i can track the temperature at 32 with the nbc washington app. cue the song birds. there is a song bird here. he stopped. no. okay. we've got a digital one for you. they are singing the song of, hey, the spring time is on the way. we'll have sunshine in and out. a gorgeous day to get out. layer up a little bit. we have signs of spring. scott took a picture of daffodils at his house. and look at these snowdrop flowers. they are up as well. you are probably seeing signs of spring in your own yard. back to you. >> thank you so much, tom. new, police just released video of a brutal attack in the district. you might find this video disturbing. it happened 11:00 tuesday night in front of the el nuevo restaurant and bar in columbia road in northwest. we're working to find out more about the victim who was violently kicked over and over again there as you can tell and hit and punched. he was taken to the hospital. attacker, who appears to be looking like what appears to be a football jersey, police would like to hear from you. >>> just four days before super tuesday is once

people to rein in washington. my view is that movement will keep growing and growing. one of two things is going to happen, either congress will finally listen and send term a minute to the states for ratification, where we will see a movement in the states. one are the other, we will get it done. yes? hold on one second for the microphone. >> what is your plan for improving the infrastructure of america, including roads, bridges? whenever going to get the work on the ground in america? ted cruz: terrific question. one of the problems we have right now is taxpayers send money to washington. it goes into a black hole. i talked before about the 10th amendment. h amendment is what keeps decision-making close to the people. , for example, you talked about roads and bridges. there is no reason why the federal government should decide what roads and bridges to build in the state of new hampshire. [applause] , theght to take that money transportation money, and block credit back to the states and allow the people of new

people look to washington. and washington is living in a very, very different world. and then on top of all of that is the issue of fairness. is the issue of a rigged economy. which essentially means that ordinary people are working longer hours for low wages. when almost all new wealth and income is going to the top 1%. here is the reality of what goes on which will not -- which will not shock anybody in this world --l street but billions billions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions into saying to congress, you have to get rid of these old 1930's regulations. you have to allow commercial banks to merge with investor banks, to merge with large insurance companies. that's the way we can compete, globally. i didn't believe it for one second, not for one second. never made any sense to me. go to my website, you will see the dialogue greenspan and i had. turns out i was right, he was wrong. anyhow, here is the point, billions of dollars going to lobbying. campaign contributions and you , have not just republicans but democrats. let's be frank. greenspan anda

temperatures right now generally at or above freezing washington south. here is my first preliminary outlook on the snow forecast for how much you might want to expect around the immediate metro area and points south. probably in the 1 to 3 range. really depends where that rain/snow line sets up. farther north, more snow more often, probably in the 3 to 6 inch range. so school may be affected. now here is melissa mollett. >>> nice and green right now big look at the beltway and the hain routes. do have one closure in just a second. right now 270 southbound to the spur going to take you 26 minutes. can't ask for anything much better than that even though it's early of course. 66 here at 123 into town, out of town, don't have any issues eastbound or westbound. 95 there southbound again remember before powder mill road, have the left lane blocked with some road work. this is that long term project that has waep going on, so that should be out of the way in just a little bit. and then taking a look all the way to the west, 15 still shut down between 50 and 23

they marched on washington. they sat in. and we made huge breakthroughs. but it happened not because of somebody on top. it happened because millions of people essentially said, enough is enough. what about the women's movement? 100, 150 years ago, women said sorry, we are not going to be treated as third-class citizens. we are going to do the work we want to do. [applause] we are going to be able to vote, to run for political office. huge, terrible, enormous struggles. but women as a result of those made enormous progress. the environmental movement didn't happen in washington. by some senator introducing legislation. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. and you think about something like gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years ago, and somebody said i think in 2015, gay marriage will be legal in 50 states, the person next to him would have said what are you smoking? which raises another issue. [laughter] but the point is, when people at the grassroots start movi

the environmental movement didn't happen in washington because of some senator making a motion. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. you think about gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years and somebody ago, said, i think in 2015, gay marriage will be legal in 50 states in america, the person next to him would have said what are you smoking? [laughter] sanders: which raises another issue. [laughter] [cheering] sanders: but the point is, when people at the grassroots start moving, and when they say this is not right, in this country people should have the right to love anyone they want regardless of their gender -- [applause] tremendous changes took place. and now, you go and talk to young people, they shrug their shoulders and say what is the big deal? that is what a revolution is about. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: if we were here 30, 40 years ago, somebody jumped up and said i think america is mature enough, it has gone far enough, overcoming racism, in 2008 we are going to e

in washington, there is a little more stiffness. the president wanted to afford world leaders more of an opportunity to have a candid, relaxed discussion. >> when you said that the is standing with advisers on this supreme court issue, is he going over specific list? where is he in the process? again, we are only a few days old here. i am not going to be able to release details of the conversation. my only point is, is the president engaged? yes. that means working with his team and white house officials at the white house and back here to make sure the process is moving forward. when you said you have been reaching out to democrats and republicans on the hill, you mean on the judiciary committee? you can imagine we are hearing from a lot of folks. we are also proactively reaching out to key offices. i do not have a list to detail. ,ut i think in the coming days that outreach will become more extensive. have you guys said when the president will sign legislation on north korea? mr. schultz: i do not have an update for you. >> you ex

the environmental movement didn't happen in washington. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. you think about gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years ago, and somebody said i think in 2015, gay marriage will be , the personstates next to him would have said what are you smoking? which raises another issue. [laughter] but the point is, when people at the grassroots start moving, and when they say this is not right, in this country people should have the right to love anyone they want regardless of their gender -- [applause] tremendous changes took place. ,ou go and talk to young people they shrug their shoulders and say what is the big deal? that is what a revolution is about. [applause] if we were here 40 years ago, somebody jumped up and said i enough,erica is mature it has gone far enough, overcoming racism, in 2008 we are going to elect an african-american as president, there a few people would have believed that can happen. but it did happen. [

temperatures 37 in washington, 33 in st. mary's county. so that's the reason with the two hour delay down there. could just get enough snow to be a little slushy. but the rest of the day well up into the 40s for today and tomorrow, as well. >>> brand new crash here, this one great falls popped up. according to the map here, georgetown pike shut down at river bend road. and now a fuel spill because of that crash that they are trying to clean up. we'll try to get more information on that one for you here in the next couple minutes. 66 looks good. again you can kind of see before you head out what roads might be affected, beltway at branch avenue, we are a little wet through that area there. and inner loop at colesville road, a work zone, left lane getting by. weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> it's shocking to hear that any person is capable of executing a defenseless 2-year-old girl. that shocks the conscience. >> quote, you messed up and coward, some of the phrases being used to describe the man accused of killing his other daughter and he

washington journal is next. ♪ good morning, it is saturday, debbie were a 6, 2016. we have three days to go until the new hampshire primary. we are once again taking our viewers up to new hampshire -- manchester, new hampshire to talk about gop debate tonight. before we do that, with new hampshire representing the first chance for underplayed -- under cleared -- undeclared voters. whether you are satisfied with the current field of presidential candidate. could you see yourself supporting any of the major party

tracie potts is live in washington for us. more on the democrats in a moment, but first tonight's debate could be a potential lifesaver for ted cruz. >> reporter: ted cruz needs a comeback. he's come in third in the last three contests. and he's hoping that super tuesday if not this debate can do it for him. his home state of texas will be voting with the biggest pride, 155 delegates. also tonight watch rubio and trump. rub wrote is pushing for a 101 with trump trying to bump cruz completely out of this race saying if you take a look at the numbers, there are a majority of republicans he argues against donald trump which will become two people that the party needs to consider. you can see it all play out with trump center stage at the te telemundo debate tonight at 9:00. hillary clinton and bernie sanders face off saturday in south carolina. clinton and her husband are both in south carolina again today. bernie sanders, though, is in the midwest in three different states. for the second day in a row. polls show him behind by d

. >> good evening from washington. based on early exit poll numbers, hillary clinton on her way to a significant victory tonight. the polls have just closed. the only state holding a primary today is the democratic primary. this would be her second straight victory after a win in the nevada caucuses. we are in columbus, south carolina and we will show her victory speech. get your calls and comments about what this means for the democratic primary in senator sanders as he moves ahead. tuesday were super a significant portion of the delegates will be at stake. -- republican pollster frank issuing this tweet, black voters make up a bigger percent of the south carolina primary, more than 2008. keep in mind 2008, barack obama winning overwhelmingly in south hadlina and hillary clinton about 530,000 democratic votes in 2008. we will keep and i on today's results. -- we will keep an eye on today's results. hillary clinton winning the south carolina democratic primary. we will have the raw numbers as they come in with more cov

derrick ward, >>> derrick mentioned the live stream happening on the nbc washington app. download that now. as soon as we get new information threw that press conference, we will push that out as well. best thing to have is that nbc washington app on hand and we'll be putting it out throughout the day. so stay close to this. meantime we want to tell you the last prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty is officer chris young, husband and father of three died new year's eve of late 2012. a driver hit and killed him as he was responding to an emergency call on his motorcycle. officer guindon's death is the fourth prince william county police officer killed in the line of duty since the department's inception. >>> more now on the developing story in bethesda. we've learned the names of the victims killed in a horrific car crash that happened around 7:00 last night. parents michael and and their 17-year-old son thomas died. their teen daughter was also badly hurt as they collided with another hurt. both teens attended walt whitman high school. the other

[applause] and it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it started right here new hampshire in the granite state, 36 years ago. [applause] the media back then said there is no way this former governor of california could win. he is too conservative. the people of new hampshire will never support someone that actually believes this. and yet, the granite state shocked the pundits, shocked the pollsters. stood up, and because of the leadership of the men and women in this state, they gave america and the world 40 resident of the -- president of the united states, ronald wilson reagan. [applause] why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. all over this country, people are waking up. , how many of iowa you know the turnout numbers in iowa? on the pelican side, we saw a 50% -- republican side, we saw a 50% turnout, higher than any time in history with the iowa caucus. [applause] on the democratic side, they saw a decrease of 30% from 2008. [applause] curious, have any of you seen that covered on the new stations? almost m

temperatures not so bad. 49 in washington. 46 degrees in manassas with clear skies. will cloud up early tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., and limited sunshine possible. a temperature of 47. showers arrive by 10:00 a.m., and the temperature at that point around 53. the high tomorrow, 55. we will hit that at about 4:00 in the afternoon, and we continue to track areas of rain, andn and maybe looking to ski tomorrow, and rain likely there at times as well, and spring-cleaning, just what you want to do on your sunday, but a good day to get a jump-start on that. you can still open up the windows and get the fresh air and heading out and about you will be good as long as you have the umbrella handy. temperatures in the low 40s. coming home, mostly cloudy skies and the temperature around 51 degrees. right around normal. our average high is about 49 degrees. tuesday, a high temperature around 50 with cloudy skies and the chance of rain later in the day. here's the latest. this is one scenario. 1:00, notice how most of the area is dry but cloudy, and showers moving into the norther

. >>> and we obviously will have that running across the pot of your screen and our nbc washington app. perfect time to download it. snowflakes and snow showers plainly along the 270 corridor through montgomery county into northern parts of -- southern parts of frederick county. also wet snow flakes across prince william county and loudoun county. bus stop weather, temperatures are all above freezing. yes, you can get snow above freezing. you just can't get to stick much. and that's where we'll be for most of the day. we have a 60% chance of delays and cancellations for schools today. those chances continue into wednesday and thursday, but they will get lower with each passing day. "7-day forecast," vicious cold by the weekend, that is in ten minutes. it is traffic time. >>> so i just got a text from tom kierein, he's saying the huge flakes falling right here in front of the 4 x 4 are sticking to untreated pavement in montgomery county. so a warning for you there. the roads that have been treated really are not bad. they're mostly wet. for example here 270 at old hundred road through h

an's >> "washington journal" is next. then, at 9:00 a.m. the house returns discussing a bill regarding sanctions on north korea. then, hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders are speaking at the minnesota democratic farmer labor party dinner. coming up in 45 minutes, a look at president obama's 2017 budget proposal. ineas.est is maya macgu >> we have to also be very clear. especially with young people about what kind of government is going to do what for them and what it will cost. clinton, youetary are not in the white house yet. and let us be clear, that every proposal i have introduced has been faithful. ♪ host: that was a little bit from the democratic debate in milwaukee. we want to get your reactions from the debate last night, but also, the entire debate schedule.

go to the nbc washington app and search pothole. the event show cases hundreds of worldwide destinations to the caribbean and local hot spots. the show runs through sunday at the washington month since the big blizzard. governor larry hogan asked president obama yesterday to issue a disaster declaration. that would free up federal funding. maryland hasn't said how much the storm costs the state. >>> a crowd funneleding campaign is under way if fairfax to help those struggling with their heating bills. dozens of families kept it through this initiative. our daily bread is trying to raise $16,000 by the end of the month. it would help 80 families who are struggle to go pay their heating bills. >> when this time of year comes around and the heating bills spike, they don't have extra funds to cover those extra needs. so we decided to run a special campaign this time of year to increase the amount of financial assistance we can provide. just search heat assistance in the nbc washington app. so far the campaign raised $3,000 towards the g

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c-span, washington journal is next. then attorney general loretta lynch testifies in capitol hill about the justice department's 2017 budget request. at new we take you live to nashville, tennessee with ohio governor and republican presidential candidate john kasich. coming up on today's washington journal, green party presidential candidate jill stein talks about the issues central to her campaign. and the challenges she and other third-party candidates face in the general election. later, conservative blogger erick erickson discusses threats to religious freedom. ♪ host: good saturday morning to you. it is february 27 and we are talking politics. donald trump is solidifying his status as the front runner among republican presidential candidate at the receiving an endorsement from formal rival new jersey governor chris christie. there are heated battles going on for second place. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are ramping up their attacks as they position themselves as an alternative to the billion or. we are -- a

go to nbc washington app and just search pothole. d.c. travel and adventure show is rolling into our area this weekend. nbc 4 is a proud partner. the event showcases hundreds of worldwide destinations from india to the caribbean to local hot spots. the show runs through sunday at the washington convention center. >>> well, it's been almost a month since the big blizzard. maryland government is asking for help to pay for the damage. governor larry hogan asked president obama yesterday to issue a disaster declaration. that would free up federal funding to pay state and local agencies that responded to the storm. maryland hasn't said how much the storm costs the state. >>> a crowd funding campaign is under way if fairfax to help those struggling with their heating bills. dozens of families kept it through this initiative. our daily bread is trying to raise $16,000 by the end of the month. it would help 80 families who are struggling to pay their heating bills. >> when this time of year comes around and the heating bills spike, they don't hav

for the latest, we go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning everyone. so, we know donald trump is not prone to be silent on anything and we learned that more late last night. he had a rally in nevada talking about the cruz ads and essentially calling cruz dishonest. listen. >> the cruz ad, it's not a subject i know anything about. but this guy is sick. there's something wrong with him. >> reporter: so, let's talk about today. the nevada, the republican cauc cruz. and marco rubio hoping to make his mark here. a lot of analysts are wondering if trump takes this one is is he going to be unstauablunstoppabl? and interestingly, kasich is getting heat from protesters at some of his events in nevada after signing off on planned parenthood and defunding it back home in ohio. could be interesting race. those caucuses happening later in the evening nevada time. so, here on the east coast it could be a while before we start to see results. >>> meanwhile, the democrats are gearing up for saturday in south carolina.

the app launched at george washington university wednesday. it features a panic button that will call 911. and you can share your location with friends and find resources if you are assaulted. >> it is a resource app and it houses all of the resources on campus specific to the campuses that we serve for students to use and access. >> the nonprofit group men can stop rape created the app. they hope to expand this to other college campuses nationwide. >>> coming up on 4:37. hillary clinton has a chance to reteam herself tonight after a larger than expected loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. debate at 9:00 in milwaukee, both candidates ramped up their attacks right before the fnew hampshire primary. clinton has a stronger base in south carolina where bernie sanders is polling at about 32% right now. and then there were six. the republican race is narrowing. both new jersey governor chris christie and business woman carly fiorina called it quits. new hampshire winner donald trump, senator ted cruz who worp the eye caucuses, marco rubio, jeb

sylvia cyrus is executive director of the association, which is also called in washington, d.c., and edwin henderson is founder and president of the tenner hill heritage foundation. welcome all of you. >> thank you. >> so, why nearly a century after carter g. woodson, the african-american historian established it, are we still debating whether or not we still need black history month? >> well, i think because america really has not fully embraced the contributions of african-americans. it's the reason why we have to still have this celebration dr. woodson started in 1926. we are still making history. so we're still worthy of study, we're still worthy of research and dissemination about our contributions. and it's still very important for us. >> dr. whitehead, do you agree with that, and do you think anyone cares about black history other than black people? >> well, that's a big issue. i think it's important that we still celebrate black history month. when i travel around the country, if we didn't talk about black history during black mandated, people would not discuss it at all. i'v

derrick ward is live on clay terrace in northeast washington with the details for us. hi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning again. we're in the 5300 clay street in the clay terrace neighborhood of northeast. the shooting happened just behind me there. you see that stop sign? that's where it happened, and it was about 2:09 this morning. according to police, that was the time an officer thought to stop a man here in the 5500 block of clay street. police say they got into a struggle and that the person they were trying to stop pulled a gun, and at that point the officer shot that person. that person died at a hospital a short time later. we don't have an identity or what it was that prompted the officer to stop that person in the first place. police held the scene until a little over an hour ago where they cleared away the investigation and moved into a different phase. the officer involved has been placed on administrative duty as is common practice in an investigation such as this. now, it is ironic. we are told about two months ago in november, there was a police

his acceptance speech, sanders says his win is sending a message that will echo from wall street to washington. >> tonight, a better idea of how trump and sanders won new hampshire tonight and why the other candidates loss. >> well, for donald trump, it was simple. he got a huge chunk for candidates who want to tell it like it is. he won about half the votes who said immigration was their number one issue. those who made their decision more than a month ago. and what did 70% of its supporters say they're enthusiastic about voting for trump? over on the democratic side, bernie sanders dominated over the age of 30. he won over 80 p% of those vote. he even beat hillary clinton among women. but take a listen to what she said in her concession speech. it's clear she's already looking ahead to the more diverse states like south carolina and nevada. >> african american parents shouldn't have to worry that their children will be harassed, humiliated, even shot because ft color of their skin. immigrant families shouldn't have to lie awake tonight listening for a knock on the door. >> what about john ka

press: i had heard rumors around washington that he might be thinking about it. so i went to see him in his office, and i said what do i hear? he told me he was thinking about it. this was 2014. he was only thinking about it in the sense that he had realized that the only way people will seriously take you seriously or take your issue seriously as if you run for president. you can be a senator and give speeches, and nobody pays attention. if you are a presidential candidate, there is an are about -- there is some or about that. he felt of these progressive issues that he talks about should be front and center in this 2016 presidential primary. somebody had to do it. if somebody else did it, fine, but if nobody else did it he was thinking he might do it. the other person at the time they thought, would be elizabeth warren. if elizabeth warren had run, i'm pretty confident to think that bernie sanders would have never run. bernie: did he ask your opinion on whether he should run? mr. press at the first meeting, : i suggest, i said if you are really serious, what yo

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his work is available online at washington post.com, thank you for being with us. ed: anytime. c-span's road to the white house coverage continues wednesday in new hampshire. john kasich speaks to the new hampshire business forum. bush at a townhall meeting in laconia. holds a town hall meeting in milford. if you are interested in the process it all happens in iowa and new hampshire. we have to cover the candidates where they are. a lot of people are interested in this election. our coverage is completely unfiltered. how they are trying to close the deal. a lot of attention on every nuance and every news story in every speech every ad. how are you trying to respond to those. in this day and age of social media and twitter the news cycle is constant. we are the one place that allows you to take a step back and watch it. you can get the analysis on other networks and you can certainly here viewer calls and what they are weighing in on the programming. we are the one place that allows you to see it as it happens. coming up on c-span, marco rubio in exeter new hampshire. ted cruz i

download our nbc washington app so you'll be weather ready. so 30s this morning, up they're 50 today. a nice quiet day ahead of warm and rain tomorrow. >> it's nice and mild. a little bit of a relief. brand new problem here 95 -- near 95, northbound 123 between 95 and old bridge road, you can see a little bit of a slowdown here. that is the left rain getting by. a brand new crash just popped up. 395 south at seminary, again, left lane getting by the work zone until 8:00 a.m. and bonifant street at georgia avenue this stiin silver spring have the water main break. crews will be out there this morning. travel times in 10 minutes. >>> it is a different raes afo r the iowa caucuses. ted cruz beat out his republican competitors and since print hillary clinton squeaked out a win against bernie sanders. aaron gilchrist is live in des moines. >> good morning. there were expectations that a big turnout would favor bernie sanders. there was a big turnout, but it did not favor the senator from vermont. results from an hour ago, extensi essentially a 50/5

so the bulk of the heavier rains look to be south of washington, north of washington probably a half inch or less. but south of washington could pick up over an inch. so some of the creeks and streams there may come out of their banks breeiefly by early this evening. and they said on out toward athc ocean. we have a watch floor watch out all the areas in green including washington metro area, arlington, fairfax, all these counties in virginia into west virginia for some high water that will be developing from this rain already falling on saturated ground. briefly out of their banks. what to wear today, you'll need a coat for the rest of the morning an even some sunglasses. overcats catcast is quite brig. but may need umbrella and rain boots as we could have ponding of water by late afternoon. right now it's in the low and mid-50s shenandoah valley. closer to washington, right around 50. northern neck, eastern shore, some spots already mid and upper 50s. so if you want to get in a run or bike ride, do it between now and 1:00. after that the showers come on through. we'll drop to low 5

a good idea to download the nbc washington app. now even though we're expecting river flooding on wednesday, minor to moderate, i think we could still see the water levels rise through thursday. the weekend absolutely delightful. we know that there is going to be a lot of super parties going on for the big game. dry sunshine, close to 50 degrees. chuck bell has more on the potential of flooding midweek coming up tomorrow on news4 today. >> thanks, v.j. >>> coming up, the kickoff to the super bowl. the super bowl. it gets a (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. give us a plan. ♪ (cell phone rings) where are you? well the squirrels are back in the attic. mom? your dad won't call an exterminator... can i call you back, mom? he says it's personal this time... if you'

we'll send you an alert through the nbc washington app if that happens. sources tell tom sherwood that gray will run against yvette alexander in ward 7. al alexander says she'll be ready. >> i'm going to continue to do the things that i do know matter who runs. >> prosecutors ended a five year probe of gray's scandal-plagued mayoral run in 2010. gray was never charged. >>> good morning. i'm meet fwteorologist chuck be. thick fog out there this morning. between now and about 7:00, 9:00 this morning. the advisory goes until 7:00. may take a little longer than that to rear aclear all the fog. there are still some places that have minor flood stage. a risk of a few light snowflakes tonight down into part of southern maryland. a bit of a refreeze issue, as well. fortunately, one of the things you need to know, it will be quieter weather by the weekend. outside this morning, there are those visibilities again. done below a mile in many locations. so that could slow things down on the roads early this morning. speaking of the roads, here is melissa mollett. >>>

people look to washington and washington is living in a very different world. on top of all of that is the issue of fairness, the issue of a rigged economy, which essentially means people are working ordinary hours -- working hours for low wages. and there is the issue of wealth and power, which dictates what goes on in america. we have town meetings. the general feeling is there should be more equality. when they look at wall street what they see is a rigged economy. they see a corrupt campaign finance system. all wrapped up in wall street. what i can tell you from personal experience -- the banking committee, which became the financial committee. i was on the committee that dealt with the regulation of wall street. here is the reality that will not shock any american. wall street put billions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions into saying you have to get rid of these 1930's regulations. you have to allow commercial banks to merge with investor banks, to merge with large insurance companies. i didn't believe it for one second, not for one second

we're getting a little sunshine here in northwest washington, a little bit. we need to go closer to virginia think we'll get it here eventually. a mix of sun and clouds out there today. temperatures in the 40s right now. 34 seems to be the cold spot, everybody else in the upper 30s. everybody was involved with that freezing mark. clouds are starting to roll back in little by little. as i said, a mix of sun and clouds out there today. cool as we go through the evening, but temperatures will drop, will fall below that freezing mark tonight, but then we warm back up. we've got the 7-day forecast coming up. >> all right, lauryn, thank you. we've seen a pretty wild swing in the temperatures over the last several days. coupled with the snow and freezing rain is creating a big problem across our region. you know what it is. potholes. molette green is live at cc with more. molette? >> blame all the salt and grime we need to use to melt away the i check it out, i'm on 44th street leading into georgetown. we went all over d.c. to find potholes. it wasn't hard. check ou

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so make sure you download the nbc washington app. the fog in the morning, rain that could be heavy and wind with even a few thunderstorms that could come through. river flooding a possibility for tomorrow. especially these areas under a flood watch starting wednesday afternoon. northern maryland, up through areas of pennsylvania, frederick county, washington county. there's the system headed this way. i'll take you hour by hour to show you the heaviest rain coming through and we'll have more on what rivers and streams could see flooding tomorrow. >>> as she just noted. that mix of rain, leftover mountains of snow and warm temperatures tomorrow could lead to potential flooding. and tonight people are making preparations for all of that. chris gordon is in fairfax county fire and rescue station in great falls right now. chris? >> well jim, water rescuers tonight are issuing a warning -- they want you to avoid standing water in roadways, if there is flooding tomorrow. >> fairfax county swift water rescuers here at the great falls fire s

you're washington capitals, the first team with 90 points through 57 games. first since the 1979-1908 flyers. t.j. oshie scored his 17th goal of the season but an unlikely hero won it for the caps. brooks orpik scored his first ever game-winning goal. caps host the coyotes tomorrow night. >>> from a game winner to a showstopper. ryan kerrigan joining us tonight. we'll talk about staying motivated in the off-season and how a year ago he was in kirk cousins shoes. ryan kerrigan, coming in studio to join the round table. i have a lot of questions for him. >> i'm sure you do. we look forward to it. thank you, carol. >>> he's known as tonight the stars come out for a special tribute for acclaimed director james burrows. watch tonight followed by news4 at 11:00. he directed sitcoms for more than four decades. he co-created cheers and worked on "friends" and "will and grace." that's the news for now. we will see you tonight for news4 at 11:00. good night, everybody. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow

she is in northeast washington. molette? >> i'm right inside one of the many salt domes in d.c. they're ready to deploy, but with this storm it's all about the timing. salt chemicals and plow trucks on stand-by. >> no! >> reporter: it's coming but the timing of it is a little bit tricky for tuesday's rush when people head out to school and work. she doesn't have to go out in it. >> i'm going to go to the store and i'm going to stock up. then i'm going to look out my window and watch. >> reporter: the deployment of d.c.'s snow team kicks up at noon. plow trucks ready to roll out and spread salt and plow if necessary. hoping to avoid a repeat of last month's snowfall where untreated it froze and iced over, creating a traffic nightmare. >> we'll probably get one inch. >> reporter: the mayor wants property owners to do their part and pre-treat sidewalks. l.t. cook says he's lucky his house is just a few steps away from the plow trucks. since we are expecting some rain first, d.c. tells me -- d.c. department of transportation says their snow trucks will be out and about with a wait f

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

the guys in washington care about that. it varies not just from country to country, but state to state and even from melissa pahlavi -- they cannot do a lot about where they're located. these regulations could impact the man in a negative way. they can impact the way to execute projects. that try lot of people to mold those legislations to limit the potential to refiners. sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not. also, making wise investment decisions to make compliance more cost-effective. demand and wet have seen a little bit of that from howard. obviously, the developing countries is where all the demand has been in the last 10 years. increased by the last 9.9% in that impacted the global recession in 20 -- 2009. almost 14 million barrels a day increased in the emerging economies. the developed economies lost 4.5 million barrels a day. 1.4 million barrels of that is the u.s.'s share. we have seen a bit of a change in the current low-price environment. the response to low prices. of the product demand grow

you can find more coverage on that rally in alexandria on the nbc washington app. >>> right now we're getting some light to moderate rain across virginia and maryland. it's all advancing off to the north coming into the metro area. we had some really dense fog downtown. the fog quickly dissipated. and it's still rather foggy, though, much of the region. as the rain pushes on in, we're getting decreased visibility. you could barely see the tower there at national airport. right now it's starting to move in. temperatures at 2:00 will likely make it into the 50s, very briefly maybe at 60 degrees, then thunderstorms roll in between 4:00 to around 7:00 p.m., temperatures holding in the 50s. risk is mainly for some high winds, some hail and maybe eve downpours. there is low risk of any tornadoes. again, that's 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. >> john, thank you. safety concerns this morning after a gas line blew up a home in woodbridge county. they are expecting to replace some 800 service lines in homes in the woodbridge area. the entire process could take a year and a half. they investigated pipes in th

. >> washington journal is life every day with news and policy issues. tomorrow, molly o'toole will join us to talk about obama's plan to close guantanamo bay. will talkegor skinner about the latest developments surrounding the zika virus. >> how can we get people to pay attention to wasteful spending? we tend to find things that are but theunderstand government is so large, organizations have to cut through the noise. congress talking about wonderful things they are doing. make it more personable so they understand the impact on them. shaftday night, thomas talks about his organization bringing attention to wasteful federal spending. compiles unauthorized government programs. >> we work with the coalition called the congressional pork busters coalition. they came up with the definition earmarks.ending, we started the big book. billion. year was $3 every year that we can find inmarks, we release the book april or may. next, marco rubio campaigns in georgia. then, john kasich stops by another state to take questions from voters in tennessee. leader, a ted

are found in our homes, in our communities, and it is in our government, at the state evel, not in washington, d.c. [applause] for the first time in eight years, you will have a president that follows the constitution. in my first moment in office, i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. every one of them. [applause] president, aree going to have a president that embraces a free economy. free enterprise, my parents were not rich people -- my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. the reason they had a job is because free enterprise works. someone who had the money risked and hired them. it's the only economic in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] save freeing to enterprise. we are going to fix our tax code. back theseg to roll things that come out of the federal government. we are going to roll back social security. we are going to utilize the resources god has blessed us with an we are going to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [applause] when i'm presiden

it's today's nbc washington flash survey. call or next the number on your screen or head over to the nbc washington facebook or twitter pages to cast your vote. >>> we know a lot of you are sleep deprived and we have some eye-opening that up. more than a third of americans are tossing around turning. sleep experts recommend adults get seven hours a night. anything less is linked to health problems like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. the cdc reports 1 out of 3 people do not get enough sleep. this was especially true among african-americans and people living in the southeastern part of the united states. >>> delaware is looking for money to repair popular beaches that were damaged in last month's big winter storm. governor jack markell plans to ask for $2.5 million in federal disaster relief. the money would help fix the north end of rehoboth beach boardwalk and repair broken storm water pipes. >>> a heart-warming reunion after a dog went missing during a snowstorm. >> yeah. the dog's owner briefly let him off the leash

think you know and it's a rejection of the status quo and against washington, always, a winner, as well as personality. so we'll see how that has sustained it going forward. and the people are forward. is really al process important and hopefully people which still listin to the debate. and the people will win because heir priorities are now become hopefully the priorities. but when you see what is , false g in flint economies increase the deficit nd for our children. indiscernible] ms. pelosi: we did very well on the bill in terms. and national institutes of health. falking about the c.d.c. and isease for well-being of the american people. education and education is the same committee and the same budget. ofs not a committee question budget. they will be allocated. and the question is how they are allocated and we hope to have a smooth process. and we saw our bipartisan agreement set us on. and i hope we aren't going to spend in the way of progress of getting the job done. i was curious twha the republicans would be sergeanting this over and over. reporter: you sounded optimistic that

life today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. then, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, senator bernie sanders. at 2:00, john kerry and colombian president santos hold a joint news conference. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we bring you the new hampshire democratic party dinner with speeches i bernie sanders and hillary clinton. in 45 minutes, a history of the new hampshire primary with adam smith of the university of new hampshire and co-author of "the first primary." lambert 8:30 a.m., gary on his support for jeb bush. at 9:15, burt cohen on his support for bernie sanders. >> on your screen is manchester, new hampshire, the political center of the world this week. population 110,000. last night at the university of new hampshire a debate was held. bernie sanders and hillary clinton took part. one of the issues discussed was the definition of progressivism, what progressive means, and we want to hear from democrats only in this first section of "washington journal" this morning. democrats

"the washington post" join mess now. you want you to respond. he's been the subject of media coverage describing a cozy relationship with donald trump. he's been dismissing those criticisms. let's look at what he said about you on his show. >> "washington post" actually after our town hall meeting the other night when i eperred him with so many questions that i was attacked for interrupting too much actually said how dare they hold a town hall meeting where they don't ask him tough questions. e we asked tougher questions than our ket. tors ask who have the media writers and people have the audacity to ask if we're too close to donald trump. the answer is, no, we're not. >> he says he's been tough. you said he let him skate. >> i think that there is one of these it great situations where both sides can claim, look at this question, look at at that question. my point here is sort of a larger one. that is if you allow donald trump -- if youen gauge him only on social security, iraq, the issues and how he's going to unite the republican party, you'r

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we need that in washington, d.c. we need a balanced amendment in washington. i know how to do this because i did it as governor in florida. the reason we had reserves that were high was i had line item veto power, and i used it. 2500 separate times. enoe.called me veto corl corleone. legislators put line items in thembudget, and we called turkeys for some reason in florida. i would take that out of the budget and there was a sigh of i tried touse i said get it done, but the governor was the guy that did not let it happen. i would love to take that responsibility in washington. the next president should have power, to bring order and discipline to the budget. we did something no other state did, and now a few have done it. we eliminated lifetime employment protections for government is. but to makenitive, the point that government is the servant, not the master, of people. how can you be a servant if you have lifetime protections the matter what you do? we change that in florida. the government run is reduced by 13,000 workers. no one came close to that. we did