. >> video has received over 500,000 views and as jason pugh reports, george washington univer >> reporterime f lane to meet her favorit president, george washin. >> it's george. >> ava was sitting in on brother's home school cl we were discussing presi we were discussing symbo the united states, talki the white house which sh if george wash there. when we informed her tha unfortunately george was was no longer alive, she very sad. >> so sad that her mother capt >> maybe we can see our president, president bar obama. >> how did you feel when found out george washingto wasn't around anymore? >> sad. >> why? >> because i wanted to m >> what do you think youik about him? what was so cool that yo to meet him? >> because he had cool c >> reporter: it may not real george washington, bu ava, this one will d jason pugh, news 4 sport >> oh my gosh. that's so cool. maybe the colonial year will come back right, cool clothes. >> you've heard of them infesting college dorm room hotels even the movie theater. why getting rid of bedbugs could soon get harder frmths what we're learning about the legal tro

. >> bryce harper sit downs with our jason pugh. >>> d.c. hasn't had a world series champion since the 1924 senators. but the face of the nationals wants to change that. >> bryce harper is not being bashful at all about his expectations for this season. our jason pugh sat down with the 22-year-old at spring training. >> reporter: how does it feel to be back here with this particular group of guys? >> yeah i mean we're all excited, all ready to go. we're very very excited. i mean it's a lot of confidence, a lot of fun inside the clubhouse right now. and, you know, we're just wanting to work. >> reporter: you let it be known, we're about winning the world series. this is a championship-caliber team and that's what our goals are. obviously you're okay with letting the world know that's what you want to do. >> i mean if you don't have the confidence in your ability, then who's going to have the center field in your team? you can talk about it being on paper, you know, all you want but, you know, you have to go out there and prove that you can pl

jason pugh joins us with details. >> dean smith changed the way basketball is coached and played. he was an innovator during his 36 years as head coach at north carolina. he won two national titles and 11 final four appearances. smith coached a long list of great players throughout his time at chapel hill. like michael jordan and sam perkins. he was the first coach to integrate the acc. the hall of famer also affected the lives of many coaches, including mark tur john who gave his thoughts on dean smith. >> probably what i appreciate the most what a great person he was. as you get older in life that's really more important than being the coach and winning games. and that's probably where he's had the biggest influee on me more than anything. so it's a sad day. i hurt today because i know my mentors are really hurting and i know how much they love coach smith. what an impact on college baskd basketball in general. >> now, coach turgeon coached under larry brown. both came from the dean smith coaching tree. he passed away at his home. his wife and five children were with him. chri t

from the newsroom, i'm jason pugh. >> you won't see brian williams tomorrow. he e-mailed his colleagues yesterday saying he decided to "take himself off the anchor desk for the next several days." systems said he's become too much a part of the news after apologizing for making false sometimes about his reporting in iraq. president deborah turner says investigative team is working to get the facts about the statement. lowell will-- lester holt will anchor until williams returns. >>> expect a spike in gas prices the next time you fill up. see what's fueling the increase. >> reporter: aing for southeast d.c. resigns after a vandal visits -- residents after a vandal visits overnight. more details coming up. >>> and the powerball jackpot jumps to nearly half a billion dollars. the next is there an an adjustment for that. you can only find sleep number at a sleep number store. right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> new at election gas price vs. been creeping -- new at 11:00, gas prices have been creeping up.

the nats first squad workout in florid just sent jason pugh to cover.rs already down there working out. bryce ha those ente the field. he's entering his fourth season in the league. he comes in as light as he's n he weighe 205 pounds. he came in at 225 last year. he's still the star of the team. one. t quest asked was about the newest start, $200 million pitcher matt scherzer. to be able to have a guy like scherz come in i started . i wa like where is my ring? it's stupid. it's stupid how good our staff is. if you have to go into a five-ge set, you have to face zimmer fister scherzer and straws. luck. >> what a great response. welcome to d.c. where is my ring? confid day. so two wins this month. that's it. wistruggling. there's 25 games left to go. the wiz have time to get their act together. starts on the road tonight agait minnesota. last night a golden state, produc another low season high 26 turnovers. compar to just nine by the warrio. but the a bright side. the wiz kid shot 53% from the floor compared ton the other ten games of this losing spell.

we also know our jason pugh is get t interviews do theod pe hdo with manager matt wilam >> itl to be back out tre with the entire team? >> iwagood. had the threat of rain today, which for spring trai, it was good. a chan to get out there and run ou a little bit. make evebo's legs a little sor ws good. >> the expectations being so high d you embrace them? >> w wouldn't want to be on the team that has those expeat it m t we've got a good clu th means we can do some things it means that, you k you've got a great starting pitching stafth y get to play behd y day. all tt is good for us. and they'll meet it. thellt it head on and play anbe free to play like they did last year. and we'll see where we can go. >> all right. the fir full squad workout. jays w mostly just doing conondrills. no bp, he underwent surgery last montan hopes to be ready for openg day. didwa to speak in front of the catot talked to the writers the clubhouse and id he wants to be cautious rig now and doesn't want to sufsetba base coming back too early. jas p ay man in flodaopinion. on nbinppche out interview with the $

jason pugh has the story. >> reporter: alex ovechkin finally received the car he's been begging for.> i'm very happy to be in this position to help the kids and help everybody to be happy and put smile on the face. >> reporter: he and honda presented the car to the american special hockey association a program for children with developmental disabilities. they'll ralph the car off, raising money for the program. >> what are you doing? >> they learn life skills through the game that translate to everyday life for them. they feel accepted. they're part of a team. they have friends. it really open it is door for hem. >> reporter: the caps first hosted kids a few months ago. it was there where evey developed a relationship with 10-year-old ann schaub. >> alex ovechkin is my boyfriend. i call him baby. >> reporter: you went on to get sushi with him? >> yeah. >> we were so grateful for that piece of alex's time to have him come out and coach our kids on the ice was so special for them. that alone would be something we would remember for the rest of our lives, so for it to turn into this is

nats gm mike rizzo is the man making all the decisions and jason pugh asked him all about it. >> what'st like for you as a general manager when you get to know these family, kind of build a especially relationship with them opinion when you have to let someone go, how difficult is it? >> you talk contracts and it takes two to make a deal. all we can do is put a fair diehl out there we feefl is fair and equitable at market value and extol the virtues of being this ball club. we have a great relationship. both of those, jordan and ian, i've known them their whole professional careers and they're -- i respect them greatly and but they have to do what's best for themselves and my job is to do what's best for the nationals organization. >> there's nothing going on right now, haven't heard anything and yoin during the season i don't really want to talk. season. so if something does pop up in spring we'll listen and see what happens. but as of right now there's nothing going on. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> funny singing grown men singing happy birthday. didn't get 31 candles but denard spahn

new tig jason pugh down in flori tag the nats' new $210 mil man. >>> and an unusual and alarming healthwhy doctors say hiv cases are soaring a pocket of midd americ >>> thk the bat means one thing -- baseball season and spring i right around t corner a t nats players are at spring tg getting readyor t season-opener. there's april 6th. >> stars we've come to know, bryce harper and stephen strasbur hoping to get this team ba io the playoffs. >> but there's a new star who has d.c. buzzing tonight about a world serie today japu sat down with the new $210 million piper. >> first off, the contract $210 million doeth number still blow your mind? >> yeah. i mean, it is. i mean to have ta that type of money to bayplay baseball. but when yoha the revenues this wh can happen. >> butu earned every single cent thu your hard work and the numbu'p up over the year >> thay current system is of compensating players you have to be e in a specific window to rea free agency and the perform i'm on the few guys able to capture t >> to h a guy like scherzer come in i just started laughg. i like where is my rin

jason pugh, news 4 sport >> that's adorable. >> that's great. >> much more ahead on ♪ performance, isow an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200 america's import. ♪ >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> good sunday morning everybody. i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. welcome to "news 4 today." weekend warmup part two. temperatures will get higher than yesterday. >> 32 in leesburg 36. they'll go up a lot higher than that. chuck, what have you got for us? >> nothing but good news for your sunday angie and adam. it's going to be a nice day to be outside today. you need to get out and soak it in everybody. it's not going to last. we'll have clouds and rain chances back just in time for your back to work and school day. a one-day winter vacation. sky watcher camera looking out to the east hoping for another great looking sunrise like yesterday. so far, so good. sun is up just after about seven or eight more minutes. temperatures low to mid 30s around the metro area. typically cold by february standards. later this afternoon, check out these temperatures, mid early this afternoo