catchi pedestrians and cyclists off guard. we begin with a moment that could affect women nationwide. alabama is poised to outlaw abortion. >> a bill on the desk could make it illegal in any stage since roe versus wade. >> critics argue it'sht un onns this in the supreme court in hopes of overturning rowe. >> house bill 314 passes. >> reporter: aovernight, message from alabama lawmakers to the supreme court. >> is the baby in a womb a person? ha believe technology and science showsit is. >> reporter: alabama's legislature passing the most restrictive abortion in the nati making the procedure at any phagn during preancy a

felony with providers facing up prison.ars in the only exception when a pregnancy represents a serious health risk to the mother. >> i'm appalled. i think it's a setback women of alabama, not only the women states. >> reporter: it's now. to the governor to decide if it becomes law. >> it's an issue very difficult and people have to address that. when i get the bill i will review it thoroughly. >> reporter: the bill's sponsor isreadily admits the goal o get the highest court to review the 1973 roe v. wade decision ooving women a right to chse. when it comes to abortion. >> i do solemnly swear -- w >> reporter:h two new conservative justices appointed by president trump, 29 states have now introduced new restrictive abortion measures. last week, georgia joining three other states outlawing abortion at the first sign of aetal heartbeat. jay gray, nbc news. whileha tt report was on the

air, alabama's governor jus signed that bill into law in that state. awith abortion rights now risk in alabama, we're taking a local laws and what could happen if abortion is eventually left up to individual states. chris gordon explains why this bill could hav implications in our area. >> let's goo t a testy faceoff with a d.c. police officer. cell phone video shows this officerne swatting a put of a man's hand before the officer shovedanhis m and it ended with four people in custy. pat collins is live in cds superior court with the details. tell us about it reporter: leon, a cop and a guy with a cell phone taking pictures. it gets ugly. it gets caught on camera. cell phone video of a cop slapping a phone out of a man's

hand, then pushing the man away. >> reporter: it happened yesterday atheal gen apartments on w street southeast. before it was over, four people rested in this heated confrontation. hear now from a man who calls himself jay. >> they're locking people up for recording. this is a free world. we can w recordh any phone we want to. it has to stop. it's everyday. >> reporter: what touched it off yesterday? >> the cop, they touched it off coming up aggressir:. >> reporte steve bigelow is the chairman of the fraternal order of police in d.c. he says the cops were in the cea yesterday investigating complaints aboutriminal s a police had right to be there and that some of the people there were impeding the inveheigation. >> tssue that we have is ficer safety. u have the right to record heficers, you have t right to

say whatever you want to say, but there's a line that you cross when you walk within an inch of thefi ofr's face and put your finger in his face and walk behind officers that are armed and come within anf inch o them while they're doing an investigation. >> reporter: we don't have start to finish video of the whole incident. according to court documents, the crowd was unruly and hostile to the officers. the court documents say someone intentionally bumped an officer, made like he wasoing to swing at the officer, another person shoved an officer, and a woman slappe an officer on the arm. the four people picked up yesterday charged with simple assault, today, they've been released pending further court action here. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting. thank you. there are now calls for transparency after a white police officer in montgomery county was caught on camera using the "n" word during an

teraction with a group of black men. the county council wants police to release all body camera recordings of the incident. they stopped them at mcdonald's last thursday. cory smith signed a strongly worded letter to thectg police chief. more at 6:. right now, prince george's county police are investigating the death of a woman in riverdale. someone found her body offhe bw parkway. it appears the body hth been ere in the creek some time. the medical examiner has to term how she died. nbc news learned nbc mayor, bill de blasio, will become the latest candidate to enter the race information president. the mayor will make an official announcement tomorrow morning. he joins a field of nearly two dozen democrats trying to unseat president trump. de blasi has a record of

progressive accomplishments in the largest city. new yorkers are split over whether they're happy with the job he has done as mayor. saying he's harassed because he's a muslim. at a town hall meeting an audience member asked whether his religion would dictate his actions in office. sitting down with him today. >> reporter: the newly elected democrat said she was excited t host his first town hall event as a delegate. one of the fir i questions received are. >> accommodate the introduction of s tria law into commonwealth. >> reporter: sharia l is a religious law that performs part of the islamic religion. >> we live in a democracy that supports separation of church and state in the united states of america. >> reporter: we wento where he practices dentistry. he said anti-muslim rhetoric has

flared up. >> i think i have trust in my constuents that i'm being discriminated. >> reporter: he was criticized for anti-israel comments made online when he was in college and since apologized an condemned anti-tomorrowtisse. there has been a lid blown off and we're seeing it. >> reporter: seeing hate crimes from 2016 to 2017, many the fbi finds, are due to religion. >> if you don't think they're wrong, there's a problem. -- if y don't think there's a problem, you are wrong, there's a problem. >> everybody that wants to ask whatver they want about policy are welcome. those who want to come discriminate because of my

background, will call it out as it is. >> reporter: news4. and a hit-and-run death of a teenager last september, accused of driving his vehicle a wrong way down a gainesville road, the teen and his father were putting tools in a pickup truck when they saw pickup coming at them. both jumped out of the way but the driver jum od out the way and kept going. a tip led police to robinson charged with invnsuntary maughter and held without bond. the president will brief the so-called gang of eightn o escalating tensions with iran. it is the heads of leadership and intelligence for all parties. >> it comes after all non-emergency and consulate employees were told to leaveir and iraq and syria placed

on high alert what they're calling credible threats from iran and its allies. parties from both sides demanding answers. >> don't want to get into an unincrease war and the president thinking he can do it without coming to congress and the american public. >> a lot of i peoplen my shoes will support standing up to iran. we need to understand what we're doing. yesterday, president trump denied a "new york times" report on possible plan to send 100,000 troops to the middle et. when nbc confirmed the president developed a contingent plan as part of range of options if iran attacks americans forces or work on nlear program. the white house says president trump will not sign an international agreement aimed at ghting online extremism. the prime minister spent the afternoon known as the

christchurch call and goal to stop extremist hat oine. the white house says the president supports the mission but will not take part in it due to free speech concerns. back in march a white supremist shot and1 killed 5 people at christchurch in new zealand and streamed thettacks live on facebook. boeing's grounding 7378 max could be a step t furthero skies. to the boeing is expected to submit its final alication for software upgrade ass early a next week for the plane's automated anti-stall system called emcast and lion airline and others believe that intermsoftware maye played a role. >> why until the first crash it

wasn't in the manual this existe >> after airing the pilots confronting boeing on this and they've ground the max planes until the end of the summer. er> a helicopter crushing into the hudson rivnd how the pilot escaped without injury. and hoping to save lives if we ever see this flooding again on main street. it didn't take much to capture chaos today. changes o the busy intersection. another beautiful day. 76 degrees for a high temperature. we go way above average as we make our way towards the weekend and next week. i willex plain. even memorial day in the forecast. part of the weekend. ahead for us, patients slapped with huge surprise medical bills dpite being

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new video of a helicopter crash on the west side, the represent was repositioningis aircraft after refueling and went into the hudson riveror shtly after takeoff. when he crashed into the water flotation devices deployed to keep it from sinking and oy uffered minor cuts to his hand should be okay. a new york water ferry rescued the pilot shortly after that crash. >> that's crazy video there. chaos,onfusion, frustration, all words to describe one particular tricky traffic area. >> it isn't even a circle but giving people fits for a

under construction. turns out a lot of people are breaking rules there. >> adam tuss is there nd why people are ignoring the rules. what's the story? >> reporter: that's right. there will be a test the end of this. y attention. it used to be a circle. a number ofrs yea ago. now, no longer a circle. you can't make left turns at places you used to make left turns. some people still doing it and breaking the law and where we have a problem. >> when norma johnson walks through clarendon circle she's fully aware of the issues. >> right now, i can't tell where i'm supposed to go. >> reporter: that's because old habits are hard to break. this is a story about following the rules and a lot of people aren't following the new no left turn rules here at so-called clarendon circle. can you sum it up in one word? >> ngerous.

>> reporter: sit here for a second and youill see it over and over again. >> chaos. >> reporter: chaos. >> always chaotic. >> reporter: no left turns posted from washington boulevard to wilson and from washington to clarendon boulevard. andoogle maps updated to let people knee about the change here but it hasn't worked. they're finding people are ignoring the no left turn sign. you sing that, too? >> i see that. >> reporter: it has been brought to light and all happening because this circle is being redesigned for better safety. probably more appropriate to call this pla a star-like intersection with conflicts everywhere. from arlington county. >> it has not caught up with the development around it. once the project is complete it will be clear and definitely more clear to everyone how the intersection works. >> reporter: this project is expected to finish in the fall.

until then make sure you're right making your left through here. >> got that? >> all right, what did you used to be able t do here you can't too in some capacity? >> make left turns. >> reporter: that's right. you can't make a left turn here. as long as everybody understands that when we come through here we shouldn't have a problem, right? not work declare out that way. it should be finished byolall and pe are out here as well. be extra careful coming through this area. >> it looks like a challge. i'm thinking about young drivers, too, not veryd experienceow challenging for them. all right. adam tuss, thank you. congress isdi expanng its investigation of the troubled d.c. v.a. medical center. the u.s. house oversight committee is asking the medical center questions about problems revealed in a series of reports from-t our news4 im. scott mcfarlane with details.

>> the u.s. oversight committee ans hearing in june. they revealed what it's likely to ask about. they want the medical center to release copies of intnal incidents troubling the i-team recently revealed, including a man who oveosed in 2017 yet his body went undiscovered more than a day until hisis sr found him dead in his car in the parking lot. and the case of a psychiatric patient who escaped a secured ward through the ceiling tiles in a shower and headed home to manassas accused by pole of holding a man -- sorry -- holding a woman against her will andss alting her. that letter was sent to the man ,n your screen on the left, the medical director who told us last month improvements are being made at the facility. >> we've come a.ong way as i said, when we met in october, this isn't a one month,

six month rebuilding, 3 to 5 years to bring this facility back where it should be. >> internal records showed this flagship department is ranked as high risk and low pforming. the house oversight committee investigating the medical center now is chaired v byginia congressman, jerry connally. neuro4 i-team. back to you. >> you got it. the montgomery county rescul team pd two from a crash this morning near falls tavern. hey loaded the two on the stretchers and got them out of there. in while this morning's rescue ua unus this time of year it gets very busy. going out with the team behind today's operation. >> reporter: chopper 4 caught the scene as the montgomery county swift county rescue team brout the twoo safety.

>> they were inou pretty shape. >> reporter: after the early morning rescue, the swift team was on the river for training e sizes on these rapids above great falls. >> it cane treacherous. >> to d try totribute the weight a little bit to the front of the boat.r: >> reportehile the water looks sceni it's deceiving. >> it's turbulent and very cold. water temperatures in the 50 degrees, 55 degrees, can the lead hypothermia quickly. >> reporter: the captain with safety tips heading out to the river for fun. >> kayak with somebody to make sure somebody knows when you'r expected to be back. >> hydrate.

even though it's 70 degrees and beautiful. >> reporter: they pra ice this not just in suertown but all winter long in frozen conditions. >> several years ago they had to rescue drivers from a msive water main break on river road. the most dangerous rescues they run a here a great falls. >> it can be very dangerous to get somebody out of there. >> reporter: mark segraves, news4. >> glad they're there. metro shutdown less than two weeks away. what the city of alexandria is doing to try to cut down on the gridlock. and doug has a lot to like in his full forecast coming up next.

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havertys life looks good pa ng pracharath usic throughout) this is a test of the ellicott city alert system. >> you're listening to a new people system to warn about flash flo oing. today,fficials ran a test after two deadly floods on main street in the past two years.

>> it helped city leaders figure out how far the sound willav . if they're ever used for real, the hope is people will seek higher grounntil the threat passes.ap it hpens there pretty much almostr.very yea not to that degree but time and ti ain. >> just seeing that video brings back frightening memories for people who worry about that. >> i love the fact they're doing it now. you think, all hght, we wis we had done it beforehand. at least they can get it done and warning people. if you get it tohe second level of most of those buildings you're in a better position. >> they're makingther changes. >> they're making infrastructure to determine where that water is gng in. good news for thosen ellicott city. i was there a couple months ago. a beautiful place. speang of beautiful -- >> it's a postcard. >> it is a postcard from doug

kammerer. temperature-wise sitting at 73 degrees. 10 s out of the west at miles an hour. it really is quite nice. 72, leesburg, 72, baltimore, 72, huntington, a high of 76 earlier veday. a little above age. how about that after cooler than average days. all inll we will see nicer a weathernd warmer weather. nothing on the radar any time soon. cloudy weather courtesy of the same storm that brought us the rain on friday,ay satu sunday. they all came togetherto spinni rds the north and east. this is a tiny storm bringing us a chance for rain andloud cover and frontal boundary early tomorrow morning, a chance for isolated thunderstor. look at the temperatures. cool in the east, warm out to the west. that warm air,0s are poised to make their way to the weekend. not quite tomorrow.

77 early a.m. shower. a possible aernoon shower possible. 84 on friday. 85 on saturday. look at the warmth, 89 sunday. 30% chance of afternoon shower or thunderstorm. your typical summer-like storms and including warmer weather and more on this, weather day at nats park, throwing out the first pitch. >> you're ready. thank you. see y in a few minutes. ahead at 6:30, new calls for transparency fromy montgomer county council member of video of a white police offer using the "n" word. and this could affect d.c. and maryland and virginia.> >>e beat cancer a couple years ago, a local singer songwriter isg fightin again talking tul davidver about the support she is getting. >> i have nothing but hope. yeah. i feel great.

right now at n6:30,ew fall-out from this viral video, a montgomery county police officer caught on camera using the "n" word. >> lawmakers want actions and answers. council members sent this letter last week. >> the questions are about much more than one word. >> reporter: it's been nearly a week since that viral encounter, four black men standing outside this mcdonald's, waiting for a ride to work when officers questioned and searched them when one of the officers recorded using the "n" word allegedly repeating something

one mf the used earlier. putting that foul language aside, the m countybers are concerned why that stop occurred in the fist place. >> it's disturbing to me. >> reporter: some council members are becoming more concerned. >> i don't understand why this had to happen at all. >> reporter: juwando was among those who asked about the officers involved and 911 calls. he said it crld help answe questions. >> why were they stopped or tained or issued no trespass orders. >> reporter: he said it'sven more troublesome, that these officers have an agreement for mcdonald acting them as private police officers. >> that's something i wasn't aware was happening. when you give that kind of powe it lendsitself to potential abuse and broad discretion.

>> reporter: some were taken aback by the council going public with its demands. he says this is what it calls th for. is a public thing, it happened publicly to these young men and everyone knows about it. let's find out what happened and go about it. >> reporter: the county officials wanto know how many people were stopped and frisked and where those people are and where t tickets were written. news4. right now a search is on for a teen in west virginia, riley crossman missing since a week ago. we spoke with h father and said she would never run away. they think she was kidnapped. her mother wald into her room and she wasn't there and thought she left to go to school. there have been no calls or texts or posts or calls on

social media. if you know anything about riley's whereabouts,e pleas call he morgan county's sheriff's office. an abortion law signed that could have effects nationwide. alabama's governor signed a law that bans abortion in nearly every cas supporters of the bill say they're hoping to force a supreme court challenge to roe v. wade. what this could mean for our local abortion laws. >> reporter: alabama legislators passed a near total ban or abortions. virginia republican state delegate bob thoma says he'd like to see the name passed in virginia. naral is focused on electing the candidates this year. >> if we have prohoice in the

uneral assembly we can move quickly to shore the right to abortion. >> reporter: the law in virginia provides limited abortion access with a waiting period f testing. in january, an attempt to loosen restrictions on late term abortions created a political firestorm expected to carry into the virginia general election this fall. the susan b. anthony lt is a leader among abortion. oppon >> this is a state orsbortion veus pro-life in this i believe more and more people see the extremism of the other side and that's not what they want. >> reporter: abortioar laws different in virginia, maryland and d.c. the least restrictive in the country, abortions do not require a licensed physician in d.c.nd don't have to be performed in the hospital. maryland restricts access but have to be a licensed doctor and

require one parent or guardian to be notifd before an unmarried minor has an abortion. a number of states are review their abortion laws knowing any challenge could come here to the u.s. supreme court to be decided. chris gordon, news4. alexandria is cost of parking at city owned lots when the metro shuts down and from 2. dollars to a flat $2 rate during certain times. and south of reagan national airport, some are shut downor platform work. to keep the d.c. circular free just hit a hurdle. the d.c. city council cut the funding. edthe mayor ask for $3 million. it would keep the d.c.

circulator free indifferently. she says she hopes they review it before the second and final vote may 28th. ttpuing a stop to robocalls. coming up, a new rule to stop them before your phone wings. tomorrow is weather day. doug will be there throwing out the first pitch before t game gets under way and then you're revealing your summer forecast. >> i get to throw out the first pitch? you never told us about that. i can't wt! it will be awesome. the summer forecast coming up tomorrow. and any 90 degree days hurricanes are we expecting and what about the rain? right now, beauful conditions. i think i'm bringing the heat. maybe the deuce. what do you think, guys?

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for the fourth consecutive year, women the u.s. a having fewer babies, a 32 year le, the is est decline in births among teenagers, good news but it is rising among women in late

30s and 40s. the overall decline isn't certain, if this trend continues, experts say this lower birthrate could lead velocitily to labor shortages. the current generation of americans is not having enough babies to replace itself. federal regulators taking new action in the battle against the annoying robocalls. it is proposing a new regulatory rule that would authorize and require phone carriers to automatically opt in all their customers to a blocking technology. you have to s manuallyn up but if approved, carriers would block, analyze a block the calls. coming up less than 20 minutes from n here on news4, lester holt. a woman battling late stage cancer but says the support of her decrease and friends is

keeping her helpful. catching up with her on a story you will only see on news4. >> if i didn't have the humor, i don't know what i'd . uh-oh, looks like someone's still nervous about buying a new house. is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they've been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve?

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alabama governor kay ivy just signed the most restrictive abortion law in the country.

decrease who perform it could be sentenced to decades in prison. it me not b enforceable at the moment d to roe versus wade. sponsors hope it prompts the court to revisit the issue. a heated confrontation with d.c. police, this cell phone showance officer swatting aon phe out of a man's hand before he pushed the man backw ids. this at an apartment comex in ant -- anacostia, they were responding to reports of criminal activity there. we check back in with singer songwriter maura sullivan. >> she's the voice behind the local song "christmas in washington". she began a battle with cancer. >> since then, many of you asked us how she'soing. david culver caught up with maura. >> reporter: maura could the bly give tours through

t w schar cancer institute fairfax hospital. >> this is the spa area. >> reporter: as a patient, she's already spent hours here. 92 this place is phenomenal. >> reporter: her upbeat attitude something we noticed in 2017, then when maura was first diagnosed with stage 4 colonca er her battle beginning shortly before christmas, a holiday when many hear her voice. ♪ >> reporter: maura pushed through that christmas eve and the past one and the cancer briefly backed down untilhis past march. >> the mr icon firmed that it came back.ti >> i sll believe she's in a better positn than when we first met her. >> reporter: dr. cannon leads rher cance fighting team. >> she's so funny she's to the most popular here, more than me. >> reporter: and we st t as we finished this interview. >> i had to sneak over and give him a hug because this guys my

hope and because he's 6'7" i always look up to him. >> she has an intense o sense humor wonderful, infectious. >> rep pket kws behi tor sr:dyan humor her dear friend, maura is facing pressures health-wise and financial and for that reason she and others have launched fund-raisers >> it's called all in for mhera. just w you think there's no possible way to love anyone more ur heart grows. that's what i think. outeporter: as she finishes yet another round of chemopr eparing for another she still inspires others facing obstacles. >> don't ever give up hope, don't ever ever give up hope. >> reporter: david culver, news4. >> friends tell david when maura released "christmas e in washington" she and her late ko writer jim london donated proceeds to charities including

cancer research. if you'd like to donate, all in for maura in our nbc washington app. >> we wish her the best. >> we do indeed. >> warmer weather here. >> it's great. the kind of weather we hadlays out sometimes on memorialen week we hate that. >> we do. >> i'm thinking we will get the exact opposite. d. goo had us going there. >> i had you for a second. that's kind of the streak we have coming u starting with friday to saturday, out there right now, plenty of sunshine, clouds off and on. a few more overnight as the frontal boundary moves through.d 70rees right now. and many in the 50s in the suburbs. 73 in annapolis. a really pleasant wednesday. ywas just looking. remember, i told how many nice wednesdays we've seen?

11 out of the last 12 wednesdays have been rerain-f the only wednesdays we've seen with rain came with a trace of rain meaning a few drops at the airport. meaning 12 in a row dry wednesdays and looks like anher one here. as far as that's concerned, temperatures cool side, nice during the afternoon. the cool air has been settled across the north and east mid-atlantic atlantic to the north and west. this will be the extended patter a big ridge of high pressure in the center portion of the country in our area, cool air north and east. for us, we start to get on the warm side. 56 degrees. a few nice showers north of washington tomorrow. mostly dry. 77 by the time we're picking up the kids. that leads up to tomorrow weather day at nats park. we will be there and storm team 4 wil be there all day.

i will be there from t 9 7! it will be awesome. i will be at the first pitch, giving out great items, including, ,le the bauble head. duck camera and bauble head. they're so excited about thisca t tell you. 72 degrees at 1:00, the time the game starts. looking reallyoo g 77 high temperature. 74 on iday. 85 saturday and heat-wise, close to 90 sunday, the front that looks like it might comestn yeday stays to the north, on the warmer side. showers sunday andmonday, only 30, 40% chance. and the first 90s of the season leading to memial day weekend. ur first backyard weather, i excited about that. ocean city. everybody's backyard. >> things are looking up.

thank you, doug. some lucky fans tomorrow at nats park will get their hands on the doug kammerer bauble hea at could be better. >> what is more exciting than getting a doug kammerer bauble head, why't don we ask doug's sore . what happens when you give your son a trea turner baub bobblehead the day before it comes out. >> hey, trea! >>and here's what happens when you give your son a doug kammerer bobblehead. >> not so much, huh? come on. he gets t see me bobble my i had all the time. couldn't getim to cooperate with that one. >> you'reak getting t out of this will. a bad idea. come on, buddy. coming up just ahead, a layoff game extra special

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we want them to grow up stronger. we know nats will hav a chance tomorrow because this gus taking them. >> something a littleifferent. you can point to different reasons they're struggling. pitching, defense, production at the plate. >> is that it? >> the nats are looking to get back on track after last night's loss to the mets. in a bizarre stat they have a record of 2-12 in series

opers. general manager, mike rizzo says, quote, it's the worst we've played probably since we've come off an expansion roster. nats, 9 games under 500. patrick c getting the start tonight. speaking of starts, you might remember pitcher, edwin jackson, now on the blue jays making history. toronto the 14th team jackson is playing for setting an mlb record for most teams played for any player in his 16 years. stay with me. jackson has pitched for dodgers, rays, diamondbacks, nationals, cubs, marlins, padres, oriole, athletics and now be jays. where am i, he says in the morning. >> orioles fans excited, they haven't played since sunday. double-header against yankees.

nunez at the takes it deep center, seventh of the season. orioles even this up at 3. bottom of the frame, david hess pitching, trouble keeping itn the park. another so shot for torres. yaees take the lead and six home runs, yankees tame game one 5-3, game two currently under way. washington coming off the first win of the seasonthaising r championship banner and a few players going out into the community inspiring kids to win on and off the field. wide receiver, douglas mcneil spent part of the afternoon at thurgood marshall southeast. they participated in some drills. before getting up andhe doing t drills, the players shared their stories, hoping to inspire the students and helping them learn life lessons the h playerse

already experienced. >> if something i've been through can change how you go through it, i'm looking to give back that advice and seem personable. a lot of times people look at us and forget we're humans, too, we have problems, too. i try to get out andngage with the kids and feel they accepted it. >> it means a lot. we don't get a lot of people coming out to the schools and talking to us about stuff we want to achieve inli our s. >> reporter: is there one major theme you want to take away from what they said? >> yes. toay persevere and try to achieve your goal and always stay focused. >> from one inspiri story to another, this isai l anderson, 11-year-old from st. louis, diagnosed with a rare life-threatening disease this past week she rang the bell to celebrate successfully completing her treatment. she is and super fan a says the team's success helped her get through it. she spent the last 100 days

either at home or at the hospital. her mother surprised her with where her first outing gets to be. >> guess where you get to go first? >> where? >> take a guess. >> is it aes blu game? no? oh! >> are you excited? >> yes >> it's really special. blues-sharks. she said she thought she wouldsy chipolte. >> bless her heart. >> blues game beats chipolte. >> i agree. >> awesome. around here you get the same kind of tears when you get invited to a nats game for a different reason, except for tomorrow. that's right. we want to be there tomorrow.

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