The white house is denying a report that it plans to use the National Guard to round up undocumented immigrants. The a. P. Says it obtained a memo detailing the use of 100,000 guard troops from Washington State to louisiana. President trump called it 100 not true. Immigration raids appear to be picking up steam under the Trump Administration including here. News4 was first to report that immigration and Custom Enforcement agencies detained some men as they left the local hypothermia shelter. Reporter for the third time in two weeks ice agents were at this annandale apartment complex making arrests of undocumented immigrants. It was the arrests in the southern part of Fairfax County last week rig church that brought faith leaders and imgrant advocates together today. Their biggest concern, that incident witnessed by these three men last week. They just left the shelter last week when ice agents moved in. As many as two men, perhaps as many as six were arrested. Whats did to people coming out from a Church Shelter is the beginning of a conflict between church and state in the administration of donald trump. Reporter coming up, well hear from an ardent donald trump supporter protesters are missing the bigger picture, that these ice arrests are making the community safer. Going down to maralago for the weekend is becoming a trend. Its costing the secret service and taxpayers a lot of money, especially when you consider the president isnt the only trump that agents have to protect. Today the Washington Post did an indepth story about the cost of protecting the family. This weekend alone what were looking at, you know, agents are deployed at the white house, they are deployed at maralago, they are deployed at trump tower. All of that is just here in the u. S. Theyre also traveling to the United Arab Emirates so eric and don jr. Can attend the opening of a trump golf course. Three prior trips to the florida resort probably cost in the neighborhood of 10 million. It includes money for the coast guard to continuously patr associated with securing a seaside resort, everything from tents and light towers as well as porta potties and golf carts. The nypd officers are most affected day in and day out. Some of the smaller departments like Palm Beach Police are also dealing with scheduling changes and over time. Dont forget about the small town of bedminister, new jersey where the president has a golf course. Some of these departments are asking to be reimbursed by the government. Whats the bottom line . Judicial watch reports it costs about 97 million to protect president obama over an eightyear period. At this rate, that number could be in the hundreds of millions for President Trump. Its been anothero here in washington. How the drama of the white house is resonating the voters across the country. There is progress to report at the d. C. Public school thats been closed because of bedbugs and rodents. Savoy elementary in southeast will reopen later this month. According to the schools facebook page, the building has had a thorough cleaning, carpeting, pillows and other soft materials have been replaced. The school will reopen on monday, february 27th. The deep cleaning started earlier this month. As a precaution, students have been attending school in another building five miles away. The west coast has been bombarded with rain this winter. The latest storm came through thursday and triggered heavy flooding in Washington State. More storms are on the horizon and some could drop 510 inches of rain over the next few days. That leads us to storm team 4 and some changes coming just in time for a long weekend. You mentioned those storms in california. Any time california gets big normally means we are on the other side of things, meaning nice weather and warmer weather. Take a look at new york, 41 degrees up in new york. 44 philly. Were 50 today. Look at roanoke, 66 degrees right now. That warmer weather continues to move in across our region. Were in for an amazingly warm weekend. Still cool tonight. Youll need the coat as temperatures drop. Much warmer tomorrow. A fantastic weekend and we get even warmer next week. Can i hear 70 . Its in the forecast. Shocking news this week that at least two women were mistakenly told they tested negative for the mosquitoborne vir zika virus when they really had tested positive. Reporter after a mig tests were hearing from pregnant women and doctors who cannot believe that zika tests for more than 400 people were botched by the d. C. Department of forensic sciences. Brandon and melissa, eight months pregnant, found out their zika tests were mishandled by the lab meaning the couple was told their tests came back negative for the virus. Now they dont know 100 . They moved to d. C. From miami to get away from the zika outbreak down there. We did everything we needed to do. We left miami. We escaped zika. We moved here. We got all the testing done that we needed to get done. And were told youre in the clear. Reporter the baby looks healthy in the ultrasounds but theyll have to wait a few weeks to get those new test results back. The cdc is doing those retests while the lab here does an internal review happened. Is it just us or does everyone seem a little stressed . How politics may be making people feel a little tense on both sides of the political aisle. Need to replace one of the big ticket appliances in your home . This maybe the weekend to do it. Why you could save money depending on what you buy and where. What a moment. Our own shomari stones big surprise on national tv. Hes going to join us in studio to talk about it and tell us why his did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Ads, slow backups, slow everything. 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We were waiting for e elevator and he suddenly just reached out and snatched. Reporter shocked when a man beside her in an elevator turned into a mugger. I started screaming no, no and i was trying to hit him. Reporter in seconds he was gone with her wallet and drivers license. I was very surprised. My favorite target was anyone alone, anyone who was alone. It didnt matter whether it was a man or woman. Reporter david is a serial mugger doing a 25 to life prison sentence. Hes one of the inmate who s wh responded to a survey. According to the survey for many muggers its not a onetime deal with 39 saying they committed more than 20 robberies. When it comes to the target matter. 46 didnt care about age. What did they look for . Anyone flashy. 45 said nice clothes or jewelry first caught their attention. If they wore like shaggy clothes and gym clothes, i wouldnt bother. Reporter about a third looked for those who might not fight back. One out of four said they targeted anyone who looked lost or drunk. Most attacked on the streets or inside or outside a building. 27 preferred the subway. I would be on the platforms closer to the subways, the tunnels. That would be my get away, inside the tunnels. Reporter thats why its safer to stand in the middle of the platform. Were all surrounded by surveillance cameras in the city but the muggers said that gives people a false sense of security. Nearly three quarters of the muggers we surveyed said they didnt mind being caught on camera. They just hide their faces. The survey, 70 said they carried a weapon, at least sometimes. 69 said they would get physical if the victim fought back. I wouldnt suggest it at all. If the person is out to get the money, theyre liable to do anything. They said dont fight back. Its only your wallet. Reporter thats the advice heidi received when she took a selfdefense class after being robbed. I think its just be aware of whats around you. Reporter now always noticing those next to her, relying on her instincts in a city where you never know whos around the corner. Which brings us to, what motivates a mugger to attack . More than half who responded said they did it to support a habit. Others, for the adrenaline rush. To read more results, head over to the nbc washington app and tap investigations. So doug, it warmed up quite a bit today. Is this a case of what goes up must go back down . Eventually. It may not go back down until next november. Thats the kind of heat weve got coming in here. It was like winter and spring today. Winter in the morning, spring in the afternoon. Exactly. Temperatures are going to drop pretty quickly this evening. If youre heading out tonight, make sure you have the coat. But boy do we warm as we head into the weekend. 50 degrees currently. Temperatures dropping through the 40s. Were down to about 41 by 11 00. Its a friday night. If youre going to be out late night, make sure you have that coat out there. Look at these numbers, 50 in baltimore, 41 in annapolis along the water. Charlottesville, 64 degrees. Petersburg, west virginia, at 64. Warmer air just on our a few clouds came through but thats really about it. Back to the west, weve been talking about california. We know about the oroville dam just knnorth and east of san francisco. This is the first in a series of storms. Were going to hear a lot about whats happening in california over the next couple of days. For our weather, not much going on. The cold is here for now but its moving out quickly. Its just now to our north and east. That warm air is racing in and it wants to stick around for a while. Warmer air returns. Back into the 60s, maybe near 70. Yes, staying mild even into next week. Look at the temperatures to the north. Heres where the cold air is. 41 in new york, but 75 in st. Louis, 70 in nashville, 68 in atlanta, 66 as close as roanoke. Its going to get really w tomorrow, a High Temperature of 67. Increasing clouds during the day, nice and warm during the afternoon. A great afternoon to get out and about. Next ten days, 55 on your sunday, president s day 61. Tuesday is the day to watch. We could get a little bit cooler here on tuesday, 54. Right back into the 60s to near 70 on friday. Only a couple of chances of showers, one on wednesday, another one saturday. Could be a stray sprinkle on sunday. A great weekend to get out and go to the zoo. Bao bao is out of here. But if youre thinking about heading to the zoo, 57 at 9 00 a. M. , 63 by 1 00 and 65 by 5 00. Weve got to be getting close to a record here. Not close. Were about ten degrees off. Unbelievable. Campus controvers students and staff demanding answers. Plus, target becomes a target. The foiled plot that could have impacted stores up and down the e mom, i just saved a lot of money on my Car Insurance by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Our mountain chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, one hundred and fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years, we have received 6 times more awards than cable, including the jd power award for highest Customer Satisfaction for the fourth year in a row. Get this amazing offer 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. Actionpacked lineup at the movies and some riveting local performances. Whats worth your time this weekend . Wtops editor jason frailly joins us. Matt damon has a new movie the great wall. Is that worth your time . We all know there are many historical reasons for the great wall of china being constructed, but this movie wants to look at some of the, lets say, mythical legends. Theres tons of green monsters on this wall. Apparently the chinese constructed this thing to keep out supernatural alien beasts. If you think thats a little out of left field premise, youre exactly right. There is kind of a visionary director at play here who directed hero to me the lizards look a little bit too much like a video game. In the end its a lot more action than dialogue. You could probably skip this one. Looking for something a little bit more down to earth. Any good live theater going on this weekend . Yes. I cant recommend enough, this is the last weekend you can see whos afraid of virginia wolf at fords theater. Its an amazing though. It might be my favorite ive seen since covering thr ining te in town. It involves george and martha. They invite a younger couple to their house for a 2 00 a. M. Party. A lot of hilarity ensues. I would check that out if youve never seen it. Intermissions. Each act really flies by. Its hilarious but also really deep. We understand theres a big star at arena stage. Whos that . Yeah. Across town at arena theres marsha mason. Shes won two Golden Globes and four oscar nominations. Shes in watch of the rhine. She invites her daughter and soninlaw over from germany to come back to d. C. And amongst them theres maybe a nazi spy in their midst. Check that out too to see a big name star over at arena stage. Thanks, jason. We always have options. Yesterday we saw the nationwide day without immigrants protest. But the demonstrations didnt end at midnight. Why strikes continue today. And our own shomari shown on naio being on the steve harvey show and then telling us a little bit about something he didnt get to talk about on that show. First at 4 00, President Trump is wrapping up his first four weeks in the white house by getting out of town. He went to South Carolina to talk jobs and i rally tomorrow down in florida. Reporter look, todays event in South Carolina had all the feels of a campaign stop, cheering, large crowds and no questions about the controversy swirling after President Trumps first 28 days in office. Leaving washington today but still dealing with questions and controversy surrounding his administration, President Trump traveled to South Carolina. Boeing has done an incredible job. Reporter as boeing unveiled its new 787 10 dream liner. When American Workers win, america as a country wins. Big league, wins. Reporter the president s speech focused on jobs. We want products made by our workers in our factories, stamped with those four magnificent words, made in the usa. Reporter while back in washington, nbc news has learned at least four men are being National Security advisorer vice admiral Robert Harwood said no to the post last night. Im not ranting and raving. Reporter as the fallout continues. What was your reaction to the president s News Conference yesterday . The Trump Administration to date is an administration that is not only off its wheels but off the track. Reporter a day after the president free wheeling at times contentious press conference. I like what hes doing. Ive not been a fan of the extra discussion that he likes to engage in. So some of us have learned to watch what the president does as opposed to what he says. Reporter many outside of washington unsure what to say right now. I dont know what the truth is anymore. Reporter almost a month into the new administration. The president will spend his thirra speak at a Massive Campaign style rally in orlando saturday. For the second straight day, tens of thousands of people are expected to skip work to protest the trump presidency. Todays demonstration is being called a general strike. At least 100 rallies are underway in 30 states and even in mexico. The idea was float bid the Advocacy Group strike for democracy. Yesterday restaurants and other businesses shut down across many major cities to try to show the impact that immigrants have on the u. S. Economy. A week of ups and downs is coming to an end. Started off really cold this morning, then really warmed up. Amelia is in the storm center trying to track all of these changes. For the most part were only looking at ups from here. Highs this afternoon around 50 degre temperature in your neighborhood. Its 50 here in the district. As we look nuto the north, frederick at 48. Culpepper near 60 degrees coming in at 58. Tomorrow morning it is going to be another chilly start. We start off in the 30s. Heading out early youll want at least a light jacket. Make sure you have layers. Youll need the sunglasses as well tomorrow with plenty of sunshine around especially in the first half of the day. The temperature tomorrow around 8 00 a. M. Is about 40 in washington. Right around freezing in frederick. For the weekend, highs in the 60s and beyond that for the most part. Is it too soon to get out in the lawn and garden to fertilize and maybe put some plants down . Ill be talking about that coming up. Whos the most romant in america . Crystals husband shomari. You saw it right here this afternoon. News4s own shomari stone has been named the most romantic man in america. And he is wearing his name right now. Shomari is here to share the experience. First of all, congratulations. Thank you. We love your story, yours and crystals. Being on the steve harvey show was quite an experience. Tell us about it. My wife crystal nominated me. I said you sent in a video . She said, yeah, im going to see what happens. She nominated me. They contacted us and said youve been selected to come on our show. We flew into chicago about a month ago. We were truly shocked. When he announced that and the confetti started coming down and the audience was clapping were like, the other two couples, they had Great Stories and they had a lot of love. We said, were going to go on the show. We were stunned. For the heck of it. If i get a text from my wife saying you need to be more like shomari, im going to hold you accountable. Tell the folks what you do that sort of got you this award. Its not always the big brand, big event. What it is i find that a lot of men think, hey, i have to go ball out. Ive got to get champagne and all this stuff. Its just the Little Things. For example, when your wife or your husband comes home, just work together. Its nice to clean up. Its nice to do nice things. Also, chris, i like to have postit notes. Why . You can write on a postit note, i love you, you mean so much to me. You take carton. You put it in the fridge. She opens it and shes like oh my gosh. Or for example, if your wife parks at a metro station here in d. C. Or maryland or virginia, you can take a nice card and put it on the windshield. Just Little Things like that. Youre at another level, man. Youre at all star level. Its the Little Things that count. One of this things that we didnt get a chance to hear you talk about on the steve harvey show was why you think she is the most romantic wife in the world. In the world indeed. In the universe. Well, why . Because she is just such a blessing to me. We cook together. We do things together. Shes so nice to my two children and they really love her. We do a lot together as a family. Thats just great. I think your story is very sweet and very special. I he likes to do those Little Things every now and then. And youre doing them on a consistent basis. You set the bar kind of high. My head is swirling from all the nbc washington on the facebook page, instagram page, a lot of people have comments. I appreciate that. Look what we have here for you. Thank you. This is awesome. I guess those are from us to you. Im going to give these to my wife. Shes actually out of town right now. Shes flying in tonight at 11 00, im going to present these flowers to her. She hasnt seen the show either. Shes on a flight. So shell see the show. Its going to be awesome. Its hard to see on tv, but hes welling up right now. Hes welling up just like he did on the show. I know how much you love crystal. I can tell you, you did not need this award for people to know that you are a heck of a good man and a heck a father. What the world needs now is more love, sweet love like yours. No hate. Thank you, shomari. The clock is ticking. Bao baos final days in washington are upon us. Theres still time to say farewell. And as flu season drags on, a new look at how widespread the virus is. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 150 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 40 songs, and jan can upload 180 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month for the first year. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Some new numbers out today show the impact the flu is having around the country. 29 children have died so far this flu season. 46 states are reporting widespread activity right now. The cdc reports only colorado, hawaii, oregon and utah are designated at a step below widespread. The cdc also says this current flu vaccine is only soso. Its shown to only protect people half the time. This weekend is your last chance to see bao bao at the national zoo. The giant pandas trip to china is now just days away. The National Zoos prize panda will leave washington on tuesday morning. Shes leaving for china to be part of a conservation program. The zoo has a busy schedule for her and for visitors this weeke weekend. I shared a Survival Guide to visiting final weekend on my facebook page. You can also go to the nbc washington app. A shocking sight on a college campus. Signs posted with hateful messages. How the people on campuare reas ct know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values know that together, you can establish a meaningful legacy with the guidance and support of your dedicated pnc wealth management® team. I had no idea what he was so defensive about. Reporter are you going to give him a chance . I dont have much of a choice. Im hoping for the best, honestly. I mean, maybe hell come to his senses and start telling the truth once in a while. I think hes probably keeping some of his promises. I really have a hard time getting past his rhetoric. I think hes doing good. Its a hard road for him. Hes doing things not the pc way. Reporter that doesnt bother you . No. I think thats great. I think thats why he got myself, i think, think the way he thinks. You can catch more of the story tonight on nightly news with lester holt at 7 00. Monday is president s day, which means metro trains will be running on a modified schedule. Parking is free and youll only have to pay off peak fares. Safe track could impact your ride this weekend. A look at this weekend. Of course safe track surge number 12 still underway on the blue line. That means no service there. Taking a look elsewhere. Orange and green lines this weekend running on a regular weekend schedule. That is good. On the yellow line, every 20 minutes trains will be running between huntington and Mount Vernon Square only here this weekend. On the red line, trains running every 1524 minutes. On the silver line every 20. Now, remember, president s day on monday so we do have a special schedule. Metro hours 5 00 a saturday schedule. Have a great weekend. Ill see you monday morning. An update to a story news4 broke earlier this week. Those plans to expand security at the capitol now appear to be part of a bigger plan. Were working for you this afternoon. Jim handly and wendy rieger are in the newsroom. Our Scott Macfarland had been looking into plans to protect lawmakers. New at 5 tonight, the rapid push to expand safety and whether it could be a larger security issue. Also new at 5 00 in just a few, turning heartache into music in the hopes of changing minds. This is an inspiring message that people are bringing to a local school and why they hope it will save peoples lives. Also, remember earlier this week when thousands of people in california were fleeing their homes because of that over flowing dam . That was just the beginning fo amelia, you know, this feels like the warmest winter ever. How does it rank among other winters . Doug said were not that close. This is the third or fourth warmest winter on record so far. Were not talking about any record daily High Temperatures. Just oemverall its warm, but oa day by day basis were not hitting those record highs. Take a look at the first weather headline. Again, third or fourth warmest winter on record. And its mild this weekend and not only that, take a look at the second weather headline. Its staying warm next week. For the most part, highs in the 60s. Even a shot at 70 degrees next friday. In addition to that, not a lot of rain chances. We are at that start to use some moisture around here. At 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow were going to be at 39 degrees. A chil chilly start. Clouds slowly build throughout the day. Mostly, then partly sunny skies. 67 will be our high tomorrow. Thats about 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Tomorrow night dine outdoors or at least try to walk to dinner if youre able to or open up the window this is weekes this week fresh air in. As we look to the weekend, i told doreen i put some gardening on here. Shes like is that your list of things i have to do this weekend . Guess what, you dont have to do gardening this weekend. Just a little bit too early to fertilize. More on that in a moment. If youre hitting the slopes this morning, slushy, definitely springlike conditions out there that really slow you down as its awesome for the bike ride, playing some tennis or getting golf in. If youre heading to the national zoo, looking great as far as the weather is concerned. Take a look. Crocus from today. Tom kierein shared this on his twitter. This is what i called johnsons about. As far as planting goes, you can plant some plants if theyre cold treated. He said the nursery will know if they have or have not been. As far as fertilizing goes, he said its still too early. You want to wait until the for zit ya come out. Its kind of the twiglike plants that have those really pretty yellow flowers on them. President s day, a high of 61. Then notice the 60s. Friday the 24th of february, a high around 70. Still not a record daily though. It is where so many of us spend part of our weekends. Why a man says he was plotting to attack target stores up and down the east coast. Probably not the reason you might suspect. A florida man is in jail accused of a bizarre plot to put bombs in target stores up and down the east coast. Its worry some. Reporter federal agents say mark barnett is accused of master minding a scheme to put bombs in ten target stores in different states across the east coast to drive down the companys value and buy its stock cheap. Investigators claim barnett build deadly bombs inside pasta and breakfast food boxes using gun powder. They say barnett tried recruiting someone to put the they say instead that person turned to Law Enforcement. A sting was set up and barnett was allegedly caught on audio recording talking about the plot. Guys in tactical vests said fbi. Reporter barnetts neighbors saw the convoy of agents surround his home during his arrest. Since hes a sex offender, some say his arrest wasnt shocking but these charges are still difficult to fathom. Thought process just boggles my mind. My wife could have picked up one of those packages. Reporter a target spokesperson tells us target commends the Law Enforcement agencies responsible for apprehending this individual. News4 at 5 00 starts now. The new security warning for members of congress after concerns for the safety when they head back home to their a huge mistake at a d. C. Lab that tests for zika. We are hearing from a couple that just learned their baby may be at risk because of a faulty test. A search tonight for additional victims after a dance instructor is charged with having sex with an under aged student. First at 5 00, a warning tonight from pastors. It is putting the church in the middle of our immigration controversy. The Trump Administration is considering a proposal to use 100,000 National Guard troops to round up immigrants. Sean spicer said it was 100 not true. But it is all adding to the fear that some say theyre now feeling. And now faith leaders here are i to Homeland Security. Julie carey is live in annandale where she learned today of more arrests. Reporter for the third time in the last two weeks ice agents at that apartment complex where they arrested about five people, they say thats routine enforcement. It was the ice arrest outside a Fairfax County church last week that brought faith leader directly to the homemade land security office. They said arrests outside a church sets up a churchstate confrontation. Faith leaders came to Homeland Security offices to deliver a warning. Whats did outside a church to people coming out from a Church Shelter is the beginning of a conflict between church and state in the administration of donald trump
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