wars. i yield back. >> reporter: but the republican bill would block funding for planned parenthood, for abortion services. >> kill the babies! the budget's first! the budget's more important. >> antiabortion protesters drove home the point and the republicans will target cuts to push their policies. senate democrats vowed to defeat the house move. >> i am really stunned and angry as a woman. >> the tea party pushed through its extreme agenda. issues that have nothing, nothing, nothing to do with funding government. >> but the tea party and its allies are saying don't blame us now if the treasurys run dry. liberals in the senate are continuing to shut down government because they want to underwrite the largest abortion provider in america. >> president obama again called boehner and reid to the white house, but no deal. >> there is no agreement on the number and the policy issues that are contained with this. >> unless we work something out, the government will shut down. 800,000 workers laid off. if we were to have a shut down, the shorter the better, but the impact will be immediately felt on the economy. >> all eyes on capitol hill, one day left. to keep the pressure on, president obama has called reid and house speaker republican john boehner back to the white house less than an hour from now. doreen and jim back to you. >> thank you, steve. they talked about the potential government shoutdown and he office wtop radio this morning. up to 15,000 district workers also would be furloughed. he said drivers can, in his words park with impunity because parking enforcement will be shut down. there will also be no trash pickup for at least a week. police and fire person. el will thai on the job. the mayor expressed his frustrations with the federal control over district dollars. >> this time to draw a line in the sand and i agree with that. there is absolutely no way the district should be subjected to this and maybe this is the best, certainly the most recent, concrete example of what it means to be disenfranchised in the city any it should be a call to action for the people of the district of columbia to say just like the folks did in the 18th century. enough is enough. >> we also learned today that the offices of d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton will remain open if there is a shutdown. her staff will work without pay. d.c. public schools and public charter schools also will remain open and the government shutdown will likely delay the processing of passports. >> a local lawmaker gave federal employees another reason to worry about a government shutdown. the workers may not get paid. our coverage of the shutdown showdown continues with derek ward. he's in crystal city with more on that side of the story. hi, derek. >> reporter: hey, how are you? we are, indeed in crystal city. one of northern virginia's enclaves and federal offices of federal contractors where they are bracing themselves and over on capitol hill, despite the overtures that we just heard about there is still a bit of pessimism. as a matter of fact, it's not so much a question about whether there will be a shutdown. the question becomes how long will it be and how painful will it be? >> reporter: in the halls of congress optimism is as fleeting as bipartisanship these days, but what isn't hard to find is angst among constituents. >> i'm hearing a high level of anxiety. >> virginia congressman jim moran says not only is the shutdown looking more and more likely, those government workers who may be furloughed may not be compensated later. >> i down the that they will be reimbursed this year although we certainly instand to get the appropriation to do so, but i think this is an even more extreme environment. >> one virginia resident we spoke to says it's time for some strong, but bitter medicine for the government. >> i hope that our government is taking note, that we need to stop spending money and whatever it's going to take for us to stop them -- whatever it's going to take for them to stop spending money, i'm all for it it. >> but those not in government and contracted by it who are also bracing for the worst under a government shutdown. >> i can sustain for a little bit, but i can use that money, too. i really need it. >> the government shuts down it it will be a problem. somebody needs to run a country. i think we're all affected if the government shuts down. >> efforts will be made to stopgap spending measures, but they're falling by the wayside. >> we can't reach agreement and the president has said that he will veto an effort and he will veto continued resolutions and for that reason it doesn't look good. >> and a bit of advice for the dire straits that could lie ahead for government workers and others. >> they're not going to be able to go out at restaurants. it hurts restaurants and no big purchases. they're going to have to put their money aside for the mortgage and their car payment and the groceries and the like. >> congressman moran is scheduled to have a town hall meeting, where he will impart more advice like that and answer questions from anxious constituents. we're live in crystal city. back to you. >> derrick ward reporting. thank you, derrick. even if there is a shutdown, arlington national cemetery will still have the funeral services that are already scheduled for next week, but the store and the bus tour there will be closed. it's because they are operated by the u.s. park service. of course, the government shutdown would have a major impact on the pentagon. the house today approved a resolution by republicans to fund the military for the rest of the fiscal year, but the white house threatened to block that because that measure includes billions more budget cuts and a ban on publicly-funded abortions here in d.c. chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on the impact on the military any especially, jim on their families. correct in. >> that's absolutely right, jim. one of the big questions has always been about what about the 2 million men and women in uniform? the pentagon cleared that up today by saying every man and woman on active duty will have to report to work, will have to report to their jobs not only here, but overseas like in the wars in, rack and afghanistan, obviously. the catch is, however, they won't be paid for that work until after the government shutdown is over and even though they'll eventually get their money, secretary of defense gates who is in iraq today ak untilled to troops in baghdad that for many of the enlisted rank who really don't get paid that much to begin with, that could create some serious hardships especially for the 150,000 service members fighting the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the last thing they need to worry about, jim, is whether their bills are getting paid back home. >> it's fair to say they do have enough on their plate right now and other things to consider, right, jim? >> that's absolutely right. as far as civilians go, the dod employees worldwide who would be forced to work also will have to wait to collect their pay until the shutdown is over, but non-essential employees will be furloughed, meaning they won't come to work and at the end of the shutdown may not get paid for that time off. >> between a rock and a hard place. jim miklaszewski. thank you. we hope y'all stay with news 4 for the potential shutdown of the federal government. we'll have a report on the effort to salvage the cherry blossom parade this weekend in the next half hour and we'll have much more coverage on our website, nbcwashington.com. wow should search the word shutdown to find that information. we've got an update now on some breaking news in montt good morningry county. an arrest in the bombing at a home in potomac. darcy spencer says the suspect was arrested in virginia and she's got the latest the now live from rockvalley, darcy? >> the fire chief read a brief statement announcing that arrest and he wouldn't answer any questions and he did not provide any further details regarding a possible motive or evidence that may have led to this arrest. 58-year-old farzin sadeghi was arrested this morning. search warrants were arrested at his home in marshall as well as in gathersburg in montgomery county. they would not discuss what evidence may have been discovered or what charges he's facing. he's been arrested in connection with the pipe bomb explosion outside a mansion on ingle wootd drive in potomac and that happened last month. a necklace was found at the scene and authorities would not say what relevance it has to their case and no one was hurt in that explosion. >> through various investigative techniques sensitive to the case and cooperative work with our law enforcement partners and can rest axe sured that the person involved in this heinous crime has been taken off the street. >> he is currently being held in virginia pending extradition back here to maryland to face charges. reporting live from rockville, darcy spencer, news 4. >> okay, darcy. thank you. one man is behind bars accused of robbing a woman today. investigators say museum security guards tackled the man until officers could arrive. this is the second mug near the museum in two weeks. on march 28th, two masked men robbed a 50-year-old man between the museum any smithsonian castle. those men got away and police are trying to find out if the two incidents are related. >> coming up tonight, a deadly shooting in the neighborhood in maryland. police know who it was who pulled the trigger. there's been insurgent support for potential republican candidate for president. >> i will be better than anybody. i will do the best job. if i decide to run, i will do the best job. . i will be best for this country. >> there's been a public vote and a name has been assigned for that elusive cobra at the bronx zoo. >> doug, what's ahead in weather? >> doreen, we saw sunshine and temperatures near 70 degrees. i'll show you what you need when you wake up in the morning. lindsay? >> hey, doug, coming up in sports the nfl and the locked out players appear ready to get back to the bargaining table, but there is a twist. also the wizards cannot keep pace in indiana and the capitals in first place in the conference and continuing their quest for a the french military has released video of the rather dramatic rescue of the japanese ambassador in ivory coast. on the continent of africa. >> mercenaries loyal to the renegade former president stormed the ambassador's residence yesterday. japan asked for help to rescue the ambassador. under cover of darkness french commandos were rappelled and recovered. he lost the presidential election back in november, but he has refused to 10 down. his actions have sparked a second civil war in a decade there and the humanitarian crisis. >> in japan they're dealing with yet another blow, a 7.1 magnitude tremor. they're calling it an aftershock certained in the eastern sea of sendai. it was one of the trongest of the aftershocks to rattle that nation since the devastating quake any tsunami. charles haddlock has our report. >> reporter: japan was rocked by the strongest aftershock from the deadly 9.0 earthquake a month ago. from trdz's 7.1 argue quake. the epicenter was more than 100 miles from the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant. nine workers safely, vanning waited the plant and officials say there have been no irregular radiation readings and the earth kwauk further damaged the plant. the energy provider says the pump supplying water to the reactors were not damaged and are till operating. >> we have not heard of any emergency situations at either the reactors or the vertical tunnels and that's the information that i've received currently. >> at least 76 people have been injured from today's earthquake in northern japan, an area still reeling from last month's earthquake any tsunami. today's earthquake is yet another setback for japan. a country still reeling from its worst problems since world war ii. charles haddlock, nbc news, tokyo. a new wall street bjornal/nbc news poll suggests donald trump could be a formidable candidate if he decides to run for candidate. he is is tied for second among likely voters in a republican primary. they come in both of them behind mitt romney. he discussed a number of issues on "the today show" with meredith vieira including questions he has over whether president obama was born in the u.s. and he talked with vieira about why he's still waiting to jump into the presidential race. >> well, i hate to say it. i have the number one show on nbc. >> it is pretty good. >> "the apprentice" is doing great, "the celebrity apprentice." it sounds so trivial, and i hate to bring it up, & but i'm not allowed to run during the show. >> recently, you spent a lot of time talking about president obama's birth certificate or lack thereof. you don't seem convinced that he has one. >> i'm not con rinsed that he has one. >> you have people down there searching. >> absolutely. and they cannot believe what they're finding. i would like to have him show his birth certificate and can i be honest with you? i hope he can, because if he can't, if he can't, and if he wasn't born in this country which is a real possibility. i'm saying it's a real possibility, much greater than i thought two or three weeks ago, then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics. >> donald trump also aligned himself with the tea party today. he said he's very proud of some of the ideas they put forth. coming up tonight, police very busy last night here in d.c. dealing with one attack after another. a couple of teenager his to be rescued and they apparent low jumped into raging waters on purpose. and the weather roller coaster two teen age girls are home safe after be being rescued from a fast-moving creek in new york. it happened in new york yesterday. police say the girls were trying to retrieve a cell phone that fell into the water and they got stuck. they were clinging to a bridge when rescuers found them. crews used an inflatable raft to get the teenagers back to shore and they are both going to be just fine. we think they're going to be -- to have their cell phone taken away? >> they would be tweeting already. >> oh, i don't even want to think about it. big changes coming in our weather after this girl day? >> it's another roller coaster and we used that term probably over the past month quite a lot. you do not want to use that term around memorial day. in about a month that's when you do not want to hear 71 and 52 because that's exactly what we're dealing with right now. >> outside today, beautiful. temperatures near 70 degrees and yes, the roller coaster goes down tomorrow and we will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s during the day tomorrow. outside right now, just a gorgeous evening and it will be throughout the rest of the evening and overnight tonight before we start to see the rain move on in here and the really cold temperatures. enjoy it now and yes, the umbrellas will be needed during the day tomorrow and i think they'll be needed all day long. look at the winds. the winds have shifted and earlier they were calm any now they're east-northeast. the easterly flow is starting to pick up and that will drop our temperatures even more. down 62 and it was 69 last hour and we're seeing the numbers drop. 58 in baltimore. 50 in ocean city. that air moving in off of the atlantic. still warm and 77 in charlottesville any 65 back toward win exister. to the north any east, only 50 degrees in new york. 54 in philadelphia and that's the air mass that we'll see overnight tonight. tomorrow, much cooler by 20 degrees in most locations and cop are combine that with some rain and you can see the damp air to the north, that easterly flow moving in, at the same time, westerly flow aloft bringing us some rain. so a bit of an overrunning situation. that will mean a persistent rain during the day tomorrow. let's break it down for you and we'll go ahead and zoom on in right into the region. when is this rain going to start, probably during the rush hour and i think it will start off on the light side. right at:00 tomorrow morning and seeing in rain activity any it won't be showers. this will be a persistent rain. by 5:00, the afternoon rush and that rain continuing all day long and i think a bit of an enhanced area of rain moving through as the area of low pressure moves through and behind it we'll continue to see showers in here before things start to clear out during the day on saturday and by saturday. it's on the cool saturday before we return to the 07s on sunday. just two days with below average temperatures. partly cloudy, a great evening tonight. >> winds out of the east-northeast at 5 to 10, but they will be picking up tonight out of the east-northeast. when you wake up tomorrow morning, same deal. east winds 5 to 10 and with that rain developing. if you walked outside and it's not raining yet, don't forget the umbrella because that rain will be moving in during the morning hours. tomorrow afternoon, cloudy and cool, rain, bring the umbrella 47 to 52 degrees and there are the easterly winds and they will stay out of the east during the day on saturday. that will keep us in the upper 40s. around 58 degrees with early shower activity, but as i mentioned we go right back up. high of 78 on sunday and on monday, i think we could see in looks close to 90 down to the south, that ahead of a frontal boundary that could bring strong thunderstorms late monday night. most of monday will be dry and sunday and monday looking very, very good. the front moves through monday night and a bit on the windy side with temperatures into the 60s and then 70 on wednesday and next thursday, temperatures in the 60s as well. so we're not going to be dealing with any huge changes, but tomorrow it will be a day where you don't mind being indoors. it will be enough rain to douse some of the pollen that is making so many of us uncomfortable. >> you may notice a lot of lawns. it's time to get out the lawn mower. >> but not tomorrow. >> thanks, doug. >> coming up tonight, the cobra that gave everybody a scare at the bronx zoo now has a name. >> children are recovering from brain injuries and now a witness is explaining what he believes happened. >> lawmakers made a controversial ruling about whether undocumented immigrants should get in-state tuition. and somebody won part of the powerball jackpot in maryland. we'll be right back. the capitals are trying to hold off to the playoff position and two sides in the nfl lockout heading back to the bargaining table and the nationals unable to hold on in florida as news now live in hd. this is news 4 at 6:00. >> till no deal right now to keep the government running after midnight tomorrow. top lawmakers will return to the white house at 7:00 tonight for more negotiations with the president. >> there are no reports of serious damage or injuries after a 7.1 earthquake aftershock hit northeastern japan overnight and it was one of the strongest aftershocks since last month's deadly earthquake and tsunami. >> police have arrested a man in vrj virj in connection with a pipe bomb explosion last month outside a house in potomac. 68-year-old farzin was arrested in marshal, virginia. a high school football coach was speaking out about the camp where a player was seriously injured. floo the player suffered severe head injuries. the coach talked to pat collins about that tragedy. >> knowing what you know now, would you let your players go back to that same camp under those same conditions? >> no. no way. >> that's rick howchins. he's the head football coach at john carroll high school. one of his star player, lamont baldwin stuffered a fractured skull at a private football camp last weekend. it happened at the dulles sportsplex. lamont has been in the hospital since the incident. the coach says lamont has had to relearn walking, relearn talking, and that he has trouble hearing out of his left ear. >> concussions are no joke. i've never seen anything that severe. >> coach howchins was a spectator at the camp and some of the things he saw there concerned him. >> coach howchins is concerned about how that camp ran the passing drills. he said on one side, they had a quarterback throwing to receivers who went out that way while at the same time on the other side another quarterback would throw into. a receiver going out in that direction. he said the receivers were running full tilt, not knowing what was happening behind them and that, he said, that led to a violent collision in the middle of the field. >> it's a time bomb. it's a time bomb if both of those things are happening at the same time, both kids are running full speed then that's what you will get a collision and that's exactly what happened and that's how four kids were injured at the same time. >> the event at the dulles sportsplex was sponsored by the all-american training camp. there were about 250 players there. coach howchins says he doesn't recall seeing any medical personnel standing by. >> i know one thing. i was the only one there along with a couple of my assistant coaches with lamont and we were the only ones there that tended to him until the paramedics got there. >> how long did it take for the paramedics? >> it was close to 20 minutes. >> lamont baldwin is getting better, but the coach says the timetable for his recovery is uncertain. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. the organizer of that camp is wayne yarborough. he tells news 4 that he feels badly about what happened, but he says parents knew the risks and signed waivers. >> a man is dead after being shot by police after a day care center in suburban maryland. it happened shortly before 3:00 this afternoon on glendale ridge road in glendale maryland. the police showed up to pick up his two young children and the day care workers had instructions from the mother not to release the children to him. they called police and the father left and came back with an axe and lunged at officers. three officers shot at him. the father was pronounced dead at the scene. none the children or police were hurt. a violent night in the district has left three people dead and seven others injured. the shoot little and stabbings happened within hours of each other. in northwest the man was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head about 9:45. two hours later two people were shot and killed in southeast and one hour after that two people were stabbed in northeast. police have no suspects in any of those incidents. an elementary school teacher in virginia has been arrested on charges of child pornography. his name is justin coleman. he's 35 years old. federal agents called him yesterday after tracking him down on the internet. court documents say his ip address was used to access images of girls as young as 5 years old. coleman is a fourth grade language teacher at the john adams elementary school in alexandria. he's been placed on administrative leave and the school says it is in the process of notifying parents. it's called maryland's dream act. for the past eight years efforts have failed to get tuition breaks for undo you meaned immigrants who attend state colleges, but today a measure has passed in the senate that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. chris gordon reports. >> young immigrants grabbed a piece of pizza which could determine their future. we spoke to a high school student in prince georges county from el salvador who hopes to become a psychologist. he asked we not use her last time are name. my mom won't be able to help me out with a lot of money and we wouldn't be able to afford it if this wasn't passed. >> the ten other institutions of higher education in the state system already reject american students even if they live in maryland because they don't have enough space for all applicants. in a heated debate in the house of delegates opponents in in-state tuition for undo you meaned immigrants argue that it is an unconstitutional reward for children of parents who came to the u.s. illegally. >> if i had family members in pennsylvania and they decided they wanted to come to live with me to get a better education in maryland they would not be able to get this benefit like someone from another country who would come here. >> reporter: opponents are offering 20 amendments to the bill including requirements that the students register with the selective service and apply for u.s. citizenship. eve gomez is a montgomery college student who hopes to go to the university of maryland and become a doctor. >> we weren't brought here making the decision that we want to come here illegally or as undo you meanu undocumented immigrants, but those were the decisions of our parents and we, fun are unfortunately, face the repper cushion of that. the fact that we'll would get an opportunity to become legal, we would take that in an instant, i think. >> reporter: supporters of the dream act are confident that this is the year it would become law, but they only have until the end of the legislative session which is midnight this coming monday to deliver. in annapolis, chris gordon, news 4. someone is $221 million richer after winning last night's powerball jackpot. the winning ticket was sold at a circle k store in clarksville, indiana. she's excited about the win and hopes it's one of the regular customers. the winner has yet to be identified. 13 tickets won $200,000 each for matching the first five members without the power play. one of those tickets was sold in dunn kirk, maryland. >> coming up tonight, a new decision about the future of the cherry blossom festival if the federal government is forced to shut down. there was a special one basketball fan reveals a special - ( music playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. hello, everybody and welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. plenty of sunshine out there earlier today. the clouds have started to come if. 62 degrees right now. winds out of the east-northeast at 12 miles per hour and overnight, the clouds will continue to be on the increase and, 48 in warrington any 48 and you'll wake up to clouds depending on what time to step out the door. rain between 6:00 and 8:00 tomorrow morning and it the be on the light side any becoming heavier. . i think a steady rain throughout much of the day. high temperatures tomorrow only around 52 degrees and inside the beltway and it is going to be a cool and dreary day on your friday, but there's better news as we head into the weekend. doreen in. >> thank you, doug. that snake that everybody thought had escaped the bronx zoo. well, it has a new name. voters chose to call the egyptian cobra mia. the letters stand for missing in action, get it? the cobra disappeared last week for a month before she was discovered in a dark corner in the reptile house. the zoo and the new york daily news got more than 60,000 votes to name the snake. now that mia has an official name visitors will have a chance to see her when the reptile house reopens on saturday. >> boy, do we have all kinds of cool stuff going on in sports today. coming up, the first place capitals. what about them in. >> i think they'll do pretty well. i think they'll hold on to the conference lead. as the regular season comes to an end and also the nationals can't catch a break down in florida and the two sides of the nfl lockout finding it possible so, what's up with the nfl and the players? >> i mean -- >> what? >> i wish i had a good answer. this thing will get fixed and anyone out there that thinks that we'll not have an nfl season, of course, they'll play football. i do not think that there's any way that that's going to happen. >> do you have confidence in this statement? >> i would not say it, jim vance, if i did not have confidence in that statement. >> all right then! >> watch it it happen. here's the first sign, maybe. the nfl and its players have agreed to go back to the bargaining table and keeping with the theme, they could agree with the talks, and the nfl and its players met in court in minneapolis yesterday and after the hearing a judge told both sides that it could take, quote, a couple of weeks for her to rule on the players' request to lift the lockout imposed by the owners. today the players sent a letter to judge netson saying they're prepared to go back to mediation any they want that to happen in minnesota with someone she appoints. the owners also want to get back to the bargaining table, but they want the talks to be held here in washington, in front of a federal mediator who heard the case. so stay tuned, but i do believe. >> why one in minnesota? >> because the judge there has ruled in their favor before. so that's the reasoning behind it. >> i saw allen paige walking in the room and it was because he said so. allen probably gets what he wants when he says this. >> i think a lot of people involved get what they want. so you r to listen to certain people that are talk. >> day one at the masters. 21-year-old rory mcelroy is in prime position entering the clubhouse after a blistering start today. he sits on top of the leaderboard. we want to take a look and mcelroy has to not implode here. he grabbed the early lead and shot 7 under 65 and tied for second. we have y. yang who shot 5 under 67. alvaro quiros, 5 under 15. and sixth place ross fisher shot 3 under 69. you know who loves golf? >> who? >> washington capitals forward mark combubel. i ran into him downtown with his wife and the guy is really the differencemaker for the capitals. he's been very exciting to watch. >> all right. he doesn't want to start golf any time soon, does he? >> no. that's what they always say when the playoffs come. >> none of those names that you read will be there. >> exactly. maybe mcilroadway. the washington capitals are getting their money's worth with his goal last night. he has 24 goals on the season and at 28 he's playing like he's in his prime. his contributions one of the reasons the capitals team depleted by injuries is sitting in great position to clench the conference title. last night mike combubl got the capitals at the start of the power play. first period with the manned advantage and brook slight gets it into the manned advantage and this is a good-looking goal. knubl scored at least that many the past six seasons. the capital s were on top 2-0. alex ovechkin sends it to sean collins. collins had just been called up from hershey and gets his second career gel and the caps beat the panthers 5-2 and move four points in front of philly for first place in the conference and they cannot afford to let up. >> certainly make sure that it's been a couple of days here and puts ourselves, if we can win a game and finish first. we don't have favors from anybody else or things like that. it's up to us to win one game. >> i think we can play the way we wanted to. i think we got the win in and it's just nice. any time you control where you got, it's good, but you have to keep the foot to the pedal. >> i still think we have to wait and see what's at stake on saturday before we start taking anything for granted, you know? so it's -- i'm like you guys, watching the scoreboards and see what's going on and hopefully get that game over with and focus on what's ahead of that. >> bruce budrow and the capitals will end their season in florida this saturday night. last night the pacers clenched their playoff birth and they did it at the expense of wizards who were coming off the first three-game win streak in three years and as if ending that streak wasn't enough, as they gave up the most points they had all season. tyler hansborough, watch this at the free-throw line misses the shot. take a look. nobody goes for the rebound. so hansborough grabs it. he goes uncontested for the dunk. that's just embarrassing. take a look here. wizards down 51-35. jordan crawford gets the tough layout and he has the team high 29. the pacer his a great night. and paul george scored and the pacers had 13 of them and pacers beat the wizards 136-112 and snapped the three-game win streak. >> a little pre-season excitement for the mistakes and owner team president and sheila johnson joined stars crystal langhorn and elena beard to unveil the team's jerseys. langhorn wearing the jersey and the jerseys include corporate sponsorship with lenovo health system. the team says it was the largest in the franchise's 14-year history. what do you think? do we like them? i do. >> not bad. >> they look okay. >> good looking. the nationals look to keep the brooms away in florida. they dropped the last two to the marlins and last night's loss had to ting. the nationals led 4-0. they watched the game slip through their fingers with a florida victory. >> nobody else watched it. >> you know what? vance, you talk about this every time. everyone's away at the beach. >> 14 people left. >> there we go! they were having such luck and desmond into center and he hustled, man. he that guy absolutely hustled for it. desmond up with the run or second. he drives up the wall and center.ztr nationals take a 4-0 lead and desmond finished the game with 2 for 4 with two rbis and they're tied at 4 and chad godan with two on. he hits the fast ball there and that scores, gray dobbs and that's all of the marlins would need. they beat the nationals 7-4, the final. no one was watching. >> did they have an even play? >> about $10, $15 a piece? >> no. >> they're higher. they're higher. >> at least you sit out there and you get a tan. >> it is. >> hey, here's a reminder for you. be sure to follow news 4 online and be sure to watch nbc washington on facebook and twitter and we'll have more on the potential shutdown. >> the potential government shutdown may have a major a potential shutdown of the federal government could have an impact on the cherry blossom parade. but as john schiffen reports now there's a big effort to keep that parade on track. >> it's very beautiful. i like it. >> reporter: it's spring which means tourists are flocking to d.c., but with the looming federal government shutdown, many of the popular attractions like the smithsonian museums, national zoo and the washington monument could be closed. >> i'm only here for the weekend. i would be a little disappointed that i couldn't ga g to the art museum. it could have an effect on the national cherry blossom festival. the permits from the national park service fall through, the parade saturday could be off. >> this high school marching band from georgia is already in town. >> oh, my gosh. this is just the best experience of my life. i've never been out of state very far. >> reporter: with 150 band members the wild cats drove 14 hours and raised nearly $115,000 to pay for the trip. >> performing for an audience like in d.c. is something these kids will never get a chance to do again. >> we're saying be realistic and check the website national cherry blossom festival.org to get updated information, but we are going to continue until we possibly -- someone tells us it's not going to happen. >> with the shutdown still up in the air, many tourists are juggling!m-i options to sal vanl the weekend? >> is there a backup plan? >> my husband doesn't want to hear this, but the alternative is we're going to go shopping and depending on the city or maybe fao schwartz, things like that. there if there is a shutdown friday on the national mall and access to the cherry blossoms in the tidal basin, they'll be open. student are only thinking about performing this saturday and now have this message for lawmakers on capitol hill. >> get the politicians back to work! >> reporter: on the national mall, john schriffen, news 4. >> virginia congressman jim moran, pardon me will host an emergency town hall meeting tonight to talk about the potential shutdown and the effects of it. he'll talk about the impact it could have on the federal workforce on contractors, and on the local economy. that is open to anyone, it's from 7:30 until 9:00 tonight at the francis c. hammond middle school in alexandria. >> daily deals promised to save you half price on everything from flying lessons to a meal at your favorite restaurants. restaurants like groupon and living social are all the rage with deal-seeking consumers. as liz crenshaw reports, they have 32 million of the half-price coupons have been bought. the website is said to have saved consumers more than $1 billion. one woman says it's worth it. >> so i am hand gliding next month. i am taking a flying lesson. >> is there a catch with these online group coupon sites hooked on groupones. a liz crenshaw special report tonight at 11:00. a mother down in texas used her 2-year-old to help out her ncaa bracket. she won, too. the toddler just kept picking butler all of the way to the end. >> do you want butler or uconn? it was pretty amazing. it was really, really exciting. >> uconn! >> yes! all right. >> i thought she was going to say uconn. >> connecticut huskies beat the butler bulldogs 53-41. their third title. >> she won, huh? >> she won. i neglected to do a break thet year. that inspires me. i need to get back in the game next year. >> you can borrow my 2-year-old. >> do you have a 1-year-old? all right. it will be ugly tomorrow, huh? >> you what? you used the word last week, jim and that word was -- if you can stop laughing for a moment. >> yucky. >> that's the forecast tomorrow. yuck, and i think it's the yuckiness will not continue if the cherry blossom festival parade will continue, i think most of saturday will be okay. sunday, a high temperature of 78 degrees. a beautiful day near 80 in some looks and on monday a high of 86 and most of monday will be on the dry side and i do think there is a chance for shower activity and thunderstorms late in the day on monday and that will cool us down as the frontal boundary moves through on tuesday and back into the 60s and right now most of next week is looking dry at least tuesday through thursday. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> zoo keepers over in germany have decided the time has come to separate two animals that seem to enjoy each other's company a lot. it's a friendship that began after a newborn leopard cub was abandoned by its mother to keep the cub from getting lonely zoo keepers introduced it to a black and white rabbit. zoo officials said the pair played games together and the cub liked to cuddle with the rabbit, but the cub is ten months old now and it's getting very strong. even if the leopard were not a natural predator, zoo officials say the rabbit could be really injured pretty badly just playing with that big old dude. so now the friends have been separated. they're kept in separate enclosures, gazing at each other through the bars. >> longingly. >> longingly. >> the rabbit, in the meantime is going -- about time! i mean, i like the guy, but -- we're done. we'll try again later on tonight at 11:00. nightly news