>> reporter: those lab tops vanished from the ninth floor of this building in downtown d.c. i got this police earlier today from the police department and according to the information in this document this burglary could have happened anywhere between friday and yesterday. that's a large window in which this could have happened so earlier today we spoke to d.c. mayor vincent gray whose reacting to this major security breach. >> i'm hopeful that our police department will quickly get to the bottom of what occurred. >> mayor gray says he's stunned to hear of the break in. police say a person or persons entered this building on the 700 block of 14th street. they pride open doors to get inside and upstairs and then investigators say the thieves took two computers from the ninth floor auditors office. >> i hope it had nothing to do with any ongoing investigations. >> the computers taken were dell laptops valued at over $3100 for both but not the monetary value mayor gray is worried about losing but rather the information within those laptops and the auditors handles most of the d

numerous streets in downtown d.c. will be closed today and tonight. for more reformation, log on to wjla.com. the emancipation day holiday means you'll have an extra day to finish your taxes. deadline was extended until april 17 because tax day fell on a sunday. federal law says the sea holidays affect tax deadlines the same way as federal holidays. >> the stanley cup playoff series between the capitals and the bruins resumes in the district night. they tied -- they are tied at one game apiece. they had a double overtime win on saturday in boston. they looked to capitalize on that tonight at 7:30. it's monday morning. 64 degrees outside in silver spring. >> still ahead the damage mother nature's wr inflicted across the midwest. >> and a special anniversary of the white house over the weekend. >> we have another check of traffic and weather every ten minutes. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your w

not necessarily a around here it is pretty quiet a beautiful shot of downtown d.c. temperatures will not fall very much. our high temperature at reagan national airport made it up to 75 degrees. 64 right now with wins out of the south. 67 at children's hospital and the same in upper marlboro, maryland. temperatures for the most part will be in the 60's. quantico at 66 and fredericksburg 68 degrees. well to the west that is where the nasty weather really beginning to flare up across portions of kansas. tornado reports are starting to pop. 87 confirmed tornadoes just today. wind damage around 42 reports. let's head closer to the wichita area. it is now moving off to the north and east. wins over 80 miles per hour. they are calling this a tornado emergency at this point. a lot will go on over the next couple of hours. we will keep you updated tomorrow right here on abc 7. temperatures tomorrow will warm up nicely. a few showers in the forecast. highs around 85 degrees. slightly cool off to the west. temperatures will be in the upper 70's. monday in other warm day. temp

george washington university, downtown d.c., at 46 degrees.ll start to pick up as we move through the overnight hours. temperatures in the lower 40's. winchester, 41. fredericksburg 48. look at the colder air getting pulled in from this area of low pressure. that is what is going to feed the cold air and moisture. western maryland, western pennsylvania all this moisture moving inland. already beginning to switch over to snow. this note eventually will make its way to allegheny county. the heaviest snow will be at the higher elevations. that is in effect until tuesday morning. 8:00 the areas shaded in pink macy allport's of four to 8 inches of snow. this -- may see upwards of 4 to 8 inches of snow. look at the heavier amounts. they may be looking at more than a foot of snow. heavy, wet snow for the day tomorrow. 50 degrees for a daytime high. and then the temperatures will slowly rebound. 60's by mid-week. 38 to 45 degrees tonight. waking up tomorrow morning, it is going to be windy, 45 to 50 degrees. extended outlook. back into the 60's on wed

first, there will be a spectacular fly by for people in downtown d.c. at dulles and then a pretty low fly by near the national mall and a series of monuments. if you are looking up in washington, d.c., you're going to get an amazing sight which is the shuttle piggy backed on top of a boeing 747. >> why did nasa decide to do this flyover over washington, d.c. and over the national mall? >> reporter: well, this is a bit of a good-bye to the shuttle program, which is ending after 30 years so you may have just heard a whoa. people are starting to see it come into view. here it comes. you won't get a shot. there you go. you see nasa tv shot and it is pretty amazing. it's going to go just right over basically where i am. give it about 15 seconds. >> lizzie, i know that is not blasting off into space but it gives you chills. >> reporter: it really does. that was quite an amaze flyover. it went right over our heads here. it also has an escort plane with it. a t-38. that was the signal when we saw that thing going up in the air that the shuttle was coming soon an

actually she worked right at the department of motor vehicles in downtown d.c. she caught hepatitis and the hepatitis came from her actually receiving a blood transfusion back in the '70s when blood wasn't tested as well as it is now. she found out in 2000 that she would need a liver transplant. at the time, you know, i was helping, trying to take care of her. i was trying to learn what i was up against, didn't really know what i was up against. we were trying to go from there but certainly i didn't think that she would pass away. but as time went along, there was no available donor. as you know, we don't have enough people actually signed up to be organ donors. so she wound up fighting for her life and she lost her life in 2005. >> you are very passionate about this now. your mother died because she didn't get a donor but you are now volunteering? >> yes. i volunteer with the washington regional transplant community. also i started my own foundation called saving a life campaign which my mom, her name, i started a campaign in memory of her where i go around and

>>> coming up another wild turkey spotting in downtown d.c. might say this bird made a poor choice of trees. >> we'll check in with the puppy who could be the world's tiniest dog. she was so small when she was born she could fit on an iphone. doug? >> out there right now a little cooler than it was yesterday by about 15 degrees. i'll show you how cool it's going to get tonight and when we may see the temperatures move >>> there will be no tweeting allowed at the trial of the man accused of murdering jennifer hudson's family. a judge has strictly banned twitter and facebook from inside the courtroom during the william balfer trial. the twitter accounts of the reporters will be monitored to ensure they are complying. the judge says the constant typing on smart phones would be a distraction to jurors. the defendant is the estranged husband of hudson's sister julia and is accused of killing her mother, brother, sister in 2008. >>> a week later and still a megamystery. maryland lottery officials tell us tonight no one has come forward to claim the

after 39 missions in space, the space shuttle discovery made its final flight today, circling downtown d.c. three times for landing at dulles airport. and everyone from nasa astronauts to thousands of people in maryland, virginia, and d.c. were all witnessed to history as discovery came to her new home. and our kristin fisher was there at dulles as the storied ship touched down for the final time. >> you know, i'm not sure what is more spectacular, the flyover or my view right now. i mean, just look at this. it is absolutely massive. it makes you wonder how can this thing ever get off the ground? here you have a 747 and on top of it, a 100 ton space shuttle. >> so excited. >> hundreds of people waited outside the oud oud udvar-hazy center. the same that was used to deliver discovery in 1983. >> i can see it. >> which way is it going? >> it's coming this way. >> i can see the lights. >> after 39 missions in 27 years, discovery made her final victory lap as champion of the shuttle fleet. >> the smithsonian requested discovery by name because in our view, it's the champion of the shuttle flee

then it came swinging back around, went over the white house, downtown d.c. and then two remarkable passes roaring right up the national mall to the amazement of all the people down here watching. but for a lot of folks, this was kind of a bittersweet moment because it marks the end of this era and the end of the chance of americans to be out in space at this point. so we talked to a mom and a kid about that. >> i think that it is a very important part of science. it will be more difficult for the masses to be able to enjoy that and to have that experience. i think it was very important part of our american culture. >> reporter: what did you think? >> i really liked it because it's like two stuff stuck together that's flying around. >> reporter: so that what may be missing for a bit is the chance to fire up young people about space exploration, about science, about math, about doing great things and great american experiences. that is one thing that shuttle proponents said was one of the most valuable things about the shuttle program. in addition, this shuttl

. >>> the parents of trayvon martin were in downtown d.c.k about the loss of their son and their new mission in life. they attended a fund-raiser. they say this they hope their cause helps educate the public. >> we've always -- we've already lost tray vofnlt we know trayvon will never come back. but whatever the outcome is of the trial, our position is to make sure that there will be no more trayvon martin cases. >> george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer, has been charged with second degree murder. >>> is president obama pan dering to college students to draw the youth vote this fall? that might be what house speaker john pain ser suggest. today both men had a lot to say on the subject of student loans. government subsidized student loans currently have an interest rate of 3.4%. if congress doesn't act soon that interest rate will automatically dozen. here's president obama at that time university of iowa. >> we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. think about. that i'm vice president the united state

we're basically at elections headquarters at the board of elections in downtown d.c. behind me is where all the votes are coming in. if you step into this room, lots of supporters and reporters waiting on all those results to come in, 118 precincts reporting so far out of 143. once again allison is here with the board of elections. talk me through these monitors here. these are a good way to keep an eye on what's going on, right? >> yes. this is our boardroom converted for the use of candidates and the media and those who like to observe our processes. we have some monitors that are showing our tabulation area right here. this is the computers where we're uploading the results from the voting machines as they come in and over here is actually the area outside that room where earlier in the evening you were seeing the returns come in from the polling places, come in through that door where they were being logged and then we have another screen over here where we're showing the results on our website as voters can see at home of. >> reporter: talk to me about this at la

. >>> the parents of trayvon martin were in downtown d.c. last night to talk about the loss of their son and their new mission in life. sabrina fulton and tracy martin attended -- is a breen na fulton and tracy martin tended a fund-raiser event. they hope the case is brought to the forefront. >> we've already lost trayvon. we know trayvon will never come back but whatever the outcome is of the trial, obviously it's to make sure there will be no more trayvon martin cases. >> george zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot their son, has been charged with second-degree murder. he is now out on bond. >>> the mystery of the missing vicious dogs from northeast washington has apparently been solved. last friday night two dogs attacked several people on queen street before getting away. >> they weren't free for very long. matt jablow has the unusual details in this. >> reporter: for five days now, a lot of people have been wondering what happened to two vicious dogs in northeast washington who attacked several children and then mauled a

we are taking a live look over downtown d.c. you can see the flag just sort of barely moving just a bit. seems pretty calm out there for your wednesday. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. i guess that flag not moving means maybe not so windy, maybe a little warmer outside. let's get our first check of weather with tucker barnes. >> good morning. we have temperatures back in the 40s once again. it will be a beautiful wednesday for you. lots of sunshine and temperatures about 70 degrees later today so good high pressure looking day. there is your radar. we're relatively quiet. i think we'll see even more sunshine than we saw yesterday which turned into a nice day t should be a little warmer than yesterday as well. temperature at reagan national, 45 degrees. humidity, 71%. there are your winds out of the south and west at three. forecast for today, it is a good one. sunshine and mild, high temperatures about 70 degrees by 4:00 p.m. that is after a cool start. lots to talk about. we'll talk about the weekend foreca

wide-ranging temperatures. 42 at dulles airport and now, 46 lexington park, 47 in downtown d.c. mid 50's later today in western maryland, low to mid 60's in the near 70 farther south of town. the 50's tomorrow, windy. >> moving smoothly, particularly 7, coming out of round hill, purcellville, on route 50, out of chantilly. on 15, northbound and 7.uthbound between 66 and good at point of rocks. marshall into vienna, a pretty good. eastbound 66 looks ok. street,d nutley lingering road work. nothing in falls church, nothing 395, looks good on the g.w. parkway. metro rail reporting normal service systemwide. back to you. >> thank you. leaders and maryland pushingbenjamin cardin r major transportation funding bill. says the legislation will onow the agency to move for projects.capital the of them involve equipment upgrades, rail and truck repairs, and safety improvements. 8 degrees. >> how a new poll could be a obama's re-sident election. greg cracking down on cell phone well, otline dating services can get kind of expensive. so to save money, i've found a new way to get my profile o

. >> it should be in downtown d.c. between 11:00 and at 12:00.hey're going to fly 1,500 feet, so you should be about to get a good view of it. they would do a couple passes by some of the monuments here in d.c. pretty much, anywhere along the potomac river you should have a good view. >> the washington monument apparently they're going to setup a place where people can go and you add a few places along the river. that will be very impressive. >> grab your cameras. it will be taking off soon. >> it is 6:46. we have a warning for drivers in montgomery county. investigators looking for people who were intentionally rear end in people. >> you will only see this on 7. >> that is right. it appears that these two bold suspects are intentionally striking cars from behind in order to rob the drivers. one woman we spoke to refused to stop after being hit even though a 911 operator was telling her to do just that. >> i think i am being followed. i had that feeling that something is not right. >> on the night of april 13, a woman says that a large suv or tru

overnight with that frost advisory north and west, mid 30s for the suburbs. 45 degrees here in downtown d.cnot expecting any frosty problems for d.c. and points south and east. that gusty wind will be back at us out of the north, northwest. would you believe it's mostly coming from that nor'easter that has been slow to get out of the entire region, still up over ontario. 68 degrees will be our temperature on wednesday. now, i want you to see for satellite and radar, we have clouds around and a couple showers here and there that we have been keeping an eye on. those are gone, but we slide up to pennsylvania and we still see circulation with that storm. impulses of energy, so that brings occasional showers here and there and more coming down through west virginia. that should pass south of d.c. our next storm system though, up here, you can see it organizing across the northern plains, that's what will come diving down and bring us more showers for the day on thursday. so at 8:00 in the morning for your wednesday, it's a chilly start, maybe a frosty start for some of you at 48 degrees, colder

we have a heads up for people downtown d.c. over the next few days.streets will be closed. be closed sunday night. there is a list of closures and at wjla.com. thousands of people to spend on the air and space museum today welcome the space shuttle retiremento its home. astronauts will escort discovery on the last leg of the journey. our sister station will have more coming up in an in-depth few minutes.t a we get the latest on the morning commute. >> thank you. look at 95. very heavy and slow up from to the prince william parkway where that bric and -- trailer was tractor- the side of the road. trying to get to springfield, 395 siri software is the 14th street bridge. beltwayover at the hampshire avenue where -- delays from connecticut ave. accident near durjava to clear away a while ago. >> lingering fog. sunshine and nice skies. 51 -- 51 in the district. degrees, cumberland. 48, dulles airport. 53, lexington park. comfortable afternoon with sunshine. on outning clouds move of town. withwarmer tomorrow sunshine. of rain.ekend, areas saturday afterno

many streets in downtown d.c. will be closed today and into the evening. more details, log on to wjla.com. the emancipation day holiday means you'll get an extra day to finish your tax returns. the deadline was extended until april 17 because tax day fell on a sunday and federal law says that the sea holidays affect tax deadlines the same way federal holidays do. >> the stanley cup playoff series between the capitals and bruins is tonight in the district. they are tied with one game apiece. there was a double overtime victory in boston on saturday. they will be looking to capitalize tonight before a full house and 7:30. 6:35 right now, 66 degrees in annandale this morning. >> still to come, the terrible damage inflicted by mother nature all across the midwest. we have a live report >> . a secret service sex scandal. mike allen joins us with details. first, another check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. it is hazy. going to be hot today. we will check in >> monday morning. today is virginia tech remember this day and the commonwealth. it was five ye

. >> reporter: construction crane are everywhere in downtown d.c.from the roof of this condo building just off of massachusetts avenue, you can see more than a dozen. the problem, ground space is running out. the only place to go is up. >> eventually, we are going to have to move up. >> reporter: fred bates lives and sells property downtown. he sees no problem with lifting height restrictions. >> i think for right now, if we went up one or two levels, we'd have an automatic billion dollars worth of new real estate here in the city. we'd have additional tax revenue. we would have more people moving? >> but many believe the federal government did the right thing by restricting how high buildings can be. and now lifting those restrictions could ruin d.c.'s historic skyline. >> i would not change the height restrictions in the center city of washington. >> reporter: councilmember jack evans who represents much of downtown uses philadelphia as an example of what could go wrong. although there was never a law, evans says there was a gentleman's agreement

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construction cranes are everywhere in downtown d.c. from the roof of the condo building you can see more than a dozen. the problem, ground space is running out. the only place to go is up. >> eventually, we're going to have to move up. >> reporter: fred baits lives and sells property downtown. he sees no problem with lifting height restrictions. >> i think for right now, if we went up one or two levels, we would have an automatic billion dollars worth of new real estate in the city. we would have additional tax revenue, many people moving in. >> reporter: many believe the federal government did the right thing restricting how high buildings can be and lifting the restrictions could run ceo's historic skyline. >> wouldn't change the height restricts in washington. >> reporter: council member jack evans uses philadelphia as an example of what could go wrong. although there is never a law, evans said there was a gentlemen's agreement never to build higher than the statue of william penn on top of city hall. but in the late '70s, the agree

. >> reporter: construction cranes are everywhere in downtown d.c., from the roof of this condo building just off massachusetts avenue, you can see more than a dozen. the problem? ground space is running out. the only place to go is up. >> eventually we'll have to move up. >> reporter: fred bates lives and sells property downtown. he sees in problem with lifting height restrictions. >> i think for right now if we went up one or two levels, we'd have an automatic billion dollar worth of new real estate here in the city. we'd have additional tax revenue, more people moving in. >> reporter: but many believe the federal government did the right thing by restricting how high buildings can be and now lifting those restrictions could ruin d.c.'s historic skyline. >> i would not change the height restrictions in the center city of washington. >> reporter: council member jack evans who represents much of downtown uses philadelphia as an example of what could go wrong. evans says there was a gentlemen's agreement never to build higher than the statue of william penn on top of city hall, but in the

today, bikers can participate in the light it up blue, a charity bike ride through downtown d.c. l ride eight miles passing landmark in d.c. that will be lit up with blue lights. the ride is part of autism speaks third annual light it up blue campaign. >>> we towed you the national archives would be putting census information from the 1940s on the internet. today is the day. in just over two hours, the sense us data goes live. the launch event is open to the public but you have to e-mail the national archives in advance. today's release is the big of the one of its kind and allows anyone to search for long lost relatives. now, there are links to the sense us launch on our web site, myfoxdc.com. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. plus the government is veiving reports of engine fires in several popular model cars. >>> some big changes coming to burger king. yes, the king of burgers. lauren simonetti will help us break it all down.   -- plus government is receiving reports of engine fires in several popular model cars. mm,

we also see traffic coming from downtown d.c. and convention center just a few blocks up north on 7th street, to here, this has the ability to be a nexus to bring the city and connect the city again. >> clip and lalique ellis worked six years and invested blood, sweat and tears. >> i knew i had a major project i had to try to get off the ground. our first go at a major project like this. no one wanted to touch the howard theater with a ten foot pole. we had to get smart. >> and so after 29 million dollars and collaboration with the city and other partners, the howard theater is open again. >> when i think of marvin gaye, we ought to say "let's get it on." [ cheering ] >> sandra beards ones played the howard with the jewels, a group that formed at roosevelt high school. ♪ >> they had a personal stake in the process. >> back in the 70s, we were there, and every time they tried, they said come, we need support, we were there. so to be here for this, this is like the rebirth is like birthing a baby. >> the hope is the theater will be

this looks like it's flying over the world war ii memorial in downtown d.c. on the national mall. there you can see discovery passing by the washington monument. there's another picture of the shuttle up in the skies. you can see there's some pictures from all over our region tonight. people across the region from here in upper marlboro, you can see people had the view, people on the national mall had some of the best views today. this is one of the cutest. they were looking for the shuttle but they missed it. you can see the dogs are on top of the car, but they're facing the wrong direction. what else do we have? you can see another picture of the shuttle flying over the iwo jima memorial. so many of you have sent us pictures today and we appreciate it. if you took a picture today, send us your picture to fox5newspics at gmail.com. >>> we have a news alert from metro tonight. the transit agency pulled some buses from its fleet after two fires in two weeks. the latest happened this morning on route 50 in maryland. fox 5's wisdom martin in the newsroom. >> the buses in question are

first, take a look at the work she does in downtown d.c >> 3:00 a.m., just blocks from the white house. >> looks like it is very busy. >> tina and a team of determined volunteers are in a notorious hot spot called, a trap. where many are forced into sex slavery. >> it's a place where traffickers take their slaves out and put them out on the street at night. they refer to them as slaves in their stable. >> how much? as many as you can. >> her team hands out special bracelets with information to help sex slaves escape. >> we have a 24 hour hot line and on the front it says crystal horoscope so nobody will know what it is and on the inside, it has the hot line number. >> tina front joins us now. thank you so much for being with us this evening. >> thank you. >> first of all, explain, what is sex slavery and who is falling prey? >> under the age of 18 and forced into prostitution. those cases we see in virginia, it's not prostitution cases, this is sex trafficking cases of children. >> and this is happening just blocks from the white house? is that indicative of how big of a problem sex sl

most of the rest of us mid-30s in the suburbs, around 40 degrees downtown d.c. i've got warmer news on the five-day forecast. we'll talk about when that rolls into town and have the forecast for the nats home opener coming up. >> love the sound of that. >>> d.c. and south dakota have one thing in common. neither has anti-bullying laws on the books. tonight the mayor is laying out his plan to stop bullies in their tracks. >> tonight at 11:00 a d.c. officer accused of witnessing a murder and then lying about it, the evidence that forced her to fess up on the edge. mm, these artisan bagels are so tasty. hey, what do you think "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today. if you want a luxury car with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury

an overnight electrical fire and gas leak shut down three usda buildings in downtown d.c. today.hose who reported for work found the whitten, south, and reporter's buildings all closed. the closures were announced on the employee information line but not everybody got the word. the usda says employees should keep checking the hot line to find out their building status for tomorrow. the number is 800-932-1902. >>> three prince george's county sheriff's deputies are being honored today for helping pull a family out of a burning home. it happened back on february 4th on hilmar drive in forestville. officials say the deputies were first to arrive on the scene and ran inside to rescue two children and an elderly man in a wheelchair the assistance you provided the occupants prevented what could have been a tragedy. your response to the situation was above and beyond the call of duty and is worthy of recognition. >> reporter: the deputies were awarded certificates and letters of commendation. >>> final preparations are under way today at the kennedy space center to send the space shuttl

there's an accident in downtown d.c. it is c street northeast right before 14th street bridge.n the scene. this is just north of lincoln park on c street so be aware of that looks like the road may be shut down between the 1400 and 1500 blocks of c street. southern maryland looks great. a quick look live on the beltway at kenilworth avenue, a little slow here but no big deals to report. back in my next report, we'll talk about the accident in d.c. at 6:00. >>> we're learning more about exactly why prosecutors decided to file second-degree murder charges against george zimmerman in the february shooting death of trayvon martin. >> zimmerman made a brief court appearance thursday, just about three minutes and may get a bail hearing coming up next week. manuel gallegus reports now from sanford, florida. >> reporter: george zimmerman may soon ask a judge to let him out of jail. his lawyer says a bail hearing will probably be held a week from today. >> mr. zimmerman? >> reporter: zimmerman made his first court appearance on thursday and is charged with second-degree murder for the s

and in quick bites washington post food critic tom sietsema >>> diners in downtown d.c.cool new sushi spot that makes you feel like you're dining under water. >> it's in the space that used to house lima. "the washington post" food critic tom sietsema gives us a preview. >> reporter: the selections reflect the affections the operating chef and operating partner says he has for chinese food and fishing. brought mostly from hawaii the fish is cut in an uncommonly large pieces but i can't argue with the quality or with the genuine fresh wasabi that graces each bite. as before there are citrus cooked dishes including pink fleshed heavy with onion and slant ra and jalapeno and handsomely presented. you owe it to yourself if you like fish and sort of a trendy vibe to sit in the back. it's sort of this vision in white with all this white leather and there are two sushi chefs who man the counter in the back. it's almost like a separate restaurant within the lounge. this is tom sietsema, food critic with "the washington post." >> wow. that looks cool. >> it does. >> tom sietsema'

an overnight electrical fire and gas leak shut down three usda buildings in downtown d.c. today. those who reported for work found the whitten, south, and reporters' buildings closed. the closures were announced on the usda employee information line but not everyone got word. the usda says employees should keep checking the hot line to find out about their building status for tomorrow. the number is 1-800-932-1902. >>> the verizon center will be noisy tonight. >> game three between the bruins and caps starts at 7:30 tonight. the series is tied at one game apiece after nicholas backstrom scored a double overtime on saturday afternoon. dan hellie talked to some of the players and we'll hear from them coming up right here on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. that was a nail biter. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 continues brad and angelina finally tying the knot. new details about the engagement ring. ♪ ♪ >> tupac comes back to life in a halogram to perform in front of a hundred thousand people. access hollywood's billy bush joins us live from california with the video. >>> plus the extreme ways wome

. >>> a vigil in downtown d.c.irthday of a maryland man being held in jail in cuba. cuban authorities arrested international development worker alan gross in 2009 convicting him for bringing spy equipment into the country last year. gross denies the charges saying he was simply bringing in ining access to the country's small jewish community. protesters gathered today to mark gross's 63rd birthday. there was a vigil and a cake but they did not light the candles. >> we're not going to light it. that cake is going in my freezer and it's not going to be lit until alan gross comes home. when we have another celebration. >> gross is serving a 15-year sentence. his health has been deteriorating while in prison. >>> up next tonight's student pranksters at georgetown strike again. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. a call looking for money to get your grandchild safely out of a foreign country? how to stop this scam from stealing thousands of your ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money

the energy that was electrifying at verizon center in downtown washington d.c., of course, the caps did lose now. that means game 7 will take place in boston. a lot of the fans here are upset and a little sad, but they are excited about the possibility of winning this in a game 7 in boston. of course, they won't have home advantage like they did today. they were really hoping to finish this off and beat the bruin here at home, but, of course, that isn't happening. take another look as some of these fans right now walking outside of the verizon center in this sort of wet soggy cold sunday afternoon out here, but the good thing is the caps will have one more opportunity to put this thing away. of course, that will happen in boston. >> thanks very much. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> animal control is looking for two dogs in northeast washington that attacked several children and mauled a man. it happened friday night in the 1200 block of queen street northeast. surae chinn reports the man who tried to protect the children is being called a hero. >> reporter: andre hawthorne is recove

at a near dead stop right now because of the cherry blossom festival parade getting underway in downtown d.cour friendly reminder from me, not the traffic guy, stay away from 395 north here. it is a parking lot all the way over the bridge. sunshine. it's a great day to sit in traffic and enjoy the sunshine. 58 degrees out there right now. winds increasing later on this afternoon and tomorrow promising to be a breezier day. temperatures climbing into the low 60s. we're headed to highs in the low to mid-70s with plenty of sunshine. no threat of rain around here today. most of this is going to stay across pennsylvania. some of these sprinkles here associated with a warm front coming our way. heavier weather which could cause flight delays. kansas city down into southern portions of the plains. and out here this is where the greatest threat for severe weather is. encompasses norman, oklahoma, to places like lincoln, nebraska. tough day for them. for us? beautiful weather today. no problem. sunshine to start. clouds sneaking in later on this afternoon. so the fading sunshine for sure. then overni

. >> the jefferson hotel in downtown d.c.ling, as they should, over this birthday. wisdom martin recently visited there to see for himself. >> reporter: today we're here at the jefferson hotel, where we're learning all about thomas jefferson. we're going to talk about some of the wine jefferson used to drink, with our wine director here. michael, thank you very much for talking to us. explain to me what jefferson's love for wine was all about. >> i like to think thomas jefferson actually having my job well over 200 years ago. >> reporter: wine director. >> or a gate keeper to drinking wine. his last year of president, his salary was $7,500. he spent 7,000 of his own money on wine. >> reporter: wow. >> so he loved to drink. he loved wine from all over the world. we have 40 of these wines, which are medera, from the island, to the fortified wine that's out standing. >> reporter: what's the difference? >> he, along with our founding fathers, they drank a lot of medera. you can have a glass or full bottle. whatever you like. the

a 50 degrees in downtown d.c.. a little cooler.o you by royal caribbean. happy birthday, by the way. back into robin. >> happy 16th. >>> ted williams, a baseball great. military hero, making headlines for decades, including when he died. following his wishes, members of his family had his head frozen. now, a decade later, williams is back in the news. his daughter is selling parts of his memorabilia and speaking out for the first time, too. abc's john berman has that story for us. >> reporter: he may be the greatest hitter who ever lived. an american icon. but an american enigma. the family's selection of memorabilia could be worth millions. this ball alone, more than $200,000. >> it's signed by babe ruth, to my dad. he says, to my pal, ted williams, from babe ruth. the only autograph he's ever asked for. >> reporter: letters from presidents. military honors. fishing flies he tied himself. >> he couldn't touch anything without being excellent at it. >> reporter: such an iconic life. but such a tragic death. >> he wasn't a religious

d.c. downtown right next to the bay will be in the 40s here but it's a cold start.hat cooled off so much this morning will also not take as much energy to heat up and it will this afternoon. in fact by lunchtime we should be 60ish. sunny. northwest winds only about 5 miles an hour. mid 60s here at 3:00 to upper 60s so beautiful afternoon for baseball. and by 5:00 p.m. 68 and highs will be somewhere around 69, 70, 71. a really gorgeous day ahead but tonight things are going to change. this morning we have frost advisories in effect from baltimore, howard, loudoun, prince william, fauquier. there are going to be pockets of frost across fairfax county as well but they're not in the advisory. even northern prince george's county and anne arundel you may see an isolated patch of frost. you see why. even 34 here in crofton can produce frost with gaithersburg now down to 34. same with leesburg and sterling. it's 32 manassas. hay market at 36 while 40 for springfield and look at reagan national like a sore thumb. 45 degrees, a few more lights coming on every time we check h

downtown, sacramento, california. no, it's washington, d.c., united states capitol. all the same.ell, all the same. here is all the same crack nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, is there any way you can get it to snow tomorrow afternoon in boston, massachusetts, so i won't have to go to the home opener of the red sox. >> that will be the most beautiful day tomorrow. >> thanks, a lot. >> beautiful weather finally returning to some portions of the ohio valley, eventually tomorrow that works its way to the east coast. for this morning, it's a cold morning out there. we have been colder in the great lakes and ohio valley in april than we were in all of march. this morning at 32 in pittsburgh. the freeze line down into kentucky. late today we will see severe storms, maybe some isolated tornadoes, mostly talking rural areas, farm towns of western kansas and the panhandle of oklahoma. oklahoma city to the west. i don't think dallas or oklahoma city has to worry about tornadoes. tomorrow you'll have a better shot at additional severe storms. after that cold start a nice afternoon. chica

downtown in d.c.. 67 for the high temperature with bright sunshine. a beautiful day today .ing else debuting today. the disney animal kingdom's explorer, a new facebook page. you find the animals. you can find it on facebook. you can set up your conservation zone with it. there's a "gma" jeep right there in the center of it. yep. there it is, right there. get on facebook. play the game with us this morning. we are live at animal kingdom. come on. i think i might not come home. george? robin? >> all right, sam. >>> we have an injury. did you see what happened? >> that was not me. >> blonde moment. >> what happened? >> blonde moment, bonked her own head. >> we said we were mean. but we have somebody that saw her bonk her own head. >> i hit myself in the head with the microphone. thank you. thank you for having me. >>> coming up, behind the scenes with the star of the powerful new miniseries, "titanic." keep it right here. [ cheers and applause ] >>> great crowd out here in times square for deejay friday, with d.j. reach. there he is right there. we're having a whole lot of fun

downtown. more than 3,000 d.c. slaves were freed by the emancipation act in 1862. d.c.mancipation day events will wrap up tonight with fireworks at 8:30. >> when we come right back tonight on news 4 at 5:00, robbers using their car as a weapon catching victims off guard. the disturbing crime that is prompting a new warning from police. >>> discovery's final flight. the space shuttle arrives in our area tomorrow offering locals a unique look as it travels to its new home. >>> hate your love handles? how a new surgery is turning the problem area into s >>> after a mastectomy many women say they feel insecure about their bodies. doreen gentzler joins us with more on a new surgery helping women find confidence after a cancer diagnosis. >> hi, barbara. this is an interesting idea for women who don't want to get breast implants after a mastectomy. there is a new option. taking fat from love handles and using that to rebuild the breasts. >>is is'm sure they'll have the details for your chart. >> reporter: as a nursing professor laura taylor is used to teaching others about sca

d.c. area and downtown, leesburg, you're at 35 miles per hour. gaithersburg, around 28. the breezy conditions will stick around through the evening hours. also, it has been a very warm march, in fact, just the numbers came out today where we broke more than 15,000 records here in the u.s. 25 states are reporting the warmest march ever. but interestingly, california, oregon, washington, the tenth coolest march, and a global warming only playing a minor role. here's a look at fire watch. the drink soil, breezy conditions, and a high fire danger through tonight until 8:00. same deal for tomorrow. the satellite radar picture picking up some showers, but we may see some isolated showers for tonight. the air still dry, so not all of it will be hitting the ground. we're not going to get a whole lot. right now it's 65 in downtown. 62 in arlington. lower 60s in bethesda. so, it's going to be cool and breezy the next couple of days. isolated showers for tonight. the high fire danger does remain. windy and mainly dry for tuesday. wednesday and thursday still cool. then we warm thin

d.c. government brash here to the cinema in downtown washington to watch a documentary on bullying the andunce what he plans to do about it in d.c. >> give it to him hard. >> alex is among those featured in the documentary "bully." the mayor will launch his anti bullying action plan. >> how to get kids to step up and say this is happening to them without fear of reprisal. >> he is creating a task force. already schools like lafayette elementary are dealing with bullying. >> you can be teased and called names, especially if you are new at the school. >> they have with the copies club where kids socialize, play games. >> with older kids like those at anacostia high school, it is not as easy. >> what happens in those cases? >> they get bullied. >> their job is gaining students trust. >> we need to have a number of adults they can come to. >> results of bullying can be tragic. >> believed to be desperate enough to take his own life. >> in addition to the mayor's push qualm a brown said they would vote on the anti bullying bill next week. the documentary is being shown at the rose said among bu

from here, it went into the downtown area in washington, d.c.ew over landmarks like the national mall. it also flew over reagan national airport. i actually am hearing something right now, if i can get a confirmation, is that it flying over us right now? i'm hearing -- it sounds like it. i'm not quite sure and i don't want to say it. i'm looking at a television here. it looks like it's coming in for a landing. you all are looking at it. you are about to see touchdown. >> yeah. we're watching it live. >> reporter: any minute. okay. so look at those pictures, then. you can see there are a lot of people here watching this -- watching the touchdown happen. this is the second flyover. now it's gonna be right there at dullus. it will be there for a couple of days. >> rene, if you can see us, it's about to touch down any second. we can see it. it's about to touch down any second. you can see the jet under it. >> this took off from kennedy space center in florida, and it has been flown piggyback but it's doing a couple of flyovers in washington, d.c. in

right now we're at the woodrow wilson center downtown washington, d.c., and stephen harper is about toddress, and the associated press reports trade among the u.s., canada, and mexico now exceeds $1 trillion, and the president said he wants to see that number rise. also while we wait for things to get started with the canadian prime minister, news from the hill that reports president obama will address congressman paul ryan's budget tomorrow. it says, president obama will deliver an address tuesday emphasizing his differences with budget committee chairman paul ryan's budget and makes those remarks during an associate at the associated press luncheon at the american society of newspaper editors convention, and officials say the president will outline his own proposal emphasizing why he disagrees with paul ryan's approach and why americans can't afford to did in that direction. that news again from the hill. while we wait for things to start here at the woodrow wilson center, a look at the headlines and your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." [inaudible conversations]

d.c. member jack evans who represents much of downtown and uses philadelphia as an example of what could gothough evans says there was an agreement in philly never to build higher than william penn's statue atop city hall. that agreement was eventually broken. >>> buildingses in oklahoma have been leveled -- buildings in oklahoma have been leveled after severe storms and tornadoes tore through the state and three others. today areas are being toured like woodward oklahoma where five people died. oklahoma's governor has declared a state of emergency for 12 counties. >> boy, gary, it's hard to look at those pictures considering what a wonderful weather pattern we've had here. >> makes you almost feel guilty. >> you do. >> they've got continue a bit tonight moved through and we are dry. >> painfully dry. >> we're getting closer to 5 inches below normal for the year and almost 4 inches below normal since the beginning of march, which is probably the more important statistic. >> i can tell when i look at my plants, they're suffering. >> right. those thunderstorms back out to the west tonight, it

d.c. for the million hood dpi march. the -- hoodie march. it sliced through the district's downtown. >> i'm very concerned about the racist overtones in this incident and other incidents like this. >> as a young man of color with a hoodie, how safe too you feel walking down the -- safe do you feel walking down the street? >> i don't feel safe at all. >> so many young people are being slaughtered in the street every single day. this is our opportunity to do what we can do as humans. >> reporter: some brought their children. tell me what your sign says? >> it says -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the march was organized by the local chapter of the naacp and somehowward university students. >> we're not going to stand for our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our family members being killed by individuals who think they can take the law into their own hands. >> reporter: washington, d.c. was not the only location for a million hoodie march. a similar march took place in sanford, florida where protesters took to the streets. on april 10, a grand jury will determine if george zimmerman wi