macron said it is his country's duty to ruild notre dame. >> he wants theni icoc cathedral rebuilt in five years. parts of the building still unstable, though, after that devastating fire. >> here is a look at the before an the after photo. the image on the right shows notre dame today. that spire we saw come crashing down is gone. entire roof.ly t >> last night at 11:00 we showed you the first imagese insid the nave of the cathedral. today the videoho stained glass windows intact and you can see that large holeverhead there. the ceiling and roof are gone. >> the argument facts inside the cathedral areaf se. transported to the louvre today r safekeeping. but there's concern tonight about shoring up and protecting what's left of the cathedral itself. nbc's richard engeco begins our rage in. paris

>> the big concern is for the structural integrity. the fire wasut out, but after the spire came crashing into the cathedral, after the roof burned off the structure o has been challenged. it is not as stable. without the roof it is more wobbly. officials have said they are worried about weaknesses. they are worried about cracks. in particular, in the north corner and that is where workers are using a crane to saw off one of the massive statues from that most weakened area. they want to remove it for the safety of the statue so it doesn't come crashing to the ground and also for the safety of the people. there have been evacuations fearing there could have been some type of collapse. five billings all around that wing of notre dame have been evacuated. right now there is an effort under way to stabilize this cathedl after the fire was put

out. richard engel, nbcews paris. >> already philanthropists and millionaires are pledging billions of dollars to rebud. me of france's wealthiest businessmen have pledged more than $450 million. today notre dame here in the u.s. also pledged00 00. the cathedral senior fundraising advise n over told nbcs he's frustrated it took such a tragic event to raise money that was desperately needed for years. richard engele will be liv from paris with another update at 7:00 on nbc nightly news with tster holt. back close home, scary moments for a young woman in our area who had been out with friends and t gught she'dotten into a ride share at the end of the night. but after pulling up to herdi bu, she says the driver there followed her and forced

his way inside before robbing her. the vichm talked w our pat collins and he joins us now live on the "u" street corridor. this was a frightening scene, pat. >> reporter: indeed, jim. she said it began here, downtown and ended in bethesda. it got ugly in bethesda she said. ashe just wanted ride share home. she ended up becoming a victim of a terrifying robbery. surveiance video of the guy cops are loong for. this is no purse snatching. this is the beginning of a re fhare ripoff. a ripof that could have had tragic consequences. >> i was in the elevator where he tried to assault me twice.at that moment i was extremely terrified. >> reporter: the victim, a

29-year-old bethesda woman. we call her sdra. for obvious reasons, we're concealing her name. i talked to her by phone >>toda it's been almost three weeks and it's horrifying. >> this all began downtown on the "u" street corridor. it was saturday, march 30th, 4:00 a.m. our victim sandra had been out partyingith some friends. she thought she called for a ride share. a white sedan pulls up to the curb. she gets inside. the driver doesn't know theat destn. she thought that was strange but she gave him her address and off they went. th ride to her bethesda condo was uneventful. once they arrive her driver follows her into the front door, then into theev elator, then forces her way into her apartment. >> he had hisul shor against

the door, pretty much bum rushed the door and got in. >> reporter: got into your apartment? >> yeah. >> reporter: after taking a ride share, be careful. ke sure the ride share driver knows your name. make sure the ride share driver knows your destination. and if you recognize the suspect in this case, montgomery county police, they want to hear from you. doreen, back you to. >> scary story. thank you. patns colli as we await the release on thursday of a redacted version of the special counsel report someurrent and former white ouse oicials are concerned about president trump's wrath. they were advised to cooperate with the special counselig investation and they did. nbc news has learned they are now worried about potential blow back from their boss. blayne alexander is at the white house where there's a o lot anxiety behind the scenes. blayne. >> reporter: this renewed

countdown is raising the big qustion not only what' inside the special counsel's report, but how much of it is actually going to be seen. we're now lessn tha 48 hours from when we expect to find out. the white house bracing for thursday's expected release of special counsel robert mueller's redacted russia report. more than a dozen current andfo er white house officials have cooperated with mueller. now nbc news has learned that some of them are worri the release of the nearly 400-page report could expose them for potentially damaging information they provided about president trump. >> there's a lot of anxiety. one person described it to us as breakdown level anxiety about what's going to be coming in the report. >> reporter: inside the president's orbit, a flurry of activity. a white house meeting plan ds for all relevant staff. the enpresids outside legal team meeting again to finalize their strategy. >> i think that the t'presiden lawyers quite rightly are anticipating that there's going to be new information on

obstruction that has not yetub been plicly disclosed and they're trying to identify the way that they can rebut it. >> reporter: according to a summary from attorney general william barr mueller did not find criminal conspacy between the trump campaign and russia. many democrats will likely zero in on information around obstruction of justice where mueller reached no conclusion according to barr's summary. it was barr and his depy whose decided there was not enough evidence for obstruction thcharges. someg president trump has repeatedly seized on. >> there was no collusion and there was no obstruction. and we never did anything wrong. >> reporter: something he repeated today on twitter. and as for those current and house officials who are concerned about what might be in that report, nbc news has lened that some of their attorneys reached out to the justice department to find out whether their names could bere cted or whether it would be clear who said what. the doj did not elaborate.

>> blayne alexander. the coast guard lieutenant accused much stopiling guns and making a hit list of top democrats and journalists wants out of federal custody. back in february a judge said prosecutors had two weeks to charge christopher hassan with terror offenses. that has not happened. has hassan's attorney says prosecutors don't expect to seek anyha ces beyond ones for firearms and drugs so they want his bail to be reviewed. hassan remains on active duty until the case against him is resolved. dsmilies, frien and fellow politicians are sayingal a fin farewell to maryland house speaker michael busch. he was theer longest sng speaker of the maryland house of delegates. darcy spencer reports he'll be remembered as so much more than that by those who knew and loved him. >> reporter: speaker mike busch's wife and family are the as his flag-draped casket

arrived at the church in annapolis. inside his daughters speak about what he meant to them. >> he was my coach, my teacher, and my best buddy. i love you, dad. thank you for everything. >> i owe so much to my father. i would ner be the person that i am today or the person who i hope to be in the future without him pushing me and teaching me to be strong. >> reporter: busch was credited with pushing through a fast agenda of progressive legislation over the years but he was remembered mostly for his roles outside the statehouse. a husband, father, teacher, h, coac and mentor. >> he was always the most decent guy. very humble. ego was not a thing with mike. >> reporter: his funeral fwas attended by u.s. senators to current members of the general assembly. >> mikon busch was a s pillar of maryland state

government. >> mike miller said it's a sad day. >> overcame a lot of tough issues. he was a good father, a good husband, a good leglator. he's a patriot. marylandt one of its finest ser servants today. >> reporter: up until this point lawmakers did not want to talki publ about who might replace him as speaker of the house. they saw that it possibly being disrespectful. now that the funeral is over, that search will begin. jim and doreen, back to you. >> loved and revered by so many. darcy, thank you. only on news 4 this evening, a localfamily's terrifying ordeal. held hostage at gunpoint in their own home. how police managed to get there before tragedy could strike. allegeds of child abuse on board a school bus. the man accused, the one who is

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>> newsra 4 mark segs broke this story today and he reports it all started with a forced and failed marriage. >> reporter: it was yesterday afternoont this houn germantown. the very day zion imbed and his wife were due in court for a hearing on a protective order. the germantown man broke in with a knife and gun and threatened to kill his wife and family including a 15-year-old boy. >> the family was basally held there and threatened with murder, that he was going to kill them. >> reporter: it started last summ when imbed asked his girlfriend to marry him. after shed, refuse he shot himself in a failed suicide attempt on july 3rd. after that according to police, he threatened to kill his girlfriend'samily if she didn't marry him. on september 14th the couple married at the courthouse they kept that marriage a secret for months. until last month when fearing

ecr her safety she told her family they weretly married. three days later a judge issued a protective order requiring him to stay away. according to his wife, imbed violated that order at least two times. the wife and her family moved hoping he wouldn't find them. but on april 15th he did find them and broke in. >> he was told to stay away and he didn't stay away. in fact, he came to the house with extre ill intent. >> reporter: he came prepared with duct tape and five sets of handcuffs. when police arrived, they found imbed choking his wife with a knife to her throat. >>e had mentioned to the family if the policame he was going to shoot the police and kill the family. >> reporter: according to police, they arrived just in time to avoid a tragedy. in germantown, mk segraves news 4. news 4 is working to keep you safe at home. there are a host of resources to

help families affected bydo stic violence. just search safe at home. prosecutors in alexandria tonight are preparing to file criminalharges against a company that once worked as a nasa.ctor for >> the exact charges have yet to be announced, but scott macfarlane has learned the company is under investigation for fraud that might be linked to a failed rocket launch. >> scott joins us rom the newsroom with the latest he's learned. >> the u.s. attorney ins alexandria i preparing a criminal case against an aluminum company called hydro s extrn based in oregon. two years ago a supervisor admitted he falsified test results to help sell unre liable and inconsistent products. nasa was one of the company's customers. after the failure of a major missionl in 2011, nasa's interna investigators began looking into what went wrong. an internal nasa report said employees of the contractor were

being investigated for fraud and doctoring test results. that same report said fraud is a suspected factor in the failure of the rocket glory. this video of nasa prepping the mission shows the work just beforehe space craft launched and failed to reach orbit from an air force be in california. that was in01 2 prosecutors in virginia declined to comment on the case. specific charges have not been posted. have not yet been formally filed. hydro extrusion is cooperating with authorities investigating the case, including prosecutors in oregon who charged former employees. in a statement to the i-team, the company said it h invested significant time and resources to completely overhaul our quality and compliance organizations. at 4:00ol.m. we t you the company has been charged in virginia. we have updated information now. the feds are preparing the charges in virginia. no complaint was filed. back to you. >> scott, thank you. those fst fundraising numbers

are in for the 2020 election. president trump raised $30 illion, far more than any single democratic candidate. but democratic hopefuls took in a whopping $75 in the first quarter of the ar. bernie sanders led the field by raising $18 million. cmala harrise in second with 1$12 million. south ben mayor pete buttigieg rounds out the top four by raising $7 million. >> bernd has now done something he resisted during the 2016 democratic primaries. he released the last ten years of his tax returns. the big t news inre is that his income jumped to more than $1 million in 2016 and 2017 after the release of his book. in a town hall last night he said he wrote a best seller that

sold all over the world and he was not going to apologize. he also called on president eaump to release ten y of his tax returns. beto o'rourke on the first democratic ctender to visit virginia. he'll be talking to voters at the university of virginia tonight at a town hall in accused his morning he president trump of stoking fear and racism. he said the president's language is similar to rhetoric used in germany in the 1930s and '40s. o'rourke had several campaign stops inorthern virginia tomorrow. facebook executives including ceo mark zuckerberg has said your privacy is the company's top priority. but a new s investigationgests otherwise. nbc's jay gray with the explosive report today and how company ecutives used your information as leverage over corporate partners. >> reporter: on the minds of facebook users, privacy. a review of more than 4,000 documents obtained by nbc news

indicates executives at facebook includinger mark zuckerbg and sheryl sandberg discussed ways to sell user data in an effort to cut losses and grow the business. >> ts is a company that privacy ed growth over in every other value. >> reporter: facebook says the documents were cherry picked from a court case involving a little known startup writing the sense of d documents byign tells only one side of the story and omits important context. we still stand by the platform changes we made in 2014, 2015. h concerns abo facebook protects personal data have been growing since it was revea cd thepany improperly shared information from 87 million users with the consulting firm cambridge analytica. zuckerberg discussed that issue with lawmakers during a hearing on capitol hill. >> it was my mistake and i'm sorry. i started facebook. i run it. i'm responsible for what haens here. >> reporter: a mistake that

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april, not march, but it seems like this day came in like a lion and is going out like a lamb. >> yesterday i thought we'd have sunshine from start to finish. of course i'm checking the satellite all day. today >> well done. >> we'll have high temperatures in the 60s. today we were just shy of 70. similarwiomorrow but we have more cloudy ons overall throughout the day tomorrow from start to opinion. in addition there's the chance for a shower tomorrow. in the morning and midday hours and especially north of washington. but that being said, most of us are going to be mainly if not completely dry out there. this is one of those days you have a small umbrella handy

thursday it will be warm storm team 4 weather alert day friday with heavy rain and strong thunderstorms in the forecast. thy timing rea favoring 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon until 2:00 a.m. on saturday. right now here's a look at current temperatures across the area. upper 60s, low 70s from 67 in gaithersburg to 63 over in annapolis. cooler by the water there.es 68 degreight now in washington. tomorrow the bus stop is cool. it's not as cold as it was this morning. the kids might want the jacket. or long sleeves at least with the sunrise tomorrow at 6:29 and the temperature of the bus stop of about 53 degrees. recess tomorrow outdoors, but i think we'll have more cloudinesg buildihroughout the day. we have an easterly component to the wind. we see a marine layer developg over the area tomorrow. reset the temperature of about

65. pickup is cloudy and dry. temperature of about 69 at pickup. after school activities, no issues. on friday i'm watching for heavy rain. the potential for flooding and gusty damaging winds. saturday out running air raerra ahead of easter sunday. sunday it's looking dry but chilly. here's your forecast. i'm going to haveore on the friday storm chance and the holiday weekend coming up. tomorrow we're in the 60s. aroundy0 on thurs and '70s on friday. >> all right. looks ke a -- >> still to come at 6:30, where vre and marc stand reaching for a safety milestone. and a big new chuh in one local community not sitting well with the neighbors. cory smith tells us what's behind the opsposition. and a special needs student allegedlyeaten on a school

bus. what pice say one suspect did and what

right now at 6:30, police say achool bus attendant was seen on surveillance video punching a special needs child. >> tonight that employee and the bus driver who police say did nothing about it are facing felony charges. ou northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has our report. >> reporter: kelly rucker, a bus attendance hired to watch over special needs children as they ride the bus to school. many of them aboard, autistic.

he's facing three felony child abuse charges for what happened on a bus in late january. bus security camera caught rucker grabbing a 12-year-old boy in an aggressive manner from trying to restrain him from disruption. rucker would deliberatedly close-hand punch the victim in the back of the head. the victim asked for help from ther children and, quote, screamed in painoughout the duration of the encounter. >> unfortunately we had an adult on the bus, the bus driver in particular. he was an adult who witnessed the assault and could have taken action to prevent them and report the matter to either police or other school authorities and that didn't happen. >> reporter: t bus driver is also charged with child endangerment for failing to step in to help the child and she also allegedly never alerted school officials about what was happening aboard her bus. i contacted school officials to askhrbout that t month gap between the time the inns happened in january and when

police got involved in the case last week. they declined to answer the question, but they said both the attendant and the bus driver were taken off bus duty back in january and kept from any further contact with children. a school district statement goes on to say employees arrested on felony charges are placed on leave pending the outcome of internal investigation. any employee found guilty of a felony is automatically dismissed. both the bus attendant and driver are due in court next week. in manassas, i'm julie carey, news 4. the fbi and virginia spote ce searched a virginia state office in front royal today. this is chopper 4 over the front royal warren county economic development authority offices. you can see some unmarked cars and the state police cruiser on the scene. according to the northern virginia t daily,he feds aren't saying anything about the case. less than a week ago a special grand jury startedponvestigating ntial financial crimes involving the eda, its former director, the county sheriff and

other county officials. there's a battle brewing in bowie over plans to build a new church there. the redeemedrc christian chu of good victory temple saystits congrega has outgrown its current building and needs a new hoop. they're hg to build a new church a few miles away at the corner of church and mt. oak road. as news 4 cory smith report, not everyone in that surrounding neighbhood is on board.or >> repr: the good book says love thy neighbor help some have no love for plans to build a 60,000 square foot church on this piean of l derek is among the opposition. >> dwems like this are not what we decided we wanted in terms of when we picked the community to live in. >> reporter: the neighbors have issue with infraructure. >> we want the church the size of a grocery store. >> reporter: fears over what he concerns lack of transparency by

the developer. >> look at the fiscal impact, economic impact, environmental bimpact, undueurden to taxpayers. that really has not been done. >> reporter: the man behind the church's plan, the pastor believes all ofsshoses can be addressed before even o d speck oft is turned. the pastor says what residents need to understand is that the congregation at the redeemed victoryn church of god temple has simply outgrown the building. they need more parking, space for achildren's department and a church that can hold 2,000 people. theitastor is praying on . as for whether he'sling to move his church to a different site, even ifhe county changes his water plan, this pro jebt sti -- project still has more

bureaucracy meaning the fight is far from over. in prince george's county, cory smith, news 4. the campus of virginia tech isemembering the 32 students and facultyembers who died 12 years ago today in one of the school's worst shootings in school history in thisry cou today people gathered at a memorial on the campus to lay a wreath and hold a moment of silence. later this evening they'll extinguish a candle that's been burning since midnight. around the country and here in our area, alumni chapters also help blood drives in memory of victims survivors. saturday will mark another grim day in american history. it's been 20 years since thee columbigh school shooting. on april 20th, 1999, two student gun men killed 12 of their classmates and a teacher at columbine high school in littleton, colorado. many of today's parents were students at that time. the first generation to front deadly mass shootings, many feel

less secure sending their own children to school. associated rom the press suggests 67% of americans believe schools have become less safe over the past twep20 years. only 35% of the parents polled are extremely or very confident their children areafe at school. 21% are not confident their children are safe. just today columbine high and more than 20 other schools were placed on lockdown. colorado are urging other schools to tighten secury for what appears to be a critical threaturrounding the 20th anniversary of the shooting. a new report of measles tonight in maryland. up income at 6:00, state health officials areer offg reassurance. and reminding us all about the effectiveness of the mmr vaccine. a huge milestone for a local rail network. i'm adam tuss and i'll tell you what's new with vre coming up. plus there's the chance for

a shower tomorrow, especially north of washington, but look at friday. we're talking about widespread rain and the potential for heavy rain and strong so severe thunderstorms. friday is a weather alert day. i'm going to have more on tt ha

maryland health officials just confirmed aecond kase of the measles. both cases involve people who traveled to an area with an ongoing outbreak of the there's no evidence that meesass is spreading in maryland. it's highly con ttous and highly preventable. two doses are 97% effective at preventing it. measles have spread to 20 states because of small outbreaks involving pple who have not been vaccinated. measles was thought to have been eradicated in the u.s. in the year 2000, but already more than 550 new cases have been reported so far thisear. > road repairs that started today could require crews to

temporarily shut down a busy highway in fair tax cnty. we're talking about route 50 near fair oaks mall. an underground pipe that carries storm water beneath the road has become corroded and now part of the road is sagging. our news partners at wtop radio reports vdot may close all lanes to install a permanent replacement pipe. wtop reports that work could start as early as next fday night. coming up, rescued at sea. a dog found paddling for his life out in the ocean miles from shore is now safe and dry. >> that's >amazing. >>nd severe weather threats

the people of paris are in the seets for a second straight night. they've come together to singan to pray for the cathedral of notre dame. yesterday's inferno left the 12 century landmark badly damaged and structurally unsound, but not destroyed. french president emmanuel macron is asking france to united behin an ambitious goal to rebuild the cathedral in five years. police in montgomery county are trying to track down a man who robbed a woman when she got into his car thinking he was a ride share driver. she got picked up at the "u" street corridor. once she arrived at her complex,

she says the man followed her into t buildin forcing his way into her condo. two at prunder arrest for felonies related told abuse. attendant kelly rucker assaulting a 12-year-old boy. police say the driveaw what was happening and did nothing ab a major safety milestone for vre. the commuter rail system is now using a new safety system and it's called positive train control. >> rail systems around the country have been told by the federal government toet this system up and running. as transportation reporter adam tuss tells us, it could be the difference ifro a dan scenario develops on the rail. >> reporter: this is a significant safety milestone. one you hope tt never actually is needed. >> people are human obviously. they make mistakes. this is to catch things that an

engineer may not catch. >> for example, going too fast around a curve or two trains on the same track. evenorkershead on the track. positive train control is a sta safety layer that takes over to preven these incidents. doug allen is the vaed head of >> with technology this system will override and slow trains down or stop trains as necessary. >> you may remr that awful deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia a few years ago. that train was going over 100 miles an hour around a curve, something that never hould have happened and never would have hainened if positive tra control had been in place at the time. both amtrak and marc had been working to get their tracks fully equipped. mar innocensn't there yet. some vre riders actually don't love the ia of a computer taking over. >> i think it's good move, but it has to be designed and engineers reallycarefully. >> reporter: others happy with

the safety upgrade. >> the alternative is to sit on 95 and all those crazy drivss, so it' the best way to go. >> reporter: one thing the system consistency do is detect trespassers and many rail agencies continue to warn against that. but make no mistake, for vrein positive traontrol is a big step forward. when you think of vre, you might not think of major commuter rail systems, but it actually is. it's the 12 other largest rail system in the country. about 4 1/2 million trips per year in our area. now a new safety layer built in to the ride. in alexadaria, atuss, news 4. now the news 4 i-team has been following the installation of ptc w which supposed to be finished by the end of 2019. mark tells us the safety system is already up andni runng on its camden and brunswick lines, but tests are still going on on the popular pin line between marc and the owner of the tracks, amtrak.

now, the i-team found the federal railroad administration did approve a e newension to that line until december 2020. you can watch mee of th i-team's reporting by visiting our nbc washington app. this next story is from half a world away, but it starts with a scene that would make any animal lover frantic. >> this is something else, folks. ke a look. oil workers on an ocean rig spotted a dog swimming for her life some 135 miles offshore. well, here's the dog after she got up on to the rig in t gul of thailand last friday. the workers put a rope aroun n herk and pulled her to safety. they gave the dog plenty of water, food, and nicknamed her survivor. >> workers think the dog fell isoff a fng boat and survived because the ocean waters were calm that day and animal rescue group checked her out and said she'll be okay. one of the workers plans to adopt her. >> that's pretty amazing. >> and to be able to just keep

swimming with no -- nothing in sight. no help in sight. >>r. good for he >> absolutely. and locally, julie carey tweeted out earlier it wasn't the assignment she was looking for today, but she found a dog running around. you can see the picture on facebook. she took her to a local animal shelter. i retweeted thae maybe can have a happy ending. a dog lover.lie is >> yes. >> well, that's good news. good news about our weather? some good news? >> a beautiful afternoon and evening out there. high temperatures near 70. we're in the upper 60s and low temperatures. 68 in washington. 67 in gaithersburg. 69 in manassas. clear skies out there. few clouds are going to move in overnight tonight. we'll have partly to mostly cloudy skies. tomorrow seasonal allergies. still feeling them the mold spores have come down from high to low. grass is also running low, but trees continue to run high out

there. here's a look at your planner for tomorrow. we wake up comfortably cool at 53 degrees. long sleeve light jacket kind of weather at 7:00 a.m. maybe an isolated shor out there, especially north of washington. for most of us, wednesday is going to be dry. around lunchtime we're in the mid 60 a high tomorrow of 69 degrees. but plenty of clouds around, sespecially during theond half of the day. 7:00 tomorrow on your wednesday, it's dry, but it's cloudy and we'll have temperatures atin th in the mid 60s. we then look to thursday. thursday is a day to plan something outdoors, whether irs during y lunch hour or after work. take the kids to the park. we'll have increasing sunshine. it's warm with a high temperature of 80 degrees. then on friday it's a storm team 4 kweather alert day and even a isolated tornado risk out there on friday. the bgest concern seeing that heavy rainfall that cou lead flooding and the wind as well that could lead to wind damage

across the area. the timing right now between 2:00 p.m. on friday and 2:00 a.m. on saturday, and that's why you see on your weekend planner some lingeringhowers potentially until 8:00 a.m. from that really powerful storm system as it pulls away from the area. we'rou breezy through the day on saturday with temperatures in the 60s. if you're heading out on friday, heading to friends andamilies houses for passover, you want to keep that in mine. we are going to be on weather alert mode throughout the day on friday into the evening and overnight hours. sunday we have easter. we start off cool with a temperature of 51.ke a light jac heading out sunday morning. especially for the easter egg hunt out there. it's pleasant throughout the day with a mix of clouds and sunshine and a high temperature of 71. here's your four-day forecast. tomorrow near 70. around 80 on thursday. really nice on ursday. friday is that weather alert day with a 70% chance for heavy rain and some severehunderstorms as well. again, turing afternoon, evening and overnight hours.

high of 7 on saturday with some lingering showers, but plenty of dry time. sunday isy looking completelry with the high of 71. next monday in thepper 70s with partly cloy skies. coming up, fallout from the takedown. alex ovechkin fight still ming headlines. sports is up next. first here is lester holt with a look at what's ahead. >> another college student dies in abl horri fall. how americans are spendingn$2 how americans are spendingn$2 bi

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animal story to share. >> we can tell that one keain. >> does not feel good right now. sthe capital were not on the ice toda no practice. it could be argue d the capital were not ons the lie last night. that's not a wea taechl aattempt humor. the uniforms look familiar with the capitals, theyn' didt look like defending stanley cup champions. ffrst playo game for rally did not disappoint. carolina outshooting washingtong 45-18 in theame including 18-1 the second period. a 5-0 loss for the capitals with the hurricanes a discoveriew confidence in the series. caps head too much todd reirden telling reporters even though his team has the lead, they've got a ways to go. >> we're far from a finish ds product at this point. we're just looking to try to get better every day. we took a step back in some eas in game three.

up and down their lineup they were bter than us. they deserved to win. they were little more desperate. it's up tos to respond. need to put forth a better result and outcome on thursday. >> game three muchore physical than any game so fars thi series all highlighted by a fight everyone in hockey isng talki about. sherree burruss joins us from raleigh. >> reporter: alex veovechkin fought only a handfulf times. last night he proved he c do more with his hands than just scoreoa gls. fight.pear to agree to things escalated quickly. h svechnikped off the ice. ovechkin hopeful for his recovery. >> i hope he's okay. m not a big fighter. he asked me to fight and i said let's go.

hopefully he's okay and we don't see a guy get hurt. >> i've seen him fight before. it's notike i was expecting him to get beat up or anything, butt i would challenge him to fight. >> he plays hardt and is against a kid that kind of, you know, take a lot of cheap shots and that kind of thing. it was playoff ckey. >> the caps goalie also said he wished the team used the momentum that fight generated. instead, they let it and game three slip away. from raleigh, sherree burruss, news 4 sports. >> thanks, sherree. the nationals honoring jackie robson. it's not the exact date. on april 15t7,h, 194 wearing number 4for theodgers, jackie robinson broke the color barrier. it's not about the date, but the decade. how baseball society has changed since and that today's players

appreciate robinson's courage >> the way i go about my business every day is a tribute to him because he sacrificed a lot just for me to come here and play baseball game. >> not only for the game of baseball, but for the whole country. what he did ande how h did it, it's incredible. no one tells you what a strong man hwas to endure some of the things that he had to endure for gam an interesting nugget for tonight's game. remember steven strasburg's debut? it was rodriguez catching. tonight pitching against strasburg, his son dek. the 26-year-old is in his second year in the majors. didn't face the nats once last year. taking a loss against gonzalez. it just goes to show you we're all getting old. >>ah. thanks for the reminder, dave.

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