katie beck, nbc news, mesa, arizona. >>> let's turn now to the heated moments in our nations capital. the marine corps top brass took incoming fire from senators over the nude photo scandal rocking the military and faced tough questions about how something so shocking could happen under their commend. nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols has details. >> reporter: tonight, the country's most powerful marines under fire on capitol hill. >> denigrating female marines who will give their life to this country in the way they have with no response from leadership. i can tell you your answers today are unsatisfactory. >> reporter: testifying why he didn't know about nude photos of female marines circulating online without their consent. the photos allegedly posted to a 30,000 member group, the marines united. they say roughly 500 members accessed the images. >> we haven't just fact with all marines are marines. >> reporter: facing a skeptical audience. >> when you say to us it's got do be different, that rings hallow. >> i don't have a good answer for you. i'm not going to sit here a

katie beck, nbc news, >>> one of the busiest bridges in our area received extra inspection today. a hole opened up on a bridge along i-95 in dale city back in october. now, the patch that's over the hole, not holding up. an emergency contract will be awarded to fix the bridge deck. eventually it will either need a complete rehab or it will need to be replaced. >>> you checking your last-minute forecast there? >> actually i am. that's exactly what i'm doing here, tracking that weekend snowstorm. >> uh-huh. you can't wait. >> this is one of those things that you watch this far out, and right now we're six days out, and some days, some models, you go, okay, it's going a little north, a little farther south. we still don't know the exact track. obviously we'll have that for you the closer we get to the event. but still six days out, yeah, a lot of anticipation on what's going to happen, i'm still waiting on the next little model. no, not yet. temperatures like this. 48 degrees, winds out of the southeast at five miles per hour. pretty nice night, on the dry and mild side. temperatures

nbc's katie beck was there to help celebrate a man who is inspiring america. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: birthdays are milestones. for ray chavez, march 10th is an annual miracle. did you ever dream you would live to be 105 years old? >> no, never did. >> reporter: we first met ray, the oldest living pearl harbor veteran, back in december, following him to hawaii for the 75th anniversary of the infamous attack. sharing his secret to long life. survival of the fittest. ray's been working out with his trainer twice a week since 101. naturally the gym is where ray kicked off his birthday weekend. some sweat and then some sweets. >> been surprising. because i thank so many people. >> reporter: saturday, more people. a procession fit for a president led ray to the "uss midway." san diego threw their favorite sailor a sunset bash where the only thing old was the ship. >> i feel like about 50. >> reporter: handshakes, heroic hugs, and speaking of presidents, a celebratory letter from one. world war ii vet george h.w. bush. and at ray's church sunday his closest crew. >> i've only b

katie beck, nbc news, las cruces, new mexico. >>> we're back with why this is such a sad one for some movie lovers. >>> a defeat in court today for advocates of transgender rights. the supreme court said it will not rule on which bathroom a transgender virginia teen could use at school, and it wiped out that student's previous victory in a lower court. this comes after a change in policy by the trump administration. >>> robert osborne has died. television viewers knew him as the face of turner classic movies and a beloved hollywood historian. he was with the network from the very start, introducing old favorites ever since. tcm says he passed away today in new york. robert osborne was 84 years old. >>> are you trying to decide which airline to book? travel and leisure is out with its list of best airlines for customer service. for domestic flights, virgin america is ranked best followed by southwest and alaska airlines. singapore, followed by emirates and virgin atlantic. >>> and inside a classroom where grades rise when the beat drops. "inspiring america" is next. >>> nbc news is bro

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katie beck with a sequel in california. >> reporter: in oakland, california, a love for trees has deeproots. the city's emblem, a sprawling oak tree on every street sign. so it's fit thag here, not where the sidewalk ends, but where it buckles, one particular tree -- >> isn't that nice? >> reporter: is growing a fan club. you have never seen this kind of attention? >> we haven't. that's where we are stumped. >> reporter: arborist joseph and cole took down the tree's rotting trunk and broken branches, a threat to the geronimo family home. they are now giving literary life to what's left behind, asking for a carved seat, an image gone viral borrowed from the children's book, "the giving tree." >> i love doing anything that is neat for the community and brings the community together. >> reporter: the final passage enscribed in sharpie, a story about a tree and a little boy, drawing people in, stirring childhood memories, finding modern messages. >> you need to appreciate everyone in your life and everything that is good in your life, you should be grateful for. >> i am very tired. well, s

katie beck, nbc news, tacoma, washington. >> she looks the same. can totally see her in her young picture. >> other than the black and white photo, modern photography. >> how much vacation time does she have? >> how much coffee does she drink? we'll be right back. >>> we have an update right now for breaking news. this is an arrest in a quadruple homicide that happened in sacramento, but the suspect who was arrested was in san francisco. police say officers found four bodies inside of a sacramento home this morning and it does not appear to be a random act. but the victims were known to this suspect who was just arrested in the city. nbc bay area's chuck coppola is bringing the story for the 5:00 newscast. >> turning now to our weather, beautiful shot of moffett field in mountain view from sky ranger flying overhead. near the airport there this morning, and those clouds, they are going to be bringing rain at some point, kari hall. >> it is so picturesque and so still. you can hardly tell it is moving. >> it is beautiful out there and enjoy it. beca