Tackle, in the second half of his nations, goalless draw with wales, and will have surgery later today. And well look back on red nose day as more than £70 million is raised for charity. And chris fawkes has the weather. Were looking at a chilly start with frost and fog patches to contend with, but we are looking at a dry weekend. In the warmest spots, it is forecast to reach 19 celsius later today. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Donald trump has tried to shrug off the biggest setback so far in his presidency, a failure to overhaul Barack Obamas health reforms. He has been forced to scrap a vote on his plans at the last minute because he didnt have enough backing from his own party. Greg dawson reports. It was a promise that became one of the pillars of his campaign and one he repeated at every rally. Obamacare has to be be replaced. Were going to get rid of obamacare which is a disaster. Repealing and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. His pitch to voters tru
Happening now at the warner theatre. Today, thousands swamped the tidal basin to catch the blossoms as they hit peak bloom. Only about 50 of them survived the winter cold blast. Ryan hughes joins us with more on the official kickoff. Just beautiful behind you, ryan. Kimberly, and it feels and looks like spring. Look at these blossoms, now hitting peak bloom, and they are attracting large crowds at the tidal basin. It brings a lot of joy into your spirit. Ryan the springtime celebration coming alive. The Cherry Blossoms bouncing in the breeze, the tidal basin flooding with activity. With the weekend warm, the perfect combination during peak bloom. Enjoying the National Cherry blossom festival. It is a tradition in d. C. , celebrating tokyos gift of the Cherry Blossom trees. But this year without the vibrant colors. They do not have as many blossoms. Ryan last week upon cold snap killed 50 of the blossoms. Its a lovely day. Are stillthe trees creating pictureperfect views and drawing cro
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 compar
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 compar
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 compar