that's why yang believes tv lineups are diversifying. by announcing ten new shows this season with non-white characters or non-white show creators. but yang is paying special attention to one show, and not just because he studies demographics, he's watching for his son. >> i can't even claim to be a dispassionate observer here. and nor would i want to. you know, my son, of course is the lead kid. he plays 11-year-old eddie huang in "fresh off the boat". >> that's me, your boy eddie huang, check it, 11 years old. >> i could never have imagined that it would be my offspring, the next generation, who would be at the very center of a moment that i've kind of looked forward to f-- for all of my adult life. >> reporter: in case you missed it, the debut of "fresh off the boat" on abc marked the first time in 20 years you could turn on your tv and watch a network show centered around an asian american family. >> if you try to suspend our son because of this we will sue everyone in this school. >> so fast it will make your head spin. hey, it's th

eun yang at the live desk. back to you. >>> new details about the deadly shooting near the university of north carolina. apparently a heated fight over a parking spot may be to blame. that according to the chapel hill police department's preliminary investigation. a man, his wife and her sister were shot and killed at an apartment last night. they're all unc students. police arrested craig hicks overnight, now charged with three counts of first-degree murder. >>> and right now police at christopher newport university say all is clear after reports of a man with a gun walking across the campus. police did not specify whether or not the man was found. no one hurt. classes are in session since there is apparently no threat. >>> and adam tuss son his way to hear metro explain emergency plans. follow adam on twitter twitter @adamtuus. just yesterday received a special look in landover. you can see the agency has already set up a drill in response to the underground emergency near l'enfant plaza that happened last mo

. >> and i'm eun yang. tom kierein is tracking how high it will get and then how low it will get, too. >> good morning. yeah right now in wood bridge prince william county it's at 27. mostly cloudy. the high temperature will be around 1:00 or 2:00 it will be hovering around 40 and then after that, some snow showers coming this by 5:00 p.m. with blustery winds. back down to the mid-30s. silver spring now is in the upper 20s and mostly cloudy. and by early afternoon near 40 there, as well. as well late afternoon there, mid-30s with blustery winds and a few passing snow showers. arlington is in the upper 20s. early afternoon around 40, might have a little sun but a lot of cloudy necessary. and passing snow showers around 4:30 5:00. bus stop forecast coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s.

eun yang has advice on how to make habits that last. >> my job, my kids the weather, my evening entertainment. >> reporte 42-year-old angela can come up with any number of reasons why she doesn't work out every day. >> it's really hard. there are so many other things competing for your time. there's always something else you could be doing. >> reporte angela's excuses probably sound familiar e specially this time of year when many people resolve to lose weight and/or exercise more. after a few weeks of trying people tend to give up. in fact one study found that just 8% of people who make resolutions succeed. >> i think one good thing that happens is people set goals that are way too lofty. i'm going to go on a diet i'm going to lose ten pounds a month, i'm going to exercise every day. it's very very difficult to achieve those. >> reporter: janet is a clinical psychologist and life coach in fairfax county. she says good habits don't happen overnight. they take time to develop.

>>reporter: it's a problem fresno county small farm advisor michael yang is dealing with for several years. >> i have growers call me that they couldn't pump water out to irrigate the vegetable but with the rape it help a little bit. >>reporter: he spoke with local farmers interested if agreeing organic crop but the number 1 concern continues to be water. >> rain is good. that's a good sign. >>reporter: growers hope there is more written to come before the end of the season. him if this is abc 7 news. >> growers are hoping for more rain and everybody else is time. we all are hopeful for that. >> exactly looks like it maybe encouraging later this week. it look like we see showers friday into saturday. >> that's good. better than nothing. >> certainly. >> certainly. we did see some snow in the sierra nevada. let me show you this. mammouth 10 inches of snow. bear mountain 7 inches. other resorts near tahoe just a couple of inches of snow. right now it is crystal clear across the bay area which 80's live doppler 7hd show you nothing but down in southern california in the mountains they h

i'm aaron fwil crist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 today for this wednesday, february 18 2015. and we're not getting a break from the cold weather. the ice out there, so we have a lot of closings and delays to tell you about because of it. if you work for the federal government agencies are open. you do have the option to telework or take unscheduled leave. d.c. schools will

eun yang is heading up the reboot. >> that's right.his afternoon and watch all day right here and we'll talk about just simple ways. simple small steps, you're not overwhelmed and feel like you ue you can't win. it's a long journey to healthy living. especially after all the food i ate last night. i need to follow my own advice. >> my resolution is to get shooting flames behind my like katy perry. >> you should walk in to the studio like that. >> just to get us rolling. this morning we could use some of those to dry things out. we're still all wet, getting a few light sprinkles areas in green moving through, eastern and northern suburbs. this is just rain. we have temperatures above freezing. we did get some slushiness from the passing snow and sleet. a little batch of rain in west virginia will be tracking into the metro area but not until later this morning. so have an umbrella with you. you'll need a wind breaker, as well. we will have the winds getting really strong but you won't need the upmbrella for the afternoon. winds gusting

the report tonight from nbc's john yang. >> say thank you for all the support. >> reporter: they were a storybook team. african-american kids from chicago's south side who made it to the little league world series as u.s. champs, and even went to the white house. today, it came crashing down. prompted by a complaint from a suburban coach, an investigation stripped jackie robinson west of its title because some players lived outside the team's geographic boundaries. manager darryl butler was suspended. he couldn't be reached for comment today. in a statement, the head of little league international called it a heartbreaking decision. what these players accomplished on the field is something kids can be proud of, but it is unfortunate that the actions of adults have led to this outcome. players' parents are angry. >> as a mother had no idea that there were boundaries and there were rules beyond living in the city of chicago. >> reporter: their children, heartbroken. >> me and my teammates, we worked hard all year long. and we went down there to play baseball. and we weren't involved in

that ruling gives the title to mountain ridge little league from las vegas. >> john yang reporting. >woods taking a break from competition, the golfer announcing he needs time off to work on his game. woods wrote, quote, my playing scores are not acceptable for tournament golf. i enter a tournament to compete at the highest level. when i think i'm ready, i'll be back. it was on monday that woods dropped to his lowest spot in nearly 20 years on the world golf rankings. >>> pelicans forward anthony davis released a statement saying he won't be police pating in sunday's nba all-star game in order to nurse a sprained shoulder. the mavericks' dirk nowitzki will take his place. the clay thompson james harden replacing kobe bryant and blake griffin. >>> the celtics trailing the hawks with one point with about five seconds left to play. >> turner in the lane for the win. got it! >> there you go evan turner from boston dropping in that game winner with two seconds left on the clock. celtics win it 89-88. fine i'm putting on the glasses. >>> to press cot, arizona for the colorado rockies fantas

>>on yang in chicago.nk you. >>> and more on the an confirmed claims by isis that an american hostage they are holding was killed by jordanian air-strikes. we'll go live to the pentagon to see how the government is working to confirm the claims and if it is even possible. ♪ stouffer's mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenient cup. new stouffer's mac cups. made for you to love. >> and we're back now with the latest on the breaking news. claims by isis that an american hostage, a 26-year-old woman, has been killed in a coalition air strike. the family of u.s. aid worker kayla mueller has released her name today along with this photo. she is an arizonanative taken hostage by isis in sear on august 4th in 2013 while leaving a doctors without borders hospital. so we know the u.s. has not been able to authorize this claim by isis but what do we know the process by which the u.s. is trying to confirm this if that is possible jim miklaszewski. >> well the intelligence on the ground there in syria i

let's go live to chicago and john yang. cases at the child care facility? >> reporter: well jose public health officials are watching very closely not just the five infants who have been diagnosed with measles but ten other infants who were kept in the same room here at this child care center. all of these children are under the age of 12 months less than a year old, and that's -- one year is the age at which health officials recommend children be immunized, so they were not immunized. there's a 90% chance if you haven't been immunized and exposed to measles that you're going to get measles. county officials are saying there's a strong likelihood there will be more cases here. as i say, these are under the age to be vaccinated. but in the state of illinois in cook county in chicago, there is a 90 above 90% vaccination rate, which is relatively high and public health officials are investigating cases, tracing back contacts trying to figure out where the point of origin for the virus may have been. and whether or not this is

. >> and i'm eun yang. we dodged a major snowstorm. it's still causing problems for millions of people right now in other parts of the country. let's take another look at the radar here. you can see mostly rain in our region, but farther north, that's where we're seeing the snow. check out this video from cleveland. a lot of snow in cleveland, ohio. and that snow moved into the northeast overnight and it's still digging out from a blizzard. tom kierein here now with a look at you how the system is impacting us. >> close call. we were on the southern side of that storm, the warmer side. so we got mostly rain after a little bit of snow fell in parts of loudoun thornnorthern montgomery. now just light rain. the area in the green, that is just some very light rain that is falling. a few sprinkles northern suburbs and the eastern suburbs. a few sprinkles now just passing south of us stafford and spotsylvania into charles county. and we have another round of maybe a little more light rain coming through later this morning. right now all abov

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, february 19, 2015. dangerously cold out there. that is the top story this morning. our weather, some schools are closed or delayed right now. we just learned that prince william and fauquier county schools will be starting two hours late today. loudoun, culpeper and page counties also on a t delay. we also learned that prince will be on a into hour delay. >> spotsylvania fredericksburg city schools are closed. same for stafford and king george county schools. in maryland calvert and st. mary's both opening two hours late. montgomery county schools just wooeted they will be opening on time today. baden elementary school is closed for a mechanical problem. >>> and in west virginia hampshire, hardy, grant and men ral counties are all crowed. berkeley jefferson and morgan are on a two hour delay. we'll send push alerts of any new closings to your thbs washington app. you can also use to check the full list online. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s, it's 5:01. >>> right now we have our winds gusting to aroun

john yang joins us outside that daycare center in illinois. john with a good debut, what's being done to protect other kids employees, do health officials think it stems from the disneyland outbreak? >> reporter: alex this daycare center went through a deep clean wednesday night. more importantly, asking both workers and children who have not been vaccinated against measles to stay home for at least three weeks. there were ten other infants in the same room as five diagnosed with measles. all under the age of one. all unvaccinated. they're all on a 21 day quarantine at home. so that's one way they're trying to keep this from spreading. public health officials are fairly confident that they can keep it isolated. chicago, cook county in illinois, all have vaccination rates above 90%, relatively high across the country. they're investigating all of the cases, looking at all their contacts, trying to figure out the initial point of contact, initial point of infection for this outbreak. trying to figure out if it is connected to that outbreak in di

. >> it kind of teaches you to reboot your own assumptions about what you can do. >> reporter: eun yangs4. >> that story -- this story has captivated audiences of the silver screen the last three weeks. why "american sniper" is getting a permanent place of honor in texas. >>> more than a year after the tragic shootings at the navy yard employees are returning to work. i'm mark segraves. i'll show you how those who lost their lives are being remembered and those who survived are coping. >>> as we continue our resolution reboot here's some tips for 2015. if you cook more often at home for one month instead of eating out you could save as much as $25 per week $100 per month, technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has t

. >> dennis yang is a children's author who has written dozens of books. monica with a goal to run across the country to promote literacy. he's been donating books and reading to kids along the way. >> we tie it in with goal setting and that's where the running comes in. i showed them i could run across the country by taking little steps. >> if you're keeping track right now, as that sign might suggest, yang is now in florida. from there, he's going to run north all the way to maine, then head west before completing his 8,000-mile loop around the country. he expects the entire journey to take about a year and a half. >> wow. >> losing your eyesight poses some significant challenges, both personally and professionally. >> but a bay area woman has figured out a way to turn her challenges into victories for herself and others. here's garvin thomas with today's bay area proud. >> kay williams was in her early 50s when her eyesight failed. she moved from san francisco to southern california because she wanted a place that was easier to navigate without a car. s

news4's eun yang tells us how production is hoping to preserve history >> reporter: the menacing fog and spooky costumes set the stage for one of america's oldest ghost stories. but the washington ballet's version of the "legend of sleepy hollow" is unlike any you've ever seen. the story offic abod icthe headless horseman comes alive through dance with original music and choreography. the company's artistic director. >> it can be really fun to try to encode the ballet with that sense of mystery and the unknown and still remain faithful to ballet's ideals of poetry. >> reporter: weber spent the last year and a half working on "sleepy hollow," which seems like little time considering the elaborate design and complicated technical aspects including puppetry for the horses. >> there are very dark elements san toir themes. ghosts from the grave dancing in unison. but also beautiful and coquetteish katrina and a community united by fiddle dancing and celebration of life. >> reporter: even the dancers say this ballet is stretching theiral penlts. >> trying to figure out how to make his visi

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. right to tom kierein now for more on the forecast. >> starting off really cold but later today you'll be happy to see that temperatures around the metro area prince george's county should reach low 40s. near 40 degrees in montgomery county low 40s fairfax county and the district. just a few clouds coming on through. and for counties across northern virginia from loudoun and into prince william, should be mid-40s. and for counties in southern maryland it's going to be in the low 40s there, as well. anne arundel downlvert, st. mary's low to mid-40s. and then counties up near the pennsylvania border should be in the upper 30s later this afternoon. shenandoah valley and into the mountains, most there will be generally the upper 30s to around 40 degrees. so a nice warming from where we are now. next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia has your bus top forecast. what is going on on the roads. >>> crash minnieville road, . 395 north, off-ramp to glebe road that is still there. this is a pol

we start with nbc's john yang outside of the mall of america. what is the mood there? are shoppers hesitant? >> abby maybe it is terror threat fatigue but it is business as usual here at mall of america. there is increases security and foot patrol canine units checking the mall out. but it is not overwhelming. it is not over-powering. they are continuing that message of vigilance, message boards inside of the mall reminding people if they see something, say something. but foot traffic is about normal according to the store managers i talked to. we talked to one family who spent the weekend shopping here from kansas. interestingly enough the husband served in the army and a guard at guantanamo. he thinks americans are getting tired of all of this. the threats from cowards he said, in the middle east and he just wants america to get on with their lives and wants to get on with his life. abby. >> john yang thank you for that. >>> and a man who knows firsthand what is happening, my dad, former governor john hunts zs huntsman, it is great to have you on. >> this is the most

nbc's john yang. >>> and events surrounding isis to report now. today newly installed secretary of defense ash carter is in kuwait meeting about how to defeat isis. this morning there was an interview with the parents of kayla mueller in which the parents questioned the policy against paying ransom. >> do you feel like our government did enough to help you -- help her? >> i think they wanted to. but i think it is the policy and don't think anyone had any idea this group would be as powerful as they were. we've let them get too powerful. they just thought of them as a gapg or thugs -- gang or thugs. >> the carter meeting and the mueller family comments come one day after the so-called islamic state released a new video showing isis training children or cubs as the terrorist group calls them. the full video shows children lining up in formation with an instructor referring to them as the next generation of isis fighters. chief global correspondent bill neely joins me from london. obviously a video showing children trained is disturbing enough. is th

. >> joining me from the mall of america, john yang. this is near a big somali-american community. is there a fear of home grown terrorist attacks there? >> reporter: ronan, i think that's why there is this sort of increased concern about the mall of america, even though as you say, secretary jeh johnson said there is no credible specific threat against the mall. also, al shabaab has not shown ability to do things outside of america. some think the video may be trying to inspire homegrown lone wolves as you say. minneapolis is the home to a large somali immigrant population. and experts say that in the past couple of years, as many as a couple of dozen people have left this area gone to al shabab gone to isis a statement saying we condemn all forms of terrorism, threats of terrorism and repudiate any individual or group that would carry out such attacks and make such threats and remain committed to being at the forefront of defeating religious or political extremism. ronan? >> and i did some reporting out there on this terrorist recruitment in that community specifically and i have

jeff yang. he has been named to the forbes magazine midas list.now founding partner and managing director of red point investors. jeff is here himself with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> on to have o e the companies i mentioned, so people understand thebred of this. you're also in home away netflix, tivo. these are things you saw early on. i think there's a reason you are in the midas touch section of the magazine. >> we've been very lucky. thank you. >> i think luck has a little bit less to do with it and also just spotting talent early on. what do you look for? how do you suspect something's hoe t? >> well i mean really what we're looking for are entrepreneurs that we think can shape industries. we look for someone with a lot of vision and a lot of passion to change the world. usually i think entrepreneurs are compelled to start companies. they see a market opportunity they have to fill. and it's a vision and a passion and the ability to convince over people willing a company into existence that didn't exist be fr before. >> do the

yang is now in florida.from this he'll run north to maine then head west before completing his 8,000 mile loop around the country. he expects the entire journey to take him about a year and a half. >> good cause. 6:26. >>> still ahead which way will the numbers go. opening bell minutes away. scott mcgrew joins us next with an early look at markets. >>> plus more than a dozen babies quarantined this morning due to the measles, this as the debate heats up over vaccinating kids on capitol hill. >>> enjoy today as we take a live look outside waiting for the sun's arrival. rain in the works, she has a look at the forecast. over a million californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. you can compare plans side by side, choose the one that be

the man darien word y are yang or horned animal covers all three, so no one is quite sure exactly. read more about that on aljazerra.com. about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. kyle hill is an engineer. tonight, sharks, long feared for their ferocity, how they can protect us. the secret in in their skin. rachelle oldmixon is a neuroscience. turning a weed into a cycling marvel. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist exploring spiders in the rain forests of peru. secrets of civilizations past, long hidden from view suddenly available from outer space. that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, i'm phil torres, welcome to a very are interest interesting show of "techknow." i'm here to meet sarah parcak, buried picture midst in egypt is to start 380 miles from earth. contracts about our-- secretes about our history . helping learn about it. let's dig in. >>> to help unearth secrets

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, february 19, 2015. dangerously cold out there. that is the top story this morning. our weather, some schools are closed or delayed right now. we just learned that prince william and fauquier county schools will be starting two hours late today. loudoun, culpeper and page counties also on a t delay. we also learned that prince will be on a into hour delay. >> spotsylvania fredericksburg city schools are closed.

. >> nbc's john yang at the mall of america for us. talk about the security what changes they made even though it is hard to determine what should be done in wake of a threat like this. >> reporter: that's right, tamron, it is business as usual here. the stores opened for business a little bit ago. now, the police local police and mall security have their own security force of about 100 people say there will be some things shoppers will see, there will be increased patrols, but there will also be things they won't see and that they quite frankly don't want to talk about for fear of giving potential attacker knowledge about how to get around what they're doing. and as you say, this is a big place. this is a security experts tell you, the very definition of a soft target. multiple entrances, 12,000 people a day working here. 40 million a year visiting. you have about 5 million square feet of floor space by very definition of a shopping mall. freedom of movement people moving around. now because of that this is also something that securit

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today". we have team coverage of the cold weather and we begin with tom kierein in the storm team 4 "weather center". >> coldest windchills are right now. it is near 10 below zero windchill in hagarstown. windchill there 8 below zero. windchill this gaithersburg is minus 3. manassas prince william county windchill there is at minus 4. much of prince george's county windchill there as well minus 4, minus 5 martinsburg, minus 6. feels like zero right in washington baut windbecause the winds are still whipping up. peak gusts now are around 25 to 30 miles an hour. your weather headlines for this frigid friday morning, we'll still have blustery winds for the morning and it will stay subfreezing all day long. and then higher winds moving in

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday, february 6, 2015.e has to say about the crazy cold weather. >> it is the morning since early january. we're down to just near 10 degrees. reagan national done down to 19. ft. belvoir down to 11. dulles leesburg all down to just 10. gaithersburg as well only at 10. rockvi

it's the ying and yang and that's where we're at right now. they're getting too much and we're getting too little. >>> cal and stanford men are getting ready for their pac12 basketball. and missy holds a conference to talk about her future in swimming. >> coming up at 7:00 tonight, the white house begins a three day summit to explore ways to fight international terrorism. what vice president joe biden feels must be done to tackle this critical problem. >>> also we continue to follow the late breaking developments in the west coast port labor dispute. what's happened since the u.s. labor secretary arrives here in the bay area. we're working on these stories and more for you coming up at 7:00 on tv 36. for over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child's night a little

jerry yang here today from the head start program who we have an amazing partnership with and this was a partnership that he actually introduced to us and for us to participate in activities with the asian museum so our centers that are located at tole elecand -- and they go through professional development and visit the museums so we have students in tk and pre-k from both there and the district who are partnering together so this option is actually a really good option for families that they either put their kids in tk or continue to have their children in another type setting. transitional kindergarten three year phase in. in the first year that we phased in we had seven classrooms at five sites. and as the years went on we have added classrooms and sites so today this year we have 22 classrooms and 14 sites and next year we will grow by one more site and one more classroom and projecting the following year we will grow two more classrooms and two more sites. so where are the sites located? visitacion valley bay view. this is the list of where they're currently located but the next

the man darien word y are yang or horned animal covers all three, so no one is quite sure exactly.bout that on aljazerra.com. about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. kyle hill is an engineer. tonight, sharks, long feared for their ferocity, how they can protect us. the secret in in their skin. rachelle oldmixon is a

investigators say officer peter lee yang had a gun drawn and shot gurley in a dark stairwell.ct charges against the officer have not been made public. >> today marks three years since whitney houston was found dead in a beverly hills hotel bathtub and as far as we know her only daughter remains on life support in a georgia hospital. similar to her mother bobbi kristina brown was found face down in a bathtub at her atlanta area townhome on january 31st. she is in a medically induced coma. a 911 call from january 23rd was released yesterday. in the call, a guard said a neighbor reported a domestic disturbance outside bobby's townhome. >> philadelphia's getting national acclaim as the rest of the country learns about our great shopping dining and city life. this weekend's fyi philly highlights what puts us on the map. melissa magee highlights one special place. >> reporter: a sliver of south philadelphia bordered by washington avenue to the north and mifflin street to the south between fourth and sixth streets you'll find the 16 block sweet spot ranked seconds in the nation. >> n

we were near pyung yang. we rode pretty much all night and then the next day. and then we arrived northeasterly the city. i remained there until the night of august 31st. that's when my name was called. we were welcomed back and i was told at that time that i was now master sergeant. i had been promoted one day while ifgs up there. we went down there by ambulance to inchon. that's where we were briefed with the names of people who were missing and asked if you knew them and if you did, what circumstance did you knew they had died. but in most cases, although we had hundreds and hundreds of dead, i didn't know their names. i was never bitter. i'm still not today. i'm sad. but i enlisted. i asked for it. i would love to go back to that area to see it. about six months ago, i received a book that was published by the government of south korea called "korean reform which i appreciated it. i showed it to my son. and i have had the opportunity several times now, to talk about this. this experiment i had. for 54 years, i'd just answer yes. but in 2007, a lady asked me

marbury brings glory to this sowng, yang zhong told us. he brought us two champions.a chinese twist. he joined the chinese basketball association, or c.b.a., in 2009 as his career in the u.s. was struggling. he was just 32 and in the middle of a $20 million-a-year contract with the knicks. but disputes with coaches, sex with an intern, and online meltdowns were overshadowing his game. coming to china was a fresh start? >> for me it was like being reborn again coming here. >> reporter: 26 former n.b.a. players are now on c.b.a. teams. they've been hired to sharpen performance and raise basketball's profile here.e it seems to be work. beijingers love that marbury rides the subway. they made him an honorary citizen, even put up a statue. >> what china has done for me, it was something they needed. it wasn't something that i wanted. >> reporter: he says his inability to speak chinese allowed him to silence the criticism and focus on rebuilding his life. his story of redemption in a foreign land resonates. so much so, there's a musical about it called "i am stephan marbury

. >> the dynamic with a core value is for every ying there's a yang. so with impatience you have futurists. they balance each other out. we want you to move now and quick but always by thinking about the long-term. you have embraced conflict but we want you to fight with everyone in the company but we want you to not fight for yourself. we want you to fight for your idea. >> and what drives this culture is the fact that everyone is measured by this yardstick. every day, not just when review time rolls around. what's really interesting and important about quirky's culture is that the sort of blueprint was set early. and ben has been very clear about what the is important here. they really vibrate through the company every day. people who are successful here really do embody those values. so getting things done and being agile, these things are alive here. and people are out of step with those values they actually don't succeed here. >> kaufmann also preaches a culture of setting the bar high and always hitting it. >> it's always under promise, overdeliv

you.m eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilch. it is 7:00 a.m.e continuing our special r covere ts morning to keep you informed about this comm i'm getting a lot of questions on social media about d.c. publ schools. we said incorrectly at 6:30 that they a closed. public schools are on a two-ho del today, so the kids do have to go to school in d.c. today. >> and there's been some

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. tom kierein has a look at our weather headlines. >>> a few flurries just now starting to show up to our west ahead of some very cold air that will be coming in right now getting those northern shen do he shenandoah valley scattered flurries in washington and frederick county western howard and southern carroll county. these will be cracktracking north of the metro area. just quick passing flurry. temperatures are above freezing most of the area. right now we're in the mid to upper 30s in the metro area. dulles 40, reagan national at 37. panhandle of west virginia in the mid to upper 30s, but much colder air moving into the mountains. oakland has dropped another couple of degrees. and windchills by 8:00 this morning will be down to near 20. and by noontime, look at our windchills in the teens, neighborhoods all around the region will have windchills down to the single digits by late afternoon and into the evening hours tonight with strong gusty winds. coming up next weather and traffic

. >>> and a showdown now over your right 20 smoke marijuana in the districtn yang tells us what you need to know for when the drug is set to become legal tonight marijua is set to become legal at one minute after midnight tonight provided the d.c. council goes forward with its plans. we're watching the back and forth closely. the house oversight committee says the mayor could go to jail if the law goes through. congress prohibited the d.c. council fro spending money on the law. so the council chose not to regula it saying that would let the law pass legally. now mayor muriel bowser says the city will defend the will of the people.e representativ responded, though saying even in this scenario s would be in "willful violation of the law." if it does go through, here's need to know about it. you can have up to 2 ounces of marijua and even grow it up 200, up to sexx plants a share it as well. however, can not sell the drug to anyone or use it public at all. no public use and also still totally illegal on federal land which makes up more than a . >>> right now police in paris are on alert aft

joining me now is john yang. do we have anymore information on how this might have started?er: they're still trying to figure that out. they're trying to do a little detective work trace back the contacts, trying to figure out where the point of infection was. in addition to those five infants, there are ten other infants who were here at the day care center in the same room as the five who have the measles. they're being watched. they're home on a 21 day quarantine. they're under the age of 12 months. there's a 90% chance if exposed to measles, if unvaccinated they're going to get the measles. they watch this outbreak spread. alex. >> thanks for the update. >>> just ahead, as part of its new pay with levin promotion, mcdonald's is asking its employees to sing and dance with its customers. is that just part of the gig? that's next on "now." you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil ch

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 today for this wednesday, february 18 2015. and we're not getting a break from the cold weather. the ice out there, so we have a lot of closings and delays to tell you about because of it. if you work for the federal government agencies are open. you do have the option to telework or take unscheduled leave. d.c. schools will be open today. montgomery county schools are open on time as well. schools in fairfax, prince william and loudoun county are closed. >> prince george's county schools are on two hour delay. same for arlington county and anne arundel county schools. charles county closed, st. mary's county closed al and also calvert county. >> spotsylvania county is closed stafford fauquier county, culpeper county is closed. page county king george, westmoreland counties are closed as well as fredericksburg and manassas city. >>> clark county on a two hour delay. hardy county two hours late, too. also alexandria and manassas now tom kierein will tell what you it will be like outside. >> it may be slippery. this is patchy ice

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. get right to that forecast at 5:31. >> just a few scattered flurries over the last couple of hours passing north and south of washington. most are dissipating. we have subfreezing temperatures 20s across most of virginia and maryland. 34 at ray dwaneagan national probably the high for the day there. you'll need your warm winter gear and even sunglasses later this morning as we get the sunshine breaking out and it will be with us into the afternoon hours. here are neighborhood highs today. just reaching near freezing in montgomery. neighborhoods in prince george's county pair fax countfairfax county as well. near 30 neighborhoods near the chesapeake bay and southern maryland where they had the snow in the northern neck. northern virginia should reach near freezing. shenandoah valley just near 30. mountains, highs just in the mid-20s by midafternoon. a look at the hour by hour colder temperatures on the way over the next 24 hours. that is coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at

this was the yin to the yang. this was the action/reaction.hey got him, therefore we had to get you. it was an absolute counterpoint to the brian williams scandal. i lament it. i saw it coming. i criticize the extent to which people were obsessing over brian williams and the lie, he told the lie, let him correct the lie, let him apologize for the lie. but he was destroyed. now they're coming after you to try exactly the same thing. it is so scary to me because what's next? is it senator -- >> absolutely. >> resurrected now and he'll hold in his hand -- i have a copy of every communist in the tv news industry and i will reveal them at a date in the future. it is scary and preposterous. >> it is. very frightening. it is not about me. i'm lucky. i'm lucky. i believe in god because god produced that memo for me last night. the odds of me finding that thing had to be 10,000 to 1. and i have a television show. i can fight back. i can discuss it with you guys. most people don't have any way to fight back. they get smeared on the net, could be any pol

i sat down with the young star of "fresh off the boat" hudson yang and asked him what he thought. >>ard question do you think of yourself as chinese american or just american or does it matter to you? >> i don't care. if i was any other race it wouldn't matter to me. being asian or being asian-american it's the same and it's really fun and cool. when you get to do something like this like jeremy lin, how he became a professional basketball player or how i became part of the show or how they had "the all american girl" 20 years ago, just being part of it is amazing. >> he was something. i've always considered myself italian american. i believe my immigrant grandparents and their traditions played a big part in who i became. eric lou who run "a china man's chance" sat down to talk with me about his own identity. >> what is us? >> i think this is the great american question. used to be a negotiation that when you said american a picture popped into your head of white male actually. well into the 21st century, that picture doesn't cut it anymore. you feel comfortable saying i'm 100% ital

first good morning, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. want to kick off with your forecast. tom kierein is in the "weather center". >> yeah, you can keep up with all of the changing weather we'll have a nice warming today then getting colder tomorrow with the storm team 4 weather app. get it on google play and itunes store. temperatures right now are hovering in the mid and upper 20s. your future temperatures by 8:00 a.m., neighborhoods in prince george's county montgomery fair fast counties still below freezing. but quickly by noontime we will be jumping into the 30s to they're 40 degrees. and then a dramatic climb into the mid to upper 40s by mid to late afternoon. so temperatures are really going to quickly warm above freezing and up into the upper 40s. neighborhoods to the south of us, hidus mid-40s. just near 40 near the pennsylvania border. low fourth for highs around the bay later this afternoon. a look at our next chance of some snow accumulating snow that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. and then 5:#41 we'll have chuck bell live. >>> breaking news. i kn

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