general manager ernie grunfelds fired.hey said, we did not meet our statedgels, we have a culture of accountability. >>> 6 oo:51. wles leurn to meteorologist chuck bell. >> it's going to be 17 degrees warmer than yesterday. that's good news. it snowed yesterday,nd of all places, charlotte, north carolina. parts of the north carolina/south carolina border, over an inch of snow. what's our lest inch or more of snow? we've traced snow but for a full inch or more, the latest that's ever happened was 2.0 inches, april 12th, 1918. dulles, april 12th, 1973 and baltimore, two inches on april 11th, 1894. so we haven't hadha more a full inch of snow anymore than april 12th. that is getting ose. at the third already. cold enough for snow but not a cloud in the sky t morning. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. grab a shedable layer for today. we'll spend most of thehe afternoon inow to mid 60s. it will be windy. because of the windy conditions and the dry air in place, high fi danger for today. if you are doing any outdoor burning from

the wizards firing president and general manager ernie grunfeld. we send this to cary chow at the live desk. >> the wizards have fired team president ernie grunfeld. if you check out twitter, you might get theli f this was a long time coming. he held the job for 15 years. do you remember who the last president was? michael jordan. he has been the president of basketball operations since 20. they never made it to the conference final. the own saying they will hire an outside firm to help find thr next general manager. the vp of basketball ops will be the interim general manager. he's worked under grunfeld for 14'lears. hear from wizards owner ted leon on thisdecision. >>ng the playoffs. time for a shakeup. thanks, cary. >>> no progress in efforts to set up a legislative hearing in the sex assault allegations against the virginia lieutenant governor. the criticism coming as both accusers tell their stories on national tv. bureau chief julie carey takes a look at what the gop was proposing. >> reporter: in separate interviews, both of the lieutenant g

sports, the wizards firing ernie grunfeld, the director of operations sense 2003. they never advanced pst the second round this season. 32-46 so far. h ead coach said he was sad to see theuy who hired him gf itely a tough day. we've both been in this league long enough. tough days happen. he's aod man and he gave me a great opportunity. we didn't meet some of our goals. and that happens. things like this happen. >> the president for the wizards, michael jordan, yeah,' ertainly been a while. so with xfinity mobile i can customize each line for each family member? yup. and since it comes with your internet, you can switch wireless carriers, and save hundreds of dollars a year. are you pullin' my leg? nope. you sure you're not pullin' my leg? i think it's your dog. oh it's him. good call. customize each line and choose to pay by the gig or getunlimited. do you guys sell other dogs? now that's simple, easy, awesome. and since xfinity mobile comes with xfinity internet, you can save hundreds a year. get $250 back when you buy a new samsung galaxy. click, call, or visit

the washington wizards are parting ways with erni ernie grunfeld. we did not meet our stated goals of qualifying for the playoffs this season and despite playing with injuries to several key players, we have a culture of accountability and responsibility. now the search for a new team president will begin after the season. >>> the $330 million manmade a return trip to nats park last night. >> bryce parker posted a heart felt message to the nats fans before tt game but t didn't matter. >> right fielder number 3, bryce harper. >> can you hear it? we were questioning whether that was going tohappen. fans booed loudly as harperas introduced. he received someer che when they got up. they had an 8-2 victory. trey turner was lost ip definitely astnight. >> it was tough to watch. >> i watched him strike out twice. >> like chuck said, at the end of the day he walks away with $330 million. >> i don't think he res. >> i'll fake the boos. >>. >>> what may wd up increasing your risk for stroke. >>> i haven't heard that many boos since i oromised rain a weekend.

updates from court throughout the da > washington wizards have fired long-time general manager ernie grunfeld. they say he was fired because ake the would not playoffs this year. he had been with the team for 16 seasons. theearch for his replace lmt start at the end of this season. >>> over atrk nats bryce harper made his return to washington and fans didn't exactl welcome him back once he was on home plate. >> he knew that was going to happen,right? come on. when he took to the field as a philly he was greeted with boos. >> bryce harper. >> traitor. snake. yikes. they were blastin bryce for leaving d.c. for philly. on the field mike scherzer kept up the momentum. harper struck out his first two at bat. that's when i went to bed. he crushed a home run into the second deck. here's what harper had to say about coming home after the me >> i didn't know it was going to be like ithis. heard the boos. for me, that's part of sports. part of the game. for me i just tried i, like said, remember the city of philadelphia is sitting back at home, cheering, screaming, yelling at their tv happy as heck tha

. >>> the washingtonizards are parting ways with erni ernie grunfeld. in a statement the team owner said, quote, we did not meet our stated goals ofor qualifying the playoffs this season. despite playing with injuries to sevel key players, we have a culture for kidbility. >> $330 million manur rd to nats fan. >> he posted a heart felt message on instagram. it was nice. >> right fielder, number 3, bryce harper. right.number 3 is not fans boo harper. you can hear it from the stands as he was introduced for the phillies. the wrong red hat. he received cheers when the nats showed a tribute video. they spelled out traitor, we saw sign that said snake. in the end he walked away with an 8-2 victory. the nats lost shortstop trey turnerhe indefinitely whe broke a finger. that's a huge loss. >>ou can't deny what bryce did for the team, the nats. and that's why philly's paying him over $300 million to hit the home runs. >>> still ahead, promising news in the fight for pancreatic cancer. >>> what may wind up increasing the risk of stroke. >>> time to start thinking

ernie grunfeld led the team for the past 16 seasons. in a statement team owner ted lee oensis said we did not meet our goa for qualifying for the playoffs and despite playing with injuries to several key players we have a culture of accountability and responsibility, end quote. the search for a new team president will begin after the .eas >>> virginia tech expected to lose a basketball coach today. multiple outlets reporting the head coach buzz williams is expected to step down today so that he could take over the program at texas a&m. the aggies fired their coach after the team failed to make the tournament. accordin to sports illustrated, williams could meet with his new team in college station as soon as tonight. williams helped lead the hoagies last ncaa tournament t three seasons. >>> bryce harper -- >> and bryce harper will be at nats park this morning for today's midday game. coming up, what head to say about his t-so-warm welcome back. >> and what chuck bell has to say about our weather and whether it will warm u washington and

beal igh in ng a new career points and a team with a fresh start after parti ways with the gm ernie grunfeld after 16 years but zechdefinitely a scar season for the wizards. and football is getting closer. the redskins announcing their preseason schedule. exact dates and times to be announced, but week one they'll be visiting the browns. week two hosting the bengals. week three visiting the falcons and they'll finish the preseason hosting the come on, football. we can watch all those games right here on nbc 4. >> you're not going to dye your hair orange, are you? >>no'm i don't think that would be a >>> nightly news srtsta son i want you to know something very important. not everybody can be a winner like aldi. their products have won over 400 awards for quality. kind of like cooper's solar system. but hey we did great too. not aldi great, but regular great... beat him... ...plants? know what's really great? the low prices at aldi. save on select friendly farms greek yogurt, now just $2.99. aldi. shop differentli. >>> tonight, breaking news in at massive college cheating scandal. hollywood s

today the team fired president of basketballpetions ernie grunfeld who has held the job since 2003. if youer reme he took over for michael jordan. i can assure you jordan is not a candidate to replace him. >> no. >> wizard star thanked him for d.c.ing him to this season the wizards have lost 46 games so far already eliminated fm the playoffs. in 16 seasonthe wiz aid eight trips to the playoffs, or won 50 games in a season. wizards owner is taking the blame. >> while ernie got the news today, i take responsibility. youou're a grownup leader have to do this. this is not fun. but we failed and i failed. so i don't want to fail. it's probably the biggest myth i've had in terms of setting goals a what the actuality will be, so i apologize. oo i'm hoping that everyone has a lot of candor and trust and beef and can tell me what i should do and what be doing.'t that's what i want to do over the income three weeks. >>> bad news for the other team the caps. defenseman michal kempny will be out four to six months after having surgery to repair a torn hamstring. kemp kempny suffered the injury

the team firing long-time president and general manager ernie grunfeld. he helped lead the wizards for the lt 16 seasons. we did not meet our stated goals of qualifying for the playoff this is season and despite playing with injuries to several key players, we have a culture of accountility a responsibility. end quote. the search for a new team president begins after the season. so are youhe fan who going to cheer bryce harper in his return to d.c.re tonight? he did do a lot for the nats in his seven years here with t teat bu you throw that out the wo window and boo him becau he left for division rival of all team, the phillies. here's harper arriving at nats park as a visitor for the first time after signing a $330 million deal with the phillies last month. harper will make hisirst appearance in d.c. with his new team. in just the last hour harper talked to the media at nats parh about what expects tonight is going to be like. >> it's definitely going to be different. i'll step in the batter's box at ngnats park walki out from the other side of the dugou