this morning. the winds will increase later today. it won't be as cold as yesterday. we only made it up to 34 degrees for a high yesterday. today, a little better. up to 42 degrees. it will be breezy at times. the sun will be shining. we were watching for a little chance of rain on your friday. we'll time that coming up. >> looking at the roads here. silver spring, outer loop, between georgia and connecticut avenue. rest of theoo beltwayng. go we zoom in. mt. rainier, southbound route 1. this is from yesterday, after 38th street. the left lane is getting by tha water main break. the local lane before the accident. northbound 395, after arlington boulevard,ight lane is getting by that work zone. old it is dangerously outside, and getting stuck outside in the wmether could an life or death. thanks tonight vision, one man is alive this morning. he went missing on a hike on tuesday. the team launched their chopper and found him in macleclean. firefighters used anul atf to him out. and then, to west d.c., and many of you saw this play out in real-time. a worker was trapped on a radio type and was experiencing hypothermia. it felt like the temperatures were in the teens. the man ent up the tower around 10:30 in the morning. a few hours later, he cealized ldn't get down on his own. >> cold impacted him enough where he could not return along the same path and he felt he needed assistance. we worked on a variety of plans of what would work best and safely. >> d.c. firefighters said they didn't want t to rush rescue plan. it took three hours to get the man down. once on the ground, the worker was in good hlth and d not need to go to the hospital. he's a lucky man. >> absolutely. journalists and sometimes lawyers have felt like they were being targeted by their own government. and now, leaked documents have a government source show their fears were warranted. meg megagan fitzgerald is at t live desk with ine. exclusiv >> screen shots were provided to our sister station in san diego, through a homeland security source. there were dozens leled as organizers or instigators. they have a connection to a migrant caravan at the san diego and mexico border. they place ed passports alerts. the intelligence gathering was done under the umbrella of "operation secureline," the operation that was given to the migrant caravan. the documents list people that should be targeted for screening at the border. that includes journalists who are u.s. citizeba. in november, migrants tried to run through border checkpoints to scale barriers. it did not deny the database ts ex the agency said, in part, quote, conducts interviews and investigations to prevent further incidents that could cause further harm to the public, ournd agencies economy. >> thank you. that report was released hours afterhomeland security secretary keeirsten kirstjen ni working on agreements that would crack down on caravans of migrants and refuge. she said that immigration officials saw a 30% increase. your time is 4:05. the president'srm campaign an, will find out how many years he will spendn prison. manafortas convicted on several charges,teing from the special counsel's russia investigation. he did work forhekrainian government. failure to report foreign lobbying. manafort faces more than ten years in prisonor those charges. he pled guilty to similar charges in d.c.l he w be sentenced in that case next week. today, a judge will sentence to man for life in prison forg killis wife and a rookie police officer. he gunned down his wife and a rookie officer in 2006, after a domestic ca j. age imposed a life sentere fo hamilton after the jury was deadlocked on the death penalty. r. kelly is waken up inic a o jail cell. he was taken back into custody after failing to pay $1860,000 in child support payments. hisrrest came hours after an unsettling and emotional interview with cbs' gayle king where he denied abusing underaged girls. he faces several counts of aggravated sexual abusefo again women years ago. he's pled not guilty. a woman has come forward saying that kelly had sex with her when she was 13 years old. on " jeopardy! he has all of the answers. this morning, alex trebekes f the toughest fight of his life. >> the 78-year-old host revealed he has stage fourancreatic cancer. >> i'm going to fight this. i'm going to keep working. ovand with the and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers, also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics of this disease. >> we areooting for you. pat sajak was the first to extend positive wishes to prebeck, tweeting, there is nobody iknow. other celebrities sent their well-wishes t one of the most recognizable voices on television. >> wishing him the best. itks like major changes are coming to the national o. later today, the zoo will go over final development plans for perimeter fencing. there's 13 enterances to ere zo. there previous plans that included checkpoints. this is after the local leaders and patrons spoke out against that plan. justin finch will break down some of the changes in detail that are coming soon. >> a lot of people that can agree, we're done with the chilly temperatures. spring is almost here. and we know when you'll be able to seehe d.c cherry blossoms. >>s cory smith details we all have been waitedfor. >> the projected katesare, april 3rd throughh.t >> reporter: the district will look pretty in pink, as thousands of cherry blossoms reach peak bloom. >> if you can tell us what t high temperature is going to be from now until peak bloom, we'll hit it o nose. but as your meteorologists know, that's not an exact science. >> it's cheer that cherryor blossom fav is going through d.c. there will be celebrities. there will be swag. and for festival president, diana mayhew in her 19th year, this will never get hold. the team works hard all year long, to create new and exciting, innovativinnovative, events. >> reporter:t that's k this park ranger coming back for much of the last 40 years. >> like the lincoln memoria at night. there's something special about living in washington and being able to experthnce . >> reporter: thr everything you need to know about the cherry blossom festival, visithi nbcwton.com. >> and there will be tons of festivals andvents to celebrate the customerry blossoms this year. >> a full guide on our app. turning to sports now, where the caps have won their fifth game in a row. doest that sound good? the caps were laser focused on the road, and defeated the flyers, 5-3. at one point, d.c. was leading the game by five goals. another incredible pformance by braden ltby. he was the second-fastest to collect his 250th careewi n. home pps are back at tomorrow night to take on the new jersey devils. he> caps fans, here's a look. here's a look at team's latest bobblehead, kuznetsov doing his bird celebration. t we were there when he unwrapped it. it's an american culture phenomenon. >> i know. i love it he's doing the 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you can keep your identity secret when you laim theprize. that could be the case in virginia, if you win enough. bill going through would allow winners to remain anonymous $10. i like this you won't know who i am. >> i'll be gone. m> chick-fil-a is encouraging you to eate fish this spring. the chain will have a fish sandwich, in honor of lent, that began yesterday. it will be offered until aprilh 20t the day before easter. a member of our crew said he checked two locations in maryland, and neither had it. we'll have to dig and find out if any of the locations in the greater washington metropolitan area. >> 370 calories, 14 grams of fat in that fish and switwsandwich. uch is in the best chicken sandwich. >> i'm favoring them doing something for lent. but i'm not going to chick-fil for the official sandwich. >> it's really good. >> what would dana carvey say? not going to do it. why doe it feel like thursday is longer than any other day of the week. 25 in washington. notuch of a breeze yet. but it has a windchill to 18 degrees in town. have five degrees off of these numbers. temperatures are hovering in the upper tens to 20. low to mid 20s around the city. a very cold start to yourarch morning. high today, only 42. average high is 53., till more than ten degrees colder than average. winds out of the northwest lner on the afternoon today around 10 to 20 miles per hour. so, a little breezy, a little cold for today. for tomorrow now,all-clouds all the time. and a chance for a flurry or two in theg. morn most of the moisture comes during the daylight hours. that's the reason i'm not too concerned about any accumulating snow ere's the band of snow from omaha to st. louis. that's the weather system pacting us during the day tomorrow. plenty of sunshine here for the firs half to three-quarters of th day. clouds don't thicken up until monight. for ow, during the morning hours, there could be a flurry or two. during the middle of the afternoon, here 2:00 in the afternoon, a little chance for light snow. there's the rain/snow linealong i-95. itht m be enough snow to whiten the ground. doesn't look like any significant accumulation. but maybe enough to whiten the ground in a few spots. five-day forecast then, cold tomorrow, cloudy, too. saturday, plenty of ouds. but a peek of sun. sunday's rain chances in thern g. we get those drops out of here before noon and see the sun on sunday, we're going to shoot for 66 degrees. >> wouldn't that be nice? i lik that number. looking at the roads, gaithers duri, northbound and southbound, 270, near montgomery village avenue. silver spring, outer loop of the beltway, between georgia and connecticut. work zone blocking the right lean. centreville, westbound 66, between the beltway and out to grainsville. left lanes are blocked. a mobe work ne. looking at 95 in rginia. quantico to the beltway, going quick there. going to take you 17 minutes. now, take ak at this one and share something with you. got to send se time a my 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youpe your credit card and you notice you didn't pay what that huge sign advertised. you paid the more expensive price for using your credit card. where was that advertised? that's the smaller sign o the ound. cheryl kagan wants to pump the brakes on what she says is a deceptive practice. >>ou have to post the highest price, which is generally going to be the credit cd price, the price that most of us will e paying. ag you can post both. >> reporter: kan says 75% of consumers pay for gas with credit cards.ha but tt price is often times hidden or in some cases not evei layed. >> the gas station owners are worried that somehow will lose them busine i don't think any of us will stop buying gas. we'll feelter about not getting ripped off. >> reporter: if her bill passes, it won't cost stations anything. if new signs are needed, suppliers must provide those. the legislation is up for hearings in the house and senate. we're going to track the progress and keep you updated. back to u. 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