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Students, staff and alumni, packed into a town hall meeting at American University today. Coming together for a common goal, to fight racism. The Student Government organized the meeting after racist displays were found on the campus. Kristin wright talked to students. Did they feel like this meeting was productive . Reporter yeah, students told us they felt like the twohour town hall was productive. The Student Government association said it will not be the last. I believe this was a Tipping Point that officially caused everyone to say, enough is enough. The outcry at American University. Reporte i never imagined i would become the president or the target of a hate crime. Reporter Taylor Dumpson called this town hall meeting, students want stronger defined campus protocols on hate crimes and other biasrelated incidents. They want au police to track the number of hate crimes and they want to know what happens during and after an investigation. Im really glad that we had this open forum, so many people come out from all across the country. This provided a space for people to come together and hear each other in a physical sense. Targeted in the banana incident monday, dumpson made it clear shes focused on solutions. The purpose of this town hall is to generate ideas for a followup procedure that adequately addresses the communitys needs in situations like this. Reporter the town hall, aka strong. The sorority threatened, dumpson is a member and a proud member of the au family. Im glad we left with a list of concrete, actual things we can work towards. Reporter so students are about to leave campus for the summer. So the question is, what happens now . Well, Taylor Dumpson is staying on campus through the summer and one of the thing shes going to be doing is working with aus incoming president to make sure that she is part of this conversation. Now, we must show you that Surveillance Video again. Campus police, as well as the fbi and d. C. Police helping out. Theyre still looking for that person of interest in mondays banana incident here on campus. And doreen, theres a 1,000 reward. Back to you. Kristin wright reporting, thank you. Taylor dumpson joined congresswomen who are also members of that sorority, joined them on capitol hill today. They gathered to denounce the incident on aus campus. The group noted the symbolism of the act and demanded that something be done. An angry person decided to take a symbolic fruit and hang it in a noose to remind us of the devastating days of hanging fruit when so many African Americans were killed. Department of education to investigate a civil rights violation and the u. S. Department of justice to have a full investigation. The fbi is assisting American University in the investigation. Tonight House Republicans are saving their most significant step yet in their sevenyear effort to kill obamacare. Protesters shouting shame at lawmakers who walked out of the capitol after republicans passed a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The house members were loaded into buses, they rode to the white house to celebrate there with President Trump. Its not yet clear how much the bill will cost and how Many Americans might be affected by it. Blayne alexander has details on the vote that came down to the wire. Thank you very much. Reporter President Trump celebrating a major legislative win, and delivered it. Make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. Make no mistakes about it. Reporter passed without a single democratic vote, now moving the fight to the senate. Starting today, obamacare is on its way out the door. I urge my colleagues, come to your senses, defeat this bill. Reporter the vote, coming after weeks of negotiations, amendments, even personal phone calls from the president whose first try at health care ended in embarrassing defeat. It died right here on the floor. Now its come back to life. Like a zombie. Even more scary than before. Reporter the house bill would roll back Medicaid Expansion and decrease subsidies for low income families, meaning higher costs. And it would end the individual mandate, one of the most hated parts of obamacare. The bill would a conditions, but if states opt out, costs could rise. Some lawmakers upset they were rushed to vote before knowing what this plan will cost and who it will cover. And outside the capitol, more anger. How am i doing . Am i doing okay . Im president. Hey, im president. Reporter President Trump and republicans ended the day with celebration. [ inaudible ] only 20 republicans in the house vote the against that bill. One of them was virginia congresswoman barbara comstock. After the vote, she said, my goals on Health Care Reform are to provide patientcentered reforms that provide better access to high quality, Affordable Care and cover preexistingdi she added that she, in her words, did not support it today because of the man uncertainties in achieving those goals. For a complete list on how lawmakers voted today, we invite you to our nbc washington app. Tonight were also learning the scale of President Trumps first foreign trip later this month. Leon harris joins us now with more about those travel plans. Pretty ambitious travel plans, the president s first overseas tour starts in a couple of weeks. Hell start off in saudi arabia, and then israel, then later at the vatican for a meeting with pope francis. The tour will conclude with a nato meeting in brussels on may 25th, and the g7 summit in sicily the next day. White house Officials Say the visit to saudi arabia is aiming at becoming something of a reset between the two countries. President obama visited riyadh in april last year. His reception was so c during President Trumps visit, the saudi king will be hosting a meeting with leaders from around the region. There are indications it could be part of a strategy to breakthrough with a middle east peace process. They say this isolation strategy could pay off in syria, building on what they described as a very successful call this week with russian leader vladimir putin. Over to you. Thank you, leon. New details about a prisoner found in a Drainage Pipe six days after he escaped near a Psychiatric Hospital in jessup, maryland. David watson said he ate from trash cans and drank from puddles to survive. They captured him last night, hes charged with escape and assault and will be sent back to delaware where hes serving a 100year prison sentence for attempted murder. A local soccer coach has been sexually abusing one of the young girls on his team. Police believe there may be more victims. Mark segraves has more on this investigation. Reporter this is where police say it happened, right here in the middle of this field in Centerway Park in Montgomery Village. The Victim Told Police that two years ago when she was 7 years old, she was a member of a soccer team and that her coach would slip his hand under her shirt as the rest of the team ran laps around this field. Police have now charged that coach, 47yearold Miguel Flores with sexual abuse of a minor. Flores was arrested last night right here on this field as he was coaching his team. He has yet to appear before a judge. In montgomery county, mark segraves, news4. A noose found on a local college camp us and police are calling it a hate crime. New reaction from students as officials search for clues. Prince georges county police say a body was found in this wooded area Berwyn Heights neighborhood. Theyre telling us this man was murdered. Coming up, neighbors drib what they saw. Its a journey all the way up to Arlington National cemetery. With each step these veterans take, theyre changing minds. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Comcast business. Built for business. Neighbors in Prince Georges County are rattled tonight after somebody stumbled upon a body in the woods. Police are calling a case of murder. The disturbing discovery was made near lake art meedsemesia Berwyn Heights. Meagan fitzgerald has the details. Reporter yeah, doreen, that body was found about 200 yards away from where we are here in this wooded area. Police got the call around 9 30 last night. They spent hours scouring the woods for clues while neighbors tried to figure out what was happening in their seemingly unusually quiet neighborhood. Very close. Scary and disturbing. Reporter for the second time in weeks, a body was discovered in the woods near this Berwyn Heights neighborhood. Prince georges county police say the latest case of a homicide. Oh, my gosh, oh, i didnt know that. Oh, dear. Reporter it was just before 9 30 on investigators say someone walking near Nevada Street stumbled upon the body and called 911. The police, the fire department, the forensic trucks. Reporter it was just before 9 30 wednesday night when bob neary said this area was flooded with police. Its very frightening. Im quite dismayed by that. Reporter lana krozel isnt the only neighbor on edge. There was a body that was found. How far apart . Half a mile. Reporter its just last month that a body of a retired professor was found. In that case, investigators say he took his own life. Im anxious, im an older woman and i walk my dog. Reporter neighbors are hoping the case will be solved soon. I hope the police are going to do something quickly. Reporter police have not yet released the name of the victim, buzz theyre sti notify his family. But theyre asking anyone in the community who may have seen something to contact the Prince Georges County Police Department right away. A principal set up a smash space for teachers, hes going to step down at the end of the year. In a letter to parents, she said shes leaving the Elementary School after ten years. She did not address the controversy but said recent events have distracted from positive things happening at that school. That space was a room where teachers could take out their frustrations by destroying things with a baseball bat. After years at the top, a Prestigious High School didnt make the cut on the 2017 list of best schools in maryland. Walt Whitman High School in bethesda routinely ranks as the top school in the state and among the best in the National List of schools, but this year, its not on the list. There are several reasons why, but one has to scores which are used to evaluate math and english scores. The test results now factor into the ranking and before they didnt. The principal at whitman said hes surprised to see the school slide in the rankings and wrote a letter to parents addressing the issue. He said some of the students didnt take those tests seriously. They call it the wounded walk. A small group of veterans hoping to raise awareness about Mental Health. One step at a time. They left camp lejeune on april 14th and are walking all the way to Arlington National cemetery. David culver caught up with the vets as they passed through Stafford County today. Its a journey aimed at changing minds. You cant miss the flags moving slowly, steadily, along route one. Proudly carried by these veterans. I want to really try and raise some awareness for ptsd and Suicide Prevention amongst served as a marine, shared his message with a group outside the old Stafford County courthouse. Explained how his brother inspired this walk. I lost my brother eight years ago to ptsd, he took his own life. Heres carrying this log to symbolize the Mental Health stress that these vets face. Sent back on their journey with prayers, hugs, and tears. Michael is honest about why hes walking. Got a dark place, and i knew if i didnt get help, id probably take my life this time. Reporter so he connected with brandon, who told him to come walking. And i thought he meant around the neighborhood, clear my head. Reporter but brandon had a longer distance in mind. Along the way, that i been encouraged, onlookers showing their support and some joining in. Jim flew in from sure did. Someones got to support them. Reporter theyre grateful. No matter what life throws at you, theres a better way and theres people willing to lp you back up. And this is the final stretch for these veterans. Their end goal, Arlington National cemetery. They hope to get there by this sunday. Along route 1 in Stafford County, im david culver, news4. The organization that creates these walks is located in leesburg, virginia. To learn more about the groups efforts and how you can help, we invite you to search wounded walk in the nbc washington app. A heated debate over development as more homes go up, more Parking Spaces are going away. Well tell you where its happening and what it could mean for the future. A noose is found inside this Fraternity House at the university of maryland. Ahead, what the black president of the fraternity right next door says about this incident ells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Cloudy and cool today, but i hear we have real weather bearing down on us, doug. Change is coming. And i dont think everybodys going to like this. We talked about this earlier. Were talking about the heat, turning it back on. It was just last weekend we hit 91 degrees, the ac was going hard at the house, im sure, but the heat, i think, will be the big thing in the next week soor so. The cloud cover across the region, temperatures at 65, winds out of the east at 16 miles per hour. Winds gusting 20 to 25 miles an hour, making it feel cull. Now the rain, starting to get closer to the area. Still nothing to d. C. , but look down to the south. Towards fredericksburg. Ill zoom in. You see the rain making its way up slowly, encountering some drier air. Culpeper, on your doorstep, fredericksburg, shower activity there. You can see that moving up from the south fairly quickly. This is just round one here for the next few hours. Mostly in through Northern Virginia and maryland. D. C. , eastward, you might stay mostly dry, a few showers around d. C. So if youre going to be out this evening, with you. Here comes the heaviest rain. Thats the spin, bringing in all the moisture off the gulf, in the atlantic, into the region overnight and into tomorrow morning. Lets time it out for you. But first, show you the temperatures. Look at the temperatures here. 46, buffalo, 48 indianapolis, 63 lexington, 53 in st. Louis. You think it has cool air . Most of the eastern part of the nation, much cooler as a result of this storm. Thats how big it is. This is just an hour away. Seeing the rain around 10 00, mo mostly west of 95. And then early tomorrow morning, everybody in on the action. Thats moderate to heavy rain for the morning commute. Heres 6 00 a. M. , 7 00 a. M. , 8 00 in the morning, still dealing with the rain. You could run into big problems on the going to clear in the nchaftern. But possible showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. If we get any sun, that will help to produce thunderstorm activity. High of 75 degrees tomorrow. 75 tomorrow. Our average high, around that number, 72, 73. But look at the next ten days. Tomorrow, a weather alert day as well. Early tomorrow morning, so make sure you tune in. 63, shower activity likely on saturday. 62 on sunday, 60 on monday. Many of you in the 50s, both monday and tuesday. Much cooler, the average high by next weekend, 75 degrees. I dont think well be anywhere close. Another chance of rain next saturday. Turn on the heat, we got the message. Police are investigating it as a hate crime. Still ahead, new reaction from students as investigators t on another local college campus. Wide open spaces to park your car. A new debate about whether theres too much parking around new development. Well explain it all coming up. And a chilling image from the war zone, as we learn more about thwoman behind the lens. E four things you should know tonight. Lets start with health care, the bill to repeal and replace obamacare passed the house this afternoon and now goes on to the senate. Not one democrat voted for the bill. Angry protesters jeered republican lawmakers afterward. Its not clear yet how much the bill might cost or how it might affect the coverage of millions of americans. It goes to the senate now. A man who ran a Youth Soccer Team is facing charges allegedly for sexually abusing a 7yearold player. Police arrested Miguel Flores while he was coaching in Montgomery Village yesterday. According to the charging documents, the girl said the coach would touch her under her shirt and told her to keep it a secret. It all allegedly happened two years ago. Authorities think there may be more victims. Standing room only at American University. Students talked about how to fight racist campus. The new president of the Student Government Association Led the meeting and she was an apparent target of some of the messages found on campus on monday. And weve learned about another disturbing incident. A noose was found in a Fraternity House at the university of maryland last week. And now police are looking into that. Chris gordon joins us with reaction from the students there. Chris . Reporter i asked the president of this fraternity where the noose was found to comment on camera. He said he couldnt. He sent an email saying the members are shocked and appalled and cant imagine who might have committed this haeinous act. I talked to some students today, others declined. Some fraternity and Sorority Members have been told not to talk publicly about the noose found in the kitchen of phi kappa tau last thursday. But next door, i spoke with the president i know a lot of the guys, and theyre all great guys. And i personally cannot imagine anyone in their fraternity doing this. Reporter he feels the problem is that most fraternities are predominantly white. Racial issues that occur in the greek system are generally due to a lack of understanding. Reporter Campus Police are investigating the noose as a hate bias incident. University of maryland president wallace lowe issued a statement saying, i resolutely condemn the use of a symbol of violence and hatred for the purpose of intimidating members of our university of Maryland Community panhandle. Being a black student here its heartbreaking, i live behind there, and i didnt think it would happen on my own campus. Reporter the head of the department for fraternity and Sorority Life sent an email saying, we all bear responsibility to confront bias and hate when we see it. I think this is one of the most tolerant things go, but there are outliers, and you gotta address those outliers, before they become bigger problems. Reporter reporting from the university of maryland, chris gordon, news4. A woman murdered, her body set on fire so her exboyfriend could collect a Life Insurance policy. Instead, hell spend the rest of his life in prison. Maurice wigfall was sentenced to life without parole for killing la teak wa cherry two years ago. He went to her apartment, stabbed her in the neck, and then started a fire to destroy the evidence. The couple had a daughter together. The little girl was 2 at the time of her mothers murder. Military families in our area know all too well that even training accidents can be deadly. That makes the photograph youre about to see all the more remarkable. A combat photographer took this picture in afghanistan back in 2013. It shows an afghan soldier in the first seconds of a Fire Training exercise. Specialist Hilda Clayton took the photo. It was the last picture she ever took because she was killed in the explosion. Along with four afghan soldiers. Specialist clayton was a member of 55th signal Company Based at ft. Meade in maryland. Her family gave permission to the army to release that photograph. Do we have too many Parking Spaces . You might not agree with that, but some say there are too many Parking Spaces in the city of alexandria. A number of spaces were just taken away from a new development in the city. A trend that could continue. Transportation reporter adam tuss looks into the driving debate. Reporter finding a parking space, sure it can be tough sometimes, but sometimes it might be too easy because theres actually too much parking. Too many Parking Spaces . Here in the city of alexandria, a developer recently asked that about ten spaces be eliminated from a new Development Near the Braddock Road Metro station because that extra parking wasnt necessary. The city Council Agreed and took away the spaces. Im a great believer in right sizing parking. Reporter Alexandria City Council member was in favor of getting rid of the extra parking. We should have enough parking for what we need, but beware of overbuilding parking, its a waste of valuable land, especially if its downtown or near metro stations and it encourages people to drive. Reporter he says the city is not trying to discourage driving, but he doesnt believe that everyone has to take a car everywhere. On the other side, a concern about too few spaces. The mayor raised concerns about discouraging visitors from going to the new development if theres a lack of parking. Drivers say the city has to strike a balance on the number of appropriate spaces. But its probably good for the environment. So its not such a bad thing are not too terribly inconvenienced. Reporter city leaders say they believe this parking debate will come up with every new development here in alexandria. Back to you. Thanks, adam. It is where tarzan meets jane, maybe without the hip pot muss. Tomorrow Fairfax County will open its first woodland obstacle and zip line course in springfield. You go, girl the new park is in partnership with something called go ape adventure company, a trek through the forest canopy takes one to three hours. Hear the drums in the background . It features more than a hundred suspended obstacles, 20 to 40 feet up in the air. There are nine zip lines. Thats really cool. And a specially designed course just for kids. Anybody on that is probably a kid, at least at heart. Keep going. The costs ranged from 28 to 58. Thats how id be on that thing. Afraid to go forward or backward. Coming up, one womans journey to find her biological parents only to learn they had crossed paths before. Here story, truly unforgettable. When we talk about alzheimers and dementia, very rarely do we discuss crime, but thats one of the topics this small but potent group of Community Leaders are discussing as they talk about taking care of Family Members living with these illnesses. That story is next on news4. And right now, its just the cloud cover, but the rain is moving in. And its moving in quickly. Ill show you when it moves into your narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. As dementia takes hold, a person can become an easy target for criminals. Sometimes people they know are the ones that take advantage of them. Prince georges county bureau chief Tracee Wilkins now reports how local organizations are coming together to raise awareness and to help families in need. Its not an easy journey. Reporter bonita discovered her early onset alzheimers when she got lost driving to the state house she went to every day. And i said, i want to go to annapolis to, the state house. He said, youre not that far from it, i said, ive tried six different ways, i cant get there. Reporter today they invited the Faithbased Community in for a conversation in about increasing awareness for early detection. Improving access to medication and resources for fealds. In the frane higher and the outcome more negative than any other concerns. And there are security concerns. My father got lost in the Hardware Store and he called my sister and he said, where am i . Reporter cardiology just Felton Anderson treats alzheimers patients, but when his own father was diagnosed, he wasnt as prepared to keep him safe as he hoped. We have some people down the street who started taking advantage of my father. Hes a nice giving man. Theyll say, can i borrow 5, can i borrow 10. The saddest thing is when you see so much money gone. Reporter drew greg says his office prosecutes dozens of cases a year of elderly fraud. But he suggests ways to prevent it. A trusted Family Member or good friend that can be trusted with the finances should start to help with the finances. Reporter this group is just beginning to have conversations about how to protect people who are living with these illnesses in the community. We have some information and if this is where you are in life, go to nbc washington. Com and search care giving. In Prince Georges County im Tracee Wilkins, news4. And news4 is working for you in our community. Phelps, the worlds most decorated olympian and Alyson Schmidt will be honored for starting a public conversation about kids and Mental Health. Both have spoken candidly about their own experiences and are working with children and young adults in similar situations. That event starts at 7 00 at George Washington university. For resources on Mental Health or to watch the event, head to the nbc washington app where well be streaming it live. Coming up, a wife, a mother, and a journalist who thought she knew just about everything she needed to know about her life. Until she started digging into her i yanked the car over to the curb and i was screaming and thinking, you know, could this really be real . Could this really be happening . You just dont think, you know, its ever going to happen like lightning striking. That is how Caroline Clark describes the moment she discovered the truth about her birth family. Her story is one about things not being exactly as they seem. Sometimes were drawn to getting answers to questions we thought we didnt want to know. A woman who was adopted never wanted to know the people who gave her up and then discovered she already did. Its an amazing story not so much because it involves names we recognize but because of how things can change, relationships can change in the blink of an eye. Caroline clarks story is the subject of a book, postcards from cookie, but i had a chance to meet her and hear a little of her story when she came to washington to receive an award from case, the center for adoption support and education. Her story begins with her adoption. She was born in new york city on christmas day, 1964, adopted at three days old by teachers vera and robert clark. They loved her dearly and she them. As she grew up, they shared what they knew about her birth moderate. I knew she had been sent to new york, sort of, hidden away, so that people wouldnt know she was pregnant. Reporter Caroline Clark grew up in a house in the bronx filled with books and music, especially that of her dads favorite, the late great Nat King Cole. I knew every lyric to every song even the obscure ones. Reporter she later, actually by chance, met some of Nat King Coles family. His twins, casey and tem lin she met through her boyfriend when she was at Smith College in massachusetts. We went to a party at amhurst, and my boyfriend introduced me to all of his friends there. One of his friends, his best friends girlfriend was tem lin cole. Reporter when tem lins older sister natalie cole was performing in boston, she was invited to go and they stayed with tem lins mom, who had an apartment there. She seemed to take a special curiosity in me. She knew i was born on christmas day, she asked about that. Reporter caroline had seen old pictures of maria and Nat King Cole, their daughters, cookie and natalie with them, the photos showed a privileged life his talent afforded them. Nin first true crossover artists, just beloved across all racial lines and globally. Reporter his music remained a favorite for caroline even after she grew up, married and began having children. When my children were small, i used to sing them to sleep with Nat King Coles songs. Reporter she came anxious to know more about her own indiana. She sought medical history from the agency from which she want adopted. She learned there were no significant medical issues, but they gave her some social history of the birth mother. The thing that stuck with me the most was that the description of her family at the time i was born, they were clearly wealthy people. Reporter she had left thinking, if there had been a black family in those days with all that wealth, she could surely find them by going through old copies of ebony magnificent. And im cranking on this family because its so unique and boom, it just hits me, i exactly who it is. Reporter she called her parents verna and robert clark to ask their advice. Her mother encouraged her to go forward. And so ultimately, i picked up the phone and i called cookie. Reporter prepared for rejection, she braced herself to say she was sorry are if tfor t mistake. Before i could say it, she cut me off and said, this means everything to me. Reporter Nat King Cole never knew his granddaughter. He died at 45 years old, less than two months after her birth. The devastation for cookie is that she gave me up largely to protect the relationship of her father, who then died, so there was no reputation to protect. And it was too late to go back for me. But she did get to know her birth mother very well. They had seven years together before she passed away. This is a book she cookie. We have more about this book on our nbc washington app. Just search Nat King Cole. Fascinating story. Isnt that amazing . Quite a story. Thank you, barbara. Doug is back with more about when the rain is going to move in on us. Yeah, im way up here. Im going to come down for you guys. I dont know what happened. Different people sitting here. Keep going, keep going. I can go all the way down. Thats where you guys want me, at the kidss table because i must have done something wrong. If you look at this forecast and no temperatures in the 70s or 80s anytime soon. All right, you want me to come back up . Ill show you whats happening. Who was sitting here before . We have temperatures in the 60s, plenty of cloud cover and those clouds, theyre going to stick around for the next ten days. Well see some sunshine here and there, but not a lot. Currently in the 60s. Right now, 65 degrees. Winds out of the east at 16 miles per hour. Winds over 20 in some locations. Its breezy and cy canton, up to baltimore, 62 degrees, 65 towards mt. Vernon. Going to be a cool night. Probably need the heat. No rain around d. C. Now. Lets move this down to the south. Can you see fredericksburg in the rain, culpeper in the rain. Around luray and petersburg. This is the area were looking for to see the most rain. You can see some of that moving up from the south right now, in and around our southwestern zones. Tonight, this evening, mostly Northern Virginia going to see the shower activity. And then everybody gets in on this action tomorrow. As our area of low pressure starts to move our way. Now, i mentioned the rain to the south, thats why we have our Flash Flood Watch or flood watch in effect. Anywhere in the blue is half inch to inch and a half. Less rain, although we do need the rain, less than half an inch in the green. And then look back to the blue ridge, upwards of two to four inches. Service has issued a flood watch in that area. Temperatures tomorrow in the 70s, 75 degrees tomorrow, with a weather alert day. 63 on sunday, stay cool in the upper 50s and low 60s all the way through next week. So, yeah, kids table for me for a while. But its not my fault. Thank you, doug. Coming up in sports, are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. This is the xfinity sports desk. The question i asked, no answers from over here. What in the world is going on, carol . Were shifting the series to d. C. Okay . And you think that will make a difference . I do. Home Court Advantage in basketball, more than any other, you get shots to fall, calls to go your way. Lets hope so. Game three, wizards and celtics, five years since the celtics went to the conference finals. Threat years for the wizards. It its a battle upon 38 years for the wizards. This year against the celtics, another level. Not sure if its playoff basketball or playoff hockey. This footage just from game two. The only problem for the wizards, the celtics are bringing it late. The wizards have been running out of gas. Now the goal is to basketball and beat the celtics at their own game. All we got to do is play tough. Let them get offensive rebounds late in the game, guys walking to the baskets and we worried about our only personal [ bleep ] when its about the team. Theres going to be a more physical team the last five minutes of the game. Theyre being a more physical team, getting off rebounds, attacking, getting to the freethrow line. They want to make it physical, nasty. So we just gotta be the same way. We gotta be physical, we gotta hold, gotta grab, gotta hit guys. And keep it clean, but at the same time, make sure they feel us. You love hearing them keep the nasty. Wizards and celtics tip at 8 00. The caps still trying to prove this year is difference. Instead of blowing a 31 lead, they get to come back from one. Weve seen this horror show before, running into a hot goaltender and staring down an unexpected trip to the of Marcandre Fleury has been a wall. Caps with 20 more shots than the pens, but fleury didnt finch flinch, thank you. 31 hole for the caps, but theyre ready to dig out of it. Showing signs of it all year. Be it a game or a stretch where things arent going our way. Seems like we all get together and we come through. We dont leave anything to chance. Or we havent. Thats what we need to do now. The character of this team has been outstanding and im pretty sure we understand that its right now, its every game for us. Next game is the most important game of the year, if we dont have the urgency that we need in that game, then we wont earn the right to keep playing. On saturday, theyre back. To the dbacks. Dusty baker had to like what he saw from marx scherzer. We know he can hit. Two outs, max lined it to third, pitcher cant get there, run scores, and matt safe at first. In the third, Anthony Rendon helping his cause with the bases lo he crushed it. Scherzer his usua. Seven innings, one runalwed. 11 strikeouts. Nationals win 42. Bryce harper left with a groin injury. Day to day, but says he loves playing in philly. Hell be okay. Thank you. Some of you have been asking about my recent absence from this broadcast. And i appreciate and thank you for your questions. Ive had to take some time off and its not of my own choosing. A ce me some news, the kind of news nobody ever wants to hear. He said i have cancer and need treatment. 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