draper joins us live from the tidal basin to explain what it meanmeans. >> reporter: we are now onto the puy white stage. you can see the beautiful blossoms coming out, so heading down to the weekend is going to be perfect. if you're down here, just admire the trees, don't touch llem, on the branchs, pull the flowers, don let the kids climb the trees. this is a national treasure. we're starting to see the pink rcle around the tidal basin, the washington monument in the bahaground. you ve engagement, engag ent photos, families taking their heotos for t holiday cards. and as we pan to the right, i'm not going to say i out loud but another really special announcement that's goingo be made on social media shortly for the happy couple here. so heading down to the tidal basin this weekend is looking fantastic. we'll have more o what weather you can expect saturday and tsunday. >> t looks fantastic. >> she's the engagement snooper eeght now. >> did you that? >> we did. we saw it behind you. that's grea >> thank you, amelia. >> i'm not saying it out loud. >> you don't have to. >> the secret

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>> draper is an interesting, interesting man. it's fun to listen in. you can find sand hill road on itunes, google play or wherever you get your podcast. that's a fun one, tim draper's fun to watch. >> i was going to say, podcasts are great for road trips. >> commutes. >> i listened on my way home. the rain is finally moving out, and we have a brief break. >> a little sun coming our way. it's not going to be wall to wall sunshine as we hit friday's forecast. but do expect again a little bit of blue sky sneaking on in there. as you take a look at mobile doppler radar, nothing big. the trend really is trying to dry on out, and look, i'd love g us sunny skies for tomorrow. but i still think for that morning commutere hold onto the cloud cover as we start off for the bay area. you need a jacket to begin. 40 here for the south bay, 42 in the peninsula. best chance of mostly cloudy skies would be the north bay and 38. 46 for san francisco. let's go ahead and take you into our hour by hour look. tomorrow morning at 8:30 we still hmay have passing showers righ

>> taco bell first. >> then to the drapers'. >> drapers'. >> and then you left. >> then to her house.s that around? >> 4:45. >> 4:45. >> yeah. >> and then you worked til when? >> i worked until 10:00. >> okay. >> i was supposed to work until midnight, but i got off at 10:00. >> and then you just came back here? >> yeah, i went back there. >> when the police interview liam, they are able to timeline where sarah was because that becomes very important as you try to sort out fact from fantasy in investigating a case. >> what was with you? >> my roommate. >> just your roommate? >> yeah. >> she didn't come back? >> no. >> she didn't text you, call you, nothing last night? >> i mean, i didn't have my phone. so i wish i could tell you. >> nothing cut caught me off guard or out of the ordinary in that conversation. >> again, liam, we've said it a couple times. i'm gonna throw it at you one more time, dude. we just want to make sure she's okay. nobody's going to get into any trouble here. we've just got to make sure that sarah's all right. >> on december 6th, 2016, sarah's family organized a c

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amelia draper is here witthe dos and don'ts of earlygpre rso too early. look what's happening outside. that's a good look on you. >> the winds out here rightan n tomorrow are the reason you don't want to put weed killer gr in y lawn this weekend, it's going to be too cold or windy to have any.impa but you can start the cleanup process, start pruning, pulling out dead vegetation. it's going to be a great weekenn if you to do edging or laying down mulch. i know folks here were talking about mulching their garden this weekend. that's going to be something can youo for sure. but you want to hold off on the weed preventers and killers for one reason or another, the weather not cooperating out there this ekend. you can put trees and shrubs in your garden right now. but you want to hold off on the tender vegetation. planting anything like that cause you are still going to have to protect it. we are likely not done with frost and freezes. sunday morning in theuburbs north and west of washington we'll have temperatures right around or even bel freezing. so get out

amelia draper is here in the studio with more.ey, amelia, is it the last super moon as >> actually it is going to be the last super moon of the year. here's some amazing video that our chopper actually shot a few days ago of the almost full moon out there it was coming occupy over the city. just a beautiful moon rise thite. and ae bit more on this fll super moon. this is actually tl worm super moon. and it's going to be its fullest out there tonig at 9:43. unfortunately, clouds are going to continue to thickenut throughe evening hours. i think some of us might beble to catch glimpse, especially those of you farther to the north of the d.c. metro area. but i wouldn't necessarily count on it. the worm part of the nameomes from the native-american name as the ground starts to warm up and the earthworms start to make their way up. this is going to be the la o super moo the year. now, the first super moon to occur on the spring equinox since 1981. so we haven't had this happen since 1981. and of course abo kick talk the solstice and eq

let's talk cherry blossoms amelia draper. we have a phase going onthere.se number one. >> out of six. the national park service today saying that the cherry blossoms are in officially stage one of six. and tomorrow right around this time we're going to be releasing when we think peace in the middle eas blook i-- peak bloom going to be this year. typically it happens late march, early april. i'm going to be at the tidal basin tomorrow freezing but i love this time of area. at the bus stop, kids will be freezing, 24 degrees we'll have wind chills in the singletoigits rrow morning with the wind chilre ss will feel like we're in the teens and 0s. at pickup, temperatures around 35 degrees. we're almost 25 degrees below normal tomorrow. n high thursday of 42, with a breeze it'll feel about 30 degrees outside. 44 on friday, feels about 35. speaking of friday, some rain is in the forecast. andga it's still going to be cold out there, running 10 grees below normal onfriday. the best chance for rain is later in the day, maybeet snow mixes in north and west. no accum

meteorologist amelia draper joins us now. there's a very active radar we've got going on. >> absolutely. we'll see this rain continue on into the afteron and evening hours. there's a flood watch for pretty much everybody. this is in effect until midnight. you could still see isolated flooding issues if you're not in the flood watch. one to two inches o rain is likely across the entire area today. washington already seeing over a half of an inch as the storm system pulls out, overnight tonight, weee strong winds behind it. those persist not only tomorrow but on in to saturday as well. here's a close-up look of storm team form radar where i'm seeing some of the heaviest rain. we head to the district where we're seeing moderat rain moving in from the south. here's a look at the overall storm syste and you canee the yellows, the oranges and red are going to be the heavier pockets of rain ohere where the areas of green are more light areas of rain. this storm system continues to impact us throughout the day today. i'll have more o

this week's episode scott is with venture capitalist tim draper. they actually make a bet over starbucks will some day accept bitcoin. >> you think they won't? >> i'm betting you a nickel. >> you are out of your mind. >> sean, our producer is here. we have bet a nickel and we could send toitdit to a charity >> where have you been living? living in a hole? >> you can find sand hill road on itunes, google play. >> it's funny because why a nickel? he said, you know, asking tim that, it's because he said wealthy people don't gamble. that's how they keep their money. you have to listen to the whole podcast. really funny. >> check it out. exactly. all right. listen to kari right here and right now. >> yeah. it's been raining off and on and you're probably looking up at the sky like where's sunshine? that's a tthe way it looks overn francisco. approaching 5 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains and seeing the rain off and on. kentfield, 2.5 inches of rain there. oakland hills, san francisco a 1.5 and over .7. the seven-day forecast at the bottom of t

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as storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper shows us now, the temperature -- before this weekend's over. elia? >> yeah, we're looking at a big temperature warm up, especially compared t the work week for our weekend, but before that we have some more rain and some f ou there to deal with. now, right now, no rain tonightt m team 4 radar completely dry. here is some of the falling i was talking about. sibilities at or under a mile in areas like baltimore, gaithersburg,ulpeper and back near stanton. patchy fog out there tonight into tomorrow morni. theemperature right now, though, 36 degrees. we start off 7:00 a.m. right around 33 on your saturday morning. it's cloudy and it's dry. not only throughout the morning hours tomorrow but throughout the entire day. tomorrow enight, though, s rain moves in. i'm going to be timing that out with futureweather, when it exits on your sunday and just how warm we can get on sunday. that coming up at 11aj8. >>> a break in a shooting se called a mistaken identity. tonight three people are in custody charged with intent to kill while armed. the police chie

amelia draper will be down there with the cherry blossoms when the wind chill is at 15. >> oh, boy. >> how did she pick that straw? >> i'm going to be right herein de because i've got to monitor the weather. >> she's going to love you. >>> coming up, a local legend wave good-bye to the mason nation. >> sports coming next. but first here is jimmy fallon. >>> hey, guys. we're playing catch phrase with liam hemsworth, jessica williams liam hemsworth, jessica williams and that rocking chair would look grahh, new house, eh?e. well, you should definitely see how geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. nice tip. i'll give you two bucks for the chair. two?! that's a victorian antique! all right, how much for the recliner, then? wait wait... how did that get out here? that is definitely not for sale! is this a yard sale? if it's in the yard then it's... for sale. oh, here we go. geico. it's easy to switch and save on homeowners and renters insurance. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >>> tough night for george mason and one star in particular. >> yeah. >> that was hd to see. >> n

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at 6:30 tonight amelia draper is going to have more on howgi chng climate has affected peak bloom. >>> and the bw parkway is ability to be closed to fix those potholes. tonight we're hearing from drivers w say t headache this weekend is both worth it and long overdue. >>. >>> breaking news, a mistrial in a bizarre murder case in alexdria. reve >>>ing news at 6:30. prosecutors must now decide whether to re-try a man who killed a popular old town alexandria store manager because he thought t victim was a werewolf. >> after more than three days of deliberation jurors were deadlocked and the jud declared a mistrial. >> reporte well, it appears jurors must have struggled with that insanity defense being offered in this gesome murder case, and with that mistrial declared this case now in limbo. jurors leaving the alexandria courthouse with somber looks their faces unwilling to comment about why they could not reach a verdict in the murder trial. prosecuts say the s killi of a popular old town store manager was mur. the defense wanted to find their soclient not guilty by r of insanity, argui

storm team 4 meteorologist amia draper is with m here.are they close with that april 3rd to 6th prediction? >> i think they are really cloe close. and first of all the peak bloom pr gection is all ind fun. the national park service, gave me this cherry blossomin for 2019. and i love the cherry blossom because it is such a unifying thing for ourity. just a wonderful treasure we have here. they're in stage one. that's the bud stage. and peak bloom is when 70% of the blossoms are out here. and to make our peak bloom projection we looked back at similar years when the stage one began, and that was 2004, 2005 and 2007. and then we looked at the tempatures throughout those months. temperatures, especially your daytime highs are by far the biggest variable. and overall, looks like march is going to stay kind of on the chilly side. so with that we thinkhat peak bloom this year is going to fall between about april 4 ath 8th. again, that's very close through the national park service peck pron of april don'trd want is you get a two day warm spell a

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. >> amea draper here with a closer look at why. what's the word, amelia? >> as we continue to see warming temperatures we'll see more raid heavier rainfall events. we're not at the end of march yet and this is the wettest 12-month time period from an april to the end of march ever on record, guys. it's not just by a little bit. it's by an astounding 9 inches of water. putting thatn terms of snow, that would be almost 8 feet of snow. also looking at numbers, any 12 month period on record, shis is thond wettest. i have to say thank you to capital climate on twitter for ifying these numbers to me. this is in part to the increase and downpours as we see warmer temperatures overall, more rain in the atmosphere. so what you're noticing here i the downpours going from 1950 t. 20 i mean rainfall events of an inch or more. notice the trend line, it is going up and up, guys. >> wow. okay. >> after we spent a year where welmad raint every weekend. >> as we stay at storm team 4, the trend is your friend wedo t think that's changing any time soon. >> the grass and flow

that's because amelia draper emceed an event about s.t.e.m. inspiring high school kids to get more involved in science, technology, engineering and math. elia said there was a lot of people down there. this was down towards the convention center. she was up there all afternoon. that's why you did not see amelia today on our air, because those thousand people got to watch her live and info person. us, it's on the cool side, that's right. but still ay. pretty 53 degrees right now. temperatures dropping through the 40s down about 42 by 11:00. another cold night tonight, not as cold as last night. 49 gaithersburg. 52 nassas. warnton at 51 degrees. dulles around 51. drainsville elementary, i was at earlie but cool outside for the kids at recess. you need the jacket. sunshine helping to add bit of warmth. nothing on the radar now. i'm tracking two systems, this one towards omaha, a place that does not neednymorerain. ond down around the panhandle of florida, three five inches of rain down towards west palm beach. these come together around our area

amelia draper in the weather center withore onthat. >> as we look today light saving time beginng thisweekendn because weha lose hour of sleep and it can have a serious popact on monday because you're h sllunntyeading still down. how does the sun rise and sunset time change? on sunday s is rise right around :30, sunday later by about an hour. we enjoy those later sunsets, though. sunday we enjoy a sunset at most 7:10 and we continue to see the sunset times get later and later we get into the warmer months. by may 1st we'll have sunset time at 8:00. the latest we see is the 8:37, that starts on june 22nd and lasts through early july. i think that is something to look forward to on an afternoon where we tracking snow showers falling across the area with spring less than two weeks away. doug and i are going to have more on the rain and snow we're dealin with today and more rain on tweekend. >>> building bikes and teens from the frame up. a local you programiving kids the chance to tiner and learn and help others all forfr . i'll introduce you to this week's harris' hero at 5:00. >>> an outpourin

> the national park service says our cherry blossom trees have reach phase 2 ofheir bloom, amelia draper explains how changes in the forecast will onfect them. we're back in 90 s. >>> back with a look at storm team 4 radar as you can see we had some showers moving through today on and off. amelia says most of this rain is now working its way out of here. she's back soon with a swing in temperatures and our next chance for even more of this. >>> toxic lead in drinkingater could put montgomery county school children at risk. and now a top county leadernt to do something to keep the students safe. chris gordon breaks down the plan. >> reporter: lead in drinking water, danger we all face. >> the danger of lead is it can affect cognitive and bone development in children. it can affect -- it can lead to anemia, behavioral problems, increased hyper activity. >> reporter: last year maryland set a standard for public cools requiring remediation of all water outlets with a lead level output of 20 parts perbillion. montgomery county tested 13500 snm outlets, 249 had elevated levels, of those 159 we

amelia draper takes a deeper dive into the damage across the coungey. this was >> absolutely.re yesterday. this was the sam storm system that was bringing us rain and snow showers throughout the day. check i out. i've put the tornado reports from yesterday, only yesterday, on the map here. every dot that you'reeeg is potentially a tornado. over 40 of them were reported to the storm prediction center.re a look at the storm yesterday moving through the g southeast dure morning, midday and evening hours. you can see lots of bright colors down there a it did bring severe weather from louisiana up to the carolinas. why was the storm system so impressive?ou before i talk that, i want to point out that last thursday the storm prediction cter had already started talking about thef likelihood severe weather in their a ya. so folks as long as they were paying aention to the weather forecast did know about this incident that was going to unfold throughout the day yesterday. here's why it was so impressive. there was a lot ofnsble air to work with. think f on our area in the summer when w

our resident expert on this, elia draper, the thing is, it is going to get really cold on monday, morning.yay i think a lot of temperatures are going to dip below freezing. it needs to be 27 or below for the pedals t falloff. >> really? >> the cherry blossoms. i don't think we're going to ber i think we'll be above that. another thing, the water keeps us a little on the w by the tidal basin, as well. >> all right. >> good news. we h doe breezy conditions all weekend. of course, doesn't bode well for theherry blossoms. they're so delicate, they can blow away. today is probably the best day to go see them. not onlyecause we've got some great conditions, but we have temperatures that will be in the mid70sy this afternoon. it is already mild out there right now. i expect it to bett a p sunrise. mainly because we have some clouds out there. see h it es. the sun coming up about 6:56 this morning. h e a little while, another 40 minutes or so. as you talk about what to wearh overext several days, listen, no jacket today. i mean, maybe a light jacket this thmorning. afternoon, you can shed that with

let' check in now with meteorologist amelia draper. s how much going to warm up today? >> not all that much. high temperatures in the upper 30s and lowhi 40s, so wton currently coming in at 36 and a high temperature here of 42 degrees. still 34 degrees in and 36 degrees in manassas and leesbu leesburg. we're starting to sunshine develop across the area right now. here's a live look outside. it's looking pretty nice out there but th you step outside and it's a bit of a different story. we'll have a mix of clouds ane sunsut there for your thursday afternoon and a bit breezy as well. ez not as b as yesterday. the winds today out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. when you factor in the winds, we are dealing with a wind chill factor today of only 30 degrees. on saturdal, f feeling more seasonable but i am tracking rain tomor ow as well r the weekend. i'll have more on that timing coming up at 11:20. >> thank you. >>> there's major changes coming for drivers who use some of the district's busiest roads. the next phase of a new project begins next week. megan mcgrath

amelia draper is here with our cherry blossom >>update. wendy, this is what it looked like down at the tidal basin this afternoon, the cherry blossoms now according to the national park service in stage 4 out of 6. after that we have the puffy white stage, the final stage, peak bloom. so only a few more days i think until we start to see peak bloom across the area. check itout. the peak bloom projection islo ing like next week. again we're in stage 4 now out of stage 6 and the temperatures as we move towards the middle and end of the work week are oing to help the blossoms come out. our average high now about 60 degrees. we're runningor belowl tomorrow and wednesday but then ormal thursday, friday and saturday. i was speaking with the national park service today they were telling me the cherry blossoms love afternoon high temperatures above 70 degrees. that helps them get to peak bloom. we're not only going to see itur friday but sy as well. and i want to mention now in this stage 4, the blossoms aree suble to freezing temperatures. it is

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. >> amelia draper here to explain what this all means. >> it's just incredible. you don't even have t be a meteorologist to take a look at this radar imagery a say o my gosh, that is massive storm. you can see it swirling around in the center part of the country and take a look at some of the damage it's caused. we go to dallas areind gusts about 80 miles an hour blew the roof off an amazon warehouse. conditions there continuing to deteriorate throughout the day today. this is colorado. one of my girlfriends outhere also sending me some videos. the winds out there absolely ferocious. why are we talking so much about the storm? first of all, it's massive. but second of all it went from pretty much a nothingyetorm erday to really an intense storm out there today. what we saw was it intensified very rapidly and when this happens we call it balmombo genesis. this storm system, it did a bit better. it has a pressure drop of milobars. it second a regard low pressure. we had a wind gust just ts afternoon in colorado springs of 97 miles an hour. the same rate as an ef-1

>> tim draper is a lot of fun, a trailblazer as well.d "sandhill road," the podcast, on itunes, google play, or wherever you get your podcasts. there are new episodes each week. it's a good listen. >>> this weekend our documentary series will take a look at the how the industry has evolved in the bay area. today there are more women than ever getting involved in the industry. one of them is anna prosser. before she got into gaming, she was a beauty queen. today she's a producer and host at twitch, a live streaming video platform. she says women are finding greater acceptance but more needs to be done. >> the area where the industry is still lagging the most is in recruiting and keeping professional women gamers that are very, very successful. there are really amazing women pro gamers who are doing incredible things. >> "bay area revelations" airs this saturday at 10:00 p.m. also this saturday is fight night at nbc bay area, watch them battle it out in an intense competition of street fighter 5. catch some of the action streaming on nbcba

amelia draper is here to explain the difference and why it pematters. >>ing of spring i want to mention because pat was asking me about this, with our polle report, tree pollen coming in morate, so you pines, junip junipe junipers.t as we talk abpring we think of the trees, the leaves coming starting towe come up, maybe a rainbow or two as we get a few rsthunrms. and meteorological spring does begin today, march 1st. astronomical spring starts on march 21st, it varies between the 20th and the 21st. what's the difference? firstg start with meteorological spring. this is based on the annual temperature cycle. so it's easier to calculate seasonal stats especially for like agriculture, trying to keey track or crops, things of that nature. as we talk about astronomical spring this is in regards to the position of the earth to the sun. this is when we have the equinox, where we have equal length of day and night when the sun is directly over the equator. so the spring ecc-knox happens on march 20th. for now we are in storm team 4 weather alert mode as we trac

amelia draper is back at the tidal basin where it's a beautiful evening. wearing your cherry blossoms pink sweater. >> i had to pull it out. it is spectacular down here, so many people mling around enjoying the gorgeous whether on this friday night. this is a special time of year in the nation's capital. you can see the folks behind me -- well, they left, they were taking pictures. now they're continuing on their y. the cherry blossoms hit stage 5 out of 6 today, that's the puffy white stage. you can see some of tt here on this beautiful cherry tree. we're still expecting peak bloom happen monday. so coming down to the tidal basin this weekend is going to be perfect. and i think next weekend we'll see some of the blossoms out, but the petals will come down. sometimes if you wait it's almost as magical because then it's snowing cherry blossom petals at the tidal basin. coming up doug and i will talk about what day is better to head down this weekend. we have rain in the forecast during the weekend so we'll have more on that coming upm. but again, right now

. >> amelia draper takes a dper dive into the damage across the country. this was something. absolutely. the images show unbelievable devastation. the same system that brought us snow and rain caused catastrophic damage, at least a dozen tornados towned down in alabama and georgia ed yesterday. lee county hit the hardest. the storm prediction centered rece1 tornado reports from mississippi to south carolina. i've overlayed them on this map for you here. every red dot you're seeing is the potentialor a tornado. and we have investigators out thereto surveying the damage. here was the storm moving through yesterday during the mornin midday and early evening hours, bringing the severe weather tththe sst and rain and snow showers to us in the d.c. metro area. why was the storm so damaging? so intense? before i get into that, i want to point out thattohe prediction center alerted folks in the southeast of a high likelihood of severe weather last thursday. so if you were payingto attenti he weather forecast in the southeast you knew that this was sunday.books for now the storms were

that's why i go to my g ad frielia draper. >> i do that, i can never get that the rig wa i was thinkingoday, i think so many people want to get out and their lawn and garden witthe mild weather but we have cooler temperatures moving en for the we so i contacted our friends at merrifield garden center, what can and can't you this is the perfect weekend for mulching, cleaning up your ln angarden, getting out everything that died over the winter, starting the pruning process. and also great to lay down grass seed. that being said, thees temperatren't going to allow the grass to germinate. you can still l itdown, just don't expect an immediate still fine to sprinkle grass seed in your lawn. you can plant trees and shrubs no problem this weekend. but hold off onlanting those tender plants, things like tomatoes, until we see theer waeather heading into april and may. you don't wanto putown weed killer or weed preventer this weekend based on the weather, whether it be temperatures aren't right, we have windy conditions or we have rain in the forecast. talking about the temperares we're at 45 d

. >>> another liv look outside, amelia draper is going to join us next with new research on the impact >> announcer: you're watching news4 at 4:00. >> a welcome bac 4:30 with the lathat on wt is called a worldwide tragedy. >>> people from more than 30 nations killed when an ethiopian airlines plane crashed. >> there are new concerns about the safety of that model of t rplane. scott macfarlanee live desk to bring us up to date. >> the ntsb and boeing have headed to the crash site in ethiia to help sort through the wreckage there. we know authorities have recovered two black boxes fro flight 302. 157 people, including eight americans died. the boeing 737 max 8 jet was the same m and model as the plane that craed in indonesia last year. american airlines have not moved that model plane from service yet but several countries, china, indonesia and ethiopia have grounded the planes. >> i doesn't mean the defect on this specific fleet but we have taken this as an extra safety precaution. >> today we're also hearing from the flight attendants union which is calling on the faa to conductn inves

. >> amelia draper is joining us. so d are wee with the rain? >> we're not done. we will have scattered showers out there during the afternoon hours. and i can't really out a rble of 24uthunder. but first these areas in brown are under a wind advisory until midnight tonight. upper montgomery, loudoun, frederick, carroll counties.ro and backd the i-81 corridor. we could see gusts up to 50le an hour. bond even ultimate side of the as 40ry, gusts as strong to 45 miles per hour. so we will likely see some wind damage especially from all the rain that fell yesterday, the ground is saturated, so spotty power outages are possible and again downed trees. here is the latest on the wd gusts. 20 to 30 miles per hour across the area. cooler thanit feel that 47 degrees that our temperature is currently at.n in additioo that, we still have a few flood warnings in effect including this flood warning forts p of fauquier and prince wilg yliam and fairf counties. this is until 4:00 p.m. i'm tracking these showers. more on the rain and winds 159s 11:20. >>> the city of frederick say

venture capitalist kim draper says starbucks will accept bitcoin.old him he was wrong and bet him with all the money in my pocket. >> you think starbucks won't accept bitcoin in four years. >> i'm betting you a nicol. >> you're out of your mind. >> we bet a nickel. >> total lil out of your mind. where have you been living? have you been living in a hole? >> first time i ever made a bet with a billionaire and i'm glad we're only doing it for a nickel. >> a bet with the bitcoin you have. >> bitcoins are $4,000. >> we've seen it drop as well. >> we have indeed. you'll be able to listen to it -- listen to me, i'm on tv. >> the podcast, that's cool. >> apple podcast, google podcast. this is not the first episode. we have a number of them. we look into why your apple phone changes what you type, particularly the word that gets changed to duck is one of them. >> i never type that, so i wouldn't know, young man. >> you literally only talk about mallards. >> you're right. >> check it out on itunes. >> all right. 5:14 for you right now. happening today, calli

weather in the south as early as lastek >> what they got in alabama was about as bad as it gets elia draper is in the studio now with a closer look at the scope and strength of these deadly tornados. amelia? >> when you see the video coming out of the southeast, it is absolute unbelievable. catastrophic image, and it wasn't just in alabama yesterday. check it out. here are all the tornado reports, potential tornado reports yesterday from the gulf up through the carolinas over 40 reports yesterday. the national weather service is out surveying the damage but this is the area of interest hearing about the lee county tornado, it's right on the line inab a, next to georgia. you can see the long line. so the national weather service is determining how manyna ts this is and what strength. here's what we know, lee count hit with at least an ef-4 tornado, we could see this go up to an ef-5 winds estimated at 170 miles an hour, that means single family homes absolutely destroyed. and again, investigators are ill determining, do they need to bump this up maybe to an ef-5. so far we have ef-2 tornados

let's check in first with amelia draper. how are things looking on the radar right now? >> as you can see,rm seam 4 radar drawing across the area right now and little is the keyword there. we saw aboutti c to around two inches across the region. just a few meager showers down in parts of maryland and a few flurries just north o frederick city. as we head into the evening, rain is going to start to develop and wit surface temperatures at higher elevations right at freezing, we cod be dealingith some frr for the counties here in purple. that's why the national weather service has issued a new winter weather advisory. this is for the i-81 corridor as well as frederick, carroll counties and maryland. is f gredethrick county in maryland. it goes until 7:00 a.m. elsewhere it expires earlier at 1:00 a.m. it's mainly at that hig r elevation. think of places like braddock heights. we could see anywhere fm about inch. ng to .2th of an you want to be cautious for slick spots as we head into the evening hours and early tomorrow morning. i am traeving rainoping this afternoon and eve

venture capitalist tim draper says starbucks will soon accept bitcoin. i tell him he's wrong.old the millionaire to put his money on the table and bet him five bigs ones. >> you think starbucks won't accept bitcoin? >> yes, i'm betting a nickel. >> the producer is here. we bet a nickel and we'll send it to a charity. >> totally out of your mind. where have you been living? living in a hole. >> in the world of high finance, let me explain what a nickel is. >> it's a billionaire, you could still say a dime. >> if there's a meeting i'm not aware of and then i'm on the hook for $10 million. i'm 90% sure i'm on the hook for five cents. >> we heard it. >> now we know who plays the penny shots in vegas. >> i should tell you how to get that podcast, obviously itunes. you know how to get itunes, it's on your phones. anywhere you get podcasts you can get sand hill road. if you're not interested in high finance, give it a try. it's much like "press: here," you'll be surprised how interesting people are. >> it happens right here in our backyard. >> it does. very important to the bay area.

is he don draper in a peggy olson world? he was once the perfect fit for the party, but no longer.oes he sort of meld that? he's trying to. he has apologized multiple times now for his handling of the anita hill hearings. he can't go back and change it. question is, does the party want someone who doesn't have that in their past? >> tonight we've got cory booker with his big town hall tonight and a big opportunity to make a splash, to separate himself from the field. is there something in particular you're looking for from cory booker tonight? >> i think he really wants to take this moment and build himself and present himself to the american people. right now you look at the polling. he's kind of in the middle of the pack. he's going to need a break-away mome moment. >> he does need a moment. remember when he tried to create that moment with brett kavanagh? this is my spartacus moment. don't try to make fetch happen. just see if fetch happens. >> maybe someone will ask him about his spartacus moment. >> maybe. >>> coming up for us, when will everyone see the mueller report and how

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well here to discuss it all is kirsty mcgregor, deputy editor of the fashion magazine drapers.rty, well—known brands, they become a one—stop shop on the high street and on line and it broadens out the audience base. i think it‘s a really good move for them. overall profit down 0.4%. let‘s turn our attention to ted baker. doing pretty well. if we put the resignation of theirfounder to the well. if we put the resignation of their founder to the site for one moment, they have fallen afoul. they issued a profit warning, asos, and ted baker issued a profit warning as well. they‘ve been hit by external factors. what does that tell us? those two retailers traditionally faring pretty well as sort of immune to the downturn elsewhere. that's why people are getting a bit worried because nobody is immune any more. it isa because nobody is immune any more. it is a really tough time. with next introducing third—party brands, retailers are having to be much more inventive. there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. entertainer, the toyshop chain. up by 12%. sales up 21%. it‘s opened 16

there is ruth draper's complete recorded monologues, the speech on the death of doctor martin luthere are not that's a rebuttal. i like that! this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, we'll be live in westminster to get more reaction to the news that the eu will grant a brexit extension but only if the prime minister's deal is approved next week. that's still to come. temperatures have reached as high as 19 celsius today, but it is the sunshine that made all the difference. very springlike underneath blue sky, elsewhere cloudy and temperatures low to mid teens, even with the cloud a bit milder than yesterday. looking at the satellite picture from yesterday, clear to see where the bulk of the blue sky was, and this is where we got the higher temperatures. we have had the clear skies through today, unlikely to see increasing cloud over night. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle here and there, especially towards parts of there, especially towards parts of the south and west. you can pick out some heavy rain, sun north—west of s