brought back to the nest from the anacostia river. back live. you are looking in the area of the tree. you think one eaglet is exciting? well expected to begin hatching this weekend. a blood work has been done to determine the sex of the eaglets. at the end of the month you can weigh in. leon: we lost cheryl. alison: i bet she was going to say a name. leon: yeah. alison: that will be interesting. leon: that is a tough way to start a life. kick your way out of a shell. your parent just stand and watch. alison: that is not how we do it. watch the live stream of the eagle nest anytime at wjla.com. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- one day after a bumblebee announces a tuna recall another company says the canned fish may be at risk, too. alison: a community comes together after a teenager is in a coma for weeks. that is coming up. alison: then later debate over housing the homeless. heats up in the district. >> a cold snap versus cherry blossoms. i'm suzanne kennedy. i will tell you what the weekend weather means for the flowering favorites

the national park service is committed to providing fun, safe access to the anacostia river for neighbors and visitors alike and we welcome all voices in shaping the future of buzzard point park. the agency is encouraging the owners to recover the boats this saturday, next wednesday or the following saturday march 12. after that ten others may face storage fees and after 60 days the park service says it can start a process to take ownership of, sell or destroy boats lef carter-conneen, abc7 news. leon: boat, bike, barefoot, some of the ways to see the cherry blossoms once they bloom this spring. >> the projected date for peak bloom are march 31 to april 3. leon: now the cherry blossom festival runs march 20 to april 17. abc7 is proud to be a sponsor of the four-week festival and will be hosting the parade. alison and i on april 16. alison: fun. we can't wait. leon: if there is no snow it will be fun. >> the way it's been so far -- doug: i think you are safe. i'll go out on the end of a limb there. alison: we have done parades that have been cold. doug: early in the morning. we'll think op

finale weekend, the parade will be saturday the 16th anacostia festival. >> so we'll keep a close eye on these trees. right now we're not seeing any blossoms, but it's coming. back to you. >>> storm team 4 meet fwteorolo chuck bell is in the "weather center." and items a's all because oof t grate weath great weather. >> i've been getting out for some have a long run. hopefully you've been al to keep your resolutions going here. outside this morning, sunrise still four or five minutes away, but a beautiful orange and red sky out there early this morning. the next couple hours. plenty of sunshine today. and it is a mild start this morning. 58 now at reagan national, 55 in college park. but already 63 at reston town center and 61 degrees in manassas. so planning out your day then, temperatures near 60 at 7:00 a.m. mid-70s at noontime. low 80s for highs take, but clouds will start to increase late this afternoon and into this evening. could lead to a little rain chance tonight. but all the records, these are all record high temperatures set ten years ago, in all likelihood all three will

elsewhere on anacostia freeway southbound direction report of a crash between east capital and pennsylvanianue. for those on northbound d.c. 295, left lane at the 11th street bridge with the crash activity in the roadway. you heard me correctly. takes you from around the dulles toll road to the maryland side of the beltway. elsewhere, if you are traveling on 66, we did have report of a tractor trailer accident. seeing delays from lorton to the prince william parkway. more trying to make the trek south to fredericksburg. back to you. michelle: thank you. this is in louisiana where people are being rescued because part of the town are flooded. the rain is not done down south either. areas in louisiana could see another eight to ten inches of rain. the last thing they need. at least four people have been killed so far in storms across the region. the governor has declared a state of emergency for the state. leon: yesterday we saw fish on the side walks there. the d.c. blizzard. yes, the blizzard. it's moving the end of the rock 'n' roll marathon because believe it or not the filthy snow piles

day of his was vindicated i'm happy to say, because in 1890's here he came home to cedar hill and anacostia. and he had just been to a woman's rights meeting with susan b anthony. so, that was the last day of his life. and can you think of a better end? [laughter] so, the struggle never really ended. harriet tubman also lived to be very old and celebrated. she was in auburn, new york. secretary ofhe her, steward actually gave or rented a house to her. she had lived in a very nice house, and seward want to make sure she had a comfortable old age for all of her great service to the union. a house for the aged. she lived until 1912, beautiful snow white hair. have never seen a picture of her in old age> ? she is striking. he is a man of words. i'm happy to take any questions you have now. thank you. [applause] yes, sir? the you havebman, any idea from your research -- do you have any idea from your research, on the eastern shore that sheern maryland, would hand her underground railroad to? i know she stopped in georgetown, a couple of blocks away. >> not exactly, no. i don't think it was the s

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. >> and anacostia. >> how about that. pays homage to our beautiful region. >> you can go to the nbc washington facebook page with more on how you can get involved. i think they will announce them april 26. >> sounds good. >>> still ahead this morning, expect a fight today over the future of thousands of our youngest learners. people in loudoun county are fired up. >> and witnesses will share what they saw in the chaos of capitol hill. we'll catch you up on the investigation. >>> and breaking news this morning, a plane hijacked in the middle east overnight. expect updates every 15 minutes. >>> just got off the phoneth problem top of the bltway, eba wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democra

s anacostia neighborhood in the last month.s4's mark segraves is learning new details about this. he is live in southeast this evening. mark? >> repo: are, just over to my left is the skyland development where walmart was going to build one of their new stores, and to my other side here, stanton elementary school. now, right across the street from the bus stop where the woman was killed yesterday is where reporter shar niece milton was killed early last year. today police said the car used in yesterday's shooting was stolen from a church in maryland. police are looking for at least two suspects who they say were in a gray honda odyssey with maryland handicap tags. they were seen speeding away from the shooting here on naylor road southeast. >> we don't believe this was a random act of violence but we're investigating that. i don't think these individuals involved were just riding around randomly shooting out of a vehicle. >> reporter: it turns out that car was stolen. >> correct. >> reporter: from this church, the mount ephraim

the nats ballpark in southeast is starting its ninth season along the fast-changing anacostia river waterfront. and again this year, women and virginia residents make up a lot of the fan base. >> the 42% of our ticket-buy we're constantly looking at ways to improve the experience. >> a 75% of the fans come with another family member? >> we have a number of fans, we a majority from virginia and of course from maryland and the district. >> in addition to the stadium spruce-up and maintenance, the ballpark is diversifying food offerings even more to appeal to wider audiences and taste and give-aways like this star bryce harper bobblehead. a 25,000 promotion giveaway on may 11th. >> 25,000 encourages fans to come out early and enjoy the park. >> you've been warned, tom sherwood, news4. >>> in just a few minutes, folks in loudoun county will be meeting about a change in scenery. coming their way. dominion, virginia power has plans to build some transmission lines. the exact route is still being decided. we know it would be right along route 50. initially people opposed the orin came one two more ch

he he last day of his life, is vindicated, because the last came home tofe, he theater hill in anacostia, and he had just been to a women's rights meeting with susan b. anthony. so that was the last day of his life, and can you think of a better end for a great man? so the struggle never really ended. harriet tubman also lived to be very old and celebrated. she lived in auburn, new york, auburn, and the secretary of state actually gave her or rented a house to her. she lived in a very nice house that steward wanted to make sure that she had a comfortable old age for all her great service to had aged and she people, the colored and aged. she lived to 1912, beautiful snow white hair. have you ever seen a picture of her in her old age? she is striking. so she was like the woman of action and he was like the man of words. i am happy to take any other questions you have now. thank you. [applause] yes, sir. >> going back to harriet tubman, do you have any idea from your research or from writings about her, given the geography of the eastern shore and southern maryland, the approximate route th

we don't know where those resource officers came from, but we do know that anacostia high sc i we'll continue to follow this story. we'll have updates on the nbc washington app. back to you. >>> pat, thank you. >>> maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the kcounty and some of them could be changing. 16 pieces of gun legislation is being considered in annapolis. >> one of them is designed to protect women from domestic violence. chris gordon went to annapolis where there are demonstrations from both on both sides of the debate. >> for all the victims of gun violence -- >> we stand today. >> reporter: this was organized by the group moms demand action for gun sense in america. they want to close the loopholes in maryland gun laws. for example, they say, it's illegal for domestic offenders to have a gun, but maryland lacks the power to require them to surrender their firearms. >> all the studies show that in a house where there's domestic violence, the chances of a woman or a child being killed go up 500% when there's a firm. >> reporter: one example being given is the murder of

. >>> thousawe're seeing more sigt the anacostia river is making a comeback.leanup have from debris threatened the river. and now the cleanup is just about finished and new free boat tours start next hospital giving new perspective to the river's history. >> you can come in the summer and canoe, represent canm rent . we're seeing more people on the river. >> if you want to get involved, go to the nbc washington app and search river tour. >>> as we turn to decision 2016, another weekend of delegate tallying for the candidates. there are caucuses planned for tracie potts joining us live now from capitol hill. >> reporter: those three states could be a big deal for bernie sanders. they are washington state, hawaii and alaska. sanders has been focusing a lot on washington state hoping to win. he thinks he can win there and then also later pick up more delegates on the west coast. so all of them focused very much on the west coast today. including hillary clinton who is talking a lot about national security and a lot about donald trump and his rhetoric. the republi

february a man was shot during an attempted robbery on board a green line train approaching the anacostia station. patrols have also been increased to deal with the spike in assaults carried out by groups of high school teens. those assaults are among the crimes that have risen when compared to this same time in 2015. the transit system was also the scene for two murders last year, a stabbing on a red line train on july 4th and a shooting in metro garage ten days later. >>> looking at weather now, you might want to grab your umbrella. temperatures are kind of pleasant but some rain, even maybe a couple thunderstorms coming our way tomorrow. amelia segal, we're going to get wet, huh? >> you've got to vance. mainly tomorrow. you can soo they activity on storm team4 radar, mainly in northern frederick county and around to the luray area south of warrenton down around charlottesvil charlottesville. only showers in the forecast tonight. otherwise it's cloudy, it's breezy. this is going to be our main rainmaker tomorrow during the morning hours. a cold front moves through tomorrow night that's

so, i am in the tesla, we are coming back across the anacostia river and getting up on the bridge and then to get on the ramp on 395. i am instructed in the driver seat, engage the autonomous switch. i click it twice, take your hands off the wheel. so, all of a sudden this car is speeding up. they say, it automatically will go with the flow of the vehicles in front .. now we are approaching the on ramp, on 2395. it's a sharp turn in the vehicle is speeding up. they say trust the vehicle. as we approach the concrete wall, my instincts could not resist and i grabbed the wheel, touch touch the break, and took over manual control. i said what would've happened, they said if you would have left her hands off the wheel it would have made that sharp turn and come on around. so i am here to tell you. >> we are glad you are here. [laughter] >> that i am glad i grabbed the wheel. but we know that if this is working as it apparently is, they are going to be many lives that could be saved by preventing preventable accidents because, what if you suddenly looked down at yourself own and all of a su

we do have a couple trouble spots on the anacostia freeway, a live look at other than avenue and k southbounds avenue, a box truck on the ramp causing major problems for folks trying to get by. we had a northbound crash on dc295 just past the u.s. naval research has been t capital beltway here at braddock road moving nicely, you will run into delays getting closer to the legend bridge. over to you. >> anchor: thank you. new this morning a shooti dc nis happened at the corner of i and 14th streets northwest near the opera lounge. a man was shot in the head, no word on his condition. police have a grayill be between march 18 and 23. our josh knight is checking on the buds this mni get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have.. that's the right price! it's that low. what other things on this list "can't be right?" ist full ofright price! "can't be right's." seriously? at giant, prices are down. savings are up. my giant. is so wholesome... and it doesn't take the whole paycheck. giant's exclusive nature's promise. eat well for less. my giant. comi

inside of the beltway heavy traffic 395 northbound, as well as the anacostia freeway.r you. we had a crash earlier inbound 50. john hanson near 202. it has cleared up. and also we have cleared the crash for folks traveling on eastbound seven. just be alert for delays there. all the travel lanes are open through reston heading to tyson corner. melanie back over to you. >> anchor: thank you so much angelia. and carbon monoxide leak sends seven to the hospital. montgomery county fire officials say it happened on a home on wimbledon court. it. two adults, five children taken to the hospital as a precaution. and the teenager shot and killed on the dean wood metro platform has been identified as 15-year-old tavanta washington. family said mother and sister were there with him when he was fatally shot saturday afternoon. washington was a student at largo high school. the shooter is still on the run. and you can get more news, traffic and weather updates on good morning washington. on newschanel 8. hope you have a great monday. >>> welcome back to "good morning america." on a

. >> anacostia mccallie and -- i am [ name indiscernible ] and i am dave clark. >>> it looks like raingoing to return, thursday might be the first day it's officially in the forecast. there is a projection of a lot of rain all the way out to the 17th. we will see if that holds but i haven't seen any hiccup yet. we are still a couple of days away. all signs are pointing to a significant change. it will probably be partly cloudy are laid -- cloudy later today. 40s and low 50s, black far -- black hawk fortier, fluffy eight close to 48. you can see some breaks in the clouds. plenty of high clouds, mild to warm. a little cooler on the afternoon temperatures even though they are above normal. the temperatures won't change all that much. enjoy today but the sky cover will change as we move forward. so will what you have to wear as well, probably. >> thank you for the warning. i will put that in the back of my mind and bring that out when i need to. thank you. >>> let's look at the busy commute. we are always looking at the bridges because traffic will be busy approaching the bay bridge unless

nebraska, minnesota, it was a brilliant idea, and from that we also went to talk to high school and anacostia, we talked to people that wrote letters to the write, we talked to charter school folks. so we gathered all of this information and trying to figure out what we need today build and how we could actually get the information in the hands of students, what you're going to pay to go to college is not the sticker price. that, in fact, it might be better to go to a private school from a finance perspective. looking at how much debt you actually might leave school with and looking at the earnings that you're going to have after you've attended the schools so that you can actually know that you would be able to pay any loans. these were kind of the data metrics that we were trying to get out there in the hands and really change the conversation -- we wanted consumers to be able to get with the information and go with their feet. so the first thing that we actually built was something which was a college score card. it was mobile first. and it is -- i mean, it does exactly kind of what we set

and we're coming back across the anacostia river and getting up on -- on the bridge then to get on tothe ramp on to 395. and i'm instructed in the driver's seat engage the autonomous switch. i click it twice. take your hands off the wheel. and so, all of a sudden the car is speeding up. and they say, it automatically will go with the flow of the vehicles in front and back. but now we are approaching the onramp on to 395 and it is a sharp turn. and the vehicle is still speeding up. and they said, trust the vehicle. and as we approach the concrete wall, my instincts could not resist. and i grabbed the wheel, touched the brake and took over manual control. i said, what would have happened? they said if you'd left your hands off the wheel it would have made that sharp turn and come on around. so, i'm here to tell you -- >> we're glad you're here. [ laughter ] >> that i'm glad i grabbed the wheel. but we know if this is working as it apparently is then they're going to be many lives that could be saved by preventing preventable accidents because what if you suddenly look down at your cell

we got to talk to a high school in anacostia. we talked to people who had written letters to the president. we talked to charter school folks. high school folks in iowa. we gathered all this information and figured out what we needed to do. and get the information into the hands of students so they will know what they will pay to go to college and that it is not the sticker price. it might be better going to a private school rather than a public school. understanding how the school is helping the needs of its students. looking at how much debt you might leave school with and looking at the earnings you will have after attending the school see can actually know you can pay off any loans. these were the new data metrics we are trying to get out there and change the conversation. we want consumers to be able to get the information. we wanted to change the conversation systemically. the first thing we built was something, college scorecard. it was mobile first. it does exactly what we set out to do. a minimally viable product. i'm re

southbound anacostia approaching pennsylvania avenue. those delays back to eastern avenue. and extending to the baltimore washington parkway. melanie back over to you. >> anchor: thank you angela. breaking in the last hour. belgium media reporting the third suspect in the terror attack has been arrested. he is being identified as lasha wii. and names of the other two suspected bombers killed in the attacks. belgium authorities say they are brothers. and officials say that calid rented the apartment raided by police where they found salah abdeslam. and continuing coverage of the brussels attacks and your traffic and weather updates right now on good morning washington on newschanel 8. hope you have a great wednesday. >>> welcome back to "gma." you're looking live at that brussels plaza where so many are gathering to honor the victims of the terror attacks yesterday. tributes all across the world are pouring in as we remember the dozens killed, hundreds injured in the blasts. >> also right now we are learning more about the terror suspect now reportedly in custody. european s

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