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this deadly collision. added again, an another attempteatm heist leaving a hole in a convenien store and serry of smash and grabs. series of smash and grabs. we begin the efforts to clarify an explosive revelation from attorney general william barr. >> he saide thinks the trump campaign was spied on during t surveillance election. barr was explaining why he plans to review the origins of the fbi counter-intelligence investigation and whethnye on the trump campaign was interacting with russians. >> i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. it's a big deal. >> you're not suggesting, t though, t spying occurred? >> i think spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. >> do youant to rephrase?
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surveillance.d i am not saying that improper surveillance occurred, i'm saying that i am concerned about it and looking into it. that's all. >> blaine alexander join us now. albarrd back the spy comment a bit but he gave the president a new talking point. >> reporter: yeah. jim, today, barr appeared to bolster an argument long-held by president trump and many of his supporters at the russia investigation actually began wi illegal surveillanc into the trump campaign. today, barr's words are getting strong reaction from democrats calling it everything from sturbing and irresponsible to deeply disturbing. >> reporter: attorney general william barr on capitol hill again facing questions about special counser rob mueller'srt repo barr press why he is investigating the beginnings of the russia probe and possible unauthorized surveillance into the 2016 trump campaign. >> i think spying on a politic
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campaign is a big deal. >> you're not suggesting, though, spying occurred? >> i don't -- well, i guess you could -- i think spying did occur. >> reporter: barr said he is not investigating the fbi nor does he have evidence of anything . improper >> it was deeply disturbing to see the attorney general make such ar cavalie suggestion there was spying on the trump campaign. >>daeporter: president trump praising the attorney general and level agnew attack on the investigation. >> this was an attempted coup. this was an attempted takewn of a president. >> reporter: the president touting the four page summary that mueller found no conspiracy between the campaign and russia but reached no conclusion on obstruction. >> i haven't seen the mueller report. as fars i'm concerned, i don't hecare about mueller report. i've been totally exonerated. >> reporter: in fact, mueller's
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report does not exonerate him. it was barr who said thereno wa noth evidence to prove obstruction. nd speaking out about the man changes at homeland security. ,>> frank there's only one person that's running it. you know who that is? 's me. >> reporter: making that declaration as acting, secreta kevin mcaleenan begins h day on the job. >> we're hearing froma senator warner, the top democrat on he senate intelligence committee. he said he was flabbergasted by what barr had to say and expected better from the attorney general. >> interesting day. thank you. senators also questions the attorney general today about t justice department no longer defending the affordabl act in court. today, the fifth circuit court of appeals ordered a case involving the aca to be fast oracked, meaningl arguments will come in july and the case could go to the supreme
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texas judge ruledthis fall. the entire act is unconstitutional and should be thrown out. the doj originally opposed that ruling saying parts of the law should survive. the department abruptly switched sides. a deadly crash in prince george'slo county. at this. wing the dashcam s moment a tractor-trailer and bus an vehicles collided at the intersection of surrotts road. new details what has been a horrific crash to see. tracie. >> reporter: absolutely, erica. the intersection is back open. you can see thosearrels there protecting the damaged guard rail. we talked to driver around here, they say this is a problem intersection. they're used to happening here almost everyday.
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this is one they won't soon forget. this dashcam video shows the moment of impact showing a tractor-trailer running the red light 15 seconds after it went dead. >> almost the entire intersection was in shock. no one moved or panicked, it was dead lence. reporter: the truck bull-dozed a car into the side of the bus. on the other side of this bus is another vehicle, crushed between the guardrail and the bus. >> it smelled like gas. >> reporter: marvin simpson said he recorded this video and said it took seconds for him to understand wha he had just seen. he said the driver of the truck was the first one out of the vehicle a his reaction was sobering. >> walked over and he went to the car that he had hit and guess the person was deceased. he threw his han up, like, oh, man, you know, like he just -- yeah, he killed someone. driver's r: the truck
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wife came to the scene to be with him. he's there in the hattanding next to the woman in the red coat. when we spoke with her aho few s later, she said her husband is a safe driver. he's been drivi a trucks for while? >> the doesn't smoke or drink, nor:ing. >> reporhe driver of the hyundai crushed between the truck and bus was kille everyone else involved survived, expected to be okay including two students heading to charles flower high school and their bus driver as well as the driver stuck between the guard rail and that bus. the question nowhy is did this happen?sa police aren'ng but they are warning drivers to be careful. >> just because you have that green light, cast a glance in both directions. somebody may not bepp sg because they're texting or having a problem with their vehicle. >> reporter: it is amazing there weren't more les lost inhis crash. they have not released the name
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of the person who died in this cident. no word yet on any possible charges. reporting live in clinton tracee wilkins. back to you. terrific video there. thank you so much. a charles county teenager ureer after bringing a load gun to la plata high school today. another student saw that 14-year-old boy with ale b and told schoolis admators. when they brought him to the office they also found the weapon. the student has been charged as a juvenile and in a letter sent out by the school they said the student will b facing disciplinary action and possible expulsion.e this is thcond time a student has brought a gun in as many months. police arreste a 29-year-old woman for murder. last friday, police found a man stab in the chest on clearwater court around 9:00 in the morning. he d sd art time later on tuesday.
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police arrested stephanie fife for his murder and said they knew each oth but w don't know the reason. a firetor through an alexandria couple's home,in ki the wife -- they describe a loving couple willing to help anyone. >> reporter: a bouquet of flowers on the steps of the row home thenly signs of the fire. filling up southit street, focused on getting into the master bedroom and couple inside. >> an aggressive attack was initiated knocking down the fire very quickly. >> reporter: s neighbors jera was the one found lifeless and
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peter unconscious. >> we pray peter comes out of it and pray for bot of them. >> reporter: they moved in a few years after him. he said i recent years, peter had taken to helping ra through her mobility issues. >> he was fantastic, helped her to and from the hospitals. >> reporter: a neighbor echos that description of his wife of more than 50 years. >> reporter: as we look across the street, i can't imagine you think looking across the street and the love in that home. >> those folks knewach other forever and both from long island and wonderf people. >> reporter: their 1965 wedding announcement published in the new york newspaper. >> just a great neighbor. very friendly, always providing a dish here andhere and there to do anything you needed to have done. >> reporter: as for the cause of that fire. rtexandria officials say it
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likely sta from an sparkedal cord that near the bed and spread quickly. news4. maryland police investigators say a local polic chief misrepresented facts when dealing with state and city officis. a news4 i-team say it stems from questions whether several w officerse fit for duty. investigative reporter,odie leischer. >> they told me they will hold a public town hall meeting towh ve her to bring the police chief back suspended since december. they began invtigating after a state audit flagged two officers who failed a psychological exam and another whose polygraph had marijuana indicated. but the sheriff flagged them to
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go forward. he said he didn't believe he neglected anything. they said he neglected to ensure state requirements were followed and access provided to officials. msp ayor said he called because he wanted an impartial investigation. le>> he just ignored the you just can't do that as chief of police and say, i want to do things my way. >> reporter: in a meeting today, the maryland agency that overseas police certification say the city of disict heights resolved concerns of those three ofcers and all allowed to continue working and fixed the problems of missingre training rds and policy for hiring and record keeping. the suspended police chief said he conside this whole thing a personal attack by the mayor and hopes he will be reinsow that all the officers and records issues are resolved. >> thank you.
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when we come back on news at 6, a woman sexually assaulted as she slept in her own apartment. neighbors an investigators saying what has them so concerned about this case. could it be thew same c again? the latest attempted hei of an atm. right now, we're still holdin at 70 degrees by 7:00 p.m. andht chilly tonnd waking up to temperatures in the 40s. i'm also tracking rai friday i'm also tracking rai friday nan
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over the last couple of months, a handful of cases that could be connected with a truck ramming into a 711. >> and the group isn't exactly batting >> pat colli with details on this latest incident. they're at it again, pat. >> reporter: indeed by my count, 0 for 2 in february and 3or 3 in march. it appears the atm robbers are back in business. today, it was ug they've been at it now for months. atm thieves atwork, robbing money machines from 711s. they did it inhe district. they did it in hillandale and montgomery county.ai this morningal -- morning
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at a 711 story in watkins park plaza. they tell people to lay down so they won't get hurt and drive the pickup truck to get the atm and make off with t cash. they had a big boom but the robbery ended in aig bust. the money machine crumbled in the cner like an old soda can and couldn't pry it from the store. police are looking into the possibility these atm robberies could be the work of t same group. they're still out and about? >> absolutely. why we're trying t bri them into justice and encouraging the public to give us a call because we don't want these individuals on our streets in prince george's county. >> reporter: think the damage was just here at the 711? uh-huh. come on side the omni primary
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care next door. take a look at what h.pened in he look at the wall. it was all crushed in. look at all debris that ended up in the floor you look real closely over here, you can see right into the 711 store. note to 711 from pat collins. you might want to move the atm to the back of the sto. just sayin you., back to >> well, we appreciate your advice there. let's hope they took note. thank you, pat collins. >> reporter: any time. at least one person is dead, more than a dozen others injured afte an explosion in downtown durham, north carolina. firefighters responded this morning for report of a gas leak. after a contractor hit a 2 inch gas line. fire crewsere evacuating the area when the gas ignited,
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leading to an explosion and massive fire. everyone appears to be accounted for now but first responders are using dogs and listening devices in case somebody might be trapped in the rubble. benjamin netanyahu is headed forhis fou consecutive term. the race was extremely. tight netanyahu and his main challenger from t new blue-and-white party netted 35 seats apie, but netanyahu will be the next prime minister because he can build a coalition government with more seats than gansz. still not a total loss for the blue-and-white. more than 1 million israelis voted for the new centrist party and they already said they will be a vocal opposition. > reforms for military style weapons restorm in new zealand
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come less than two months after 50 people were killed in christchur. day's vote makes them permanent. gun owners have until the end of september to exchange illegal weapons for cash. after that, a five year prison sentencesis pe. the two women who lead d.c. and prince george's countyust wrapped up a community walk along their shared border. >> they're cracking down on very specific crimes. mark se gravesla exps. >> reporter: the two leaders here along eastern avenue to talk about three issues they share alonghis border, roadway infrastructure and prostitution and illegal dumping. >> we're dead serious the illegal dumping stop. waterproof . >> reporter: we showed you where a man dumped hundreds of fires here. that suspect was charged.
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the mayor and angela alsobrooks called on prosecutors to get tough on people responsibleil f gal dumping like this. >> we wanto everybody know we're very serious prosecuting those crimes. >> w were soroud to have legislation passed to increase the fines forua indiv who dump illegally, and we will be axwressively pursuvig those indiduals. we will be asking for jail time in some instances. k> reporter: the group didn't have to w far to find signs of illegal dumping and mayor bowser agreed to help sex woers find alternative paths. mark segraves, news4. funeral plans announced for house speaker, michael buscd who d sunday. the long-time lawmaker will lie in state in maryland where he served for 32 yicrs. puan pay their respects
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mon and tuesday morning. maryland state police will escort the casket to st. john catholic church for a funeral service and internment will be former virginia governor, terry mcauliffe could be the next democrat to run for the white house. he spoke and said he is very close to making his decision anx cts to know within a couple of weeks. here are already more than a dozen democrats in the race. mcauliffe joked he would be the only one who has wrestled an 8 foot alligator for charity soe can wrestle president trump. >> you heard it there, sure as hell he says. coming up, thego o not going away from a t-mobile store in the shaw neighborhood. the company that dropped its demand to turn off the music. up next, amelia up with her full forecast and warm weather full forecast and warm weather for your weekend. you know when you're at ross
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all quiet with changes to our west. big stuff. >> there is a massive latse on snowstorm moving through the central part of the country. here's video today coming out of denver, colorado, where the baseball game there -- >> wow! >> snow there. rockies, brave game, snowed out. >> that ain't right. >> don't worry. that's not in our forecast. none of that is coming our way. check out all the a weatherrt signs this storm is setting off.
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reds and north of denver, pink and pure are winter storm warnings and weather advisories. these warnings generellye to high winds, red flag warnings.or wind advs through st. louis, just south of the chicago area. here is a look ofhe storm system right now. by the time it getshere friday afternoon and evening, scattered showers a rumble of thunder. mold spores and grasses low and weeds absent in the pollen report. >> tomorrow, a chilly start, low 40s inn. washing probably grab a light jacket. recess, kids dinitely outdoors. 58 degreesy lunchtime tomorrow. comfortably cool out there. a mix of sunshine throughout the day. it will be 5 degrees cooler than today. sunrise tomorrow at 6:40.
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a look at your srm team four-day forecast. the caps at home kicking off the run for the stanley cup. no rain tomorrow. high temperature o 72 degrees. breezy on friday with mostly cloudy skies. the morning mid-atlantic day hours are looking dry. -- morning mid-day hours looking dry. 40% chance of showers on saturd when caps have their second game, 76 degrees on saturday. check out sunday. 75 and feeling humid this time of year with rain likely later on in the day. much more timing of rain chances for the weekend at 6:45. coming up at 6:30, uva fans on cloud 9 with a national championship win and trying to get their hands on history.
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plus an advanced voice remote and a netflix premium plan on us for a year. so switch to fios and get entertainment delivered like no one else on the 100% fiber-optic network. go to getfios.com today to get started. you're wating news4 at 6. >> right now at 6:30, a terrifying moment for a woman in northern virginia, who woke up to a man she didot know inside her home touching her. >> the midnight prowler struck in loudoun county last night.
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se sherif office said he broke into an apartment on north duke drive in sterling. the disturbing details. >> reporter: inside this sterling apartment, while a woman slept, a man walked inside and sexually assaulted her off.e running the sheriff said the details are >> disturbing he won't discuss them. t was a significant assault. we're really concerned about it. >> reporter: w talked wit neighbors who sawe polic lights flash through their complex just before midnight tuesday. >> i looked through the window and a lot of police over >> reporter: she says she's worried the man hasn't been caught yet. about 20 old, dark curly hair and slight build. when we told her that, she said her motheraw a stranger matching that description seemingly casing the pla the last few days. >> this area is so good and i'm so scared, nervous, too. >> reporter: the sherifft says doesn't appear there was any
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kind of forced entry. it's possible suspect walked through an unlocked door or climbed through the window. >> it concerns us quite a bit. >> reporter: if you saw or heard nything from north duke drive, call police. a high school principal sent a letter home alerting to the arrest of one of the school's teachers. raphael,he drama teacher, is accused of secretly filming a woman. fairfax county police say a woman working in his home found a camern hid inside an air-conditioning vent. he's now out on bond. herndon high's principal tells esparents these cha are unrelated to the school and do not involve any students or o other membe the staff. it's music part of the fabric of this city, why many ople were not pleased with a or neighbor's e to quiet daily go-go sessions on a corner.
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it sparked a major movement and they heardhe message loud and clear. the compromise that got go-g going again in shaw. derrick.ee >> reporter: iit did. you can hear it here. dcra inspectors have been out here two times since 20 fe10 an never saw a reason for a citation but a threat of a lawsuit that shut it down and the music got the beat back again. you can hear the beat is back. >> excuse me! >> reporter: this plea for silence at the corner ofth 7 and florida got a more favorable reception than the one that came a feweeks ago >> we can announce this music will contirie on 7th and f avenue! >> reporter: go-go was gone gone from the front of this metro pcs store for a while at least. a resident of n arby apartment
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building complained to the parent company about the noise threatening a lawsuit against t-mobile. high rent can lead to high expectations of the environment you want. >> yeah. sure. they also only play during business hours. w ik past 8:00 at night and it's not pling. >> reporter: recent residents say this is part of the experience, culture and community. >> since i've moved i've seen things change and like to see the city continue to have the cultur and the h and show the musical hit especially in this area. >> you moving into communities and not embracing thed culture ot trying to attach to the culture is incredibly rarming. orter: the folks here agree it's about more than just the music, about embracing the inevitable change come to shaw at the same time, keeping sight of what made it that it is.y >> the music is the heart and soul of the people. what you are muting was not the
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sound but you were meeting the people behind the sound. >> i appreciate everybody. i'm not going to be long-winded. it's definitely been appreciative. >> reporter: we had people col by and said they were glad for the silence. i guess they're not too happy now. they seemed to reach some kind of compromise. folks say it' more than just the music, about the issues that comes with changing demographics of this neighborhood. tomorrow evening from 6:00 to 8:00, there will be a town hall meeting, at martin luther king building and they will address the issues and for now, people will keep on dancing. >> they have a great night for it out there. thanks so much. the tunnel home murder trial is now under way in montgomery coun. inearful testimony today, the father of victim, asciiia learn
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his son had died. he was helping millionaire, daniel beckwitt build a sies of tunnels underneath his home. they called it was negligence, calling tat bunk ear deh trap. defense attorneys say it was an accident tragically. they're expected to call another man who worked in the tunnels to the stand. they say his testimony will shos the conditi were not as dire as prosecutors say. voters in pnceilliam county made history electing an african-american to the board of supervisors for the first time ever. victor angry won a election to fill the seat once held by long-time supervisor, john jenkins, who died earlier this year. he will be sworn in tomorrow but won't have much time to enjoy it but it ends this february and
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has to run again in june. thethis will not end up on bottom of a birdcage. tuesday's national championship edition. the first edition sd out and the second sold out and thousand more printed. >> the paper promises more tomorrow morning. if you want one as a souvenir, theyysay, t will be selling them online. strike while they're hot. don't forget the caps try for a championship right here in d.c. a playoff special defending the p you can watch saturday. sheree burruss will hearso from of the players comingp. up next, a black holur ca in a photo for the first time ever. why scientists are so excited about this single image. plus, we had highmp atures today in the low 70s, our average high 65 degrees. we will be cooler tomorrow.
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today, humanity got its first look at one of the greatest images of science. >> 15 million light years away from earth. it took sever telescope, about eight of them around the world in order to capture the first image of the black hol >> one of the leaders of the project wrapped it up saying today, science fiction has become science fact. jay gray. >> wehaave seen we thought was unseeable. tureave seen and taken a p of a black hole. >> reporter: framed by a fiery ring of light. scientists say this historic photo helps confirm a theory
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first arrived from the equations of albert einstein. the existence of giant voids or black holes like the one in this nasa illustration created when the force of gravity becomes overwhelming, a places when matter spaceesnd time c to an end. >> we now believe even super masses of black holes exists in most galaxies. >> reporter: it took $28 million, scientific dedication to capture the image. >> thi was an herculeans to capture it eight times itself. >> reporter: eight telescopes across the globe to record five tet ta bytes of data. >> it's equivalent of 5 million mp3 files. >> we have now seen the unseeable. now, what does it allmean?
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>> reporter: the beginning of a new scientic adventure. jay gray, nbc news. >> pretty amazing. >> one of the things i mentioned, this was the equivalent of putting it into context for us was the equivalent of trying to read a quarter perfectly from d.c. to los angeles. >> whoa. >> yeah. that's how precise the i telescopes werorder to get that image, all combined to perfection. >> cool stuff. coming up, attorney general eyebrows on raised capitol hill talking about possible spying on the trump 2016 campan, kristen welker joins us next with a look at the new talking point for the president. what's left for the cherry blossoms, falling off the trees along the
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we are working to make things simple, easy and awesome. herculean herculean attorney general william barr sparked a huge controversy when he said the reason he plans to review the trump investigation he thinks the trump campaign wa spied o in the 2016 election. he softened hisalanguage to it improper surveillance and clarifying he has not said it happened but he is looking into it. >> the blowback was immediate. virginia senator marks warner the vice chair of the intelligence committee and has spent two years looking into russian interference in the 2016 election. >> here's what he had to say about the attorney general's comments. >> i'm flabbergasted. the word spying, when you start linking spying with law
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enforcement or the intelligence community, that sets off red flagsvewhere. that's why i think he does a disservice for the men and women who wk for the department of justice and fbi. >> the attorney general's comments echo ant compl president trump has made before. white house correspondent,is n welker joins with us that part of the story. >> reporter: hi, erica and jim. you're absolutely right. or months ecall president trump said the leaders of the fbi going back to016 he believes improperly tried to surveil his campaign. a lot of democrats, oer critics today noted that. they felt as though the attorney general'sy comments rea echoed some of what we heard from president trump. it's important to rsunre what the attorney general said and didn't say. e said he wants to review whether there was any improper surveillance. he also made it very clear he doesn't have any evidence of that but is somethinge wants
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to look into. at the same time, he wasn't verp ific about what surveillance he may or may not be talking about. this comes as president trump is traveling in texas, and he was defiant upon his darture, talking about the mueller investigation. he called the investigation a coup. when i asked the president if he has seen the report, remember, this has been a b topic of questions during barr's testimony over the past two days, barr hasn't answered that directly. the president didnswer directly today and said he has frankly that report and doesn't care to see it because he won. >> when do we get to see the mueller report and what are the chances we will be hearing from robert mueller or members of congress be hearing from him? >> reporter: it's always possible. top docrats indicate they d have that potentially on the table,ssuing a subpoena so they can hear directly from
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robert mueller. in terms of the timeline, remember, when we see it it will be heavily redacted. bar said yesterday on capitol hill he expects to release that redacted version within the week. >> thanks so much. more o kristpo walker's reing ahead on "nightly news." we invite you to stay with us with lester holt right this broadcast. amelia is here to talk about a change in the temperatures coming up. some rain, does that help us in terms of the pollen and maybe getting some of this stuff? >> that's not aoo good >> i always find the pollen fascinating.ta since ied working here, about six years, jim knows, we get a daily pollen report. i learned a lot getting this pollent. rep the rain can temporarily take down the pollen count. if it is warm, depending on the wind direction that pollen is going right back up.
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the tree pollen is high right now. l three of us are noticing our seasonal allergies and sure you are as well. tomorrow, cooler by 5 degrees. that said, temperatures on track for normal this time of the tyear. lo mid 60s for highs, looking to friday for the weekend. there is rain around, not a washout but rain at times, in addition to rain over the g some , i'm track humility as well. a little humid out there on saturd. right now, based on sunday's forecast, it is looking to be humid this time of year. temper 6ures in low and low 70s. 70 degrees in washington and manassas. 65 in gaiersburg and high of 66 and partly cloudy skies. pleasant and a bit chilly, though, especially in suburbsin ki off your thursday. keep that in mind stepping out
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the door. friday at lunchtime notice we're still dry out there. high of 72. in the afternoon and evening hours, areas of rain moves in. notice rain in northern virginia, western maryland,mo ng into the district between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., maybe even a rumble of thunder friday night. pocketsf heavier rain moving through the area and rumbling showers possible saturday morning with saturday afternoon looking mainly d. we look to sunday, the best chance for i rain late afternoon and evening hours and sunday morning looking mainly dry. your weekend forecast. 76 on saturday and 75 on sunday. e best chance for showers are during the early morning hours. some pks of sunshine sunday afternoon -- saturday afternoon and satury night wean maybe see a shower or storms across
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the area. on sunday, most of the rain is later in the day. if you'relaing something outdoors, your best bet saturday ternoon or sunday mornin we take a look atr yweekend, dinner plans out, a lot of plans saturday. bring the poncho and cherry blosso pore rai-- parade. humility drops off monday with high of 68. rain lingering around the first halfyf mon and sunshine developing later in the day. we will be noticing wind on monday and tuesday. tuesday, highs near 70. >> thanks, amelia. coming up next, caps fans can't contain themselves, another day before a playoff journey. how last year's runs helped prepare them for this year's go rod. lester holt on "nbc
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this time tomorrow night downtown will be rocking, bringing back memories, last year at this time. >> the same excement for the playoffs. i have my nails done, a red coat picked out for tomorrow. >> you're ready! >> capitals no strange making it to the post-season the last four years. this is dif the target is on their back as the defending stanley cup champions. even the smallestap fans know
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ovie is the player to watch. allev rved up for the playoffs starts tomorrow at the arena. last year's cup run has definitely prepared them for this moment. >> the more experience you have the tougher you getnt ly, i hink, to deal with, the intensity, setbacks, whatever it might be. you've been through it so you know whatot takes be at your best between the ears and that allows you to showcase your talent as a team. >> y really grow as a family, as a group. it's a blast going through it all. that being said, it wasn't easy going through it. you know how hard it was andmu w nd it takes and intensity emotions of hockey. we're excited to get back on that platform. >> capitals kickoff game one against hurricanes and game two on saturday, we have you covered
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defending the cup prega show and puck at 3:00 p.m. and news at 6:00. no need to gonywhere on saturday, o week away from the playoffs. the good and bad and ugly, seems the dominos continue to fall and odds stacked against washington. the season is over after wizards finished with their w in five years. this off-season will be one of questions about how to rebuild. >> i think where we are is somebody to watch this from the outside, not inside and what type of coaching we need to make this team the right team. i think he will do a good job picking the right guy for u >> we have young guys hungry and a great opportunity to move forward. it will be a lotf work for us ofifseason. a dferent team coming next year, in a way. i'm excited to good things
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moving forward and where we go in the future. >> we're only 10 games into the new season and watching theti als and phillies play kind of already feels like october half of this year's games for the nats have been againstphila. bryce harper's return, last ght ended with fireworks. nats fans getting a preview o the future. the 21-year-old and 20-year-old brought nats back to life against the phillies. down to his last strike, roblass coming through. bursting onto the scene last season, yeah, this is why. check out this monster homeun. they combined for two home run and five rbi nats hoping to use the win as a launching point knowing they never qt. e never give up. we keep fighting until the last out. i feel really good with that team. we keep fighting and fight with a really good team.il we keep going.
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>> great momentum. i said this earlier. we will play hard eryday of every hour. i know that about these guys. th battled their butts off. i'm so super proud of them. >>aseball play a hockey. and itin is sprg masters par 3 contest, alway a family affair. check out jordan spieth's trick shot. he is actually skipping that wross the water. don't think hel try that in the real tournament. pretty cooltuff from the 2015 masters champ. >> wow! >> i haveit a ball also into water but mine is unintentional and no way -- >> you have to go dive for it. >> i chop it up as a stroke. >> thats pretty amazing. >> it is fantastic. greens looking fantastic at augusta. >> all red tomorrow. you have your red coat and ready to go? >> readyo go. >> thanks.
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tonight, breaking news the massive gas explosion killing at least one, shaking a whole wntown. la buildings in fs, emergency evacuations en over a dozent to the hospital. among them a firefighte tonight the latest from the scene. a powerful spring storm on the move now. 50 million under weather alerts. al roker is tracking the threat. the new bombshell from attorney genel william barr claiming the trump campaign was obama administration. democrats firing back accusing barr of spreading conspiracy theories and president trump blasting the russia investigation as an attempted coup. cruise ship dangers, what happens if you have a medical emergency at sea? the passenger unable to find advanced help after suffering a stroke.
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