and out on the g.w. parkway, crews were out trying to fix potholes but not before they caused flat tires for dozens of vehicles. our jeanette reyes takes a look at some of the damage. >> the g.w. parkway is looking much better this noon. quite the improvement compared to earlier this morning where a number of cars were pulled off to the side of the road because of flat tires. all because of potholes. now, problems started close to midnight on the northbound lanes near stout run. nearly 20 cars had at least one tire blown. eventually, park police had to shut down the road for emergency repairs but almost immediately after crews wrapped up repairs on the northbound lanes, the southbound lanes started to look like a war zone. a number of cars were pulled off to the side of the road with flat tires. the numbers doubling to 16 within 20 minutes. >> we were coming down -- coming up the parkway and my original tire blew. we found a senior overlook and we changed it to the expire tire. >> in some cases, drivers

g.w. is up two. in the second half more from the colonials. jones showing off the range here. g.w. wins 72-60. they are in the a10 championship game that will take place tomorrow. >>> also tonight at 7:00 the maryland women they will face northwestern in the semifinals of the big ten tournament. let's move on to the ice. time starting to wind down on the regular season. the capitals trying to improve their playoff seating. the must win game tonight against a very bad buffalo team. alex ovechkin remains a game time decision. let's talk a little baseball now. for that we go down to vieira florida, and nats and cardinals. jason worth still recovering from shoulder surgery. had a front row seat to see steven strasbourg's debut. he had it going. how about this? peter goes down looking there and then in the second he gets out of the bases loaded jam. two strike-outs, but two runs allowed through 1 2/3 innings. top of the fourth. ryan zimmerman making the transition from third to first base here. comes up to make a play but the throw a little off the mark. danny esspin owesa can't make th

reporting along the g.w. parkway, jeanette reyes, abc 7 news. >> now there's a new survey that found driving on roads filled with potholes can in fact be costly. according to estimates from the american society of civil engineers, the average d.c. driver paid nearly $1100 each year in extra vehicle repairs and operating costs. that's a total of about $425 million a year for d.c. drivers. and nearly $2 billion a year for drivers in virginia and maryland. >> happening right now, crews are working to fix the sink hole you're seeing right here. this is in new carrollton. it took out an entire lane of garden city drive. highway officials tell us that this road buckled after a 12-foot pipe underneath it collapsed. the sink hole is not going to affect nearby metro travel, we understand, but garden city drive is closed completely now so it's going to be tricky to get to the new carrollton station. boy, with the new weather, with the nicer weather we're having outside, might see more folks out there on the roads. let'

g.w. is the new home of the city's 90-year-old textile museum. same facility will host artifacts connected to the history of the capital city. this is the latest for g.w. which you may recall acquired the corcoran gallery. that opens at 10:00 a.m. today. >> a live look outside where your saturday is shaping up to be a good one when it comes to weather. 20 degrees different between today and yesterday. chuck bell timing out the change for the second half of the weekend. >> and a grandmother guilty in the death of her own grandchild. why she ran her grand daughter to death. >> this is a story about a man headed to a bachelor party for a complete stranger. >> how does that happen? the mistake >>> today firefighters will be in your neighborhood to prevent houser fires. the firefighters will be checking and installing smoke alarms as well as alarms with seasonal fire and safety tips and offering escape plans for family. >> preparing your wedding and bachelor party invite lists not easy especially when you invite someone you don't know. a seattle man w

. >> and the g.w. colonials are beginning their conference tournament tonight and they are setting their sights of course on the big dance. >> george washington has come a long way in recent years and for one freshman he's come a really long way from japan to foggy bottom jason pugh has the story of a guy with the best name in college basketball. >> yeah that's right, chris and wendy. he represents more than the george washington basketball program. the 20-year-old has an entire country counting on him to be the face of basketball. watanabe is wrapping up his first season with the colonials and he's proving to be the next big star for g.w. for a player like watanabe joining the george washington basketball program was an easy decision to make. >> the general population is very diverse around here. i just think he felt comfortable and within our team at the time i think we had five kid that came over to american high schools from different countries so they had been through what he was going through and

. >> coach jonathan sipis and g.w. women are the top seed in the atlantic ten tournament the colonials facing st. louis today. first half, the shortest player on the court, lauren shay 5'5" but she's got some game. the senior coming up big with a the lay-in there. colonials up six at halftime. first possession of the second half st. louis the miss jones the rebound, gives it up to hannah shively who dishes to washington. how about that? washington had 24 points. g.w. wins 77-63. next up for the colonials, they will take on fordham in the semifinals tomorrow. so some very good basketball teams. both the men's and the women's teams in the area. we're going to move on to the men's side now. this is a very good story right here. the feel-good story of the weekend. tomorrow sst senior day for georgetown. but for tyler adams. it's not just the final home game of the season. adams was diagnosed with a heart ailment that ended his basketball career four games into his freshman year. he's remained with the program the last four

an art lesson at g.w. university. until next time. be safe, be kind, be happy. ♪ yeah, i'm married. do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ ♪ >>> new this morning, we are learning a police officer shot a man during a robbery in northeast d.c. >> let's take a live look outside. hopefully you didn't put away the winter coat for to go. what you need to know if you are heading out to the cherry blossom festival happening on the national mall. >> good morning to you. >> welcome to news 4 today this saturday march 28th. a cold start looking at 33 degrees in the district. tom is in for chuck bell. got

g.w. and duquesne. it was all gw tonight. the good hands, he gets the steal. nice finish at the other end. gw advances. and the terps kick off big ten play tomorrow night. they split the series this year with hoosiers. when it is march, anything can happen. >> that is right. that is why we love it. >> thank you. fans of the show "breaking bad" are getting themselves into some trouble at the home of walter white. what they are doing that has the real homeowner fuming. >> "breaking bad" fans are causing a headache for an albuquerque homeowner. they are throwing pizza on the roof of the home where key scenes were filmedd. it is re-creating a popular seen in the show, but the homeowner does not find it funny. she is threatening to prosecute trespassers. "breaking bad"'s creator also blasted fans this week, saying it is not cool to throw pitas on the roof. >> final look at the weather. >> thank you for joining us. >> 53 degrees for a high tomorrow. 60 degrees for a high on saturday, with a better chance of rain. near 60 on monday, tuesday, and wednesday. st. patric

the g.w. women defeated st. louis 77-63 today and advance to tomorrow's a-10 semifinals against fordham. all right. we are already in the swing of things. march madness going on. >> almost spring. >> almost. you know we're really close to spring because daylight savings time, that begins on sunday morning. we spring ahead by one hour. look outside right now and you can see what it looks like. it's still bright out there. but at this time monday it's going to be sunny at this point. >> wonderful. >> i know. that's good news on the way. it's still cold out there right now. as we head out doors, make sure you bundle up tonight. bright skies once again. temperatures in the middle 40's. at least we have the winds out of the southwest at five to 10 miles an hour. once we have winds out of the south-southwest, that will allow the temperatures to warm up snies nicely. look at the next seven days. six of the next seven, we'll be at or above 50 degrees. lower 50's on monday and chance for a few showers on tuesday. i'll ta

we'll keep you updated on the situation there at the g.w. parkway as soon as we learn more. leon? >> quite a scene at laguardia airport this morning. a delta flight coming in from atlanta skidded off the snowy runway during landing. that plane punched its way through the chain link fence and hit a berm and it barely missed the water. passengers had to slide down on inflated chute to safety. authorities say six people suffered some minor injuries. the ntsb is investigating. airlines canceled the majority of their flights out of b.w.i. marshall dulles and reagan national airports today. >> with amtrak running fewer trains in the northeast corridor, that limited at least one alternative there. chris pabst picks up the stormwatch team coverage from reagan national airport today. hi, chris. >> hi, leon and alison. after three or four hours of very little activity here at reagan national airport, the snow is lightening up a little bit and the planes are now officially taking off. this is an airport that normally has about 850 flights a day on average. today, 520 have already been cancel

. >> and a quick note g.w. men are still trying to get a spot in the 68. they'll play duchene tonight in the second round of the a-10 tourney. sorry, no sound effects. >> you'll hear them. maybe next week. all right, beautiful tonight. clear skies. cool temperatures. tomorrow sunshine in the morning. clouds in the afternoon. rain late. when will the rain get here? steve rudin knows. he'll share that with his updated forecast when he joins you here tonight at 11:00. at least we'll salvage part of the weekend. not going to get off to the great start. >> grateful for that. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. join us again at 11:00. have a good night. >>> tonight, the breaking news. the manhunt right now in ferguson. s.w.a.t. teams storming this home breaking in through the roof. after a gunman ambushes two police officers -- >> got an officer down. officer down. >> hours after the police chief resigns. >>> new information tonight in the secret service scandal. where the party started, and the drive to the white house. crashing into that ba

g.w. will go to the dance and so will american university for the first time ever. so the big dance tonight for the first time. leon: and the ncaa gets a chance to do a do over. tim: they have no chance. they went undefeated. they have to. doug: show you another sign of spring here thanks to john saunderman. he took that. and you can see him more if you follow him on twitter. this is down in cherry blossoms and it looks like the florets are visible. we're on cherry blossom watch. temperatures are going to take a nose dive tomorrow with the cold front. maybe some midday showers and gusty winds. then it turns colder. it's going to stay chilly for sometime. steve rudin will have more what to expect in the morning when he joins us tonight at 11:00. leon: that's it for us now. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. >>> on this monday night, the famous multimillionaire under arrest. about to be extradited. long suspected of killing his wife and friend robert durst, and his stunning words. saying he quote, killed them all. tonight, authorities preparing to mo

g.w. plays pitt in the first round of the nit in the peterson events center in pittsburgh at 7:00 and when they get ready to play in the pitt -- in the pete, they rock it. leon: absolutely. let's check this out. before we take off, check out this landing. prince charles and his wife camilla moments away of touching down at joint base andr royal couple beginning their u.s. trip in washington. attending a reception for british embassy staff tonight and meet with the president on thursday and then after a quick trip to louisville kentucky they will be then heading back. keep our eye on this trip and let you know what happens. all right. doug: crystal clear skies out there. it will be cold tonight. join steve rudin tonight at 11:00 with the latest on the falling temperatures and let you know how low it will go and more about the rain. maybe a snowflake or two on friday. leon: that will do it for us. "world n >>> on this tuesday night, the millionaire murder suspect, robert durst, and the new c

. >> i applyied to several schools but g.w. was at the top of the list. >> the surprise of a lifetime. he's in and it's free. reporting in northwest d.c. zachary kiesch news 4. >>> right now at 5:00 -- a mother learns new details about the murder of her teenage son. >>> it's known as the intersection of doom. now a big change being made to protect all who cross. >> an injured police officer waits for an ambulance. what happened that made his fellow officers drive him in a cruiser instead. >>> i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. >>> some disturbing details in the shooting death of a virginia teen aurge. >> brenden wilson was gunned down last year on a path that leads to woodbridge high school. >> a detective detailed the gunman's confession. julie? >> reporter: well take a look at this sign on the tree. it says brenden's path. it's been named that in honor of the teen killed here. that memorial a place his mom likes to come when she needs some comfort. it's a place she planned to come today after a painful court hearing detaile

>> reagan cited 25 year voting rights, g.w. bush cited it. 50 years. now, it's all still there. it was extended by 60 years by reagan. >> i will give you one more chance. >> a small thing going back -- >> you are new to the show. i will give you one more chance. give me one statistical piece of evidence that the black community under barak obama they gave him 90-plus% of their vote is better off under his policy. give me a measurement you can point to. >> no, i can't. i cannot give you one shining super metric that explains the difference in experion and experience for black people under this president versus black people under the president's potential competitors. >> because his policies have failed all americans, especially hit hard is the black community. you know what, his policy just failed them. when 50% of black teenagers can't get a job, that means they're hanging out with their friends, if white teenagers can't get a job, i that can't they're hanging out with their friends. that's not good. it's better for kids to be working and have opportunity. under this president,

democrats then as a senator, who they were going after karl rove, other top bush officials who were using g.w. bush server e-mail for official corps upon dense. now it's been turned around on the clinton administration. listen to what mrs. clinton said about all that back then. >> our constitution is being shredded. we know about the secret wiretap wiretaps, the secret military secret e-mail accounts, it's a stunning record of secrecy and corruption, of cronyism run amok. >> i asked josh ernest whether this white house knew about the fact that secretary of state clinton, then secretary of state had her own server at her home and that her e-mails were going through there. and he said i don't know the answer to the that and several other reporters ss ss questioned him about what they knew. >> especially when they're saying whatever whatever@clinton.com. this is raising a bunch of new questions about benghazi, so go again, what are you learning? >> reporter: what's interesting about this is that josh ernest for two days now has said this white house, the administration at large has cooperated wi

iments it's happening at 6:30 at g.w. child school at 16th and warton streets. it's a chance for parents to ask about the future of education in the city. hundreds of people have already signed up to attend. nbc10 jim rosenfield will moderate the first debate tuesday, april 7th at the kimmel center. you can watch that live here on nbc10. if you have any questions for the candidates you can submit them on nbc10.com or through the nbc10 app. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is pushing for support at another town hall event. he took questions from people at the hanover community center. this is a video of the governor at a previous thanh hall. he said yesterday he likely won't make up his mind about a likely run for president until late spring or early summer. he will attend a fund-raiser in philadelphia this week. >>> somebody swiped a pricey trailer from a chester county parking lot. the 2014 forest river work and play was stolen from a lot in new garden township. it's similar to the one seen right here. the trailer has kitchen bathroom and sleeping quarter

i sat with g.w.'ke lonergan and morgan w00t on the talk about their friend mike brey. >> his mom was a coach and my mom was a coach. i think about my mom every day, june 9th 1995 is when she passed away. i knew it was a big deal to mike and i was amazed he coached after he found out his mom died. >> mike did exactly what he knew his mother wanted him to do. she would want him to coach that game take care of those kids. i really couldn't be prouder, to be honest with you. that may be the greatest moment of his coaching career, what he did the other night. >> strong words there. nit action, everyone is talking about old dominion facing murray state. 3.5 second to go odu, check that out, trey freeman banks it in. game-winning buzzer-beater. odu wins it 72-69. they're in the nit semifinals for the first time since 2006. you know those people are exhausted today. look at that the photographers getting in on that. that is fantastic. that's what i love about this time of year. >>> rest is always great, but f

gupta was a g.w. garage walt student working on his second master's degree and mark waugh a first-year l student at georgetown. >> tsrady that surrounds this case is really the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> reporter:t started as a birthday party. rahul gupta w turning 24. they drank, they partied, the night ended with mark, gupta, and his then girlfriend taylor gould at the silver spring apartment t couple shared. sometime aroun 3:00 a.m., police received call from gould. >> i don't know. mr. there's blood everywhere. >> what do ye there's blood everywhere? what happene >> i don't know. >> reporter:to say it was a love triangle turned deadly. "i caught them and i killed them," rahul gupta told police that night. his defense team argued in court that gupta's girlfriend was the real murderer and that he took the blame for her. but the jury didn't buy it. >> mark's murder is an evil that we cannot comprehend, a dark evil. >> reporter:ilu there, the father of the victim in

. >>> the g.w. also in action the sixth-seeded colonials taking on the 11th seed gonzaga. >>> max scherzer on the mound for the nats. already up 4-0 but bryce harper at bat, first home run in spring. let's go back to scherzer here. he gave up a solo homer in the fourth but later in the inning he was dealing. gets jed lowry in the fifth. chris singleton caught looking. six strikeouts for scherzer over five innings, gives up one run. nats win it 7-5. >>> also kevin durant could be done for the season. >> ouch. >> more on that at 11:00. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for making me wait longer to share my photo albums. thank you cable, because if we never had you we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price,

. >>> also in action tonight in the respective conference tournaments, georgetown g.w. and howard.eball nats takinging on the mets in port st. lucie. we'll start in the third. michael taylor at the plate with the nats down a run here. taylor seeing some extra playing time with the injury to denard span span. comes through with two men on takes one to right, nate mclouth score, danny espinosa scores. taylor conduct caught in a rundown but his two anne arundel double gives the nats a 3-1 lead. top of the sixth, espinosa batting, gone. is his handlebar mustache? maybe that's good maybe that was holding him back. a clean-shaven blast aso low home run out of the park. but they fall. >>> o's taking on the cardinals. spring training not too early to bring out the rally monkey. pick it up bottom three, bud norris on the hill for the bird facing former oriole mark reynolds. two men on. see you later. you love the sound of that bat. >> i do indeed. >> his first homer of the season st. louis takes a 3-1 lead. they go on to win it 8-2. >>> football redskins general manager in eugene, oregon, t

this is the latest for g.w. which as you recall acquired the corcoran gallery and its art school just a few months back. >>> well despite the snow and all-around gloomy weather we've had this winter it is the first day of spring and nothing is more synonymous with this season than cleaning. right? consumer reporter erika gonzalez is here to show us how to get this over with fast so we can get back more of our day. >> reporter: it won't be long before the flowers bloom and the sun gets so bright you have a clear shot of all the things in your house that need cleaning. but i promise this will go quick. we turn to the cleaning pros at "consumer reports" for their best advice. when tackling windows, there's a couple different items you could use. paper towel, newspaper, or microfiber towels although the newspaper will probably save you the trip to the store. you can make your own glass cleaner with three items that you likely already have in your home. dish soap ammonia, and rubbing alcohol. when tackling your floor

talking hoops now the terps women win their first ever big 10 title yesterday and the g.w. women won the title. hop on the title train as well. megan jebbia wants this. a date for her team to the big dance. >> next place and you have to enjoy it. you have to want to look forward to it. the a.u. women have been in i.t. before. >> going to go. >> have never made the ncaa tournament. wednesday night against navy and the eagles would be just one more win away. >> i try to only worry about 7:00 but of course when i'm by myself at home, i'm thinking about what could be. >> after all, only history is on the line. >> they do have it in them. it's just how hard is it going to be to take them from some place they've never been to a place that they want to go. >> girl power. >> cool. >> girl power. >> i don't think i've ever heard about an area where every woman's team is a champion at the same time. >> new things happening, huh? >> make it happen. >> all right. >> thank you. all right. coming up next on abc 7 news at 5:00, this story is upside down for 14 hours. >> hear >> it's a rem

. >> reporter: betty was an olympic swimmer and a coach for the g.w. swim team in the early '80s. accomplished in the pool while her son accomplishes on the basketball court. he played for and coached alongside the legend morgan wooten as well as coach k at duke. but those two weren't the only mentors in hi life. >> absolutely those guys were great, but the two educators my parents were when i run into people that played for them they had in class or they taught in the summers, everybody they had loved them. and i've really taken a big page out of that. >> he's been here for us for myself specific countless times in our past. that's something i hope he knows we cherish because really not a better coach in the country. >> diana russini, news4 sports. >>> right now new information about the ebola patient being treated in bethesda. what doctors at nih are telling nbc news. >>> an army national guard soldier acued of trying to join isis isis. what we're learning act his arrest just mom trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just

so this is on the g.w. parkway northbound. right at the key bridge. so everyone leaving the city, you really do have the congestion. we did have some lanes blocked by park police. they said everything is moved over to the side. let's talk about these delays. 66. for you heading outbound about 20 miles per hour is your average working your way a little bit closer towards centreville. i want to talk about how long it's going to take you from the beltway to get to the fairfax county parkway, about 29 minutes and let's take a live look right near route 28. this gives you a good idea of the pace. it is slow. we are not bumper to bumper. this is normal afternoon congestion. let's take a look on the beltway right near river road. for you on the inner loop getting from virginia into maryland, it's going to be congested and we continue with those delays on the inner loop as you work your way into montgomery county. let's go back to the maps and talk about slowing through maryland. 12 miles per hour for you and as we get closer to the top side of the beltway, s

. >>> the northbound lanes of the g.w. parkway are shut down. a look at a bit of fun from arlington police. nbc washington just tweeted this out as officers have some fun with that no sledding policy at the u.s. capitol. >>> it's a mad rush to clear school parking lots right now and the sidewalks out there too. many have already closed tomorrow. keep it locked right here for up-to-the-minute announcements. we have them for you after the break. i know grandma's house isn't the most exciting, but it's only for a few hours. look what i've got. when you get verizon fios, you get beautiful hd picture quality, super fast internet, and america's most reliable network. so you won't miss a second of that movie, that game they love, or those moments with family. can we sleep over? please! come on! make your house the house when you get more from verizon fios the tv service rated #1 in hd picture quality and signal reliability based on customer satisfaction studies plus america's fastest, most reliable internet. and for peace of mind, get a price quote in

>> g.w., university of florida, university of miami, university of south florida. >> we'll work on her she'll be fine. >>> you know, "dancing with the stars.” >> love it. >> there it is. >> it was dynamite last night. >> season 20 got kicked off. >>> and mitt romney geared up for a new fight. you won't believe who his opponent is. "the skinny" and a bonus round up next. ♪ skinny ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> topping our headlines, season 20 of "dancing with the stars.” >> last night's season premiere on abc was a power-packed one. it was incredible. starting off with a surprise. some of the stars could actually dance. olympic gymnast nastia and derek hough fox trotted to "new york, new york," starting off in black and white and switching to color to kick it up into high gear. and it was an amazing flip. but really bringing the house down, noah galloway and partner sharna burgess. ♪ when the moment comes you say i ♪ >> woo. the iraq veteran and his partner were given a long standing ovation. but the reaction wasn't as enthusiastic for actress suzanne sommers. ♪ i'm not going to laugh. i coul

today in dallas the former florida governor will be joined by his brother g.w. and his wife.raising appearance of the 2016 cycle. then tomorrow his father former president george h.w. bush and his mom, barbara, will stump for their son at a houston event. msnbc's benji sarlan joins me live from washington, d.c. we have george w. still being considered a polarizing figure in the electorate. so how is jeb bush able to separate himself from his brother, especially if his brother is going to be campaigning for him? >> well it's a very difficult balance that he's tried to strike. jeb bush has been very clear from the start that he's not going to make any kind of show of distancing himself from his brother or from his father. he's been very supportive of them. he's denended both their presidencies. however, he's said he's going to be, quote, his own man, in speeches and he should be judged by his own positions. now, it's a question of whether or not people will accept that. he's always going to be seen to some degree through the lens of his family especially if they play a prominen