new at midday. water crews say they're working as quickly as possible torepair a broken water main. we have the update on lane closures wnd the boiler advisories. >> the cherry blossoms are at peek bloom. we have more on th impact from the cold weather. >> get out and see the cherry blossoms possibly today as they reach their peak stages. we have interesting weather on the way for this week. we'll talkut more abo it on the 10-day forecast coming up. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday.

>> today marks 500 days since park police shot a daning a traffic stop on the gw parkway. >> since then hisenamily has working to learn why it happened and they've received very few answers. >> we are live at the department of justice this morning where the family is calli transparency and answers. filed ater: the family lawsuit to learn the names of the two officers two shot and killed their loved one. because of that the par police finally confirmed the names a few days ago but aside from at, very fewupdates in the investigation but the ghaisar family tells me they will keep fighting. on a cold morning a family searching for answers. it's been 500 days since u.s. park police shot and killed bijan ghaisar and it's unclear why. >> nothing. silence is what we get.

>> reporter: his mother says everything remind her of her son. >> this town, the buildings. the kite festival, the cherry blossoms. it's what i used to do with my kids every year. >> reporter: according to police ghaisar w driving along the gw parkway, another car rear ended him. he drove off. daboard cam shows the police chasing him. he stops once,hen twice and drives off both time. the third time he stops the park police shoot him. >> my world total changed on that day, and i am not the same person anymore. happy guy that everybody knew. >> we are frustrated. we are sad. we are grieving. everything. >> reporter: the geyser family has filed a wrongful death suit against the government. they also say they'd like to see th two officers indicted.

>>0 -- 500 days of unbelievable pain. wee are h to remind people that how much time it's taken and we have no justice. >> reporter: and we asked both the u.s. park police and the department of justice for comment. both declined. live outside the department of . more questions surrounding justin fair fax. he's faced allegations from two women whoccuse him ofexual assault. he's taken a polygraph test. he says the encounters with both the women were consensual. professor tyson says he forced r to perform a sex act during the 2004 natnal democratic convention. she says she oided him for t rest of the convention and never spoke to him again. during the polygraph fairfax waa

askeder leaving boston did vanessa contact you and suggestd visiting you meeting your mother. he replied yes. his office said the polygraph showed that answer wastr hful. he sat down with an interview with cbs this morning. he a's clip from the interview. >> the virginia people need to knt whois that they elected. they need to know. >> now, professorso s legal team issued this statement in response to the polygraph. it says in part, quote, this is all the more reason the virginia legislaturehould take bipartisan action when they meet on wednesday to ensure all sides are able to testify on the record in public and make their case. new this morning, d.c.'s cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom. the national park service says th trees wil remain at peak bloom through saturday despitet y's cold temperatures and wdwinds. huge c gathered over the

weekend. everyone was looking to post the perfect photograph. if you're planning to see the blossoms today, metro is your best bet. there's limitedth parking in surrounding area plus there's tons of traffic. the national cherry blossom festival is also going on. chec out the nbc washington app for all the events. but worth to go down there and see it. >> yeah. if you're headedit to the basin today, bundle up. i went out a little whileago. scarf, gloves, walk in the sun. >> and it's april 1st. >> lauryn, are we going to seey e warmup today? >> a little bit, but with the winds, it's going to keep the windchills, the feel like factor in the 20s and 30s. but what a gorous view down there. listen, i'm going down there later on this afternoon. but i'm going to time it out right. you can see the flags surrounding the washington nt monu they're a little on the breezy side. they're standing up abe little use of the winds that are gusting up to about 25 miles per hour. sustained winds northwest making it feel even

colder are going to be about 10 20. after 3:00, that's when i'm going down. e winds settle downt that point. 42 right now. it feels like 35. temperatures are headed into the upper 40s, lower 50s today. that's about as good as it's going toget. again, right between 3:00 and 4:00, the winds start to diminish. if you want to hold off, see them lat this afternoon, and through this evening, that might be your best bet. we even had a few flurries earlier this morning, mainly up through the shenandoah valley toward the i-81co idor. nothing like that right now. anymore rain coming our way? yes. we'll talk about that and the warmup head our wayn a few minutes? >> see you soon, lauryn. thank you. there is al water advisory in effect for customers in southern prince george's county. it's because of this water main break. it openedayp yes along indian head highway between fort washington road and old fort road. >> we are live there wit

details on a boil water advisory. and the impact this is still having on drive in that area. nicole? >> reporter: sometime in the overnight hours crews opened up the far left lane here. cars have been able to squeeze by giving drivers a little bit of relief all while crews here have been hard at work. would ite a normal daytrithout fic backups somewhere in the dmv? this te water main break is to blame. water spewing into the air sunday afternoon. a 36-inch pipe damaged and yes, slowing down traffic monday. unfortunately it is impacting the morning rush hour. there's only one northbound lane getting by. >> reporter:be crews hav working since the break happened to identify the problem and fix it. on top of that, there's this. >> the boil water advisory is affecting residents from 210

west toward the river and then from the d.c. line down. >> reporter: 23,000 customers are u ber al water advisory that is expected to extend into tomorrow. >> before consuming your water, you need to bring it to ag rollinoil for three minutes and then let it cool. >> reporter: in the meantime, below the surface level they work repairing and doing much more than the average eye can see. >> we are working as quickly as possible to get the new pipe sections iay and get the roa reopened. >> rorter: i'm told traffic will be obstructed at least through the afternoon hours. as w for thater boil advisory, wssc must have two clean water sample before they can lift that boil advisory, and that cannot happen until this work is complete. if you'd like to make sure you are not in that -- the affected areas, go to our website and see theac interve map. back to you.

>> all right. nicole, thank u. > also developing in prince george's county, policatare investg the discovery of a woman's body in laurel. the body was found in the water around 7:00 in the area of ashward boulevard and oxford drive. alsoeveloping the person who shot and killed a woman is still at large. >> a woman was shot and her bodf wasnd saturday morning in the area of aspen a josh streets. there's no suspect or motive at this point. it's unclear whether the fact played was transgender a role in her murder. her fiance said he can't imagine why someone would want to harm her. >> she did not deserve to leave this eth toearly. she did not deserve that. >> i'm going to miss her face every day. i'm going to miss her smile.

i'm going to miss every inch of her. >> williams said she went out with friends friday night and according to the national center of tranender equality, transgender people face extraordinary levels ofdiolence assault, especially women. the music world is mourning the loss of nipsey hussle. the kribcontributes continue on social dia, people wishing their condolences online. friends and fans say he was known as lting up his community and being a supporter of en>>epreneurship. e inspired everybody to be different and beour own boss. that's what hurts the most. >> two other men were hurt in the shooting. so far no arrests have been made. he was 33 years old.

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president trump's threats to close the u.s./mexico border stilltands. his aides say it's not a bluff. just a few hours ago the president tweed democra working with republicans in congress can fix the asylum and other loopholes quickly. we have a n majorional emergency at our border. get it done now. last week the president threatened that if illegal border crossings aren't stopped, he'll close the border and, quote, keep it closed for a long time. a new poll sheds light on what

some american voters believe more than a week after the completion of the mueller report. tracie potts has more. >> reporter: our new poll shows st americans either aren't sure or don't think the russia repo clears president trump. as we await the full report, washington is turning its focus to health care. >> the american people should expect to not have to be burdened with the incredible costs that arehe affecting now. >> but republicans have no new plan as the justice department urges a federalls app court to declare the affordable care act unconstitutional. the trump administration conditions existing will be covered in any new plan new nothing is in the works. meantime, president trump is threatening to close the bder with mexico. >> we need the people from the ports of entry to go out and patrol in the desert where we don't have any wall. >> if he shut this is down -t

lom, it could get into the billions of dollars. >> reporter: experts predict closing the border will slow down trade and raise prices. >> we're on track this monthor ose to 100,000. we have never seen a surge like this. >> t president's cutting off aide to countries will not solve the problem. an>> reporter: democrats to focus efforts on cyber security for the 2020 election. preventing foreign inter wrence likee saw in 2016 detailed in the report that the nation anxiously awaits. says thetorney general report should be ready by the middle of this month. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. check out this month's time magazine cover. thers alexandria ocasio-cortez. the 2 she represents part of new york. she first made headlines w wn sh her primary against joe

crowley last summer. she isne of the most talked about members of congress. the woman accusing former vice president joe biden of inappropriate behavior is speaking out in public. >> lucy florez says biden behaved inappropriately during a 2014 campaign event in vada. sh says he smelled her hair, put his hands on her and kissed the back of her head. nbc news has not independently verified this specific incident took place. florez is notaying anything illegal or overtly sexual took place. she spoke to msnbc's kasie hunt last night. >> there are videos. ere are photos. there are full on compilations of him being inapopriate with women, and you can see the discomfort in their faces. and it's been dismissed as if it's just biden being biden, boys will be boys. no big deal. >> biden leads themo early decratic polls in the race for president. he released a statement say g in part,quote, i may not recall

these moments the same way, and i may be surprised at what i hear, but we have arrived at an important time when women feel they can and should relate their experiences and men should pay attention, and i will. in early march nasa announced plans to kancancel th first all female space walk. last week and days before thee spalk plans were scratched because of issues with the spa suitsize the astronaut who missed out on the walk that you see o yourscreen, ann mcclain spoke with thesh "today ow" from the space station and explained the kacancellati waser idea. ha you know, so i think by now most people knowwas based on my recommendation. i think as the f lead the u.s. segment up here on the space station, we are always looking atays to make our team and our job execution the most efficient we can. and so we've been so busy and focussed on thi mission that

it's been a great time to be on space station. >> this is one of those things. when people the headline without the details. she said lasts week it her idea because she trained on a smaller suit, but she said the one on th station wasn't the right size for her. she did go out for a space ewal. posted this to twitter say, quote, a million dreams is all itng to take. the song from "the greatest >> beautiful. starting today the centers for disease control is releasing a new as part 0the tips from spokers campaign -- smokersgn camp >> here's danny and maddie with >> reporter: julie mimoy's earliest memories of her father always involved a cigarette. >> we'd be in the becar, he' smoking. backyard, he'd have a cigarette in his hand. in bed, he'd smoke in bed. he smoked everywhere.

>> reporter: dad to julie, spock to the rest of us. leonardmo spoked heavily for 30 years been quitting. he used twitter in his final years to urge others totop smoking, saying he waounoud of the quitters. he died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder in 2015. >> he had chronicreathing difficulties. >> reporter: now his widow susan is carrying on his message through a new anti-about the ad from the cdc. >> you always think you have more time than you do, and you really don't. >> reporter: the cdc launchep the first tirom former smokers campaign in 2012. a jarring look at the physical affects of about the. -- tobacco. >> reporter: i prompts at least 9 million americans to try to quit smoking. >> even though it's hard to ,

qu you can't give up. if you fall, you start again. >> reporter: logica first steps to quitting success. erika edwards, nbc news. d.c. oicials plan to distribute 76,000 anti-overdose kits by the end of september. w "thington post" reports it's an effort to help counter area opioidoverdoses. community health organizations and police officers will distribute the kits tt include the drug. another program allowing recent overdose victims to be treated at certain emergency roomsay be launched by april 30th. today a welcome sign that changes coming to prince george's county.s momego an executive announced a brand new grocery storeg com to seat pleasant. it's being called the good food rket. it will be build in addison plaza. it will address the food desert

issue that's addressed the issue since 2016. istracy will kin working on this story today. look for her report on news 4 at 4:00. now here' your cnbc business report. good morning. kick off april with a freebie from the cheesecake faory. it teeming to give a quarter of a million dollars worth of food. he first people to claim a reward will get $25 to use on a delivery order any day th. the give way starts at 4:00 p.m. today and runs through sunday. i promise it's not april fools. >> thfl is apologizing about a plan to cut down cherry trees. a new report this morningli about f bridges.

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wanted to cut downhe cherry blossom trees? that is tfr strn nashville this morning. the nfl wants to cut down 21 cherlossom trees to make way for its draft stage. the citypproved that plan apparently. now it's changing course. the trees will be bremoved kept intact and replanted in another part of the city. the nfl and the city will also plant an additional 200 trees across the city. the draft takes place later this month. >> they knew they did wrong because they're planting ditional. no just scrapping the plan. >> smack the guy who came up withhatidea. this morning the uav team at home getting f ready their final four run. >> here's video of the team arrivi back in charlottesville yesterday. it's the first time they've been to the final four since 1984. what a game. wh a me. the b cavalierst purdue 80-75 in overtime on saturday.

uva will take on auburn. they join texas tech, and chigan state who beat duke which was awesome. i mean, all great games all around. this is texas tech's first time in school history going into the final four. both final four game this is saturday. ey have a lot to live up compared to the elite eight games. >> i felt bad laughing in the uva game. when uva made the ltt s with .1 seconds left. >> perfect. >> and the blood drained from the purdue guy's face. i felt bad, but -- >> i didn't even watch the reaction. >> it was so good. uva is local for u there are a lot of people from here who love uva. s> listen, i cold. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. >>ng we were badge chuck bell. i don't know if he had an answer. >> aaron walked inside with his scarf, gloves, hat. is it winter? >> april 1st. >> it's

mother nature -- >> cherry blossoms. playing anature is joke on us for today. it's going to get better about 3:00. still chilly, but no winds. those winds gusti up to about 25 miles per hour. beautiful, though. it was absolutely gorgeous. that sun rise this morning spectacular, and the colors out there right now, b the winds whipping around the american flags, it's onlysi chilly . here's a look at the temperatures. this is a good 20 degrees below where we should be. average temperature 61. stuck in the 30s and 40s. and the you factor in the wind, and this is what it feels like outside. it feels like the 30s rightnow. and below the freezing mark in the shenandoah valley. wind gusts up to -- camp springs at 28 right now. winds are going to stay upou at least t the middle part of the afternoon. they'll die down after 3:00. but it's going to be windy until then. walk in thsun. overnight the winds are light.

today temperatures right around 50 degrees. and again windy through the mid afternoon. look at your cherry blossom outlook. if you want to head out to the cherry blossoms, i'd go after 3:00. not as ndy, but it's cold. bundle up. tomorrow morning, it's too cloudy for sun rise pictures. toda was the day to do that and maybe wednesday morning if some of the blossoms stick around. most of them will be intact by then. tuesdayfternoon light rain showers possible. temperatures tomorrow will be in the low 50s.t gain we will have a chance for rain showers after lunch with a cstal system forming off the coast of georgia overnight tonight and through tomorrow morning. it spreads into rains in the carolinas. ow morning is dry. as it moves up the other than seaboard some of the rain spills west. it could be around the i-95 corridor and east. t system pushes west, areas along i-81 might get mor wet. we'll keep the chance of rain

showers through tomorrow evening. we'll dry out then. we'll show you the 10-day coming . thank you. airlines across the country are reporting delays this morning. a look at what'so blame. and a warning ntom the pares of a college student killed after police say she mistakenly road off in a car she

the bridges take you to and from work, maybe among m thet structurally deficient according to a new american road and transportation builders association. >> among those needi work is memorial. that bridg carries more than 60,000ars every day. in georgetown the bridge on 31st street northwest also needs work. while it doesn't carry as many a people,was built in 1900.

other bridges in our area that carry newer passengers are w actually ise shape. that's true for routes 1, 3, and 17 this in stafford county. ai 270 over maryland route 85 in frederick county requires critical repairs. compared to the rest of the o country,ur bridges are considered to be in better shape th most. you may notice a smoother ride on thealtimore washington parkway over the weekend, road crews shut down sectionso potholes could be patched. they focussed between route 97 and 98. later this month the national park service will begin a long-term repaving project, and boy, that road nee it. frustrated fliers across the country. itecause of a technical glitch according to federal aviation administratim, a proghat monitors weight and balance of planes shut down for

a bit. t in that amountf time, several airlines experienced lays. some carerers reported the problem is fixed. if you're fly, they suggest checking the websites for updates. encounters caught onamera all involving the same special police officer, but when the sidents went tocomplain, they say the d.c. police department turned them away. the news 4 i team found the private security company he works for has tied npd. >> reporter: there's a special division that's supposed to handle cplaints against special police officers. several d.c. residents told us they couldn't complain even thou they have videof what happened. >> i can't feel my wrist. i can't feel my wrist. my hand is turning up in. >> you want to push me. >> antoine reed was on the ground. it started while hwas visiting

his girlfriend. >> nobody should have been treated that way, nobody. >> reporter: the special police officer assigned to the apartment complex arrested him for assault and unlawful entry. osecutors dismissed the case, but reed told our team after he filed a complaint with mpd, he went back to get a copy andas told there wasn't one on file. >> i called back to file up. answers. >> reporter: and he isn't alone. the man being arrested in this video and the two women from this encounter all said they tried to file complaints against the same officer, and they were turned away. >> i feel like this security badge is like really saving him. i mean, it's not epfair. >> rter: they declined our request for an interview, so did the security company the owoicer rked for. the management apartment complex, and that special police officer.al sir, can we to you for a second. see what happened when we tried to get answers about that officer and the security ccompany. thatoming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00.

we're learning new details about the moments leang up t a drowning at a lake in northera virg fairfax county police say a man was walk h dog on a path on saturday. witnesses say the dog broke loose, went into the water and he jumped in after it. firefighters found his body 40 minutes later. hedr ned. the dog survived. now to the latest on a chilling story out of south na caro a man has been charged with kidnapping and killing a college student whom police say mistakenly got into his car thking about her uber ride. nbc's kerry sanders has more on the deadly error. >> reporter: overnigdreds attending a vigil at the university of south carolina to remember samantha josephson. >> she h a personality and a presence that lit up a room. >> reporter: police say the 21-year-old senior was leaving a college bar early friday morning

en she mistakenly got into this black chevy thinking it was her uber ride. a surveillance camera capturing her final moments. >> she opened thindoor and got it and departed with the suspect driving. >>eporter: wen t body was found in a wooded area, she had numerous wounds to hernd head body. man was arrested, charged with kidnapping andmurder. early saturday police spotted the car blocks fro where josephson was first picked up. inside his vevecle, detec found what they say is compelling evidence. josephson's blood. her cell phone. eandow cleaner and a container of blch. and they revealed one other chilling deta. > the child safety locks were tivated on the door that would not allow someone to -- the

means of escape. >> reporter: the girl's grievint mother spoke the suspect's bail hearing. >> to think his face was the last thing my baby girl saw on this earth. >> reporter: before you get into an uber, o the door but ask a simple question. who are you hear to pick up? if you hear them say your name, it the car for you. if k they don'tnow your name, probably not the right car. kerry sanders, south carolina. pole in georgia are still searching for the driver in a hit and run that nearly killed a 9-year-old girl. it was caught on surveillance camera. the video can be upsetting to watch. it was friday night. a car failed to turn and pwed into the front of the home. she survived but was badly injured and is still in the hospital recovering. the dngver and pas took off running after thepaimct. the little girl's father described the panic that came after that accident. >> we were driving to the

emergency room. i had her head layingn my lap, and i a layedoss the front seat and had my hand on her chest to make sure she wasth br her heart was beating. >> her family is beggingor the personesponsible to come forward and take responsibility. today's weath may have y worried, but milder weather is in the forecast. lauryn will let us know when it will feel like spring around her here. and molette green is in the gym. comi

if you're following our molette green on ourouey to get fit for spring, you should be a little over halfway there. >> maybe you'r getting bored with your routine. molette green spent time with her trainer this morning on four oercises you can add t your

routine. >> we hav leonas showing u several other options. you have whaoing on right there? >>huush sups. working upper body and chest. actually enen gauging the core. >> and then ne>>. sprinter crunches. working on the core. >> and i'm doing dips. what are you going sto show >> plank ups. >> as you know, i'm not doing reason.s for a good i don't want to do that live onn televisi and all these are great for doing at home, work, anywhere. >> yes. you can do these anywhere. you can take a break at your b job, do it at the hotel room or airp >> i want to thank our conversion trainer for helping me out, leona. can i please get's prince geor to come out? leona and i will be getti fit orning ing on a friday

at the westphalia community center. we'll talk more about that later. f let's get 4 spring right now. get back to your planningups. i'll do dips. back to you guys. >> here'she trainer here? >> our hats off to molette green. she's working hard. >> it's paying off. that's the best thing that keeps you in the gym, results. >> it takes a while. people think you go to the gym -- yeah, is my mike on? >> oh, this is when we vamp while you turn your mike on? >> my batteries are dead. listen i going to sit up here and talk about it. we've got some niceonditions t talking about some -- thank you, aaron. i'll take this mike. all right. listen, we arealng about some pretty breezy conditions. now, the p bloom, over 70% of the blossoms are open at peak bloom. again, that means that that's

happening right now. and the petals fall at 27de ees. we made it to 34 last night. the petals are intact. and i think they will even though the weather is going to get a little sketchyith the winds, but the winds are coming as we continue through the day on friday. even though peak bloom lasts through saturday, i think we're going to have the winds and rain friday. it may take them down. takek a l this afternoon. my goodness. those temperatures in the 40s, near 50. that's it. the windchill in the 30s and 40s. now, the wind gets a little lighter as we get after 3:00, 4:00, that's why the windchill is cser to the air temperature number. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. you factor the windchill, it's in the 20s and mid 30s. so again,t is on the cold side out there. the wind gusts up to about 20 miles per hour at times up to 25. today's forecast only around 50 degrees. all sunshine.wi y through the mid afternoon. and the winds start to die down after about 3:00.

th's when i'm going to see the cherry blossoms, another afternoon and evening. winds go light during the overnight hours and now we're keeping an eye on a coastal systemorming off the coast of georgia. it winl start bri cloud cover in here overnight. and then we'll seeer rain sh possible. look how close it gets. mainly i-95nd eas through tomorrow evening. anything we see is on the light side. 53 tomorrow. rain showers after lunch. then back in the 60s into wednesday. thursday, temperatures in the mid 60s and thene have some rain as we get into friday. we'll talk more about that weekend coming up. >> all right. thank you. >> elizabeth taylor found her true passion in advocating for v and aids. today her grandson is in washington to o carry his grandmother's work. comi comi

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united states with nearly 40,000 new cases each year..c in the rate of hiv remains among the highest in the co try. this week people from around the country will gather in d.c. aids watch to bring attention to the ongoing problem. we have guests with more on the event. thank you for beinghere. saquinn, you're elizabeth tay r taylor's grandson. she was a strong advocate for this cause. can you tell us what it mea to her and what it means to you to carry on her torch like this? >> yeah. well, i would say that at the very beginning of th epidemic here in the u.s. she recognized right away tt there were injustices and inequalities and people wereoreing i and dying. and she had a unique opportunity to do something about it as a celebri celebrity with a spotligh she shared the spotlight on the cause, and she did it as an

activi activist. on the hill she got reagan to acknowledge the epidemic in the first place. she testified with pelosi who we hope to meet with tomorrow.as she rich history in d.c. for us to be able to carry on her legacy andce vision and v at the elizabeth taylor aids foundation and with aids wat and aids unite second down a great -- united is a great honor and privilege. >> i'm surehe'd be proud. so much work is left to be done, valerie. can you tell us about aids watch and what people can expect? >> aids united along with the elizabeth taylor aids foundation is plooe is pleased to be putting on this aids watc it's the largest hiv-related advocacy event in they. coun and we have well over 560 activists and allies frun across

the y, people living with hiv who have an opportunity to rn fromre share and l one another about political or policy related issues that are impacting people living wit hiv in their local communities and they also have a chance to visit their elected officials on the hill. we'll be doing over 3 00 hill visits tomorrow. >> what can people do if they want to get involved and help with the cause? >> thankor asking. first of all, something really easy anybody watching todayan do is get tested. know your status. it's simple. it's easy. and it's really itical. but also talk with your peers. rolk with your loved ones. speak and ah this issue with compassion and love and talk tor reps like we're doing. and of course, you can also visit our websites, aids united website, the elizabeth taylor loundation website. if you forgive me for being shameless, you can ao donate.

get involved in a variety of ways, check out our resources and get tested. >> thank you both so much for a joining u bringing more attention to this very important cause. appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> aaron? thank you. todays a lot of silly pra pranks but mierkt won't be tang part. microsoft is banning its emoyees from having public april fool's jokes. they have participated in many pranks over the years.th marketing chief is saying not this year. today marks 15 years of 's goog-mail service. we're talking about gmail. when it firsted laun there was internet speculation that it was a hoax because it was april fool's day, but it was real. gmail is now the most popular inbox in america. 1.5 billion users. i guess that's globally. gmail is rolling out new features to celebrate the

milestone. you'll sul sch send, subjected subject line and smart compose which gives you suggestions as you type. mine's been doing that for a whee. i don't lthat. i want to type my own stuff. now to a booming local business tha started of all places in a bathroom. a woman started hand dyeing shirts at a virginia tech now she has set up a family shop in and hasly's dining room sold hundreds of shirts online. we explainut why it's a more than just the shirts. so this one is done. >> reporter: when ou run a business in your dining room. >> it spread really fast. >> reporter: nothing is off the table. >> i have to make due with what i have. all the t shirts are handmade. >> reporter: she'llell you she's spent countless hours in this shi perfecting every inch of every item. >> i get a new shipment of supplies. >> reporter: her business, through the endless hours of

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