Personal way. Some criticizing, some staying home, some marching. Bruce leshan has been listening to some of their stories and joins us live from constitution avenue. Hi, bruce. Reporter hey, lesli. Big marches in dc and around the country. This one is called women workers rising. They are demanding equal pay for equal work, as well as an end to Workplace Violence and harassment. But as we say, this is one of at least two big events that happened in dc today for a day without a woman. [chanting] reporter about 1000 women marched from Freedom Plaza to the white house. They are fighting what abortion Rights Groups call the global gag rule. President trumps executive order cuts aid to any group that counsels women on abortions. Andrea littlejohn says she flew i believe in standing up for the right for myself, every woman ive come in contact with. Reporter eleanor of the feminist majority says the gag rule will cost thousands of women in the developing world their lives. Will not be able to tell patients the truth or give them accurate medical information. Reporter for stay at home mom elizabeth garcia, the march was a chance to share her values with her toddler. We are all equal. Reporter tourists took pictures and sounded skeptical. Our place today is to be in the workplace working and what are we teaching our Young Children today by protesting and marching and not going to work . Reporter local teachers say by marching they are teaching their students to be good citizens. I would never teach without modeling it first for my students. Its my job to teach my students to stand up for themselves. To advocate for their rights and to be good humans. Reporter so i streamed the first event on Facebook Live and got slapped with a huge dose of division. Just hundreds and hundreds of really nasty comments urging these women, they said, go back to work. Thats what they said. You can imagine got just as passionate responses from the supporters of these womens day without a woman event. Live in dc, bruce leshan, wusa9. Everybodys got an opinion and they arent afraid to share it. Thank you. A day without a woman has been trending all day on twitter and facebook. Here are some of your comments. Matthew tweets there needs to be more people standing for the rights we deserve. The usa has been known as the land of the free. It is slowly becoming something quitff women in the workplace helped each other and didnt tear each other down wed get paid more. Donna tweets, represent, ladies. Love it. Wish i could be there with you. I have on my red in solidarity. Im there with you in spirit. Switching gears, our weather is going to turn from spring to winter by the weekend. Yeah. Chief meteorologist topper shutt tracking colder air out there on the terrace. Yeah, absolutely. Monday it looked like a good snow for us on sunday. Tuesday, not so much. Today, looks to me like the snow is going to go south of us. The arctic air is going to plummet further south. This is going to be serious air. Probably the coldest weve seen since early january. The area of low pressure still developed in west tennessee or mississippi. Takes a farther track than we talked about yesterday. Now the Northern Edge of the precipitation probably into the northern neck, maybe into southern maryland. Thats it. Then it moves out so the prospect of seeing measurable snow here is really, really low. Lets talk about the percentages again with this updated a little bit. Heres what were thinking now. In terms of seeing snow flakes, well leave it at 20 . We could see a few snow flakes, especially south of town. In terms of measurable snow, 10 . In terms of a total miss, thats up to 60 . The six out of ten times this storm will stay south of us and give us nothing. Heres something were sure about though. Arctic air, were 100 sure that is coming in. Well be back. Might be surprised how cold its going to be over the weekend. Theres another winter problem on the map for next week. Well talk about that. All right, top. Weve learned that a fox attacked an elderly woman in fairfax county. That fox has tested positive for rabies. That fox tried to attack a couple and their cat. The couple was able to catch the fox before it struck again. Reporter this couple had to sticks, kicking it until they got it in this cage. They tell me that if they hadnt captured the fox they had a feeling it would have attacked someone else. These are the pictures of the rabid fox right before it was euthanized by animal control. Its those teeth animal was on one mission. To attack people. Reporter that this family will never forget. All of a sudden i saw the cat and the fox fighting, not right here. Reporter at the time patricia had no idea this fox had attacked a 71yearold woman. The fox bit the elderly womans arm, legs and hands during the attack. She had they couldnt have stitched her up. She had chunks missing from her lower limbs. Reporter the fox came here to chesapeake drive. Wanting to protect their cat they battled the fox. A fox whose mouth was dripping with blood. Kicked it. I didnt think that i could even have approached it but i did. It just stood there and kept coming back. Vicious. Was trying to attack. At the same time, very innocent looking but it was trying to grab you. Enjoyed biting. The couple did their best to kick the fox and even used sticks. Right here. Thats where he fell. It wasnt until he got a big log like this from back there. I just throw it. It hit him right on the side. The fox got dazed. The couple used a raccoon cage to capture the fox. Heres the open cage. Reporter the rabies explains why the fox was so aggressive and they say fox attacks only happen a few times a year in the county. A beautiful animal that the family hopes again. Once it open the mouth and showed those teeth that were trying to grab you and the blood dripping off of them, it was just scary. Reporter animal control says theres not really much you can do in a situation like this but if youre ever walking in the woods or a wooded area they advise you bring a stick with you so you have something to fight an animal off with. Since the fox tested positive for rabies, the elderly victim will have to be treated. The cat was unharmed but shell have to be quarantined between 45 and 180 days if shes not vaccinated. President trump plans to use his political muscle to clobber obamacare. The white house says hell make a pitch directly to the public. Hell also meet personally with lawmakers who have criticized the plan as obamacare light saying it doesnt go far enough. Hes a deal maker. Hes been highly successful at it. If anybody can get a deal on something, its going to be donald trump. The president has warned that republicans in congress could take a hit in midterm elections if they fail to deliver on Campaign Promises to dump obamacare. We can expect this fight to switch into high gear next week when the Congressional Budget Office forecasts how many people could lose their coverage if the measure becomes law. Sources tell the wall street journal former president obama was quote, livid, over President Trumps wiretap claim. He cited no evidence. The spokesman for mr. Obama flatly denied it. Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Sheldon Whitehouse of rhode island are leading an inquiry into russias efforts to sway the election. Today they asked the Justice Department for any warrants or court orders that point to a wiretap. The fb criminal investigation into wikileaks which this week posted what appear to be thousands of cia documents. They appear to detail cia hacking methods that include sneaking into smartphones and tvs to spy on. People. The cia will not confirm whether that information is genuine. Wikileaks indicated it got the documents from a former Government Employee or contractor. Senator tim kaines youngest son was arrested last weekend in minnesota. The 24yearold was one of six people arrested at a pro trump rally. He was in a group of counterprotesters that disrupted the rally with fireworks, a smoke bomb and horns. He was held on suspicion of rioting but was released. Police say that case is still under investigation. Former Prince Georges County state delegate Michael Vaugn has been indicted on bribery charges. Vaughn agreed to help pass cash. Hes accused of using donations to his Political Campaign for his personal use. If it convicted on all eight counts he faces a maximum sentence of more than 100 years in prison. Were just Getting Started at 5 00. Just ahead, the new prediction from the National Park service on when dcs world famous Cherry Blossoms will reach their peek beauty. A man goes back to school to return Library Books more than 50 years overdue. But first meet the people mind behind the story of a Police Officer who replaced a womans stolen rosary. New video today from a search for a burglary suspect who tried to hide greenbelt movie theater. Prince georges county Police Released these images from their chopper showing the suspect breaking into a laurel home. Sherrod weaver tried to avoid arrest by running into the movie theater. After a standoff he was taken into custody last night and now shes charged with 12 crimes. We dont hear about many 22 mile Police Chases in our area. One did happen late last night. Laurel police say an officer tried to stop the driver of this suv that was involved in an accident last month. The driver took off. Police followed and the chase went on i295 and into dc. It ended in southeast where the driver was taken into custody. Police say he is Paul Pattison of laurel. A fairfax officer answers a womans prayers replacing her rosary that was stolen by a thief. The two are now Close Friends stranger just made this woman in need feel so much better. Wusa9s mike valerio picks up the story. Shes lived in fairfax her entire life. What happened here shook her faith. The officer youre about to meet helped restore it. The first thing you notice about officer pleva is his smile. The victim is now smiling too after she now has this beautiful new rosary bought by her new friend from fairfax pd. When i saw her reaction and how happy it made her, that will impact me for a very long time. The thing about this story is that the victim is a little camera shy. Were showing her profile like this. She says the story is all about officer pleva anyway. Late last month in a Shopping Center off richmond highway a man shows up and cuts and runs with her purse. Her rosary inside. Started screaming help me, help me. The suspect right now is still on but officer pleva decided to put this moment behind them. Showing up at her house to replace the rosary. I saw him there and he was smiling and he looked happy. He said ive got something for you i thought you cant go to mass tomorrow without a rosary. He gave me the rosary. She ended up writing and sharing with us a personal thank you note. Grateful that a Higher Authority brought them together. Just thanking me for the rosary and how shell pray for me. Reporter just to give you a better idea of officer plevas character. He was working until 1 00 this morning, got up at the crack of dawn to meet us at 8 00 a. M. He said he wouldnt miss it for anything. In fairfax, mike valerio. Federal investigators are on the ground in biloxi, mississippi trying to piece together a horrific crash between a charter bus and a freight train. Four seniors were killed in yesterdays crash after witnesses say the bus got stuck on the tracks. Passengers were trying to get off the bus just as were hurt. A dramatic end to a possible kidnapping in california. It started with a carjacking of a truck, which led to a police chase. Inside that truck was a woman who says she was kidnapped by the driver. After 20 Minutes Police cornered that truck. They then opened fire, hitting the suspect several times in. The abdomen. The woman ran out of the truck to the police. She had multiple stab wounds but she was not struck by bullets. The suspect is in custody. A very warm february had many people thinking the Cherry Blossoms would have a record early bloom. Maybe not. The National ParkService Adjusted its peak bloom forecast. Its no longer march 14th through the 17th. The new forecast is march 19th to the 22nd. The reason for the change, the colder than average forecast for this weekend and according to the last update the blossoms are in the third of stages. So you may not see them at peak bloom if you come in earlier. But youll still see the beautiful buds. Yeah, they last as long as we dont get big winds they can last a week to ten days on the trees. Stve ill hawindow there. We talked about cold air slowing the process down, which is probably just as well. Itll match the festival a little closer. Exactly. Lets talk about the three degree guarantee, shall we . We were not very good yesterday. We got back on the horse. We went 67 today. I think well be okay. I almost raised it to 68 last night at 11 00. I didnt. Well let you know how we did tonight at 11 00. Live look outside. Live michael and son weather cam. Its clear. Its gorgeous outside. 67 right now. Like that number. Theres the dew points in the upper teens. Very, very dry air mass. Winds gusting to almost 30 miles an hour. Theres the wind advisory on the other side of the divide for tonight. In terms of us, well say breezy for us. Colder tonight. Little co bus stop temperatures, 36 to 46. Breezy and warm tomorrow. Some areas will touch 70. Falling temperatures friday with rain and snow showers. Well get a real dose of reality over the weekend. Arctic air on saturday and sunday. I think its the coldest air since early january. Lowest temps in the teens in the burbs. For us, 10 00, still 54 downtown, clear. Some upper 40s. By morning, not too bad. 41 in gaithersburg. 41 in frederick. 38 in damascus. By 9 00 were now 53 downtown. 52 in fairfax. By lunchtime, really nice. 65 here. 68 in fredericksburg. You can take lunch outside tomorrow. Just hang on to your napkin. Itll be windy. By 6 00 p. M. , still upper 50s, low 60s. By 9 00, just a few high clouds come in. Temperatures in the 50s. For tonight, clear cloudy. Breezy. Colder. 36 to 46. Nobody is going below freezing tonight. Winds out of the westsouthwest at 10 to 15. On the day planner. We have 40s to start. Clear skies. 60 by 11 00. 65 by 1 00. Winds will be westsouthwest. Warm wind. But then that changes on friday. Falling temps. Probably a midnight temp. Dont dress for that temp. Im going to hide it. Dress for the 30s and 40s. Rain shower possible. Boom. Full sunshine. Only 38 on saturday. Average high is about 52 now. 40 on sunday. Im sad about the weekend, only 47 hours long. Spring forward on saturday night. We have another system monday and tuesday. We alluded to this yesterday. Well see what happens. Rain or snow possible monday night into tuesday. Residual cold air in place. 39 for a high on tuesday. Only 42 with flurries lingering on wednesday. Thanks, top. Stilea Melania Trump hosts her first solo white house event. Up next, terrorists disguised as doctors go on a shooting rampage inside a Military Hospital. Differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in cutomer 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. 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Fire crews are still dousing hot spots so investigators can figure out what sparked this looking for poachers who broke into a paris zoo and killed a rare white rhino for its horn. Investigators say the fouryear old rhino was shot three times in the head. Its horn likely sawed off with a chain saw. This is believed to be the first time poachers targeted a european zoo for a rhinos horn. Its got value in asia for its supposed aphrodisiac powers. Check out this rescue. High in the mountains of wales. The local Mountain Rescue Team was given the altitude and the weather conditions they called for the coast guard helicopter crew. Working together they were able to help the man get off that mountain and to a local hospital. Coming up, a transgender student in Northern Virginia shares his story in hopes that people will better understand his situation. Also ahead, outrage over a set of guidelines on what girls can and high school prom. 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One alexandria entrepreneur had a unique problem. She runs a coworking space mostly for women. I wanted to have a space that felt a lit bit like a small business. Reporter michelle has at least four jobs. One coworking space called gsd work club. So on a day without a woman you might wonder will anyone show up. The answer is yes. So we set up a letter writing space where people can write letters to our senators. Its only been around for two months but women in the neighborhood are dropping in today, including retired writer jill hersch. I was writing about what i feel like is a war on women right now. Between defunding planned parentedhood. Im a Breast Cancer survivor. One of the things planned parenthood does is screen for Breast Cancer. When i saw there was a feminist coworking space, i thought this was a great opportunity. And sandy marcs stopped in. Her child goes to alexandria city Public Schools and is off today because 300 female teachers took the day off. I think for alexandria teachers to make this statement as women because this is not a teachers sik strike, is really powerful. I know lots of men home with their kids who are supporting them and the women who are the mothers of their children. A lot of people said i am not going to take off but im going to wear red or im not going to take off but im going to share something on social media or write my senator or work the morning and go to the protest. I think thats amazing. The space is not just for women. In fact theyre signing up a new coworker, a man in the next few days. A eds day without a woman actions come on International Womens day. The United Nations established this day in 1975 affirming the principle of equality between women and men. This years theme is planet 5050 by 2030. President trump tweeted about International Womens day early this morning. First lady Melania Trump hosted it was her first solo white house event. She hosted approximately 50 women, including ivanka trump, Kellyanne Conway and betsy devos. The first Hillary Clinton with mark International Womens day with a speech at the kennedy center. Last night the former democratic president ial nominee accepted an award for her work advocating for women. Close friends say since losing the election shes working on a new book while pondering her next move. Wall streets famous bull statue has company. An Asset Management company placed the statue of a little girl in front of that bull yesterday. Its designed to highlight a lack of gender diversity and equality in the workplace. Shes called the fearless girl. That statue could remain on wall street for up to a month. School Choice Advocacy Group founded by betsy devos has resigned. The announcement comes one week after he made startling remarks before the Michigan State education committee. You should know he was talking about his frustrations with the woman whos head of michigan schools reform office. I wanted to shake her like i like to shake my wife when every option in front of you is not possible, theyre all equally unattractive to you. Like when i ask her where to go to dinner, she says anywhere. By the way, the committee he was addressing at the time was all male. Okay. The supreme courts decision this week not to hear the virginia transgender case was a disappointment to all transgender people. Another local virginia transgender student is sharing his story and so is his father. Theyre hoping people will er peggy fox reports. Didnt have a clue. Reporter when pauls teenage daughter nicole suddenly quit all star softball team, he didnt know what was wrong. His then daughter told him he identified as a male. Now a senior in high school, hes changed his name to rowan and is comfortable sharing his story. Weve always been out there. Weve always been in hiding because everyones been so afraid of us. They tend to lash out and not be accepting. Rowan is the feature story in the student magazine the highlander. I just really wanted to share my story so people could realize that im not really that much different than everyone else. Im not some spectacle thats like no one is ever going to understand. Its not a huge mystery. People shouldnt be afraid of you. Exactly. [ inaudi that think that its so about them to a point that they think they have a right to be against it. Its not your life. Reporter at first it was tough for his parents. You go through the shock, you go through grief, all those stages of denial and anger. You go through all of that. Reporter knowing he had to love and accept his new son, paul got to work learning. He kept the secret from his family for many months. He finally put together this power point. I have news for you. Turns out i have a son. Reporter they learned about a transgender boy named rowan. Then they saw his picture and realized who it was. I said okay, you guys ready to meet rowan . A friend is a friend. No matter who they are or what their gender is. Or whatev the School System is fully committed to extending its Nondiscrimination Policy to include gender identity. Well coming up in our trending segment, a Hollywood Super couple appears to be back from the brink of divorce. Accusations of body shaming after a high school releases guidelines on how girls should dress for the prom. Little bit colder tonight. Nobody goes below freezing. 46 downtown. Some 30s. Maybe 39 in frederick. Maybe 38 in damascus for a low. 40 in manassas. Well talk about when all the temperatures come crashing down and our prospect for snow over the weekend. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. 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The calf will come out front hoofs first,n the delivery could take just a few minutes or several hours or several months. Or never. An Illinois High School is facing some backlash over its prom dress guidelines. This is some story. Issued a 21 page rule book complete with pictures, you see them there on what dresses are acceptable at this years prom and which ones are not acceptable. Thats not the issue. The line is the issue. Some girls, quote, may wear the same dress but due to body types one dress may be acceptable while the other is not. End quote. A body image expert said that thinking supports discrimination and body shaming. The School President says the guidelines are meant to help girls, not hurt them. While many women in this country chose not to work on this International Womens day, the city of melbourne is observing the day differently. Several pedestrian traffic lights at one of the busiest rs so now they depict female figures. The move was funded by a local nonprofit. The groups ceo says having only male figures on traffic lights discriminates against women. Built into our brains because were accustomed to seeing a male figure. Im not sure my daughters are going to feel more empowered because the city of melbournes walk dont walk signs are men rather than women or the other way around. The lights will remain up as part of a 12 month experiment. Actors ben affleck and Jennifer Garner have called off their divorce. The hollywood couple has been separated since june of last year. While they are not officially back together, the two stars have reportedly decided to work on their marriage. Affleck and garner have been married ten years and they have three children together. Good luck to them. Coming up, a man goes back to school to return two Library Books more than 50 years overdue. But first, a pregnant mom steal her rent money. Caught on camera, shocking video shared on social media helped Baltimore Police arrest nine young people in this assault. The footage shows the man asking for someone in the group to return his cell phone and then calling for help. At one point this pack of teens knocked the man to the ground. They start wailing on him. Youngest suspect, 12 years old. Police say the victim was not seriously hurt in this attack. Also caught on camera, a mom to be is trying to pay her rent money and almost loses it all. A man tried to steal it. Instinct made her chase after a man who grabbed stacks of cash that she was using to pay a months rent. The thief ended up getting away with only 40 and the l. A. County Sheriffs Department is looking for him. The new mgm casino at National Harbor was not the best performing casino in maryland. Mgm finished second behind maryland live. Thats been the states top casino since it opened. Maryland live took in 46 many, gm took in a little less than that, which is down 3 million from january. Overall the states six casinos had nearly 30 million in revenue in february it may have happened to you a time or two. Usually it means having to pay a couple days worth of late fees. Imagine finding an old library book thats almost five decades past due. A story of a corpus christi, texas mans long overdue books. These are the two books right here. One a surfing book. The other a book called monster festival. If you take a look in the very back, you see that date. March 1, 1973. So you can imagine the librarians surprise when these books were brought back some 46 years later. Cleaning house. Its been 46 years since i checked these books out. Back then it was cullen junior high. Overdue is understatement. David harvey looked different in 1973 when he checked out the two books and simply forgot to take them back. Harvey had no idea he still had them until recently finding the books among his possessions. Actually i read them to my son the night before i came up here. He loves them. Dad, please dont take them back. Reporter despite that plea, harvey knew he needed to do the right thing and return them. All those years later he walked into the library with those books in hand. The schools librarian couldnt believe it. I tried to get my students to return the books that are just two weeks late. To have someone hold on to the books that long and then to come back and give back to the school was just amazing. At 10 cents per day the late fee came out to 3,358. The librarian decided to work with mr. Harvey thanks to a generation he got to keep the books. Scary moments if for members of the university of Michigan Basketball team. Their plane ran off the runway in michigan. The team is heading to washington right here for the big ten mens basketball tournament at the verizon center. Were told the takeoff was aborted due to high winds. The pilot hit the brakes but the plane ran off the runway. While the plane was damaged everyone on board is safe. Glad to hear that. Firefighters are working to stop Deadly Wildfires burning out of control in four midwestern states. Those fires have killed add least six people and destroyed more than a million acres. Fire officials in Central Kansas never told them to evacuate and claims he had no idea that fire was so close. He says he wasnt even sure they were going to make it. My family and i werent sure we were getting out of the house. When we saw how big the fire was and how how fast it was coming at us. When we were leaving we knew theres no way the fire is not getting to the fire is at your back doorstep. Thats a scary feeling. He is one of 12,000 people forced from their homes in kansas. Officials say flames have burned an area about twice the size of chicago. It was human error and not a political statement that caused the statue of liberty to go dark last night. Some people speculated the darkness was in recognition of todays a day without a woman protest. Nope. The National Park service says the outage happened during a work project. The statue was reilluminated by 11 45. You mean the lights came back on . The lights came back on. Was that too complicated . A little convoluted. Lights came back on. Can you reilluminate. Lights are on in here. About the snow, maybe . Maybe not sunday. Theres something to look forward to. Itll go away. This winter, all weve had to get excited about is the pros effect. Youre excited. Right. Lets start with the Cherry Blossoms. Theyve changed the dates now. Were in stage three. Looking at peak blooms 19 to 22. Theyve slid it further down. [ unintelligible ] wasnt going to say that until it actually occurred. But there might be a pill for it. I dont know. Yeah. Live look outside our live michael and son weather cam. Theres the cathedral. 67 right now. Winds out of the southwest at 18. Gusting to 25. There is a wind advisory on the west side of the divide. Winds there over 50. For us, looking conditions. 36 to 46. Breezy and still warm tomorrow. Another great day before we have falling temperatures on friday with rain and snow showers. That front ushers in the arctic air over the weekend. By 9 00 were in the 50s. Maybe upper 40s. Still a pretty nice start. By lunchtime, upper 50s and low 60s. By 6 00, were still 62 downtown. 61 in fairfax. Just a few high clouds. Not that cold tomorrow night. Temperatures in the upper 50s. Upper 40s and low 50s. Cold front approaches. Late clouds will roll out. The winds, let me show you this. Tonight, winds could gust over 50 miles an hour. Thats why th advisory. Winds here could gust to 31. We get into the morning hours. By lunchtime, maybe 20 mileper hour wind gusts. Thats the forecast. Southwest winds tomorrow. Nothing damaging. So, starting on the day planner. Upper 40s. 60 by 11 00. 65 by 1 00 p. M. Friday, falling temps. Upper 30s on sad with full sun. On sunday well be lucky to get to 40 with a lot of sun. We have to set our clocks ahead. Next system, well see monday night into tuesday. Chance for rain and or snow monday into tuesday. March madness is in full swing with the maryland terrapins hope to use this week to build momentum. Heading into the ncaa tournament. Our Frank Hanrahan has a preview. Maryland mens basketball potentially a big week in front of them. The terps playing the big ten tournament. Its at verizon center. They should have a home court advantage. The terps are the third seed. They have to wait and see who their opponent is. Maryland is a lock to make the ncaa tournament. A good showing could really help their seeding. Inside the paint, Frank Hanrahan. Coming up on wusa9 news at 6 00, republican authors of the plan to overturn obamacare are running into resistance from members of their own party. The latest on the capitol hill turmoil ahead. A new procedure is helping americans of all ages who suffer from knee stiffness and well tell you about this break through. Coming up at 6 30, why did wikileaks publish more than 8000 pages of the cia hacking intel. We want to hear about your story ideas. Its really easy to send an e mail to newstips wusa9. Com. Americans of all ages suffer knee pain and stiffness from cartilage loss. A new procedure just approved by the fda is bringing some patients relief. Dr. Marshall spoke to the first patient to have this procedure. Chris has had problems with his knees for most of his life. The 33yearold suffers from a rare condition which causes cartilage in his joint the to break down. The symptoms in his left knee became unbearable. It was quite painful. Sports were difficult. Then walking became an issue. Chris, who prefers not to use his last name was too young for cartilage cells were grown in a lab and placed on to a call general membrane. The surgeon cut the membrane to size and drilled holes in the cartilage of the knee. Over time the cells grow and develop into mature cartilage. We can template, cut and paste the membrane thats preloaded with cells into the base of the defect and just glue it there. So that makes it technically much quicker, much easier. The technique has been overseas for years but was just fda approved in december. Chris is the first patient in the u. S. To have it. This procedure could be used to treat the many thousands of patients who suffer from loss of cartilage in their knees. Including acl injuries and early arthritis. Lift it up. Awesome. For chris, who has had many surgeries before, this was almost a breeze. Its been very easy comparatively. Hes looking forwar activities pain free. Patients can return to most activities within one year and higher Impact Sports by 18 months. Right now at 6 00, less than a united front. President Trump Presses members of the gop to accept the plan to overturn obamacare. The latest from capitol hill. A show of strength. Thousands of women rally around the country to demonstrate their economic power. Bus driver blues. Well tell you about Health Concerns coming from School Bus Drivers in Prince Georges County. Good evening, im lesli foster. And im bruce johnson. President trump is pull putting on a full court press against republicans not lining up quickly to support a house plan to replace the Affordable Care act. He told a group of conservative leaders its an effort to hear their concerns and close the deal. Why these key republicans Healthcare Plan after voting to repeal obamacare. Reporter the republican plan to replace obamacare faces a long road ahead. The American People will be paying more and getting less. Reporter democrats say the debate on the bill is premature because theyre still waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to determine how much the bill will cost. We dont know how many people are going to lose their insurance and how high the uninsured a it will go up because of this bill because they didnt take the time to see what that cvo score says. Reporter republicans say theyve been working on a replacement for more than a year and have promised Republican Voters they will act quickly. Were going to keep moving forward and fulfill that promise because the American People expect us to do it. They want us to do it. Eventually going to come up with a score before it goes to budget committee. Reporter President Trump is pulling out all of the stops to get this bill passed, including meeting with reluctant republicans at the white house. Hes a deal maker. Hes