-974-6006 tty/v. >>> today we continue our special tribute to black history month. >> news 4 barbara harrison is joining us in the studio on this sunday. she's got a conversation with a living legend. hi barbara. >> good morning. this gridiron favorite became the first at the stadium. he had courage on the field and beyond. >> they entertained washington crowds since 1932 under original owner george preston marshal. the redskins team was the first with a fight song and marching band. last in the league when it came to race relations. >> the redskins moved in for their third score. >> in 1961 the team moved to a brand new stadium. marshal was the long holds in the nfl pressured to lift his ban on black players. number 49, bobby mitchell was traded from the cleveland browns to the last place washington redskins. >> when i came to washington in '62, this team did not have any blacks. so i got my own problem. >> he and his family would have to deal with life in a segregated city. >> i've got people saying things to me that even i didn't hear in cleveland. some of these people were saying things i

. >> i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> and i'm pat larson muse. we have new information of what to expect for the sunday storm? >> let's get to amelia segal and what is coming our way? >> well, barbara starting sunday evening the rain will be moving into the area during the overnight hours into monday morning where we will see a period of mix. that includes the potential for ice before it turns over to all snow for the majority of the day on monday. coming up in a little bit, i will have much more on the storm, and before we get to monday morning, we will have the weekend to enjoy, and i will have the forecast, pat. >> thank you, amelia, and the first wave of the powerful storm is hammering much of southern california, and we are seeing flooded roads and mud slides in the same communities that dealt with wildfires recently, and today's storm has knocked out power to 14,000 people and caused a bunch of accidents. we will go live to one area in california where they have evac waited 1,000 homes and expecting 7 inches of rain. >>> it is one of the sca

barbara harrison has his story. >> it's a nice staidup. >> a grand tour from two d.c.ted players was a treat for 15-year-old gregory who loves sports. danny cruise talked about what it's like to play at rfk. greg is not on a soccer team at school but would like to one day play for one of the teams professionally. >> he's very engaging, a very sweet young man. he has a warmth about him. >> gregory has been in foster care since he was just a toddler. he's mad to move many times in his young life. >> how about a family that likes sports? >> that would be good. >> he also likes to cook. >> what's your favorite thing to cook? >> orange chicken. >> you want your mom or dad to make orange chicken? or maybe you'll make it for them? >> i'll let them do it. >> news 4 for wednesd"wednesday chil child". if you have room in your home or heart for gregory or another child waiting, call our hotline. 188 to adopt me. search "wednesday's child" on nbcwashington.com. >>> olympic competition continues today with a power couple on the ice. a live report from sochi coming up next. around h

i'm barbara harrison. it's friday, february 7th, 2014. >>> first, breaking news. >> three people have been arrested and charged with capital murder in death of a police officer. these three people were all arrested we believe today. they have been charged according to arrest warrants with capital murder. police say they murdered quick during an abduction between monday and wednesday of this week. we reported earlier this week that mr. quick had not been seen since last friday in the charlottesville area, not far from wainsboro. his car was stolen. since yesterday when a body turned up in virginia we're learning that the three people have been arrested in the case and that they will appear in court again on monday. state police do plan to hold a news conference this afternoon. we'll be monitoring that and bring you new information. we'll have the latest on our website at nbcwashington.com. that's the latest from the live desk. >>> right now, a manhunt is underway for a man who shot and killed a music teache

i'm pat lawson muse >> and i'm barbara harrison. and the snow wasn't much of a disruption. >> well, there is a second round on the way, and it has the potential of causing delays. so we have veronica johnson, over in the meteorologist weather scenter. what do you see? >> well, we are going to be seeing the snow starting at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. and for the latest, this is the current system where it is snowing right now, and storm team 4 has been tracking it e all of the way through the day, and when asking about this in woodbridge and quantico, and up to warrenton, i expect this to be making a exit in the next three hours. we have a winter weather advisory starting at 1:00 a.m., and this is a winter weather advisory to hang on until noon tomorrow, and that covers much of the viewing area with the exception of rthis area around culpepper and an area of white to spread over 5:00 and 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. look at this shot at 5:00 a.m. we see the snow, but what happens after 5:00 a.m., and how long is the snow event going to hang on

and good morning, it's barbara harrison, it's friday, february 28, 2014. the d.c. area has seen remarkably frigid areas. today the teens and single digits despite thesunshine. temperatures remain in the 20s. tom kierein joins us with good news on milder temperatures this weekend, but bad news about monday. >> a lot of us have cabin fever and want to get out and should be great for a weekend for outdoor activities on saturday and sunday, but today if you plan on heading out now, you'll be greeted by lots of sunshine. that is a live view from tower cam in northwest wateshington. camera showing beautiful sunshine. it is not warming us very much, though. temperatures right now are just in the teens to around 20 degrees. fredericksburg up to 24. that will be one of the warm spots for the afternoon. high temperatures there may make it up to near freezing. but right around washington, highs only reaching the upper 20s, highs farther nor and west this afternoon, only the low 20s. around the bay, bright spine there, but highs only around 30 degrees. a milder weekend is comi

. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you can open your heart or home to latavia, called 1-888-to adopt-me or go online and search wednesday's child. >>> our jim hanley is in sochi and he takes us to the shores of the black s its shelves. how fast will this happen? coming up. >>> we have a big development in the case of the police missing reservist. >> we have resultsn to cvs, whk you so long. >> reporter: what it is a health benefit or not. is it hard to quit? >> sure. >> reporter: you want to quit? >> i tried plenty of times. >> reporter: consumers like andre a smoker over 30 years says it's hard to decipher who the pharmacy giant aims to serve. >> reporter: some consumers say if cvs is willing to pull tobacco products from its shelves, would they go a step further and remove beer an treats and that, too, could be problematic for your health. >> the harm caused by those products in and by themselves pales in comparison to the harm of cigarettes. those like rite aid and walgreens are now under greater pressure to follow suit. news4. >> cvs says in additio

i'm barbara harrison. it's tuesday, february 4th, 2014. >>> right now, a huge winter storm is moving across the midwest, headed for the east coast. snow will cover parts of illinois, indiana and ohio. but the heaviest accumulations are expected today in kansas and missouri. the missouri department of transportation has issued a no travel advisory. the storm will impact the northeast late tonight and early tomorrow. the new york area could get another four to seven inches, follow followed by freezing rain and sleet. the storm could bring parts of our area a lot of ice. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is in for tom kierein and joins us with his first forecast for midday today. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. good morning, everybody. the clouds are already starting to race in after a fairly sunny start to the day today. and the temperatures, while above freezing, are not going to climb too high today. as a result, we'll have the stage set for the chance, anyway, of some freezing rain tonight. st

i'm barbara harrison. it's wednesday, february 5th, 2014. >>> we start with passengers stuck on a marc train. let's go to aaron gilchrist at the newsdesk. good morning. >> good morning. we learned 130 passengers stuck on this train now, left the brunswick station. i want to show you photos e-mailed to us by a passenger on that train. you can see damage to a window here. as we understand it, a little earlier this morning, the train on the brunswick line was headed east when a tree fell on it, and took down a web of power lines, and did that damage to the train. you see the tree on top of some of the lines here. this all as a result of the icing that they got in the frederick county area earlier today. as we understand at this point, about a mile east of the brunswick station. train does still have power. at this point, we don't believe anyone on that train has been hurt. but marc has to wait until csx, power crews can come in, cut all of the power to the live wires that are on the train right now, and then

. >> i'm barbara harrison. snow causing misery for millions of americans icy conditions knocking out power for thousands of people. the latest now from new york city. >> reporter: from the plains in midwest to the northern new england. the winter weary are wondering how much more they can endure. >> i'd like to pack up and move somewhere. everybody is going to snow this year, even the warm states. >> reporter: snow ice and freezing rain are tough to escape. 77 million americans, about 1 in 4 affected by this system alone. in new york, it's the second snowfall since monday. trains and subways were hampered by power outages and debris on the tracks. 4 inches of snow fell overnight leaving heavy rain and heavy slush and deep puddles for people trying to make it to work and school. >> it's very slippery. you have to watch your step and look out for the puddles. >> reporter: to the south and west it made roads slick and downed power lines. making roads treacherous. airlines canceled infrastructure infrastructure --

i'm barbara harrison. it's tuesday, february 25th, 2014. >>> we begin with more winter weather. if you've looked out your window, you've seen it. the flakes started to fly at 8:00 this morning and now are moving out of the area in some places. chuck bell is in for tom kierein and joins us for his first forecast for this midday tuesday. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, barbara. beautiful pictures across the area with light snow continuing to come down. storm team 4 radar tracking the flakes as they go right through the heart of the capital beltway, right over the capital city. moderate snow at times. not an awful lot sticking on the roads. quite a few locations with half an inch to an inch on the grassiest surfaces and exposed locations. still watching the the snow pile up a touch. heavier snow moving into parts of charles county. there's the back end of the snow now. it's already stopped in hagerstown. martins burg. this back end will continue to slide on through here for the remainder of the late morning into the early afternoon. temperatures, it's cold outside. upper 20s

. >> join danella for that in a few minutes, and tomorrow morning, news 4's barbara harrison will join us with her sit-down with a living legend. talks with bobby mitchell who was the first african-american to be hired by the redskins. barbara will give us a sneak peek tomorrow morning on news 4 today at 9:00 a.m. and join us for her living legends special on nbc 4. >>> right now in russia, team usa is on the ice in a big hockey match-up. the party happening to cheer on the home team. plus, the country showing a powerful presence at the games. >>> and what road crews are up . fast forward 22 years, i own several restaurants in northern virginia. >>> it's an olympic-sized faceoff right now in sochi. taking you there live here at olympic park where the olympic torch is burning nice and bright. right now, the u.s. men's hockey team is taking on russia. and, of course, the russians have the huge advantage of having russian fans cheering them on. and you can make a few new friends this morning, as well as team usa hockey takes on russia. the wilson tavern is hosting a watch party right this

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm barbara harrison. >> and i'm pat lawson news. >>> and right now, a woman is in the hospital with serious injury injuries after being hit by a dump truck. it happened outside of nottingham elementary when she was putting her child in the minivan when the dump truck sideswiped her. the dump truck driver remained at the scene and cooperating with the authorities. >>> today, we learned that a woman killed inside of a grocery and jewelry store in woodbridge, virginia, with was a new mother. marysol cocoa rivera died. three men came in and shot two women, and left. police would like you to look at the surveillance video and help them identify the suspects. >>> and now chuck hagel is asking for major cuts to the army. the proposal would reduce the size of the army to about 450,000 troops. and there are currently about 520,000. 1% raises will still take effect, through but there would be changes to the benefits, and the budget requires congressional approval. >>> and now positive starts to the new trading week. the dow jones and the nasdaq were up, and the s&p 500 cl

. >>> good morning, and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, february 24th, 2014. >>> and we begin with angie goff and the hearing on the first responders. >> it's only a matter of hours before we know why firefighters failed to help a dying man who was just steps away from their station. news4 will be at a hearing regarding the questions of the breakdown of communication between d.c. emergency responders. tommy wells is leading the oversight hearing which starts at 2:00. the focus, the five firefighters who failed to help 77-year-old medrick mills who died from a heart attack outside of their station. in addition to hearing from mills' son, the mom of a man who died in a similar situation four years ago will also testify today. stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com for the very latest developments to come out of this hearing. barbara? >> thank you, angie. >>> another controversy surrounding ambulance response times may also come up at that meeting. it's a story you saw first on news4 at 11:00. sources tell us a fire truck had to t

. >> and here on the first day of olympic competition, team usa >>> good afternoon, i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >>> i'm pat lawson muse. >>> right now, police are looking for a man in brad doc height heights. one woman was critically injured and one was shot in the arm. two schools and churches were locked down, but that has been lifted. we are expecting to hear from the police shortly. >>> the man who died near a firehouse, medric mills, and his family wants the workers fired. they are holding a candlelight vigilt the station tonight. we will have more on this at 5:00. >>> and the kennedy yard is getting ready for a expansion. reh rehearsal space will be added underground and up top, you will see two new pavilions added. two on the side and one on the potomac river. >>> and the new lottery winner is a mom who knows what to do with her winnings. she picks up her $1 hill sglsh $1 million check, and pay off her house and pay for college for her 14-year-old son. >>> and now there are new factors that could help reduce a woman's chance of stroke. we have doreen gentzler here with

. >> and i'm barbara harrison. a judge is considering whether a ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. the twoen were denied a license, and now the judge says that he can no longer uphold the ban. and it is not clear when the judge will make the ruling. we will have be joined by mark culver at "news4 at 5:00" with more. >> and there is a bill that would dekrcriminalize marijuana and possessing less than an ounce would be a ticket instead of jail time. smoking pot in public would still be a crime. and this is a measure to stop people put in jail for a minority use. >> and a credit card breach that targeted over 40 million people. a top target official said that the company is fast tracking new security measures. >>> and as with we speak, the road crews are getting d.c. ready for a night of icy weather. that i are using a mixture that will help chemicals to stick together longer on the roads. they plan to keep the crews out all night to stay ahead of the ice. >>> it is round two, and a big chunk of the midwest i

i'm barbara harrison. >> i'm pat lawson muse, and police in alexandria are asking residents to be cautious of their surroundings as the search continues for the gunman who killed long time resident ruthanne lodato, and the shooter also injured the woman's caretaker. they expect to have a composite sketch of the killer soon, but the police don't know if the victims knew the shooter. >>> a ukrainian man is in custody for trying to hijack a flight and send it to the site of the winter olympics. it happened on the pegasus airline flight from ukrain to turkey. the suspect said that he had a bomb and want toddy vert the plane to sochi, russia. pilots sent an alert, and a fighter jet es kour -- escorted the plane to turkey. >>> and now, police are looking at the the bags that belonged to a man who tried to hop a fence. police don't believe there is anything dangerous in the bags bshg but the screening, which is proprotocol, and we don't have a name of the person arrested or the reason for climbing the fence. the white house was on lockdown and nobody let in or out for 30 minutes, and again, the l

welcome to "news4 midday," i'm barbara harrison. it's thursday, february 6th, 2014. >>> and we begin with that breaking new out of prince george's county. eun yang is live at the newsdesk. good morning. >> good morning to you, barbara. the fire/rescue crews are in beltsville where a car crashed into a creek. this is video of the scene from chopper4, in the 3300 block of powder mill road. they say the car lost control, skidded off the road and crashed into the creek. no word right now on any injuries. the road is closed as police investigate. we're following the story on news4 and on nbcwashington.com. at the live desk, i'm eun yang. barbara? >> thank you, eun. >>> right now, we're waiting to hear from a d.c. family. they're getting ready to speak publicly after their father died just outside a d.c. fire station. his family says the firefighters refused to help, sparking a big investigation. news4's richard jordan is live in northeast washington where the family is getting ready to speak any minute now. richard? >> reporter: barbara,

barbara harrison recently sat improve the medal count.s in sochi with that. >> reporter: wah, wah, wah. this is what olympic hockey about. this isn't a medal round. it was a tremendous hockey game no matter what side you were cheering for. the russians are a team to contend with. today let's talk medal chances. they come in the mountains leaning on veterans to help us get there. finally down here on the ice, the team the americans are counting on for a medal starts the tango toward the medal stand. after a dominant performance in the team figure skating competition salvagi b >>> there are 400 million reasons to play powerball. last night no one matched all six numbers. here's a look at the numbers in case there was a smaller prize. that powerball is 3. next draw as good wednesday with the estimated jackpot of $400 million. that's more than 227 million if you take the lump sum. that's a good option there. odds are matching all you numbers in one that is about 175 million. >> someone has got to win. >>> the winter olympic games are inspirin

harrison ford. you also have this tweet from barbara, a tech writer at ap who said, i always that gs he will rater was a parody account. no one ever talks on elevators. >> only a small percentage of women in the army say they want combat jobs. that's according to a new survey reported by the associated press. the survey polled 170,000 female soldiers, less than 5% said they wanted a combat job and of those said they would like to be members of the night stalker. those type of military make up 9%. a message goes viral after they pass a controversial religion bill. we'll speak to those who put up the sign next. and the girl scad scouts are pug the brakes on selling their cookies outside of legal pot shops. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm tony harris. here is a look at your top stories. president obama told the pentagon today to be ready to bring all u.s. troops home from afghanistan by the end of the year if the two countries don't agree on a security deal. president obama said afghan president karzai refuses to sign a deal but karzai's susser might sign one after presidential elections have