celebrating the cherry blossom festival.apanese people really love the cherry blossom, so seeing them enjoy them like we do is amazing. anna-lysa: this was a sold out show. one .5ers were expecting million people to participate in the cherry blossom festival. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. kimberly: abc 7 and news channel 8 are proud sponsors of the national cherry blossom festival. we want to see your pictures. burst.com/wjla and upload your photos. in silver spring, a fire left a family of 12 and their pets without a home tonig of the home on stony hill drive. thankfully, everyone made it out safely. firefighters say the kids were cooking when the fire started and the home did not have working smoke detectors. one firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury. a woman was airlifted to the hospital after getting pinned , inr an suv at about 5:00 the library parking lot along duke street in alexandria. tim barber filed this report earlier. tim: this medical evacuation and crash investigation captured the attention of this

it is a risky, cherry soda -- whiskey, cherry soda. we will be here until april 15. eileen: come down and enjoy the drinks and be immersed in the cherry blossoms. it will be such a cold weekend, this will be the place to be so you can feel like it is springtime. a nice 70 degrees inside the bar. the delicious cocktai. cocktail that is super-quaf fable. eileen: how about that for a vocabulary word. paul: cheers. jummy: did you get the one she let you in the weather center? doug: no. jummy: look again. have hadw showers, we some and a few more now and some this afternoon. a sunny but very hilly weekend. -- chilly weekend. inascus elementary school damascus in montgomery county, 34 degrees, cold. snow is on the ground, snow showers about 3:30 or 4:00 and once the sun came up, even though it was cold, look out things quickly melted, residual warmth taking care of that. now partly cloudy and another snow shower or two or possible across the area during the afternoon. looking at temperatures have been the coldest and noontime, noontime temperatures, coldest then we have se

keep them coming to us, #cherry blossoms or #fox5 cherry blossoms.iatrics slogan is you're never too old. brody logan takes us to laurel ice grdens for more on this unique hockey tournament. >> they all love it. we're all crazy one way or the other. wives kick us out to get rid of us every once in awhile. >> we're all over 70 and a lot of us forget -- like i number my equipment because i forget what order i put them on, you know, so i've been playing for about six to eight years now. some of these guys are little older than i am. >> it's fun to go out here and see if you can just be one-tenth of a second faster than the guy on the other team. you use it all up and then you go back and relax and have a many great day. >> reporter: how many of these guys do you think are playing for the free beer after. >> most of us. [laughter] >> you got one guy who plays with the syracuse gray wolves. he's not here this week unfortun >> i'm playing with the 70's, right. >> reporter: yeah. >> this guy played against my father. >> reporter: how old is this guy? >> 94.

click on cherry blossoms and upload your pictures. it was a great day to get outside and check out the cherry blossoms, exercise, grab a meal on the patio, with more great weather and maybe some rain on the way. first we have to get through monday. josh: cooler weather on the way, but in general not a bad extended forecast. this evening still great. we do not have the blue skies, but the cloud cover keeps it comfortable. 77 degrees into alexandria. if you blossoms on the golf course as well. at the tidal basin picture is from one of our friends on twitter. all sorts of great shots coming in. and also share them on twitter. unfortunately today, the 70's do not last tomorrow. the cold front working through pennsylvania and new jersey drops in, bringing colder conditions tomorrow, almost 80 degrees today. tomorrow more likely stuck in the 50's. d.c., 77warrenton, 77 leesburg, mild through the evening, so enjoy it. there is a slim chance of an isolated shower, favoring places closer to baltimore. tomorrow, noticeably cooler. more about th

and that our cherry blossoms are blooming. and we are you know had the opportunity to drive round a little bit before i arrived. and i told the am bar door, some people doubted it but we know we have some tough, old trees. >> the cherry blossom festival actually began ten days ago and this was the official opening the month long festival trees to the united states back in 19 12 and it's a hugely popular event and festival usually attracts more than a million tourists to the city each year. and the weather was picture perfect today for folks wanting to catch a glimpse of the cherry blossoms and "fox5" alexandra limon mingled with early risers who could not wait to get to the tidal basin. >> reporter: wearing wedding gowns, kimonos and "fifty shades" of pink tourists and locals alike flocked to the tidal basin. >> i traveled down in recent years i came down every year in fact. takes three hour drive. i'll come down here and spend the entire day and take photos anticipates walk around. >> some got up early to beat the crowds and

hill. >> this is the message from cherry hill township leaders, students in cherry hill west. the broadcasting program helped make the video that was played at last night's township council meeting. they made the video in response to bomb threats that were recently called in to the jcc in cherry hill. similar anti-semitic incidents happened nationwide. >>> coming up on 5:39. a cloudy start. not very foggy in cape may. you can count on more showers hitting the shore and a cooler day today as the winds have shifted. onshore wind will keep temperatures along the coast cooler. and northeasterly winds for much of the rest of the area will keep clouds and conditions a little bit dreary right on through the day. a southerly wind in dover, you can count on warmer temperatures to the south. to the north, it stays cool today and cloudy, too. we've already seen showers. the next batch of showers is just to our southwest. you see the thunderstorms are starting to die now as they move into york county in pennsylvania. but there are more showers and thunderstorms. you see them just to our s

here's a live view of the cherry trees at the tidal basin.u can see the overcast skies plenty of cloud cover, much cooler, temperature close to 80 yesterday, but with the clouds and showers around, it' going to be a struggle to get temperatures to rise much from where they are right now, reaga the persistent east wind, and the weather temperature in the atlantic, you get the cool moisture trapped overhead, you get a lot of clouds, not a lot of rain, expect drizzle. ten to 15 miles an hour wind out of the east will keep things chilly damage satellite and radar, a lot of cloud cover it is overcast. you see falling rain in the top your screen in new york, we shouldn't see too many showers but the futurecast show the shower chances increase today into monday. plenty of cloud cover. warm front is toward our north, that's the cold front which will slowly meander towards us, 8:00 a.m. expect another gray sky morning, commuting in with clouds, maybe drizzle, but falling showers are afternoon. as the cold front cuts in, we'll see a bit of clearing and

so i also use a cherry syrup we make in house at 701 this cherry syrup will be black cherries.asy to fine. but look touch of the almost simple syrup to give it nice sweetness and pleasantness to us. as you can see from the color good for sp springtime. >> cheers to you siege zero one restaurant. >> come see us any time. >> all right. thank you guys so much. we'll zen cheers! >> mike fantastic tomorrow you'll want the island drinks it will feel like the middle of summer, right? yes. >> 75 degrees. >> yeah. looking forward to it. >> it will be good. 10:26 is the time. the hollywood reboot factory well they just keep rebooting. >> overtime. >> and rebooting and cranking them out. >> hollywood reboot factory. >> this time around is the cheesy '90's action franchise the power rangers getting a big budget. so obvious chris wrote that and not kevin. >> go, go, power rangers! >> there's sweet kevin he looks like a power ranger he's coming back next with a look why in the world bryan cranston from breaking bad st. patrick's day up for this particular project and what else is new in the

what we can tell you the cherry blossom festival is beginning today. the cherry brs onlys, our however, not cooperating because of this cold snap of weather. if you think a few weeks ago we were talki of the earliest bhoomz on record where they started to he see a lot of progression happening here with the cherry months onlys. the floor et cetera extending as early as march 6 and they thought neshlly we would be in peak bloom now. so then on monday they pushed or last week pushed peak bloom back to 19th to 22 and now we don't know. is there going to be peak bloom at all. will some of these florets survive. if they were full bloom flowers we would have significant amount of loss. the question becomes what we were told is when temperatures get to be 24 that's when we can lose 90% of mroomz and for those still somewhat in the bud staplings they're more protected and the question becomes how long are they going to stay at those low, damaging temperatures. and will the little teeny bit of warm-up help them hang on. other good news guys is we're talking manl

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and good news, however, is that the cherries are one of the most early bloomers here but there are cherry trees around the tidal basin that don't bloom until mid april. doesn't mean we will have no they'rery blossoms but early bloomers and machino goes we will see 10% bloom loss at least and not hoping howeversh the cherry blossom festival runs for several weeks. so, people will still be able to come out and enjoy the festivities and we'll still be able to come and enjoy some of the blooms here. but you know we really just don't know at this point. i'm not seeing what would be visible damage and no grouping and i think we'll have to wait until above freezing and see whether those bill tiny blossoms i guess back to you guys. >> fingers, koz, everything crossed that pressure mop. >> met row under the microscope again. the transit agency rollout of safe track project could have been more efficient. the report says metro could have done a better job with planning and implementation of repair work which would have disrupted passengers we spoke to wamu transportation reporter and "fox5" contrib

when the cherry blossoms bloom on the national mall. but this year the fragile blooms just cannot take this bitter cold. this unusual snap has experts wondering if you're going to be able to enjoy their beauty at all. news 4 christian wright live at the basin with more information from the national park service. any hope? >> well, wendy, it is really cold out here. and, clearly, the cherry blossoms, you know, they feel it, too. well, the national park service is doing an experiment right now to see if there is any hope for some of those blooms, those blossoms that are still kind of closed up and maybe haven't been as exposed to the elements. it's so bitterly cold. and icy in washington. that few people can even bear to walk around, stop and look at the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. and fact is, so far this year, there's not much to see. the family from texas is realizing that now. >> i saw like maybe two. yesterday that were kind of bloomed but covered in snow. but the rest don't look so well. >> the cherry blossoms are like a rig

cherry blossom, helen task in 1912.ord gets from japan, joining us is the one and only first lady's man and author of the unusual for the time, and the huge friend of the show as well. thank you for joining us. my first question for you, the landscape in 1912. >> they were built on a swamp and when helen passed first, had the opportunity to give it a facelift and an attraction, and henry ford made his model t in 1908. and the new capital she decided she was influenced by riverfront parts when she and her husband were in asia and the philippines and brought the cherry blossoms in. >> the original trees still here? when they first arrived give me a little history. >> the first batch in 1910, they were surprisingly but they were bug infested. the secretary of the interior and president taft ordered them to be burned and they were taken to the national mall and they made cherry blossom bonfires. the japanese were very embarrassed and send 3000 some trees in 1912 when they were planted and some of the original ones are behin

a cold sfap the coming. >>> cherry blossom organizers are keeping a chose eye on the cherry trees. >>cation resolution. a congressional push to move federal jobs out of our area. >> if you want a government that vfltive of the people want they need to be closer to the people. >> who is stepping in to it. >> they would set their trip in the morning or afternoon. >>> combining car pools and uber. it will save you a lot of time. >>> so temperatures may be on the warmer side right now. but that is not expected to last. sorry, folks. the change in the weather is taking a toll on cherry blossoms, too. >> now pushing back the peak bloom date. megan mcgrath is live at the tidal basin with a look at what we can expect. hey, megan. >> good morning, guys. right down here at the tidal basin now, it's rather mild. but we know that that cold weather is coming and that is going to slow things down. take a live look here at the branch above me. we can see that we just have buds at this point. but no blossoms. and actually, that is a good thing. because when they start to bloom, the petals are very, v

people flocked to the cherry trees near the national mall. they just had to see them in bloom. temperatures soared into the 70s during the afternoon. while the earlier cold weather hurt some of those blossoms, there were plenty still to see and photograph. >> we're used to the cherry blossoms having more pop, more appeal. typically the crowds are larger, but we're still having a great time. >> and there's still time to join in on the celebration. this year, the national cherry blossom festival runs through april 16th. >>> a live look outside right now. a gloomy start. but as asked on facebook, we're going to be more positive. we can look ahead to warmer temperatures. tom is closely tracking a warmup headed our way. >>> you have to find a purpose for your life after retirement. you need to retire to something. >> decades of teaching and a lifetime of lessons. the classroom comeback inspiring tinew genera y2b7ky ysty >>> we love this story right here. for decades, she's been a familiar face and really a warm presence to hundreds of students. the 95-year-old dedicated her life to

>> right now at 10 cheering on the cherry blossoms and what a perfect day to see the blooms. spring is here. we'll tell if you it perhaps to stay and what's next for healthcare reform after failure of repeal and replace news at 10 starts right now. good evening, everyone, thanks so much for being with us. i'm matt matt ackland, lauren ha the night off. >> lauren, crowds joined us in taking in the cherry months omz and in fact, the ovrm opening of which the early months only festival took place at the warner theater tonight. >> looking good and d.c.'s mayor addressed the courd and unlike festivals in recent memory the weather leading up to this year's event caused a lot of stress. and the cold snap we had this month damaged some of the cherry months only around the title base up and despite that the blossoms are reaching peak bloom and look pretty good. >> we have very happy in the district that spring has officially arrived. and that our cherry blossoms opportunity to drive around a little before i arrived and i told the am bar doors. some people dominant and we know we have

the worry for those cherry blossoms, next.ervice still expects the buds that survived the recent cold to reach "peak bloom" this coming weekend. the blossom bus is now running to and from the tidal basin, following the circulator's national mall route. - even milder today - back to winter for 2 days - even milder today - back to winter for 2 days - cherry blossoms in jeopardy thursday morning (below 27 degrees) - 70s return for part of the first weekend of spring today: mostly cloudy. some sun late this afternoon. mild. highs: 60-65 winds: nnw 5 mph ton cool. becoming breezy by dawn. lows: 34-40 winds: nw 5-15 mph wednesday: mostly sunny. breezy and unseasonably cool. highs: 41-46 winds: nw 10-20 g 30 mph john live tease breaking news on metro. two assaults at two different stations. the fight involving a station manager, still ahead. john live tease fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now

. >>> that is a sad looking cherry blossoms tree.s a sure sign of spring smack dab in the middle of our first winter weather weather. we're talking about the cherry blossoms festival started today. there are concerns about how the cold snap will effect them >> they pushed back the initial peak bloom day because of the warmer than normal february. of course, we got snow and cold and let's see what's left. tidal basin, not looking so good. >> reporter: i don't know about you guys, i'm getting sick of watching for these blossom. the touristses are out in full force right now. there's two, and they just came up. now, these girls. i don't know their names, they walked up and said put me on the news and asked where they were from. what did you say >> texas. >> here's the next question, in where in texts >> ab lien >> i went to school at texts tech. i've been to both those places. you came here >> spring break. >> what is going on? can we blame this on you guys? you brought this >> sure >> what are your names >> emily, caitlin. >> we take t

they want to declare cherry hill free from hate. the students from cherry hill west's broadcasting program helped to make the video possible. >>> also tonight, traffic trouble. this truck was too tall for a south jersey bridge and now that mistake could have neighbors paying the price. >>> searches for sale. why congress could decide if your online habits can be sold consent. >>> phillies fans will have a lot more options in their next ,rip to the i'm tracking fog, a and we could see more storms latern first alert neighborhood forecast is next. mean losing sight of tomorrow., like my childr i can help you piece together yo f for today and tomorrow.g, az . >>> a heavily traveled bridge in south jersey is closed tonight after a truck hit it and got stuck for hours. answers on how the mayor of badly the covered bridge was damaged and how long it will be. a bridge squashed. just too tal scarborough bridge over covered bridge tires until the driver squeezed out. for neighbors like chuck, it's a headache. >> they should be fined. >> repor

these are the frozen cherry blossom petals. you can see the weeping cherry tree under the 14th street bridge. look at that. 20 or 25% of the blossoms able to hold on after all of those freezes. between the rain drops today and wednesday, thursday will be your last best chance to see what we have. there's another chance of rain on friday. today though we're tracking chances for rain. thunder showers down across central virginia are likely to move in here for the second part of the morning commute. for more on that and a talk on temperatures, let's go over to cluster chuck was showing you a moderate to heavy rain to move in shortly before lunchtime or late this morning. i would say around 9:00, 10:00. getting closer. near charlottesville. temperature wise, aaron mentioned how warm it was. 61 in the district. 56 dulles. if you're walking the dogs today, we have one available for adoption, this guy right here. if you are walking the dog today, looking for a dog to walk, well, it's going to be one of those days where you need the ra

i hope the cherry blossoms in d.c. fare better than here. >> if the snow blower wasn't bad enough, chris lost power overnight. dropping down to 61 before the electricity was restored. roadways clear here. 30 miles north is where we join tom roussey in mobiletrak7. how is it looking there? tom: i got to tell you, downtown frederick is looking good. let me show you as we get a gree the roads look good. we got an update that all roads throughout the county are now open. show you from behind. the traffic is moving behind. the sidewalk, they did a great job clearing the sidewalk as well. a lot of businesses here so a lot are open. the sidewalks are clear and roads are as well in downtown. reporting live in frederick, tom roussey, abc7 news. alison: that. ice from the storm forced them to shut down indein thely. metro will resume the access service tomorrow. stay with abc7 and wjla.com. we will have full coverage after the storm for you. right now anne arundel co delay tomorrow. we will let you know as soon as we hear from a

what does this weather mean for the cherry blossoms? stick around.didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. it's perfect for our family. >>> this happened about an hours ago, metro said two teens were taken into custody. started when one of them tried to ride the metro without paying. when the officer tried to stop at the suspects, there was a strugg a pepper spray. the scene is cleared. metro service was not affected. >>> a retired police officer found himself on the other side of a crime earlier this week after he nabbed a burglar inside his home >> he credits his 28 years of law enforcement. he held him until rescue arrived. >> live in reston with this incredible story. . >> reporter: george wily lives in this neighborhood and he believe that is 17-year-old suspect he caught red handed is the same suspect who has stolen from his home a few days earlier. why in his almost 30 years of law enforcement he's never been the victim of crime like this and in

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in cherry hill, cherri gregg for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> still ahead tonight a popular philadelphia sports bar, is giving back, the way chicke and pete's famous crab fries are leading to a big time donation and where that money goes. >>> unleash puppies these cute animals are playing a roll today at a local hospital, health reporter stephanie stahl shows us how. >>> and frigid night on the way, as we head in the weekend temperatures are heading upward, and we're talking 70's i'll tell you which day will be warmer day of the weekend and which day could feature rain with the seven day >>> well, tonight power of puppy love on the healthwatch how pets can ease stress, and make people happy. health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on a special pet visit to day to a philadelphia hospital. >> this ace good one get ready to smile. taking care of sick people can be especially stressful, and difficult, and so in the middle of the hectic day at the hospital what could be better then visiting with pets who are looking for new homes magenta the month-old puppy ge

. >>> when a perfect day for the cherry blossoms, right? did you head down there? they're at peak bloom. the national park service tweeted today that they'll be at their best for the next four days or so. >>> and as you'd expect, the tidal basin was absolutely packed all day long. we saw a few families taking pictures out there and also a few couples taking wedding pictures. for one family seeing the blossoms is a tradition they weren't going to miss even if this month's cold snap damaged some of those flowers. >> we're used to t c appeal. typically the crowds are larger. but we're still having a great time. >> not into the crowds? hey, i hear you. we've got a gallery of 13 spots to see cherry blossoms without all the people on the nbc washington app. just search cherry blossoms. >>> and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> such a beautiful sight. my favorite time in washington, when the cherry blossoms are out. you can head to my twitter page. i've retweeted some amaziing photographs that local photographers have taken at the tidal basin. just spectacular. as we loo

the cherry blossom festival of greater philadelphia. >> like popcorn in the trees there. farm and beauty begins tomorrow with activities in west fairmont park and parts of the city. organizers told us just where all the cherry blossoms come from. >> we had a gift of 1,600 trees from the japanese government in like 1926. then the japan america society from '98 until 2007 took on a major cherry tree planting initiative. we put over 1,000 trees into the parks. >> wow. >> impressive. for a complete list of events on the cherry blossom festival, tap the nbc10 app or log on to nbc10.com. >> there will be plenti. rain with the trees. >>> meteorologist bill henley and the most accurate forecast in the area. bill? >> rain and wind. you see the wind is blowing now. therapher rainfall has take -- the heavier rainfall has taken a break in philadelphia. no heavy rain this morning, but a chilly rain, yes, especially with the wind. 38 in allentown, exton, 40. 46 in atlantic city. the low 40s for philadelphia and wilmington. that's at 8:00. the rain is taking a break for many neighborhoo