that's in sports. >> diana russini. >>> we may be heading out to celebrate st. patrick's day, but chances are the party you're going to won't be as big as this one. of course it is in dublin. thousands lining the streets there for ireland's largest parade. 3,000 more took part in the festivities which featured all kind of performers and all kinds of over-the-top floats as one would expect from dublin. >>> the white house is getting into the st. patrick's day spirit too. the water running through south lawn fountain well it's bright green today in honor of the irish holiday. the irish prime minister is also in town. >>> and we want to make sure that you get home safely tonight if your festivities include green beer or any other kind of alcoholic beverage. the washington regional alcohol program is offering free cab rides home until 4:00 in the morning. you'll have to make up the difference if your fare is more than $30. but below that it's free. search soesh ride in the nbc washington app for the phone number to call. we hope people will look out for each other t

as diana russini reports her son honor her memory. >> she was the one who kind of got me going competitive, an olympian a world record holder ahead of her time amazingly competitive. >> reporter: betty brey the driving force behind everything her son has done. >> i talked to her during the season and very rarely did i get, hey, mike how you doing? it was like hey, you got them ready? >> my mom was a coach. i think about mom every day, june 19th, 1995 is when she passed away. i knew it was a big deal to mike and i was amazed he coached after he found out his mom died. >> mike did exactly what his mother wanted him to do. she would want him to coach that game take care of those kids. i couldn't be prouder, to be very honest with you. that may be the greatest moment of his coaching career, what he did the other night. >> reporter: betty was an olympic swimmer and a coach for the g.w. swim team in the early '80s. accomplished in the pool while her son accomplishes on the basketball court. he played for and coached alongside the legend morgan wooten as well as coach k at duke. but those two wer

. >>> i'm diana russini. one local team is marching on into april, and it's the maryland women making it back to the final four. the terps arrive back at the xfinity sent they are morning after taking care of business in spokane. last night maryland took down tennessee to advance to the final four for the second straight year. sophomore lexi brown loves proving the doubters wrong. >> i don't think a lot of people thought that we could make it to back-to-back final fours, so i know all the work we put in this summer and the preseason, so, you know to be able to make it back has been amazing. >> boy, this is going to be a tough one for maryland. they take on uconn sunday at 8:30. the huskies are the two-time defending national champs. jim, pat? >> diana, thanks. >>> a veteran defends his fallen friend in a unique way. why he took one man's outfit very personally in a video that is going viral this afternoon. now he sits down to talk about why he confronted a panhandler. >> reporter: who was that woman who led p

. >> reporter: diana russini, news4 sports. >> now after winning their first tournament game last night, catholic will face the best team in all of division iii tomorrow when they take on randolph macon in ashland, virginia at 4:00. >>> they are the top young minds in science and three local kids are among them. 40 finalists were announced today for the intel science talent search. this competition recognizes student who is create technologies and solutions to make people's lives better. two maryland high schoolers, one from virginia made the cut. >> i'm really honored. everyone here is so incredible and, like doing interviews and meeting with so many different judges and just amazing people. so wonderful. >> i also plan on meeting a lot of really bright people who hopefully i'll go to college with and be friends with. >> the finalists compete into next week for three top prizes of $150,000 each. >>> an awful incident on -- >> we're talking about cold air tonight, wendy, and for the next couple days take a look. not cold. we go way up. let's take it for you and show you what we're talki