the latest data finds the d.c. region is now officially the sixth largest metropolitan area in the country. new york, los angeles, chicago, dallas and houston. they are the top five. leon: school modernization is the key element of the d.c. mayor muriel bowser's proposed 2017 budget. she unveiled her $13.4 billion plan. it includes $220 million for school improvement. mayor bowser wants to complete modernization project that began in 2007 under then mayor. the budget includes $12 million for the city's third party ambulance program and $13 million to revamp homeless alison: mayor bowser asking for three-person increase in the budget for the d.c. jail. but this comes number of inmates drops pretty dramatically. d.c. bureau chief sam ford spent the day looking in the story behind the new numbers. sam: at her breakfast meeting with the council, mayor bowser included $5.9 million for -- for d.c. to take control of the correctional facility. >> we want to provide the services and not have the services provided by a contractor.

for the d.c. region, atlanta offe cautionary tales. >> the first year was full of a lot of missteps for the street car. >> reporter: management problems, lapsed safety checks, even issues with the homeless who decided the free atlanta street car was a great place to take shelter. andrea simmons is the transportation reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. >> some of these things we probably had to learn through experience and, you know, the mayor is likening it to scraping your knee. >> reporter: d.c. is hoping a bandage is not needed while it's free to ride right now, atlanta recently charging a buck to ride. and at least anecdotally, ridership has dropped. it's not worth it. >> it's a waste of time. they are too slow. it's like riding a turtle. >> reporter: atlanta is not looking for payers to pay for their system. they are looking for taxes for the development that will spur along the corridor. >> we don't have a specific number that we're trying to achieve. >> reporter: development is a big pa

d.c. region's population is about 6,098,000 residents. new york still tops the list followed by los angeles, chicago, dallas, and houston. >>> folks in fairfax county say they're see more bears roaming their neighborhoods. this morning someone spotted a black bear and cub on their patio in bears were seen crossing a road near stream valley park. police are warning neighbors, keep a safe distance. >> that's a big bear. >> yes. >>> here's a live picture of the nest perched in an old oak tree at the academy in the southeast. justice and freedom have nestd there for 11 years. the pair laid two eggs last month and the two eaglets could be born at any time. you can watch it live, open our nbc washington app and search eagle cam. >>> parts of the country dealing with extreme weather tonight. the denver airport is still trying to get back on track after a rare spring blizzard brought air traffic to a complete stop. the snow came during a busy travel week for spring break. and the same storm brought trouble to seven other states, including wiscons

more than 700,000 people rely on metro rail to get around the d.c. region every day and am of you have been sounding off about the system-wide shutdown. fox5's teisha you look is continues our team coverage now i know that you talked to plenty of passengers tonight. what are they saying. >>reporter: shawn, you know what, drones have people have passed where we're standing here in mcphearson square, and the reaction has been mixed. what i can tell you that most of them are talking about the shutdown. in fact, people are already planning their travel plans for tomorrow and already anticipating tomorrow's nightmare. and it's not just we're talking about, we spoke with merchants and tourists who says their visit to the nation's capital will be one to remember for all the wrong reasons. there's no doubt the emergency 24-hour metro rail shutdown will be felt across the dmv and rider rise harris has a message for metro's top boss. >> what he doesn't understand is the confusion and the chaos that he will cause. a lot of people rely on the metro to travel. harris co

there is snowfall across the d.c. region tonight. it could cause a few problems tomorrow morning. in fact, believe it or not, prince william county schools have already canceled classes foretop. that's right we have life team coverage tonight beginning with sue palka. so sue, we c coming down, big fat flakes out there. it's impressive out there. > i'm delighted it timed up for our news coverage. >> we are hearing from am of you in st. mary's county that you have three, and in some places, a fluffy four inches of snow already. just a few minutes ago, national service did add you to the winter storm area. those are areas that may see three to six much ines. the bulk of the accumulation within be on grass here. it's too warm on the roads much that's not t say that there is some slick spots. i wanted you to see that this winter storm warning does include saint maries. that does time out beautifully with the band. it may be wrapping up for our western suburbs here really soon, but st. mary's and even parts of charles, calvert county, over to the salsbury area, you ar deepening of low p

he traveled from the washington, d.c., region the syria to join isis, and he was not known to the f.b.i. >> what you're seeing right now is we're shaking every known bush. you're going to have a number that won't necessarily be on anyone's radar screen, and that's something we do need to be cognizant of. >> reporter: the couple behind december's san bernardino attack was not on the f.b.i.'s radar either. scott, today homeland security sent a bulletin to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of the potential threats from isis. >> pelley: jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. jeff, thanks very much. the latest victims of terror. then - those places change every few months? i think i'll pass... quicksilver from capital one you simply earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. you can't dodge the question... when my chronic pain got bad, my doctor prescribed medication-an opioid. it really helped! but it came with some baggage: opioid-induced constipation-oic. sooo awkward... you sound like you're ready for the movantalk! opioids block pain signals. but the

he traveled from the washington, d.c. region to syria to join isis. and he was not known to the fbi. >> what you are seeing right now is, we are shaking every known bush. you are going to have a number that won't necessarily be on anyone's radar screen. that's something we need to be >> reporter: the couple behind december's san bernardino attack was not on the fbi radar either. scott, today, homeland security sent a bulletin to law enforcement agency as cross the country warning of the potential threats from isis. >> jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. jeff, thank you very much. the "cbs overnight news" will be >>> president obama left cuba tonight for argentina. he was in havana when he got word of the attacks in brussels. and did not allow the terrorists to change his travel plans. margaret brennan is with the president. >> reporter: in a secure call early this morning, president obama was briefed on the bombings. >> we will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally belgium in bringing to justice those responsible. >> reporter: at

for the d.c. regiononary tales. >> the first year was full of a lot of missteps for the atlanta street car. >> no adequate police force for security. even issues with the homeless, who decided the free atlanta street car was a great place to take shelter. andrea simmons is the transportation reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. >> some the mayor likened it to scraping your knee. >> while d.c. system is free to ride right now, atlanta recently started charging a buck to ride. and ridership has dropped. >> it should be free. it's not worth it. >> it's a waste of time. they're too slow. it is like riding a turtle. >> here's the really interesting thing. atlanta isn't looking to have fares pay for their system. they are interested in the tax refuse view development spurred along the corridor. >> we don't have a specific number to achieve. >> development a big part in d.c. as well. but the question is still being asked, does all of this make sense. for now at least d.c. in atlanta, the answer will p

coming upominu next we're going the find out gt how the d.c. regionks in arn new nationwide study. >> first though lost people sending us pictures of thes snowfall. snowfa here's a shot from eric in waldorf. good thing he was on long leash he said. also in maryland frank tweeted e us this picture of a fresh a f coating of snow in silver spring.spng that lawn claire will come in good use next week when thehen e temperatures reach the 70's.eac7 wednesday is a good day for that. we're back with the business beat. simonetti. happy friday, lauren., l >> reporter: happy friday.appy i like the month of march. march it has been very good to our 401k's.40. >> good. let's talk about it and also the jobs report how it figures in, too. >> reporter: sure.>>ur stocks up yesterday for the third day in a row.. heading into the end of this o i week up three weeks in a row.ow. the dow is zero so close to hitting 17,000 once again. aga fee futures are flat this a morning. the reason f because the jobs report comesorm out at 8:30 an hour beforeeservs d tort as they decid

certainly, there's lots of decision makers in the new york to d.c. region are making more and may not be entirely connect to the struggles other americans face. i think that's what you're touching on. >> bernie sanders is tapping into the very passion, anger, anxieties trump is. he didn't because two months before trump went down the escalator, bernie sanders appealed to the media and said can we do some serious coverage here and not descend into soap opera or trivia or world wide wa wars. >> what's powerful is he was able to rise up despite the lack of attention. they're going to say new traditional media, we're going to get what we want. we're going to raise issues we want to hear. >> this is a fascinating moment to talk. let's have everybody stick around here. stand by for me and we're going to come back later in the hour. we're going to spend time talking to two key decision makers. nancy gibbs about media snobbery. plus john on the early words. stick around to hear his reaction. i am powered by protein. milk has 8 grams to help give you energy to unlea

four of those in the greater d.c. region.o are we becoming desensitized when we hear news of other officer down. veronica clear kli spoke with the chairman about the state of law enforcement today. >> these officers that we're talking about the 21 last two years the five this were noten gamed in any provocation whatsoever. they were killed by persons in concealment and persons waiting to make a surprise attack against that officer. >> total of 2 law enforcement officers have been killed so far this year. off those 13 were killed by firearms which is a huge increase over this time last year. >> new this morning fairfax county police need your help finding a missing 91-year-old man. roger patri was last seep noon yesterday 4300 block of forest hill drive gray sweat pants and gray police jacket and tan baseball hot silver toyota scion virginia license plate aea 1867. if you see him you're asked to call police. also n. virginia, a man is held without bond accused of attacking a 17-year-old girl in hotel. victim claims she got int

personnel management we have if messages and the e-m saying they are working with the wmata, d.c., regional government and the entities to assess the current situation and see what is likely to happen tomorrow. o.p.m. will have agencies on the status of the federal government soon. they did not identify what "soon" means. we assume it's an hour or two. people will need to plan for what they have to do tomorrow. senator mark warner from virginia is released a statement saying this is disappointing that it has come to this but people do depend on theafety of metro. they are glad that wmata management is treating safety with a sense of urgency. congressman connelly of virginia took it a step further and encouraging o.p.m. to grant unscheduled leave to workers, federal workers in the light of what will happen tomorrow and other congressmen take it further. congressman don buyer is encouraging all employees including the office of -- all employers i should personnel management to be "generous and flexible" in the face of tomorrow's unprecedented metro shut down. this is clearly affecting many pe

d.c. metro region is poised with fat snowflakes falling from the sky. we have cloudy skies, colder temperatures, and some devon lucie has the first look at the forecast. is the snow going to stick? devon: only on the grass and in the trees. we start with a live look outside of national harbor, that is all rain coming in at that location. a couple other spots, allegany high school, cumberland, just wet. , that is frostburg state university, snow falling, but only on the rooftops. the airround, with temperature at or above freezing, nothing sticking. montgomery college, we are getting some flakes mixing in with the rain. nothing is sticking. earlier today, loudoun county, that is where we had some snow in the trees. in the forecast, more snow reports coming in. it is only sticking to the grass and the porches, the trees. winter weather advisory to the areas furthest west. doppler radar will show a little bit of precipitation. the high was 57 today, but that was just after midnight. the precipitation hangs around into sunday. even monday morning, with more

back to top story this morning more than 700,000 people relying on metro to get around the d.c. region every day and many of you sounding off for the system wide shut down. west falls church metro station virginia and reaction on how the shut down will affect people. there annie. . >> and hey good morning mauree maureen, still not a lot going on out here at the west false church metro station just a handful of people out here less than that maybe. bus service is running and the first bus came around 5 a.m. and since then coming and going every 15 to 20 minutes here i spoke to one gentleman headed to work and understands why this is happening and doesn't really think it's a major disruption to his commute. yes he's taking the bus today and says it makes a difference. it's nice to swaich it up. he has a good attitude about it. if you come out here this morning this is what you will be greeted with gates on here at the west false church metro station and because bus service is running and you'll be greet the with a big sign that says closed and take the walkway to the other side where the

. >>> here in the d.c. region, we're enjoying warmer than usual temperatures. a perfect day to go out and see the cherry blossoms at the tidal basin. the trees are just starting to reach their peak bloom. we found a whole lot of people out today enjoying the sunshine and blue skies while checking out our famous trees. we wanted to know, are you going to person? take a look. more than half of you or half of you say no. can't stand the chaos and the crowds. but 34% -- >> you know, we have so many beautiful pictures of the cherry blossoms on our website so you don't have to fight the traffic. >> exactly. >> enjoy it in the comfort of your own home. >> download the nbc washington app and follow it to detect some rain moving into the area. and with that rain, a little bit of wind too, that may take down some of the petals. you saw earlier that system from the west surround colorado that delivered all the snow. we are tracking that same system. for us, just some rain showers just now coming into areas of west virginia. but look at this. as i track it out six hours aw

. >> hackers forced to shut down the computer system at a major hospital chain in the d.c. region. med star. what you need to know about this we're back in 30 seconds >> it has been one week since terror ain that case brussels, beling june. easter monday a service was held to remember the victim aft tacks in the city. first responders and several survivors walked through the cathedral with candles this comes hours after police in belgium release the third bomber the media dubbed. a judge found there was no evidence to hold the man. police released new surveillance of suspected terrorist at large. brussels airport still closed. drills to test a new security check in sake tested today. >> back in washington president briefed in security efforts in the united states after the attack in brussels. he directed the counter security team to keep up the fight with isis. >> and this week the president tackled ongoing threat posed by north korea. thursday set toe meet with leaders of japan and south korea in town for nuclear security summit. leader of north korea ordered military on standby f

another record setting dayetting around the d.c. region.hursday's record highs were's in the upper 7 r0's.0' here at reagan national wenal beat it by 1 degree. dre it's our third day in a row of f 79 degrees at reagan. dulles, bwi second day in a row of 80's and seconds day in n a row of record setting sti temperatures at the airportses a there. temperatures right now still now very mild. 75 at dulles.ul 79 at manassas, 76 at washington, 77 annapolis.nnapol then a little bit more of ae of southwesterly wind today.od and it's gusting up tong up 20 miles an hour here in d.c..c seven in gaithersburg.therur winds will remain breezy atrey times as we head throughouthr the evening hours.th we have a frontal system juston to ourta north which is why youw probably noticed a little bit more cloud cover today versus vu yesterday.er there will be the threat ofththt showers as southward later on thislaon evening.ing. however, i think the bulk oful any shower activity we haveav will be during the overnightng n hours.s. lows tonight staying mild.ngil upp

he traveled from the washington, d.c. region to syria to join isis. and he was not known to the fbi. >> what you are seeing right now is, we are shaking every known bush. you are going to have a number that won't necessarily be on anyone's radar screen. that's something we need to be cognizant of. >> reporter: the couple behind december's san bernardino attack scott, today, homeland security sent a bulletin to law enforcement agency as cross the country warning of the potential threats from isis. >> jeff pegues in the washington newsroom. jeff, thank you very much. from the captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> the hunt for a terrorist. belgium and the rest of europe are on alert after tuesday's bombings in brussels. this morning, the search is on for this man, believed to be one of the bombers who carried out the attacks. >>> we should not be allowing anyone to come to this country that we cannot vet to make sure

for the d.c. regionanta offers cautionary tales. >> the first year was full of a lot of missteps for the atlanta streetcar. >> reporter: management problems, lax safety checks, no adequate police force for security, even issues with the homeless who decided the free atlanta streetcar was a great andrea simmons is the transportation reporter for "the atlanta journal-constitution." >> some of these things you probably had to learn through experience and, you know, the mayor has likened to sort of scaping your knee. >> reporter: d.c. hoping a bandage isn't needed. atlanta recently started charging a buck to ride and at least anecdotally ridership has dropped. >> it should be free. it's really -- it's not worth it. >> reporter: it's a waste of time. they're too slow. they're like riding a turtle. >> reporter: here is the really interesting thing. atlanta isn't looking to of fares pay for their system. the city's way more interested in the tax revenue generated from development that is spurred along the stree

d.c. region's transit system spoke at the national press club tuesday saying the system is worse than he expected. he outlined his plan for improving service on metro trains and buses. this is one hour. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the national press club mug my name is thomas burr. on the washington correspondent for "the salt lake tribune" and 109th president of the national press club. our guest today is paul wiedefeld. general manager and ceo of the washington metropolitan area transit authority, or as was often called metro or less happy times choice words i will not use from the stage. we'll get to those issues and i would like to welcome our c-span and public way audiences and we might shoot you can follow the action on twitter using hashtag npc life. that's hashtag npclive. now it's and introduced our head table guests are asked each of you stand briefly azure thing is announced. please hold your applause until i finished introducing the entire table. from your right david, transportation reporter at reuters. martin, transportation reporter. john, free

region. nice drop in d.c., but still well above normal 66-degrees. 70 for manassas, quantico 73. 60s north and west. 67 for hagerstown. satellite and radar there's your rain shower activity. there's a cold front hanging oua to the north and west. it will swing through later tonight. the only 50s and # 0s for for overnight lowe's tonight, the te cold front makes it's' pay pay south, it brings a shower orr two. but it loses a lot ofeny as it comes through. just a couple of scattered sc overnight showers, maybe one or two lingers into the first part of tomorrow. but tomorrow afternoon we'renoon back to the sunshine. a new area of high pressure pr builds in. it will dry can us out and allows ties tomorrow only to on reach the 60s and 70s. 70 in fact, here they are. are 70 at washington, 66 at gaithersburg, 66 for frederickbg

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d.c. the region's metro subway system is shut down all day for emergency inspection. a fire on the tracks led to major delays through the throughout the system monday. so today, experts will take a close look at the electrical system. it's the first time in the transit agency's history that the system has shut down for reasons not related to the weather. >>> on to campaign 2016. the recent primaries were make or break for some presidential hopefuls. donald trump took north carolina, illinois and florida, most important, where it's winner-take-all. trump earned 99 delegates there spelling the end of marco rubio's campaign. hillary clinton scored key wins widening her lead over bernie sanders. most all, yesterday's primary lit the match for 2 underdogs. john kasich who took his home state of ohio was one of them. >> i want you to know the campaign goes on. and i also want you to know that it's been my intention to make you proud. >> you do not have to accept the status quo! >> senator ted cruz brushed off kasich's big win saying trump is his true competition t still, ka

d.c. and regional government and regional transportation entities to assess the current situation.pm will have guidance for agencies on the status of the federal government, shortly. likely the status for tens of thousands of federal workers, including the ones who use d.c. metro rail. re whether federal workers will be able to telework or be required to go into the office. we're expected to hear from d.c. metro rail formally about the status in a few moments. a live picture of from d.c. metro rail. i believe that's the general manager making his way to the podium. we have a camera there. let's go hear what the general manager has to say. >> good afternoon. paul wheatfield, the general manager of metro. as you all know we had an incident yesterday morning at mcpherson square, a fire in the tunnel. and so i received a detailed briefing last night and report last night and further this morning, and into this afternoon, on the investigation into the yesterday's cable fire that shut down service on the orange, blue and silver lines in the core. while the investigation is ongoing, the p

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