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years - with nearly double the amount of cases nationwide compared to last year - today, d-c mayor muriel bowser will attend a topping off ceremony for a new entertainment and sports complex in the district. the venue is being built at the st. elizabeth's east campus in southeast. it will eventually be the new home of the washington mystics and a practice facility for the wizards. it will also host concerts, conventions and other entertainment events. the arena is expected to have a 90 million dollar economic impact over the next 20 yeras. construction is slated to finish up in september. typically, a taco meal doesn't cost that much money.... unless you go to one restaurant in michigan. it has a 60-dollar taco. why is it so expensive? it's made with wagyu beef, foie gras, caviar and black truffle. the restaurant says it hopes to counter the sterotype that mexican food is always cheap. and since you have to order the taco in threes... the meal costs 180 dollars. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - 50s today, 60s tomorrow, 30s this weekend - showers arrive this evening; rain for the friday -

where infected every year and according to the website, mayor muriel bowser announced an aggressive goal of cutting the infections of half by the year 2020. some said they learned something from this. >> . >> they bring you in and they drag you out. hold on. >> others said the sexually suggestive content was in poor taste and not needed to get the point across. >> you could see it. it was just not made for the city. >> reporter: the city is putting it on twitter, saying that it is a public health endeavor and they are not ashamed of it. >> i think it will cause a lot of controversy. >> reporter: it already has. a northwest d.c., wusa9. >> it works. two things you will talk about, ikea and d.c. public health. we try to reach out to return calls or emails. to watch the full video, find it on the wusa9 app. >> the republican governor won't touch president donald trump with a 10-foot pole. larry hogan sat down to talk about his bid for reelection. a democrats are breathing down his neck to take back the state. here is some of what he said. >> i was not a supporter of the president. i want an

mayor muriel bowser toured the school today. she saw water pooling in a basement stairwell. the school district hopes to have the problem fixed by tomorrow morning. that's when d.c. public school students head back from winter break. >> and this cold weather is creating another water main breaks. remember them? it is so frigid outside, crews had to bring out special equipment to scrape away the ice, and right now big problems for a major road just inside the beltway. that's where we find news4's pat collins on new hampshire avenue. pat? >> reporter: wendy, water main breaks, i got your water main breaks. new hampshire avenue, an 8 incher here. it's got traffic backed up to the beltway. two lanes to one lane, it's been that way for hours. it's likely to be that way for sometime. water main breaks, i got a 12-inch era round here on this street. it sent water into basements and dried up water from the sinks and the bathtubs. pipe detectives on the scene trying to find them and fix them, but you know it's not as easy as it sounds. >>> there are water main breaks and then there a

s mayor, muriel bowser will hop on the bus later this morning for an inaugural ride. >>> if you drive into d.c., you'll need to wait a bit longer to use beach drive again. a stretch of that road was supposed to reopen today but the cold weather is delaying that. it's been closed for construction since august. it will now reopen by next monday. we'll let you mow when the park service announces the new plan. >>> we are officially one month out from the 2018 winter olympics in pyeongchang, south korea. the opening ceremony will be february 8th. i'll be there to bring you all exciting moments from south korea. i can't believe it's almost here. remember i went to >> that's right. >> we now know who will represent the u.s. in one of the most popular olympic sports to watch. figure skating. >> a lot of surprises and upsets this weekend at the national championship. >> their signature twizzle sequence. >> an ice dance, reigning champions, maya and alex could retain their national title. >> they finished second. but still made the olympic team. on ladies side, alexandria native ashley wagner,

today, d-c mayor muriel bowser will attend a topping off ceremony for a new entertainment and sports complex. the venue is being built at the st. elizabeth's east campus in southeast. it will eventually be the new home of the washington mystics and a practice it will also host concerts, conventions and other entertainment events. construction is slated to finish in september. today - target is looking for new team members. the company is hiring 35 employees for it's new small-format store opening in march in falls church. a job fair will be held starting at nine this morning at "the lincoln at tinner hill". that's the same development where the store will be. dozens of dogs from central virginia now have a second chance thanks to one rescue group in our area. meet the newest guests at the "homeward trails animal rescue" these four puppies and seven dogs arrived from "rockbridge county" where a hoarder had them tied up in the freezing cold. members at the rescue are now feeding the pups and working on making them a little more social. they'll soon be vaccinated,treated and looking for

healthy start to the new year for muriel bowser who hosted a 5k run and a walk at anacostia park.he goal is to encourage people to get moving. sam ford has the story. sam: with the wind chills in the single digits and the temperatures about that low, some 700 dedicated runners took to as fault at anacostia park for the mayor's fourth annual 5k run. >> too cold to run today. >> no, it's not. not if you have all the wonderful people running. >> new year, new me. i have never run a 5k. here we go. >> did you think about the weather? >> we did. that's why we are layered up. >> they ran, they walked, pulled wagons and pushed strollers. define the elements and some of them arrived extremely late. >> you haven't even yet but we're going. >> the point of the big races like this is not so much to win as to endure. when the temperature was 20 degrees, it's starting to feel warm. it took some endurance. mayor bowser in the midst every year. not the fastest but not the slowest either. but extremely excited. >> you know when we started it was 9 degrees. so these are some really hearty washingt

mayor muriel bowser among those at the annual fresh start 5k run. they are troopers.he cold, hundreds of people turned out to outdash the cold. it is part of the mayor's 1 billion steps challenge which encourages people in the district to make healthy life-style choices. the event kicked off at anacostia park, part of a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the river corridor and its historic milestone. >>> some of you told us about your new year's resolution for our flash survey today about half of you say you don't have one. but most of you who do say your goal is to lose weight and exercise. you can weigh in, too, over the nbc washington facebook page as well. >> you're a runner. would you recommend running outside in these conditions, and creating your own wind chill? >> i know. if you're dressed properly, then you're okay. you just don't want to -- >> i will take your word for you. i will not join you, but >> i know you won't. if you are planning to exercise more in 2018, you might want to keep this in mind. >> a warning from doctors about certain exercises a

mayor muriel bowser came out against this medicaid change today and said it won't be considered in the district. my verify team is all about cutting through the noise getting you the information you need. find me on facebook or twitter or send the squad an e-mail at cadaver dogs to find people unaccounted for in the horrific mudslides, the number missing rising to as many as 43. the focus is in montecito where rivers of mud took out dozens of homes. the death toll? 17 souls. the youngest victim was just 3. >> this could continue if they get more rain, correct? >> they're in bad shape. the good news is we don't see anything the next couple days, a couple days to dry out and the same system is heading our way but not as dramatic as what happened out there. >>> we'll start with the 3- degree guarantee. what's the saying? go big or go home? >> or go down. >> went 54 for a high. it was 62. >> you should definitely just go home. >> okay. >> not yet. let's finish this. >> okay, fine. we'll go 68 tomorrow. a live look outside, it is 57 now. dew points in the mid-50s, crazy for january. we'll h

crawling with dc police officer, including, the dc police chief, peter new some, and dc mayor muriel bowser also showed up here earlier this afternoon. what i can tell you is this shooting happened just before 2:00 inside this home off rigs road in northeast. this home happens to be right next-door to local community center, as well as an elementary school. dc police say they got 911 call from inside this home. they showed up to find the three victims suffering from gunshot wounds in the person was killed. that person rushed to local hospital. believed to be a teenager, no other identifying information on that teenager yet. again, that person dying at a local hospital. two other victims were also found with gunshot wounds, however, they were not seriously hurt. again, both the chief and the mayor were out here earlier, take a listen to what they said to reporters. >> we do don't know if a dispute a roast inside the home yet. still trying to piece that together. we have some folks in the home at the present time that we're interviewing. you know, dow know that s neighbors heard some gunshots

[laughter] >> the mayor of washington, d.c., mayor muriel bowser. >> thank you!>> well, good morning, everybody! good morning! and happy martin luther king day. martin, thank you so much for of us today, to celebrate and remind us of the of martin luther king. it is true, reverend, that i was who with my firefighters helped evacuate 63 people from a tunnel safely. well -- andeen is everybody is well. i want to thank those men and women for their bravery. recognize the members of the council, our city ourcil, who are here, bill, chairman, who i saw. and also, brandon from ward four. here.you for being [applause] >> let me, in addition to great city,u to our a city that is growing in so others,s, and in many these are the best of times in growngton d.c., but as we and as we change, we're also significantour very responsibility. as we sit, right in the belly of some would say. there have been d.c. mayors who have worked with republican presidents but none like this one. and we have been reminded and reminded of our role not only in the region, in the nation, but als

. >> opponents of the bill including mayor muriel bowser argue matching funds could be a final vote scheduled north korea month. -- final vote is scheduled for next month. larry: a sheen of ice and the temperatures are rising. sam ford is live in southwest going along for the road with the fire crews. breaking the ice today. >> this is the john h. glenn junior fire boat. the boat. they sold it to d.c. which has used it for 40 years. it got a good workout today. >> the vessel is designed to break up to 18 inches of ice. >> they gave reporters river tour. hanes point, reagan national airport, the sites. on a river mostly of ice. >> if you livedded in washington as long as i have, you can recall few times you look at the potomac river to see nothing floating. >> everybody from that, everybody is in. the coast guard, the alexandria. airport asset. everybody else iced in. >> cut through to if fish market friday when there was fear a vendor barge might sink. the barge made it. yesterday, the fire boat fought the fire with the foam after two boats caught fire. this is the dining room of the spirit o

's larry: if opening days of 2017, muriel bowser touting statistics for 2017. alison: the big message is crime in down. in particular, violent crime. we look at what has changed. >> crime grips the capital but last year the gris loosened. decrease in homicide and sexual assault. >> violent crime dropped 22% from the previous year. 9% dip in the property crime. 11% reduction overall. >> i'm pleased to announce that crime is decreasing here in the city. >> the reason vary. lake the installation of the cameras to aid in capturing criminal. >> our ability to capture those involved in the violent crime is something that is most instrumental in us being able to close crimes. >> there are some pockets that crime is resilient. but the chief cited another statistic that shows something on the rise in d.c. the homicide closure rate. for last year sto >> coming up, must-see video of the race to save a sawn frozen in the pond it calls home. larry: new york has plans to prevent this from happening again. a teenager is killed after larry: a mother is demanding answers tonigh

larry: muriel bowser calling the home for the holidays campaign a success. 422 families signed leases for families and some received the key to the >> helping us out. we have been waiting for this for a long time. >> more being done than used to be done. mayor bowser: we mention a lot of numbers but numbers represent real people. they need a place to live. larry: they all have jobs and the city paying part of the respect. alison: that is great. a wonderful program. weather wise it will be warmer and wetter. bill: yes. a beautiful shot of the capital wheel in national harbor. lit up and the temperature wise we are looking okay. 43 degrees. light jacket. be good to go. winds are not strong. out of the southwest at 3 mile back west. it's warm. 61 around louisville. 65 in nashville right now. 55 in columbus. i will tell you all the numbers including ours will change considerably again. a we roll in. you will notice it saturday but mainly sunday and mon. we are quiet with the weather conditions. there are no active watches for us. back west a winter storm watch through kentucky, tennessee,

mayor muriel bowser and construction workers signed the support beam for the future home of the washingtoncs. it's also used by a g-legal team called go-go. it will only hold 4200 seats but instead of using a mostly empty capital one arena, the coach believes this will improve the performance since it's dedicated to the team. >> now we sell out every night. it's intimidating. there is an atmosphere and an aura that your team feels every night when they walk in. >> events d.c. will operate the arena. >> we have concerts and community events as well. we see great diversity for the arena. >> some raise question if the project, mostly taxpayer money is a good investment. others said it will only result in gentrification. but supporters say the arena will be a catalyst. >> we have a great community. >> we would like to see the healthcare improved here. we would like to see food and the restaurants and the food trucks and the grocery stores. >> the construction team says the work is on schedule and the facility is set to open in the fall. carter-conneen, abc7 news. larry: very nice. thank you fo

mayor muriel bowser stopped by fox5 to talk about 2017 and also talked about the grade fixing scandall. it's a very serious issue. we take it very seriously. we are conducting and investigating all of the violations. and so we expect that report in i think two weeks . and so that will give us a good road plan of the things that need to be fixed. chancellor wilson is already whrooing at things specifically at ballou and things that need to be changed. you talked about resources we endeavor to support families to make sure kids are there. a few years back i start ed kids ride free on metro because it used to be the case that families were paying $30 a month to get their kid to school . now they can ride free on metro rail and metro bus. will take a closer look at the attendance issue. after leaving fox5 mayor bowser and peter newsham got a tour of the crime labs. murders down 14 percent in 2017 from 135 last year to s 16 last year. robberies were down 27 percent. sexual assault cases dropped 15 percent. they confiscated more than 400 illegal arms. >> smart city ts. we're going to tell h

mayor muriel bowser will hop on later this morning for an inaugural run. >>> if you drive into d.c.,to wait longer to use beach drive again. a stretch of that road was supposed to reopen today. the cold weather is delaying that plan. beach drive between tilden and park has been closed for construction since august. it will reopen by next monday. we'll let you know when the national park service announces the new plan. >>> molette green is helping you get fit for the new year. getting fit. >> she's on the ropes -- >> she's doing pushups molette. >> literally on the ground doing pushups as part of the fab body factory workout. we're going to talk to a breast cancer survivor and also a woman who is five months pregnant in here doing pushups. stay with us. >>> good morning. 6:41 now. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures stay way below freezing right now. so what to wear. like this lady here, put this on today. you'll need it all. pack the umbrella. there's a chance for light freeze rain or sleet in the afternoon. highs today struggling to get back barely above the freezing mark. mi

construction crews and the mayor, muriel bowser will celebrate a topping out of the arena at the east campus. this signifies that the facility has reached the final construction height. the washington wizards will practice there and be home to the washington mystics and the nba's minor team, the capital city go go. >>> we're helping you get fit for the new year. >> it's 2018. right? >> yep it's here. >> a lot of people looking for longer than a few weeks. molette green is riding at zenga. with more on this cardioworkout that you may be looking for. molette, how is it going in there? >> reporter: on this indoor cycle and after just a few minutes, you work up a good sweat. you can melt off the holiday pounds and get fit for 2018. look at the sweat coming off this guy's face here. yes. zenga cycle. it promises an intense workout. but who can do this? right? how much does it cost? is it affordable for most of us? well, we're going to talk to the fitness instructor next. she's very passionate about zengo and says it's for everybody. we'll find out more on "news4 today." ally, take it away.

mayor muriel bowser toured the school this afternoon and crews are working to fix up the pipe to clean up that mess. we'll let you know what we hear classes. >> expect a longer evening commute thanks to a series of water breaks on oak view drive in silver spring allowing one lane of traffic to get by. there is another break nearby. it sent water into several basements. look at that mess. in all, dozens of customers there would not have water. with this bitter cold sticking around for a while, now is the time to stay a step ahead of the winter weather. open up the nbc washington app and get the latest of storm team4 any time, anywhere. >> in other news this afternoon, she was just trying to go to school, but an 11-year-old girl from prince george's county is in critical condition this evening. she was hit by a car this morning. the driver did stay on the scene. news4's prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live along pennsylvania avenue where countless students crossed that street to get to and from school. tracee? >> reporter: you know, we've been watching today. there

sam: as she moves to the re-election campaign later this year, muriel bowser came to the forensic labown and say the lab is back on track. mayor bowser: the process is multifaceted. sam: past issues were finding pregnant women zika free when they were not and botched d.n.a. tests matching bullet to guns. crime lab has had public problems in the past. the director today were insisting they are history. >> we have tightened up protocols. sam: director jennifer smith took the mayor to the fingerprint lab where they are about to go digital, the ballistic labs where they test fire weapons they believe are used in crimes. where they compare bule markings. >> for 17 years. >> it now takes two years to train an individual to be a firearm examiner. sam: they are trying to recruit locally. a virginia state student came here as an intern wants to return after college for a job. >> i like to watch the crime scene investigation shows but i never knew what the job was. i got older and i said that's what i want to do. sam: stronger science means safer streets is their motto. bowser today insisted th

mayor muriel bowser. she led the annual fresh start 5k run. hundreds of runners participated. it's part of the mayor's 1 billion steps challenge which encourages people in the district to make healthy life-style choices. and good for them. i tell you what, i am the worst when it comes to the cold. i can't stand it. >> it's going to get worse. >> i know. brace yourself. >> i think my wife has taken the kids to see just about every movie out right now. let's go to a movie. i think juman might have been the one they saw today. i wanted to see it. >> sorry. >> it's a cold sign for sure. going to continue to be on the cold side not j there is no end in sight to this extreme cold. however, i do think the pattern changes somewhat in the middle of the month. all right, first off, let's take a look and show you where the temperatures are right now. these are not the wind chills. these are current temperatures. 17 in gaithersburg, 19 baltimore, 18 in rockville and right now 22 down towards fort belvoir. wind chills are in the single digits in some locations and that's where they're goin

mayor muriel bowser and police chief newsham point to good old-fashioned police work as part of the reason the crime has gone down, but they also say science and technology are playing big roles as well. the mayor and chief say improvements here at the district's crime lab have helped to put serious violent offenders behind bars. like the 18-year-old charged last week in three separate murders after his gun was tested here. but the district's crime lab is doing more than just testing guns and it's training a new generation of forensic scientists, like 17-year-old janai collins who as a high school student last year interned at the crime lab. collins said she was inspired to become a forensic scientist after experiencing firsthand the violence in her community. >> we can take a step forward and make things different in the community. >> reporter: jurisdictions in maryland and virginia said they hope release their annual crime data in the coming weeks or months. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> we did some digging and here's how d.c. compares to other big cities similar to it in siz

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mayor muriel bowser weighing in responding to one of our tweets saying it's encouraging that metro is be held accountable for reliability with consequence for delays. >> i think it's pretty good. keeps them on time. >> reporter: let's show you how this could work, for example. this week according to metro, th w and tapped out at bethesda. that trip should have taken just over 21 minutes at the longest. it actually took this rider just over 36 minutes. credit would have been given because it was a delay of just over 15 minutes. >>> how do you make sure people aren't cheating the system, just staying on trains and stations longer than they should? metro says the proof is in the data. >> ours allows us to be able to see the path of travel of the customers. virtually the data protects you from the false claims that might come in. >> reporter: manow, metro says y delay from something other than weather 0er scheduled project, that is all covered. sources tell us this is the most generous transit refund package ever put together. back to you. >> well, that's always nice to get some money bac

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our mayor, muriel bowser, and the team at the lincoln theater, thank thank thank you for graciousness following us into your home. the welty foundation and the volunteers who helped us tonight. thank you to c-span, and to d.c. cable for bringing this important literary conversation to many more thousands of readers who are out there. good night. [applause] ♪ >> the c-span bus tour continues its 50 capitals tour in january with stops in raleigh, columbia, atlanta, and montgomery. on each visit we'll speak with state officials during the live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us on january 16th at 9:30 a.m. eastern for our stop in raleigh, north carolina, when our "washington journal" guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> so this is chapter on all sorts of ways you might get the space a little more cheaply than our current conventional rocket method. so we explore a bunch of of different technologies, a pretty long chapter. six or seven different paradigms. some happening, some total i implausible. it is going to be tough. but, yeah, so, in this, i

the mayor of washington d.c., mayor muriel bowser.[applause]. >> well, good morning, everybody. good morning, and happy martin luther king day. reverend al and martin, thank you of reminding us of the legacy of martin luther king. it's true that that i was just with my firefighters who helped to evacuate people from a tunnel and everyone is well and i want to thank those men and women for their bravery. recognize our city council who are here, phil mendelsohn and brandon. let me in addition welcome you to our great city, a city growing in so many ways and in many others, these are the best of times in washington d.c. but, as we grow and as we change, we're also reminded of our very significant responsibility, as we sit right in the belly of trump america, some would say. there have been d.c. mayors who have worked with republican presidents, but none like this one. and we have been reminded and continue to be reminded of our role not only in the region and the nation, but also in the world, to represent american ideals in democracy ar

. >> we welcome dc marmose muriel bowser back to fox5 for the first time back in 2018. >> my pleasuremayor of the city. >> hard to believe but my facebook all of the pictures from my swearing in started popping up. it's my anniversary. >> for you this day in your history. >> yes. >> a day you get sworn in which is great. congratulations on that. >> as we look forward now to this year for you and this year for everybody here in washington, d.c. 2018 what are you prioritize now as far as your goals what we want to a could accomplish the most in this next year. >> certainly we're very grateful for going into our fourth year in our administration. really is a strong city. i think last year was a test in many ways. we had something unexpected happen with a new president and our fight for statehood marching on, but we decided that we're going to be proactive with our city witness f so we had very good year. strong fiscally. the investments that we've made in affordable housing are taking root. the invest many manies we're making a schools are taking root and people are very happy. also know

mayor muriel bowser stopped by to talk about the cities accomplishments and touched on the grade fixingcandal at ballou high school. >> it's a very serious issue. we take it very seriously. our office of the state superintendent is conducting evaluation, investigating all of the allegations at balloon you will of a our policies citywide and so we expect that report in i think two weeks and so that will give us a good road map of the things that need to be fi fixed. looking at things specifically at ballou and things that need to be changed. you talked about resources. we endeavor to support families to make sure kids are there. few years back i started kids ride free on metro because it was -- it used its to be the case families were paying $30 a month to get their kid to sc school. now they can ride free on metro rail and metro bus. >> mayor went ton say that they will will being into the attendance policy to make sure it's not an out liar in the system and make sure the policy is clear for all students in the diss trek. they expect those results to come back in the next couple of week