Weekend. And bao baos final hours in washington. How you can watch the giant pandas farewell tomorrow. Announcer news4 at 11 00 starts now. Good evening, everybody. We begin tonight with what everybodys talking about the weather. Normally in february that means were getting you ready for snow or extreme cold. Normally that would be the case. But tonight were talking about a winter thats approaching record territory for warmth. Todays high, 20 degrees above average, keeping us on track for our third or fourth warmest winter ever. This would also be our third lowest snowfall total. Get this, weve had less than an inch and a half all season. And as the snow and rain keep missing us, we are settling into drought conditions. Dry enough today for a brush fire in prince georges county. Our Team Coverage starts tonight with news4s sham reporter good evening. Im usually wearing a winter coat and hat in february but not today. We saw people kayaking on the potomac river. One man even had his shi
Going to be another nice day. Mostly cloudy but temperatures closer to 60 degrees again. So lets take a look at that bus stop forecast and what you need to wear before you step outside. Yes, indeed. The heavy winter coats have hardly been needed for most of the winter. A cold day here and there, but thats about it. This is how the kids should be dressed today. An insulated hoodie and waiting for the buses, temperatures 30s to around 40 so certainly chilly for the ride in. Coming home later today, really not all that cold. Well call it seasonably cool. So a medium jacket here early this morning. Maybe the sunglasses. More clouds than yesterday but umbrellas not needed for today and really the earmuffs and gloves, i think its time to use those. You put your Winter Clothes in the space bag and vacuum the air out of it . I have one, i never use it. I should use it. Northbound 28, we are still s dulles toll road because of a crash and investigation. All southbound lanes are open here this m
And our giant panda is headed to china, and we hope you had a chance to say your goodbye. News4s molette green is live at the national zoo, where she just watched bao bao leave. Molette, this is indeed a sad day for so many. Reporter absolutely. You know what, bao bao now gone here from the national zoo on her way to dulles airport. It was a dramatic scene, not an hour ago, where zoo keepers carried her along the asia trail and out of here. Her official time here at the national zoo is over. Byebye bao bao from every angle. Enjoying one last snack in her yard at the national zoo. Playing and even scratching an itch, getting it all in before she leaves for good. First the cards and letters to chinas ambassador. Next to go, her 70 pounds of luggage, mostly food. And then she is carried away inside a giant crate to a specially outfitted Federal Express truck and then to a 777 airplane that awaits. Its the transition she has been groomed for since her birth threeandahalf years ago. But goo
Said his crews spent too much time transporting people who are not having an emergency but wanted a ride to a doctors appointment. One way hes proposing to reduce those calls is place a nurse at the 911 call center who can screen calls and the determine what is actually needed. The departments medical director led the team that came up with the proposal. These calls are neither limb nor lifethreatening and these patients can better be served in an Outpatient Care setting. Reporter another proposal announced today is legislation that would require Insurance Companies to pay more of the costs for those ambulance transports. It requires Insurance Companies to cover 100 of the costs associated with emergency ambulance and prehospital services. Reporter after todays announcement, macy othomas who lives in northeast and happened upon the press conference questioned the mayor about what increasing the cost to Insurance Companies would mean to residents Insurance Premium like to give away mone
Right now on news 4 this week, Response Time problems. D. C. s fire chief lays out his plans on to make sure you get help when you call 911. Out of options. The city manager paints a bleak financial picture and says things wont get better any time soon. And baseballs soon. Sitting down with skipper dusty to talk about the season. Im chris lawrence. When you call 911 you expect someone to show up. D. C. s fire chief says his department is struggling with Response Times to some of the most critical 911 calls in the district. This week the chief and mayor laid out their plans to fix that. News 4s Mark Seagraves has the story you saw first on news said his crews spent too much time transporting people who are not having an emergency but wanted a ride to a doctors appointment. One way hes proposing to reduce those calls is place a nurse at the 911 call center who can screen calls and the determine what is actually needed. The departments medical director led the team that came up with the p