Afternoon. We do have the sun shining through oha high overcast. Well have that sun through the high overcast throughout the day ahead. Temperatures already up now around 60 degrees. Annapolis up to 64 right now. This milder air is going to continue to push on on. Temperatures hourbyhour soaring to near 70 by noontime. Hitting mid70s midafternoon with some sun through the high overcast. Might get sprinkles of light rain tonight. Cooler weather moving in for sunday. Thats coming up this hour. Thank you. And if you wanted that warm weather and Cherry Blossoms, youre in luck today. Were talking 70s, folks, for peak bloom weekend. Derrick ward is checking out the blossoms and the early crowds this morning. Derrick, beautiful sight behind you. How are folks filing in already . Reporter you know, pretty enthusiastic people. Theres actually a lot of folks moving around. You can see the group down here probably one of the most picturesque spots on this side of the tidal basin. This year compared to other, theres been more speculation about the peak bloom and whether it would happen. Good to see you. What is the state of the bloom . Well, theyre just about to peak. So within the next couple days, youll see 70 of all the blossoms will be blooming. And then hopefully theyll be on all next week as well. Reporter thats not bad considering how worried we were with the frost and things like that. Right. Were so lucky. We just didnt know what to expect. It was totally unprecedented. Its beautiful for everybody to enjoy. Reporter this is the tale of two trees. This is in great shape. Colored and pink. Maybe here in the foreground, one thats in the midst of a struggle here. You can see where some of the cold weather took them away. So hopefully that is going to be not the majority. Reporter thats the gamut of what youll see. But theres a lot to do today. The festival begins today at the warner theater. The festival has been going on the last few days. We have performances over at the a a stage. The welcome area. But Opening Ceremony today at warner theater. All the seats have been reserved, unfortunately. We have world class performances but you can for the first time tune in to Facebook Live to see the show. Reporter excellent. Thats going to get it out to a lot more people. All over the world. Reporter lots of things to do today and until april 16th. Come on down. Derrick ward, news4. Back to you. All right. Thanks. 9 03 your time now on this saturday. No deal. The republican measure to end the Affordable Care act though it was pulled minutes before a vote. Why this is a major setback for President Trump whos now blaming democrats for the bills failure. Reporter after a sevenyear race to repeal obamacare for republicans, a stunning fall at the finishline. I will not sugar coat this. This is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. Were going to go back and figure out what the next steps are. Reporter in the end, the republican plan undone by republicans. Unable to reach a deal. Im not betrayed. Theyre friends of mine. Im disappointed because we could have had it. Im disappointed. Im a little surprised, to be honest with you. Reporter time ran out on a week that started with Republican Leaders scrambling for votes. The first negotiation test far president who literally wrote the book on deal making. It certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote getting process. Reporter obamacare now remains the law of the land for the foreseeable future. President trump refusing to take it as a loss. The best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. Because well end up with a truly Great Health Care bill in the future after this mess known as obamacare explodes. Reporter instead, a new focus. Tax reform. The president switching gears to tackle another Major Campaign promise. Even amid questions about how effectively he can rally his own party. Blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. And you can certainly expect the Health Care Bill to be a hot topic on this weeks meet the press. Chuck todd also going to have an exclusive with california governor jerry brown to talk about the impact of President Trumps proposals on his state. And virginia senator mark warner also going to be on the show. Thats all tomorrow morning here on nbc 4. Going to start at 10 30. Teenage girl was raped at rockville high school. Now another students lawyer is accusing the school of not telling parents about Violent Attacks that happened earlier in weeks earlier. This is according to our partners at reeni sandler showed them video of a girl being beaten up in the main lobby. Her client was pulled, punched, kicked in the head. The school says theyre taking steps to address the fighting. But it doesnt inform the community after every altercation. Outpouring of emotion for a local College Freshman who was gunned down while on spring break. Yesterday family and friends of iyana mcallister packed the gym. They shared stories of the 18yearold who was going at school in raleigh. On monday night she was killed in d. C. While she watched some people record a rap video in northeast. No ones been arrested yet. I am forgiving whoever killed my baby because its not going to bring her back. But what i am saying is if youre dealing with guns, if you got a shady lifestyle, im going to need you to do something with your life. This family has had a devastating few months. This i death for them. In december her cousin was killed in capitol heights. In the district we are now getting a look at new photos of a person of interest in the death of a local artist. Officers are looking for this guy. On tuesday Corrina Mehiel was found bound and stabbed to death inside a basement apartment in northeast. Mehiel was working at gw school for art and design. Developing right now, an 8yearold boy and five other people are recovering this morning after a mass shooting. A total of seven people were shot in st. Louis and a teenager was killed. Police say there could be as many as three suspects, but so far theres still no reason as to why they opened fire. 9 07 on your saturday morning. Major delays on one of our countrys busiest railways. Were going to tell you about the nightmare travel situation after a train headed here to d. C. Went off the tracks. A deadly attack on parliament. What were learning about the terrorist before he died. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com if you need to take amtrak to anywhere north, things should be getting back on track after a minor derailment. Yesterday an express train heading for d. C. Partially went off the tracks as it pulled out of penn station. It scraped the side of an arriving new Jersey Transit train. There were no serious injuries. But some passengers in new york and new jersey may experience delays and cancellations today. Were gathering more details about the prime suspect in that deadly london attack. The Saudi Arabian embassy said Khalid Masood visited saudi arabia three times and taught english there for two years. Police say masood killed four people in the heart of london. This was near the Parliament Building this week. One of the victims was grew up in maryland. Kurt cochran made a friend a better person, he said. A guy that challenged my faith. Took my faith to another level by challenging me about it. Thats pastor tim mcgregor you just heard from there. He says he still thinks about cochrans last words to him. Quote, dont let your faith get in the way of caring for humanity. And its time for spring cleaning. Well show you where you can safely get rid of those unwanted and old documents this morning. Looking like a good weekend for it too. One of the warmest weekends weve seen in months. Weve got tom tracking the best time to get outside and when to prepare to maybe pull out the umbrella as hes trackg some rainin good morning. A great day to get some outdoor exercise. Bike ride, hike, or a quick run. Maybe some kayaking. Temperatures by noontime will be up near 70 degrees. Ought to hit mid70s midafternoon. Sun through a high overcast with a light breeze. And then by 6 00 p. M. , theres a slight chance of some sprinkles around with temperatures back down into the low 70s. Cooler weather tomorrow. Well look at that and up and down temperatures for the week ahead. Thats coming up this half hour. Well check in with you then. A marine is making history in his community by overcoming the odds after suffering major ri nbcs Kristen Dahlgren shares his mission to protect and serve. Reporter for ferrera, becoming a Police Officer is a dream come true. Since i was little i was always out playing cops and robbers. Reporter he was always one of the good guys. After 9 11 the immigrant became a u. S. Citizen so he could join the marines. It was in afghanistan that all of his dreams almost ended. I landed on a 30pound ied which amputated my legs below the knees. Reporter he lost his knees but never his spirit. He started playing for the Wounded Warriors softball team. And in 2015 on the way home from his wedding rehearsal, he saved a baby in a smoking car. It seemed serving was still something he was meant to do. So today he became one of the countrys first double amputee Police Officers. No special passes. As a recruit he had to run a he did better. Mile and a half in 11 minutes, yes, maam. Reporter and starting monday hell be on the streets serving and protecting. He doesnt consider himself a hero. Im just your ordinary guy who was given a Second Chance at life. Reporter his family including a 2yearold daughter disagrees. She doesnt need to look up to a hero on tv. Shes living with one in her own home. Reporter for the kids hell meet, he has a message. It has nothing to do with a disability. Its the ability to give back to the community and just really have dreams of being something when they get older. Reporter the uniform and his body may be different, but his bravery is every bit the same. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news. The university of maryland has a high profile march madness today. The terps Womens Basketball team is playing oregon. The game starts at morning. Any time you get to a sweet 16, thats the great teams left in the bracket. Both teams will ball it out for 40 minutes. If maryland wins, they will likely play the Number One Team in the country, uconn. Uconn has won more than a hundred games in a row including the last four national championships. Maybe a little bit of a challenge that lies ahead, but i think they can do it. A lot of excitement behind that. Oh, yeah. A lot of excitement behind this too. Happening this morning, its the nbc 4 all state Community Shred. And you can safely get rid of any of the sensitive documents you have lying around your house. This is all happening at the Northern VirginiaCommunity College in annaannandale. We are joined by kathy johnson. And also recycling coordinator erica carter. You see them there. Erica, well start with you. Im always surprised i dont know why i am by the long line of folks that show up for these events. How long do you have events this, the shred it opportunity, so to speak . Well, Fairfax County in particular has nine shredding events every year. We start in march and go through october. This is the one that we do in coordination with Northern VirginiaCommunity College and nbc 4. So this is really a bigger one. Its a regional effort. The ones that we have throughout the year are just for Fairfax County residents. How important is this . Why should people come out . Well, if they like free shredding, theyre definitely going to come out. Its a great way to protect your secure documents. They do a great job here of getting your documents out of your car and shredding them securely so that you dont have to worry as much about identity theft. Kathy, as we have you with us this morning, we know the loud hum of all those shredders is tough to listen through. But we appreciate the effort. Why have Something Like this on campus . Why is it important to you all at Northern VirginiaCommunity College . You know, nova is a big part of the community here. I start getting calls november and december asking when the shred is going to be. Hour neighbors really look forward to this event. Its important to them and therefore its important to us. So were very happy to do it. Were happy to work with all state and the country and all of the other different layers of people that make this happen. And to both of you or either of how can people find out about upcoming shred events. Theyre all posted on the Fairfax County. Gov website. So go there, look for recycling. That will tell you the dates for all the shredding events for 2017. Erica and kathy, thank you so much for your time this morning. And we want to remind folks as you can see behind the two of them the lines are growing. If you want to get rid of your documents. It has always been a popular event. Also on the desk with us, tom kierein. Folks can sit in line and roll down the windows and enjoy the springlike temperatures. Get outside. Were recycling march and getting it thats the hope. Acting more like a spring month finally. You can probably notice that if youve been out already. If you havent been out, over the knicks couple of hours youll notice a feeling of spring in the air. Sun coming through the high overcast. Now, live view from the storm team 4 city camera. You can see the tidal basin ringed by those cherry trees that are now near peak blossom. Theyll be near peak tomorrow afternoon even though its cooler sunday. Certainly not cold. And these temperatures are going to quickly jump. Right now were around 60 degrees. Just within the next hour or two, its jumping up to dont have any rain at all anywhere in the region. And hourbyhour as we get into the evening hours, this is around 4 00 in the afternoon. These areas of green off to our west. Shenandoah valley in the mountains. Might get a few sprinkles of light rain there. Then that crosses the mountains by 5 00 to 6 00 p. M. Fairfax county by 6 00 p. M. Just a few scattered sprinkles coming through and maybe in the metro area between 7 00 to 8 00 p. M. Well get the cloud cover breaking up. So a great day for a bike ride. Temperatures mid70s, midafternoon. And get in a hike or a brisk run. Even this evening, dodging a few sprinkles if youre going to do an evening run. Forecast for tomorrow is cooler. Highs may only make it up to around 60 degrees for morning lows near 50. But itll billion partly sunny. Blustery wind out of the east and northeast bringing in chillier air. Tomorrow team 4 we get a little rain monday morning through midday monday. During the afternoon on monday, ought to make it back into the low 70s. And then even milder again on tuesday. Morning lows mid50s. Then looks like another pass of rain showers. Tuesday Late Afternoon into the early evening. Then dries out after that. Turning a bit cooler. Highs wednesday mid60s. Thursday into the 50s. Then friday end of the week, some rain showers and highs in the low 50s. That gets mild again. Next weekend, next saturday is the first day of april. Hitting the mid70s that following sunday. Mid70s with maybe some rain showers around. And thats the way it looks. Tom, thanks. So heres a novel concept. Imagine using social media to physically come together. Can you picture that . Its happening today. The big meetup for instagramers d y2b7ly ysty so if youre looking for something to do outside, this beautiful weekend thats in store for us, you might consider heading to loudoun county. You could see the new artisan trail. Its bringing together local artists and businesses and theyre really highlighting local products. You can stop into an art gallery, breweriebreweries, and i think folks like to see where things are made, see how things are made. So being in a remote location and being part of this network of agribusiness and artists is a great opportunity to let people know whats going on. Loudoun county wants your help to come up with a unique name for the trail. If you have inside, head to the naming event happening march 28th at the stone tower winery in leesburg. You just posted something on instagram is short time ago. Today is a big day if you are on instagram. Theyre holding their instameets. The goal . Kindness. Theyre bringing much needed supplies to the humane rescue alliance. Check out the nbc washington app. Theyve got a list of supplies. You can come down to join the if youre headed out there, its going to be beautiful. Great day to meet outside. Tom is tracking how soon well see the 70s. Along with that, weve got some showers hes tracking coming through the neighborhood. Well check in with them him. And developing right now, severe storms slamming communities down south. The overnit damage and majorgh im on it. Ar does weathertech go to protect your vehicle . Made right, in america were just a few seconds shy of 9 30 on this saturday. We are following breaking news. A man killed in laurel this morning. A shooting there around 6 00. Investigators have not said if the man was actually shot. Right now theyre working to identify a suspect in this case. House republicans couldnt reach a deal on a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. The Health Care Bill was pulled shortly before a vote yesterday because it did not have enough votes to pass. A beautiful weekend to go along with a beautiful site. Peak bloom expected to happen along the tidal basin. And you can expect to see large crowds coming to check out one of the springs best spectacles. Welcome back in on this saturday, march 25th. Good morning. Im david culver. And im meagan fitzgerald. What a perfect day to get up and see the Cherry Blossoms. Were talking 70s today. You can see where they are. Right tre beautiful out there. You know what . We can just head outside right now. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein on the weather deck. Here in northwest washington, im comfortable wearing my sport coat under a milky blue sky. Just have a few high clouds drifting over. Storm team 4 tower cover ahead. Sun shining through that. Reagan national now is at 59 degrees. Hourbyhour by 10 00 well be into the low 60s. Then by 2 00 p. M. , hitting the low to mid70s. Hovering in the mid70s by midafternoon. Then by 6 00 p. M. , chance of a sprink sprinkle. Any light sprinkles or rain showers will be down to the low 60s by then. Low 50 by dawn. Look at rain chances for the week ahead. Thats coming up this half hour. Tom, thank you. Right now were seeing significant damage to a community slammed by severe storms. Take l here. This is from arkansas. There are trees lying in the road. Mobile homes were thrown off their foundation, some even flipped over. A lot of bad damage there. At one point this morning, 20,000 people didnt have electricity because of the storm. A couple of people were hurt, but were told they should be okay. Opioid abuse and related deaths becoming a major issue in virginia. The state Health Department just releasing new figures and they show the number of deaths increased in many counties. Lets give the breakdown for our area. This grooes to january to september of 2016. Arlington county had 12 deaths. Fairfax county, 52. And loudoun and Prince William counties both lost over 20 people to overdoses. We now know the terms of a plea deal for a man kused of opening fire on a d. C. Restaurant. Edgar welch pleaded guilty to Assault Charges and bringing a gun from North Carolina and on connecticut avenue. Police say welch told them he was investigating a fake news story about democrats and child sex trafficking. He will be sentenced later this year. Today the faa will be investigating a tragic plane crash. This happened outside atlanta and the plane slammed into a home. Only the planes pilot died. No one on the ground or in the home was hurt. But you can see that dark smoke right there rising from above the crash site. This was last night. Witnesses say they saw the plane start to spin moments before it went down. Cause of the crash still unknown. Larry hogan says he will veto an education bill. The protect our school act would limit how low performing schools. It would also prevent actions like trying to change schools to private charters. It is a response to the every student succeed act. About school accountability. Hogan says the bill gets in the way of improving failing schools. Lets stay in where very soon fracking could become illegal. Theres a bill moving through the general assembly. According to the Washington Post it could be signed into law as early as next week. Fracking is that controversial way of getting oil or gas from rocks deep in the ground. Opponents including Governor Hogan say its bad for the environment. So you may have come across this. It was really one of the most popular stories on the nbc washington app. We notice its been shared several times. Its about debunking a fake report that 14 girls went missing from d. C. In just one day. This is important. A lot of false information floating around out there. So d. C. Police told us theyre simply just sharing more missing person cases more often on social media. Take a listen though center for missing and exploited children. Heres what they had to say. Were not seeing the reports what were hearing about significant increases in missing children. What were seeing in d. C. Is not major metropolitan areas. Again, they are not seeing an increase. A d. C. Teenager, though, who went missing on monday is now home with her family. But the girls mother tells news4s Kristin Wright they still have a lot of recovering to do. Thinking that somebodys done something to your child and that you would never see them again reporter the things that went through her mind. As a mother, i been dying. Reporter Katrina Hunter didnt know if her 17yearold daughter was dead. She couldnt find her anywhere. The longest three days ever. We was just riding around, just having god lead us. You know, turning down different streets and just praying the whole time. Reporter d. C. , its a big place in an even bigger world. To be lost, to be missing, to be out there somewhere. Raw emotion at a packed town hall meeting monday with questions about missing teens of color in the district. Ihi do. Reporter so far this month d. C. Police have tweeted out 17 fliers of the missing kids between the age of 10 and 17. Most have been found. The head of youth and Family Division reached out on facebook to address what has been a large story. Katherine came home. Things are complicated. There are issues. Her mother says shes run away many times before. Katherine wont say where she was. But says many of the missing teens in d. C. Simply want out. Theyre leaving. They dont know what theyre looking for. They dont know what theyre trying to find. Thats all parents want is for them to pick up a phone and say, hey, im all right. Reporter a mother of four, katrina is the first to tell you she and her daughter katherine have a long road ahead. But at least they are together. In the district, Kristin Wright, as we stay on this topic, mayor bowsers office also announced six new initiatives including boosting the number of officers assigned to those cases a and expanding the website. We look at whats true and whats not true. A lot of things untrue about this when it comes to the issue of missing girls in d. C. We invite you to check that out and share those stories. At 9 37, youre looking at this video right here. The craziest youll see all morning. Divers willingly inches away from sharks. Theres no cage but theres a big mission. Words cant describe what im feeling. If the truth is concealed then life would be revealed. Laying down rhymes and a story of success. Meet the tom slam poets who can turn ahrase. P fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com chiozza. Oh, my goodness and t of your friends are talking about on social media this morning. In a buzzer beater, floridas Chris Chiozza hit a threepoint shot during overtime against wisconsin. That means that the Florida Gators are now headed to the elite eight against south carolina. Final score of the game between florida and wisconsin . 8483. Close one. Thats a good game. So if sharks could say thank you, this would probably be what one shark said to this diver who saved his life. This is one of those dont try this if it ever happens to you. Take a look at this video. A scuba diver down in florida. Well, they say they see a lot of sharks down there according to this guy. Then this happened. One guy pulled a huge hook from the sharks belly. This happened just the other day. The diver says this shark was nudging and bumping one of them practical asking for help. And we hope that shark is okay. Yeah. Some brave guys right there. So if outside, not going need that winter jacket today, but you might want to bring the umbrella, maybe a raincoat. Weve got tom tracking the warmup and what you can expect rainwise this weekend. And lights out. Why buildings from d. C. To paris to australia are going dark tonight for a special cae. Us feeling of spring in the air on this saturday live view from the storm team 4 Prince Georges County camera overlooking the capitol wheel at National Harbor on this saturday morning. Great waters of the potomac reflecting a gray bluish sky. Sunshine through the overcast. Temperatures hourbyhour will quickly jump to near 70 by noontime. Peaking in the mid70s. Few sprinkles of light rain this evening. Look at that and the chance for rain in the outlook coming up. Its a wonderful day to see the Cherry Blossoms. Were talking 70s, folks, for this peak bloom weekend. Derrick ward out there checking out the blossoms and the crowds this morning. Hows it looks out there . Reporter its looking great. You cant beat the weather. You cant beat the surroundings here. Let me give a sense of what the blossoms are. As you can see here, you got some blooms that are pretty good. Pink, uf survive the winter. Now, over on the other side of the tidal basin, they have an indicator tree. And that one bloomed i think before the frost. So its a few weeks or a few days ahead of the other trees. Still plenty of reason to come down. The trees are growing and the crowds are growing as well. It was a pretty good crowd for an early time. You might even want to call it people that are just sharing a leisurely stroll with you. Thats kind of what it is. And also this whole festival itself embodies an international flavor. Its actually an international event. It is a great example of what this gift, a gift of peace and friendship has expanded into. So even our facebook covers over 52 countries. People all over the world has their eyes on the nations capital. Its the greatest place to celebrate spring. Reporter now, the actual Opening Ceremony happens later today. Its going to be 5 00 athe theyve all sold out of tickets, but for the first time its going to be up on Facebook Live. And theyve got some other things going on like the blossom moment. Theyre asking for people to send in their pictures maybe from Cherry Blossom festivals past or from this one. Theyre going to choose two and will get all expense trips to japan on all initiation rnippon. Come down, get a lot of sunshine and blossoms and happiness. Back to you. I like the pen flick. Landed it too. Beautiful backdrop there. Today some local teens hoping to take their rhyming skills from the d. C. Area and launch to the international stage. Aimee cho shows us. Reporter take writing lines im tired of this paper. Reporter add them to committing them to memory and the result slam poetry. Theyre all part of a local group split this up. A they perform for judges and get scored from one to ten. To win, creativity is key. I feel pretty free when im writing my poetry. Im really happy. And it brought out feelings in a way, like, that no other art form has for me. Reporter the poems dont have to rhyme. But theyve certainly got reason. You better be talking to your mother. And i saw these two guys bothering this girl, like cat calling to an extreme. They kept following her down the street. I said im going to write a poem about that. Walking on new world water. Ive seen like a bunch of Violent Attacks on people that are that look like me or are my age. Reporter the team tells me their work is never over. Even after theyve written their poems, theyre constantlyoi they can make it better. I definitely feel as a human being i should care about other human beings and what it is that they struggle through. Reporter and they do it through words that speak volumes. Crying inside of confessional booths. Reporter in northwest, aimee cho, news4. More than 200 teens from our area are competing for five spots a the international finals. The winning poets will be selected tonight. Thats going to be at arena stage. If youre interested in attending, head over to the nbc washington app and search slam poetry. Today is a great day for a lot of things. Get outside and see the Cherry Blossoms. But you can also get rid of paperwork with sensitive information. Its another one of our nbc 4 all state Community Shreds. Go to the Northern VirginiaCommunity College in annandale to get r o about why people should come out today. Well, we are here to prevent personal identity theft. Were helping the Community Shred their items. We know folks head out there and they have to be in line by 11 00. It is a popular event. You have to have some sort of cutoff. When they head there, what sort of things do you advise they bring versus leaving behind, leaving at home . Shredding is the first line of the this is the first line of defense to protect the personal identity of theft. Thats why we all state has great event. A ento shred the personal documents here. If someone wants to get out there but cant make it today, whens the next time they can get out there . We are also having event in june in montgomery county. And you four boxes of your personal documents. All right. Michael from all state, thank you so much. Thank you so mouch. Vp a great weekend, guys. You too. Beautiful out there. And if youre perhaps wondering some more information about what you should and should not bring, go to the nbc washington app or check out the website. We list it there. Some things youre going to want to leave behind for sure. At 9 50 your time now on this saturday, all around the world monuments and landmarks are saying lights out. This is a call for action when it comes to climate change. And right here in d. C. , the National Cathedral is going dark for earth hour. This is a live look right now, what it looks like out there. And some landmarks around the world are doing the same and around our country like the Empire State Building and the eiffel tower, big ben. And as we said, theyre doing this to raise awareness about climate change. Theyll do it for a full hour. Youre interested in participating, earth hour begins at 8 30 tonight local time. All right. The hour now is be up into the 70s. Im excited ab t it. I like warm weather. I know. People to the tidal basin soaking it in. A lot of people coming out of hibernation yawning and stretching. Winters over. Me included. You can just feel it in the air. That spring has finally sprung. And it is springing upon us here on this saturday. Take a look at this live view from our storm team 4 camera. Overlooking the Jefferson Memorial there. Just to the left there right there around the tidal basin, you can see that little pink swath. And those are the Cherry Blossoms that are near peak color right now. Peak pink is what we call that. That is where its going to be this afternoon and for the next few days. No cold air coming in, no strong winds either to knock the blossoms down. Already climbing into the 60s. Shenandoah valley in Northern Virginia, fredricksburg. Reagan national now 59 degrees. All dry hourbyhour as we get into the evening hours, patches of green. Sprinkles of rain coming through Northern Virginia, parts of the shenandoah valley. Otherwise a few clouds coming through early evening. Really only a small chance of some sprinkles in the late evening. In the afternoon, mid70s. Maybe a few sprinkles to the west. A very light breeze. A great day to get out and see the blossoms. A bit of a blustery wind. The blossoms will still hang on. Near 60 degrees sunday afternoon under a partly sunny skies. Well get milder again on monday after some morning rain. Some sun back monday afternoon with a high near 70 degrees. Then on to the mid70s tuesday afternoon. Late afternoon tuesday into the evening we may get some more rain showers coming through. Then on wednesday and thursday, we dry out, turns a bit cooler. Another round of rain. Next saturday is april 1st. In the mid70s again. Mid70 and congratulations to redskins quarterback kirk cousins and his wife julie. They put this gender reveal video on instagram. That blue dust there, that means its a boy. The dog getting excited there too. Thats really cute. Of course cousins made the reveal by throwing a football because how else would he do it . Thats creative. Yeah. Cute. So many of you missing bao bao in d. C. But looks like shes settling into her new home in china. Yesterday she was allowed into her new enclosure. Huge crowds came to check out the panda who made a long trek from the u. S. Bao bao has a separate house and an area there, have a good little time to play. Her keepers say she is healthy and gaining weight. She has been eating a lot of bamboo, some apples, even some steamed corn bread these days. She doesnt look that sad. I think she misses us though. Im not buying it. Shes eating too well. No. Shes settling in. 9 56 on this saturday. Four things to know. Well start in Prince Georges County. Police there investigating an Early Morning homicide. A man was killed in laurel around 6 00 in the morning. Looks like it happened in an apartment complex. Investigators are offering a reward for information. President donald trump is blaming democrats for the failure of bill meant to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. House republicans had to pull the measure after it did not have enough votes to pass. Major damage from storms that moved through. You can see this is part of a much bigger system. This was in arkansas. They toppled trees, flipped mobile homes, a few folks got hurt, thousands were without electricity. And lots of people are taking advantage of this beautiful weather to check out those Cherry Blossoms today. They are supposed to be in peak bloom this weekend. Temperatures will reach the 70s. A lot of folks headed out there too. Enjoy it. Great day to be outthere. The valiant taste times of death, but once uh, excuse me, waiter. I ordered the soup. Of course, maam. My apologies. Cmon, caesar. Lets go. Caesar on a caesar salad . Surprising. Excuse me, pardon me. Whats not surprising . How much money matt saved by switching to geico. Could i get my parking validated . Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Announcer while everyone discusses the future of health care, 18 million americans are already choosing it. With Medicare Advantage a proven publicprivate partnership, where Health Outcomes are valued over volume. Where Early Intervention and management of chronic conditions is leading to better outcomes. And costs are more predictable and affordable. 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