregnant. and i saidou know, i said i think i would be a good candidate. course, they laughed because they're thinking you're menopausal. >> reporte but doctorsaid the 61-year-old grandmother was a perfect candidate to be a gh surrogate thr ivf. >> i looked at my husband and i said, well, i guess we're going a ride, we're going to g forward. >> reporter: on monday, she gavs birth to uma ldory ellidge. >> i felt this heart open and i knew in that moment it was all going to be great. i loved her so deeply. >> reporter: creating umwas a family affair.

matthew's mother could carry the baby. elliott's sister donated the egg and th used matthew's sperm. >> i knew this is what i wanted to do, i wanted to help them, i was excited for them. >> oh, yeah. sleepy. >> reporter: the new parents plan to tell uma all about it. answer every question, totally, honestly. we have to explain to her some people have a mom and a dad or some people were created by their grandmother, this is her norm. >> reporter: family bonds that can't be broken. >> it was an act of creation, gi really a itive one. for me, i think this is an original story of poetry. >> repter: tammyleitner, nbc news. >> that baby, oh, my gosh. >>yes. cute baby. you do hear more and more people like this, stepping in, family members helping out. so that's interesting. the mt -- >> taking a village. >> now the grandmom too.

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you're watching today."4 you probably don't think much about your car headlights until it goes out and then you want avoid a ticket. >> they're an important safety feature that need maintenance like the rest of your car. consumer reporterog susan shows you how you can make it last. >> reporter:onsumer reports performs all kinds of tests at its auto test track in ud connecticut ing ones on headlights. researchers analyzed things like brightness and how wel headlights illuminate the road ahead on moonless nights. >> we're looking for things like how far do the low beams and high beams give you visibility straight enough. are they bright enough? is the pattern uniform or streaky and will they cause glare to an oncoming driver or someone you follow. i >> reporteyour car isn't new, your headlights may not be in tip-top shape. sun and uv exposure can cause the plasc coating to become clouded or yellow giving off far less light than when you first bought the car. >> you may find cars are more

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>> indeed. >> there you go. time now is 9:16. one thing that is not dim is the blossoms. they're out inoo full >> so beautiful. >> almost full bloom. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. we're hours away. look at that. >> we might as well be full bloom. >> the city is so beautiful. know. so pretty. >> that's a great shot. >> it is a great shot. today mighe be day. it is true. you can beat the crowds today. funny you saidthat. you said that earlier, it was, like, i kept saying yesterday was the day to go, whi it was. you try to get down there yesterday. there was a billion people down there. you got caught in traffic. >> like gridlock. >> so todayeagan is right, today may be the day to go. you won't have the sunny skies, give it a couple of hours. not going to be rainy all day. a few showers out the now. we will start to see a little bit of more sunshine as we continue into the afternoon. >> don't pick the blossoms

either. >> don't touch them. >> i'm so glad you menti that. i had somebody write me yesterday and can you please mention on air for people not to go and climb the cherry blossom trees. we were watching yesterday and had a live shot similar to what we have now andhere were kids climbing all over the trees and both of us were just face palming ourselves, like, oh, man, please get the kids off the trees. don't get up all in them. technical term for that.st , sometimes i like to have our viewers play meteorologist. find the front. pretty easy, right? >> the blue part. >> the cold front coming through the ar. look at is. i said temperatures will drop. that's one thing you can expect through the afternoon. frontal system right here. that's why you're seeing the rain showers out there right now. swping through the area, that'soing to continue to move east coast. behind it, cooler temperatures. stay good-bye to the 70s.

yesterday at 79 degrees. there is no way it is 75, which forecast. hopefully nobody is upset that it was warmer. current temperatures out there right now. look at this. you are down to the 40s. you started this morning in t 60s. all of us started in the 60s. once that front passes ththroug rain ends, that temperature is going to plummet. so most of the afternoon i the 50s. the rain is starting to move to the east of i-95. bend it, drying, look at this. we're starting to see some clearing back t west virginia. this clearing trend will happen as we head to the afnnrnoon. skies this afternoon. no rain throughout the internoon. the rain is m out of here. and it should all wrap up by the time we get to lunch time. and, of course, we already dry weout to the . the winds picked up for you to the west. i really think that's going to be the main story today. 50, 57, upper 50s. most of the day in the 50s. will feel brisk out there with theusty northwest winds at 30 miles an hour.

we're breezy overnight. we're briny we're brehrough the day tomorrow. 51 degrees is our temperature tomorrow. wever, you are going to wake up to windchills in the teens and 20s tomorrow morning. clear skies, that temperature plummets tonight to the 30s and 30s. winds stay with us ththroughout overnight and day tomorrow. you wake up, this is d.c. 23 is our windchill here in d.c. tomorrow morning. teensn the shenandoah valley. it warm up slowly through the our tempe tomorrow around tuy. 50 degrees. average temperature 61. today, if you go down to the cherry blossoms, windy down there. sunny later on this afternoon. and cold. monday morning, fezing cold. temperatures are going to be here in d.c. right around the tidal basin, 34 degrees. that's not going to ruin the cherry blossoms. you need temperatures at 27 or

below. we will have blu skies tomorrow. winds calming after 2:00, 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. that's when i go down to the cherry inblossoms. i they'll be in tact. we're tracking a storm for tuesday. coastal storm. keeping us dry. few more clouds, i lered the temperature. looks like the storm, we'll see some rain. we take the temperatures to the 60s. friday, a better chance of rain. i'm carrie dann of nbc news. when it comes p tosidential campaigns, the most fitting wisdom might be that money talks. and money could say a lot about the 2020 democratic presidential primary. march 31st is the end of the first quarter of fund-raising for presidential candidates. and the deadline for them to submit their full money raising

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you're watching "news 4 today." if you're hoping to rock with the rolng stones, that show and entire tour has been postponed. doctores say mick jagger isn't feeling well. those managing the legendary rock band are not saying what kind of medical issues the 75-year-old jagger is experiencinging. the stones no filtered tour was expectedo start april 20 in miami.

yesterday, jagger tweeted in part that he feelsl letting fans down. he'll work hard to get back on the stage soon. tour promoters say your tickets will be valid once the dates have been rescheduled. we all know the city loves pandas, of course. especially the baby ones. but this morning people in europe are obsessing over the two white l cubs that are absolutely adorable. take a listen. >> aw. >> so sweet. >> simba. >> yes, simba. i love. th these two little guys were born in a safari park in crimea. one is a boy. the other is a girl. white lions are extremely rare in the world. only about 300 of them are known to exist. so listen to this one more time. so sweet. oh, my god. i love it. >> didn't even open their eyes yet. >> unbelievable.

>> i know. >> let's open our eyes outside right now on this sunday morning. a live shot of the puffy white cherry blossom blooms around the tidal basin. i got to be honest, i think today will be a good day to get stt there. day was packed around the tidal basin. today might not be so bad. today might not be so bad. we'l

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just about9:30. here's what we're following for you. firefighters battling a blaze alon georgia avenue in northwest d.c. we're going to take a look at the damage. ro> tragedy on the lake. a manwns while trying to ve a do >> what really happens to the glass once you throw it in the recycling bin? we have an eye opening report. thank you for being here.w. >> so beautiful. >> i don't know what to say about that. >> so caautiful. ot wait to get down there. >> that's something. the blossoms are about to hit peak bloom tomorrow. first, tha you for being her with us on this sunday morning. i'm adam 'mtuss. >> meagan fitzgerald. we have good news herehe we know temperatures will fall. today could be the day to get withoute and see the the gridlock and the traffic. maybe. >> that breeze is bothering me if that wind picks up you know what happens to all the pedals. >> most of them go away.

it makes for se spectacular photos because it looks like it is raining cherryblossoms. >> true. pl but after peak bloom they should last a cou of days. we'll have breezy conditions not only today. windy conditions. not only today. but overnight tonight a then in the winds will finally settle down about 2o:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. we have a good 36 hours of some windy conditions. hopefully pedals can stay on. i'm going tomorrow afternoon after the settle down. this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon we'll get doesn't look like we'll see much sunshine if you look out your window now. it is ming. a little foggy there. we have some rain showers out th e aswell. temperatures at0 degrees in d.c. temperatures for the d.c. area in the 50s, across t board mostly in the 50s, low 50s in the henandoah valley to afternoon.s

wie shifting ito the south and west. we'll get a clearing. look at this clearing back off to the west. again, already clearing o in west virginia. these colludes are gclouds are out as well. morning showers today. scooting right on out of here. windy conditions, temperatureso falling the 50s. wait until you see the numbers i have. ho you didn't putway the winter coats, gloves, scarves, you'll need it tomorrow mornin we'll show you the windchills coming up. >> i don't want to look. thanks, lauryn. d.c. firefighters busy overnight trying to put out these flames. you can see trucks and crews basy tae s bu tackling the fire here. attached buildings were las fected. one firefighter treated for minor injuries. no one else was hurt. a popular park in northern virginia is now the scene of a

a man jumped into lake braddock to save a dog and police tell u never came back to shore. fairfax county police were a report the lake for of a missing swimmer yesterday evening. rescuers fnd the man's body about 40 minutes later. it is not clear right now if that was his dog or somebody else's dog but locals tell us lake braock isn't very deep, but around this time of year, it is extremely cold. >> i think tragic. to worst thing that you want happen is for some tragedy to happen to a member of your family. it is always worse when it happens to a child. but it is equally bad when it happens to an adult. >> police tell us the dogging was found and is okay. they expect to release more informationater on day. a federal judge has thrown out an executive order by presiden trump. at order would have allowed off shore oil drilling in vast parts of the arctic ocean. as well as several canyons in the atlantic ocean. the judge r that president

trump exceeded his power when he reversed the ban. this mea d alling ban will go back into effect for much of the arctic ocean. for the most part, we try oo best to take care of the planet. and maybe you sort your trash, secyrating the ing from the rest of it. what if we told youour environmentally friendly efforts might be backfiring. northern va bureau reporter david culver looks at the items that are ending up in a landll. >> reporter: when we envision where our recycling ends up, this is wt you might picture, a plant like this one that sorts through the pap, t the glass, turning the old into nosomething new. ce the amount of effort it takes for all of this to happen. but is it sustainable? tom smith runs solid waste management. they'rputting out new idelines when it comes to recycling certain items, like

glass. tom says the cost to transport and recycle glass is going way up, more than doubling in th m past couple ths. add to that increased standards from china and india, who purchase many of our recyclables, making it not worth the cost of recycling. >> for all the glass going in your bin, it is going back to ll the land >> reporter: this is perhaps one r the most disheartening parts of the process, foose of us who hope that by recycling, do we'rg something wneficial, something thatill be repurposed and put to good use. instead, many of the items including glass now in places like prince william co and really parts across the country are rejected. the recycling plants are unable to process them, too expensive and so they're put back into the landfill. to help guarantee certain items get recycled, choose a focused or cycling approach in your own home or office. >> if you focus on newspapers, cardboard, aluminum and steel

cans and plastic bottles and jugs, it is going to get recycled. >> reporter: they're working on rolling out the new purple dropoff bins for glass to give you an alternative. meantime, you have to put the glass in the trash in prince william county. david culver, news 4.> d if you would like to know how you should be recycling at home, we have the rules of each local jurisdiction, just search recycling in our nbc washington app. >> interesting there. sportsar now, madness update, a lot of happy people in charlottesvivie. inia beatdu p850-75. this one came down to the wire. a sank auzzer beater to send the game to overtime and then took the lead in ot. advancing to the next round of th tournament. the cavs next matchup is on ay satu congratulations to them. >> yeah. >> cutting down the nets. >> yes. and big game today with duke taking on, who is it, mhigan

state? >> yeah. >> here in d.c. that's cool. >> absolutely. >> all right, as you know it getting a lot pinker in the district. we're loving it.he they blossoms are almost at peak bloom. >> they're very close. but if you decide to head out right now, you might see some rain drops, the crowds aren't too bad from what we have seen, derrick ward is down taking the temperature of everybody out and about. how is the luminescence looking at this part of the hour? >> reporter: it is looking great. these things, that is indeed the magic of the crry blossoms, even on a cloudy day like today. still shine and glow a bit. the crowds, these folks seem like the o just got the same tour bus, but we have seen somewhat diminution of the clouds. that's because i think people are waiting for the weather to dhange. you see the winas picked up and that's not always good for the esblossoms. cially as they get closer to full bloom. more of the pedal area to catch

thatwind. and perhaps blow them off. some gusts, but nothing sustains. i don't think you'll have a problem. as lauryn has been telling us, we expect the sun to come out later today. probably going to be a very stunning sighteeo the sun peak through the clouds on this day when the cherry blossoms are so close to fullm. bl official full bloom date is april 1st. no fooling. today is still good day to come down if you don't mind the wind and the rain. live along the tidal basin, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. >> ihink i'll get out there today. >> clearly raining there. derrick, thank you very much. we'll check in with another word in the next half hour. diminuti diminution, luminescence. time is morning.is sunday still ahead on "news 4 today," we check out this week's harris' heroes andne we'll meet of the groups here that is making a big difference in the area. stick ound for that. ar

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>> in other words, justouon't touch hair. >> let it breathe, give it some space. i think that's great. it is embarrassing if you're losing your hair. people's identity is wrapped up in their hair. i'm always worried about my hair. so, anyway. that's great. options out there. >> doreen is starting a trend. last week it is the neck and no. the ha >> she's, like, don't use a curling iron, don't do all that, which is all ido my hair is so thin. co ,interesting. i'm glad people got umbrellas out there. >> derrick was standing out there in the rain. >> he had an umbrella. >> still pretty though. >> i think that's what people are going to be, like, wait, what, it is sunny this afternoon, believe it or not. we have a lotflouds out there right now. what a beautiful day. t>> that's not bad. >> wait until i show you the

temperature and the windchill to the west wherehat front h already come through. if you are watching us from loudoun county, watching us from the shenandoah valley, outside for a hot second or maybe have your windows open from yesterday. >> he's picking them. >> oh, no. >> don't do that. >> he's picking tflowers. >> yeah, hey, listen, one thing i want to mention, please, i you go down to the cherry blossoms, don't climb on the trees or touch the blossoms. touch them, don't pull on them. be very gentle. they're delicate right now. last year we saw kids running around and jumping on the trees. just don't do that. it damages the trees. one thing that is not going to damage the trees too much is the temperatures we'll see overnight. i'm going to elain why here in a second. we're seeing rain showers out there now. look at this. g areting sunshine. it is moving to the east as the showers move out of her o mo the showers lining up east of 95. if the rain ended f you area, from i-95 to i-81, you're done. you're done with the rain.

twill be gone. this say frontal system. you see the front isre. s the front with clearing behind it. much cooler conditions. the winds are out of the south. that helped bump up the temperatures. winds out of theouth here, that's why we have 60s. behind the front, winds shifted out of the northwest for friends to the north and west. 45 in wind chester compared to 60 here in d.c. 64 in annapolis. let me put onushe wind out there now, gusting to 30 to 33 miles an hr out to the shenandoah valley. winds pick up and move to the east ashat front goes through. here are the windchills. feels like 36 degrees in nchester. still feels like 60 in the district. windchills by this afternoonpr ty brisk. 40s and 50s. our temperatures stays in the 50s throughout the remainder of the day. we have clearingskies. it may be a good idea to get out there and get some pictures. thos winds gusting to around 30 miles an hour. not only this afternoon, but

overnight tonight. and tomorrow morning, windchills in the single digits and teens.s wi calm tomorrow afternoon. 2:00, 3:00. that's when i will be headed out to the cherry blossoms. we'll have some sunshine tomorrow. 51 degrees will b our daytime high tomorrow. it is going to be such a cold rning.tomorrow and this is in d.c. this is what it is going to feel like tomorrow morning here in the district. outside the beltway, teens. don't put away trt winear just yet. even through the midmorning. still feeling like the 20s and 30s. winds will settle down. that means that temperature goes to meet that windchill. bloom watch still in stage five. puffy white. so as far as your peak bloom is concerned, that means 70% of the blossoms areeopen. pedals fall at 27 degrees for an air temperature. we are not going to be that low. i do not believe the temperature is going to damage any of the cherryblossoms. the winds may blow some of those pedals off. breezy conditions over the next few days. the peakloom lasts several

days, tuesday, wednesday. you may have a chance to see them. it is going to be prett next weekend. we are tracking a storm for tuesday. coastal system. next chance of rain on friday, even next week you can get down there and sos the cherry ms as well.>> coming up, i'm working foru the community. prom season almost here. we're kicking things off wh a prom dress pop-up. a really cool northern virginia. fun for you and the whole family. and tomorrow we'rehecking in with my personal trainer on my journaly to get fit for spring. she's going to tell us whether we should weigh or not weigh we should weigh or not weigh ring this period.du

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>> beer and chicken wings goes together. pizza, yeah. there you go. time is 9:56. lauryn ricketts will be back to let us know how cold our temperaturesgore going to >> and we're going to take at look at theherry blossoms as well, just about to hit peak bloom. derrick ward is down there. we'll check in with him in a minute. the skies arere g, the blossoms are bright. we'll tell you what tocoming ton to view the cherry blossoms coming up on news 4.

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"news 4 today" starts now. new this morning, one man is dead a a crash in prince george's county. we're learning new details. a day at the lake turns deadly with one man drowning. we're going to tell you wwe he into the water in first pl e. blossom watch. the cherry blossoms are reaching ak bloom in just a couple of hours. >> they're looking pretty good. want to welcome you in at 10:00 on this sunday morning. thanks for being here with i'us. adam tuss. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. when a difference a day makes. yesterday was amazing. >> a little work to do. you say we went through the rais and the sun i going to come out. >> it will come out this afternoon. and