, so what were the numbers? what were the numbers? ms. johnson: in the first four trials doug evans used 36 out of 36 strikes to get rid of african-american jurors. trial, he struck all but one african-american juror. >> in at least the two dryers that were hung -- trials that were hung, there were african-american jurors. ms. johnson: not because he didn't strike them, because they were so many calls he couldn't strike all of them. alito was giving you a hard time because he said if you didn't have all of this stuff, in the first five trials, sixthwe still think this trial was -- violated the rules on jury selection? and you said you can't -- you basically can but you shouldn't disentangle it, you can't. ms. johnson: i didn't interpret it as him giving me a hard time. he asked a question without the evidence of history, would we still have established risk racial discrimination, the answer is yes. the history of doug evans, his willingness to violate the constitution, violate -- say untruthful things is a fact to be considered. >> [indiscernible] i think even the attorney general [

here, doug kammerer is standing by with a forecast that is going to impact everyone this weekend. >>> we're going to begin this afternoon with breaking news coming in right now. an 11:00-year-old girl charged in connection with the death of a baby in prince george's county. >> polic say the 1-year-old victim had been left in the otasr child's care weekend and died yesterday at the hospital. let's get to cory sth who drives us live in maryland. w coryt happened here? >> reporter: pat and leon, just tragic all around. that 1-year-old boy's name is paxton davis. we have some pictures that we want to show you while we explain exactly police say happened to him. according to investigators, thel 11-year-old gdmitted to assaulting paxton on sunday morning when her mother t left run some errands. sunday afternoon an ambulance pearl led to a home on drive in suitland, where they found paxton with severe injurieso his upper body. the baby boy was taken to a d.c. hospital where for several days he fought to survive. sources tell usarhe 11-ld is not related to paxton but their families do kn

of team vege. doug and amelia standing by in the weather center. this came up quickly. >> absolutely. we're tracking hail and thunderstorms across the area. the gusts we're getting and hl g we'reting is incredible. >> we've had winds well over 50 miles per hour with the storm. we have a report of hail covering the ground in parts of the area. this is right now coming through downtown. you can see right around northwest theain pick up quickly. aiagainax county, northeastern prince william county, i want to zoom in and show you where this is. this is goi to be right through -- let's zoom on in amelia, thank you for that, right into tyson's corner right now. but falls church, right around fairfax, falls church if you live inside the beltway area here, this is the area we're watching around bailey's cross. you're getting the under, some lightning, hail right now and gettin 50 to 60 mile per hour unwinds. and this is coming downtown towahes arlington, boston area. watch out in these regions too. as we time it out, 4:05 right through downtown. brad dock at 4:07, arlington at 4:09. camp spr

accusation against former governor doug wilder. a student says heissed her without her consent in 2017. she tells "the washington post" that he took her out to dinner to celebrate her 20th birthday, gave her alcohol and invited her back to his condo. also offered to pay her l school. she was working as an office assistant at the vc public cool of affairs. she said she did not report the allegation right away because she was concerned about his influence. the former governor is 88 years old and he has not commented on the allegation. >>> coming up our team coverage from nats park continues next with doug kammerer at the salt line. julie carey with the fans who came out for opening day. are they ready for life without bryce? >>> we're staying on top of breaking news, chopper 4 live aer therican legion bridge. the tanker truck overturned on the inner loop northbound out of virginia and into maryland. grid belty, chopper 4 live over the scene of what is now in hour 4 of this tanker truck crash. it started at 2:00. this is on the inner loop right dgat the legion b for those of you headed north t

over 200 miles an hour. incredible damage. doug and ihink they could see this upgraded to an ef-5 looking at some of the j homes nott destroyed but wiped clean. >> i don remember a levive tornado in all f on our coverage. >> it's been time. inking back to an ef-4 we haven't had one since 2017 in the. stat >> thank you, amelia. >> thanks, amelia. >>> let's turn to our local forecast now. a lun of out there today, but it's feeling more like january than it's suppose to el this time of year. >> and it's going to get worse, that's the word right, doug? >> y, the same storm system that brought us the rain and snow yesteheay and storms to the south is out over the atlantic but behind it colder air. satellite and radar showing y where the storm is. it's off towards the east. allowed very cold air to make its way all the way down into thesoutheast. they are cleaning up tonight with temperatures in the 30s, down into par of alabama and georgia. for us 32 d.c., the currentind chill, 21 in hagerstown, 9 in many pittsburgh. some really cold air moving it tonind it's going to be here all week

daye cover wouldn't be complete without our wing man, chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> how's it going down there, doug? >>t's going good. so far i had a lobster roll.mo we have a lot going on. say hello. we said we'd be here at the salt ne, opening day for the nationals. coming back in a couple minutes we're going to talk about the weather and show you how things are going to be the next couple days because we have great weather and then it gets iffy. >>> alsod, aheausan hogan talks to local passengers stranded overseas when an airline abruptl shut downs. >>> we're staying on top of the news a tanker crashes on e american >>> back now with another look at the breaking news happening on the inner loop chop r 4 over the scene of a tanker truck crush. the truck still leeking some of the fuel on board. that has the lanes closed down there. ther miles and miles and hours of delays here for us all this evening. we'll have continuing coverage througho hour so keep it tuned right here. >>> back now to opening day at nats park. n fans may have seen the outcome they wanted this y hadnoon,

rain tonight. >> the syste is going to affect our mild weather.s le to chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. >> we haveomshower activity right now. it's all on the light side. none of this is coming down at a heavy clip. we have steadier rain along 270 near the frederick area along 70 back towards the west. mo of it light rain that' going to come down. this is part of a storm system coming through. you can see this is changing over to snow just nor mason-dixon line. this is going to drive in cold air. so tomorrow we'll be colder. 60 degrees right now. hagerstown only a 45, that's the cold air sinking down across our region. we'll see temperatures tomorw 10 to 15 degrees colder. we'll showan you thathe end of the week, something we've all been waiting for, in about 15 minutes. >>> now to the special counsel report, so far we 'seen the summary noting that the trump campaign didn't conspire with russia to interfere with the 2016 election. >> president trump claiming vighication. althven the summary notes that the report does not exonerate him on q thestion of obstr

. >> let's look live outside of our studios in northwest dco. it is stilng down and doug kammerer is here to explain when we're going to notice a change in these colder conditions. >> you know we're going to notice a change in the next cole urs, one everything is going to come to an end and the warm up happens tomorrow into the day into sunday. we have the snow area wide now. down to the south of fredericksburg and parts of southern maryland around the k north earn n where you see the rain/snow. 's been coming down at a good clip. most areas picking up a coating to half inch. in some locations we could see an inch. but the roads have been fine. that may change just a little bit now that the sun i down. we could see slick spots but the main roads should beokay. this is the end here, i think we have another hour at the most and then it's all moving through the region. can't rule out a couple showers, but most of it is out of here. 33 hagerstown, 34 in d.c. still above freezing. just about everywhere at or ove. the road temperatures are a little bit above freezing too. at's good news that's why

meteorologist doug kammerer. give us an idea what to expect overnight and tomorrow. >> the rn is starting across the area, rain come in from the first storm making its way to thenorth. this storm back to the west, this piece back here is going to help to bring in more msture overnight tonight and that is why we'r out of this. much rain rain starting in our southern zones, even around the d.c. metro area, seeing the 7rain. 0 a.m., it's area wide all around i-95 and sticund all day. because of that, a flood watch has been posted by the national weather service incluing all the metro area and points to the north. 1 to 2 inches ofrain, possibly as much as 3 inches could fall wom this storm. that's one reasore in a weather alert tonight. >> boy, doug, you're talking about a lot of rain. that's not the only thing coming with this storm, right? >> no guys, as this storm moves on out, the wind is going to be a major factor. take a look at wind gusts. upwards of 40 to 45 mile an hour winds. we could see a wind advisoryut of this as well. that would come on friday. rain on thursday. th wind on iday. and t

and will the investigators the investigate. the mother report i'm joined by my guess doug weed in washington he's a presidential historian and a former white house advisor to two american presidents also in washington we have william binney he is a former technical director at n.s.a. and in miami we cross to alan dershowitz he's a professor emeritus at harvard law school as well as author of the book the case. against the democratic house impeaching trump all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to alan dershowitz first in miami alan dershowitz you and i probably couldn't agree on anything on policies on politics you're a man from the left i am not but you are the only person on the left that came through this unscathed and i would even say enhanced so i appreciate your work and discussing this question first question is here most report donald trump says exonerates him maybe so but for me it is a searing indictment of the f.b.i. and how the f.b.i. conducted itself and how we got to having to have s

winds continue to blow. storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer joining us with the cold start to your weekend. noticeable difference outside tonight, doug. >> yeah, most definitely. we som those storms through right there. there they are coming on through the area between about 2:00 and 6:00. severe weather once again. 60-mile-an-hour winds with this. otice these are all severe wind reports, athe ones here in the greener areas, these are all trees down. fredericksburg, numerous inside the d.c. metro area, and again wis to 60 miles an hour today. here's the current radar. yeah, we got snowin cin toward parts of loudoun county, parts of faulkner unty, leesburg area, warrenton, mix os rain and snoell. this is all part of a bigger system that's sliding on through. we will continue to see a fewwe snow s but that's it. all this really tells you, we are in for one very cold start to tomorrow morning. but that's not how the weekend isoing to end. much more on that, i'll see you back here in just about ten nutes. >> allright. we'll look for you then, doug. thank you. part gw parkway still

and elements with the sun dipping down and it continues to get cder and colder. >> doug kammerer, our chiefme orologist he can tell us more about the wind out there and what the effects may be on that man stuck on that towernd the rescuers trying to get to him. >> the first thing they're going to be doing with hypothermia is the extremities. and it's not the arms and legs but the fingers and tows. and if you've ever climbed a ladder before, your hands are grabbing up mb, your putting your toes on the outer rungs of that ladder, and this guy knowing he was not going to be ableo getown on his own, and grasp that tower safely enough, was able toake that call to 911 and of course we've been watcng this now for hours. you mentioned the wind at 120 feet-love above the grod vel, you're looking at about 25% to 35% increase in the wind. so we were dealing with winds gusting about 35 miles an hour about an hour ago. right now that would put his wind gusts close to 40 mooirpilr hour, and you add that to the low teeratures, you get a wind chill a bit colder for him upe ther about 120 fee hop

eight counts of tax and bank fraud. doug mckelway is live with more. doug? >> we're on standby right here. things running slowly here at the courthouse. the sentencing hear was set for 3:30 this afternoon. we had a runner come out around five minutes ago to say that judge t.s. ellis is not yet present. our runner did tell us that paul manafort is in the courtroom and not looking well. he was wheeled in a wheelchair in the courtroom. he also had a cane with him. our runner describes him as having to pick up each of his individual legs to get out of the wheelchair and into a courtroom seat there. let's reason through what the changes he's been found guilty of and the possible sentencing here. five counts of filing false income tax returns and two counts of bank fraud. as you said, charles, manafort could face potentially technically 80 years in jail. it's a misnomer. the reality is that sentencing guidelines that he realistically will face 19 to 25 years in jail. judge ellis has wide-ranging latitude. he can shorten or lengthen the sentence depending on how he sees it. we talked to man

tonight to bring us a monster rainstorm packing >> let's go right to storm chief doug kammerer. >> brobably the time i'm coming on the air with you about 11:00 tonight and really heavy rain right on through the day tomorrow. this is two systems one of which back towards the great lakes. this swinging down across our area, and it's actually going to help to lift this storm which you can really see vengting just off the coast of theca linas, and we're talking a lot of rain associated with this storm. tomo tow is going be just one nasty day. behind only that, but this storm we get rather windy. here come the c stormsing together. it's going to be a mess of a thursday for you, and we think a mess of a friday as well. the rain is over by friday, but we're talking 40 mile per hour winds in behind this system, and tracking yet another storm into next week. all of this, i've got it for you coming up in just about 15 minutes. >> and we are working for you as this storm moves through. wake up tomorrow to news 4 today. be here to alert you to any issues. news 4 starts at 4:00 a.m. >>> now

under flood watch right now. doug? >>> a flood warning has been issuedor loudon county, fairfax county, northern arlington coty, fauquier county. as we've been telling you this is the area that's seen the heaviest rainfall and will continue.n leesburg, fall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour. this is getting nastyfa t. more on this after the break. >>> working for you consumer a rt. a popular grocery store chain is closing stores in maryland and susan hogan virginia. n hogan is here to explain. >>> new privacy problems for secebook. we're back in 9nds. >>> baby >>> baby cough syrup could mak your baby sick. there's a recall issued now forl dg natural's baby cough syrup because it might be contaminated with bacteria. that could lead to vomiting or h di. the carton has an expiration date of 11/20 if you have this medicinein your cabinet you can return it for a full >>> sad news for shoppers food customers,he grocery store is closing its doors. >> susan hogan is working for you with details what you can expect in the months to come. >> it's become a neighborhood staple. we counted 36 sto

meteorologist doug kammerer has come in on this sunday morning, tag-teaming it with lauryn ricketts. what are you seeing right my home town of herndon rightzx that line of rain-snow, your home town of winchester. >>t( all snow. >> absolutely. >> that' the way's going to be with this. >> yeah.Ñir forxd you folks down farther soh and east,hese all rain.e1 the temperatures upper 30s and 42 degrees in d.c. though the new updates,ok up to 43. >> there sglug hard toçóxd get á reat 43 d. >> you cans73w seep, where t rain-snow line is, an it'sño' rt right along and just to the west so that includesq fairfax and manassas coming down right now as rain or a mix. up around theym german town ar. snow, frederick reporting snow. k reporting snow andxd upper montgomery and fauquier both reportin snow. look to the+ west. this is whatxd we're actually waiting for. this i kind of a little bit of k teaser of what's happening now. we need this to come in, beonuse we start to get heaviert( snowfall rates that helps to bring down the tempetures as the snow picks up during the afternoon so that's what we'

natural gas and a humongous natural gas joint venture in the news today with energy historian doug ellin boss plus adam asked of the outermost trading group joins us to look at some companies in the news including kraft heinz who some say may cook their books and will they think companies be invigorated by the resignation of the hardliner food and drug commissioner who just announced he's leaving out of will give his take all that as we go to break and here the numbers will be back in a flash. traditionally in the foreign policy with the assistance of the legacy media to find an immediate threat for a foreign military intervention or coup their aim is been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate in his way what is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change as a deplorable record. go in and you may never get out. of. my teenage gang rules here. but. and now it's looking for the. kind of elemental somebody who. you know when you're the monkey. music. in the. bucket on the more considered and the most city against india

a huge longest natural gas joint venture in the news today with energy historian doug ellin boss plus a pin company's be invigorated by the resignation of the hard liner food and drug commissioner who just announced he's leaving and has kraft heinz been cooking their books we'll catch up sorry with adam ashe of the adam measure trading group to look at those companies and more all that directly ahead but first let's get to a few headlines let's go. a european endorsement for china's belt road initiative leads our global report today as the italian government considers becoming the first g seven nation to join and risking angering the united states italy's deputy industry minister michel garage confirmed ongoing negotiations for a tell you inclusion in the belgian road initiative or the b. arai as it's known the talks reportedly are at a point where it's feasible that initial framework could be signed when president xi jinping of china visits italy on the twenty second and twenty third of this month the caution that there is no commitment yet to sign the draft memorandum of unders

. the big story here is the bitter blast. >> let's go to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. >> it' cold out there today, tomorrow you add a 20 mile a hour wind, it's so cold. look at what we're dealing with right now. sometimes we love the mountains, boy do w love the mountains today. the air is just to the wt of the mountains, 36 in washington is the current wind chill, 24 in hagerstown, 6 in pooits pittsburgh. the mountains acting like a barrier not letting the coldest air move in, but tonight it will move in. tomorrow will be the coldest day we have this week. still cold thursday and into friday. friday, watching a chance for maybe some rain or snow showers. that's something we're going to track for you. and watching the weekend rain chances as well it's the weekend in washington, you know we're talking rain. >> there we go again. thanks, doug. >>> more trouble for d.c. council member jack evans. the chairman of the council introducing a reprimand resolution to discipline evans after "the washington post" published e-mails showing evans and h

storm center. >> so, doug, the timing is going to be critical for tt morning commute. >> yeah, it's all about that timing, guys. it's coming through over the next couple of hours. now snowing out there just yet, bu the snowaking its way in around 1:00, 1:30. rain to the south. watch what happens heree as move into 5:00 a.m. snow area wide. the exception down near fredericksburg. farther north, sleet mixing in. that means lower snowfall totals. b back to the west, this is aor snow and west of washington, d.c. that's where we're going to have the biggestwf sl totals from this event. a winter weather advisory for the whole area in purple. saint mary's county, stafford county, fredericksburg, not under tdvisory because of the fact you'll see a little mixing in your area. the impacts for the morning rush, i'm going to break those down for you. numerous school delays, as you just saw, could be more tomorrow morning. guys, i'm just looking atnd the storm now. that one is changing, too. hmm. see you back here in a minute. >> oh, boy. all right. doug, thank you. wake up with "news 4 today" t

you're indoors. in just one minute, doug's going to tell you what to expect when you wake up tomorrow morning and he'll tell us about our next chance for rain and even some snow movinn,too. >>> but we're going to begin tonight with an nbc news edexclusive. leocuments show the trump administration created a secret database of journalists andvi acs tied to the migrant caravan. >> yeah, nbc reports tonight thatgentsave arrested or questioned at least 21 people. among them more than 50 people target by customs and border protection, journalists and social media influencers. that's according to our sister station in san diego. agentsollected information on these individuals and placed passport alerts that kept several people from entering mexico to work. >> our san diego stationay that the intelligence gathering was done under the umbrellaf operation secure line. that's the operation designated to monitor the migrant caravan. the documents list people who officials say they think should be targeted for screening at the border. hoat includes journalists are u.s. citizens and dozens of peopl

team coverage tonight let's get to doug and melia. when does this let up? >> the rain doesn't let up until early tomorrow morning. by the time the morning rush comes around we should be on the dryer side but the winds start to pick up then too. >> we're seeing new flood warnings being issued by the national weather service. it's coming down west of washington. >> numerous roads closed in northern virginia, and this is the case through the rest of the night, too. still seeing pictures out of areas around lare, front royal seeing snow. areas of elevation are seeing road and impassable bauecause of the sno. this rain is heavyaround the bowie area, college park, through downtown, fairfax. look at 50 as you make your way out 50 into loudon county and route 7. this isn heavy rw around the ash burn area. 2.3 inche has already fallen in ashburn t flood watch now goes to 4:00 a.m. and includes the panhandle of west virginia as well as the hagerstown region. and the storm continues to move through the region. we had one water rescue earlier today, t around the annandale area. shomari stone was

later in the program we'll talk about the media and its culpability here let me go to doug doug i mean when do we start the second half of the investigation maybe under another. special. yes to geisha because from what i understand what miller. gave to the attorney general bar it's only half the story when do we and should we and will we look at exactly the some of the issues that alan dershowitz mention the upper levels of the of the of the f.b.i. and members of the general in the d.o.j. they still have a lot to account for go ahead doug. you know interesting peter the very fact that you asked that question leads me to believe that we're headed that way there's just too much curiosity and momentum now carrying this from the antiquities to the middle ages even in the modern times very often will find that the winner will prosecute the loser even in latin america right now that's happened twice maybe three times in brazil it's happened in argentina it's happened in aruba it happens in a way in france not the heads of state but the donors and the judges send the media people so here we h

great. >> to help get a handle on everything, our chief meteorologist doug kammerer is here along with laurynet ri. how is this one shaping up because we're talking about the rain-snow line, that is the dreaded rain-snow line? >> thismorning, even coming on in here, man, it's really warm out here. >> yeah, yeah. te >> as a mof fact, 42 degrees right now in the city. you can't getno accumulating in the city at 42 degrees. >> and we were 43 wen i came in. the temperature has dropped a degree, but we are seeing snows in parts of the region. >> snow to parts of westerngo moery county and loudoun county. you can see what's happening here. we've got therain-snow line setting up west of i-95 can you see where that is, west of fairfax and west of manassas right on that line and just to the west in towar portions of fauquier county, loudoun county, all reporting snow back towards winchester and reporting snow as well. this is a big,systbut you notice not a lot going the west.o we're expecting this whole area to fill in with snowuring the day here and continue to make its way our way. a lit

venture in the news today with energy historian doug ellin boss plus adam asked of the ad a measure creating group joins us to look at some companies in the news including kraft heinz who some say may have cooked their posts and will they think companies be invigorated by the resignation of the hardliners food and drug commissioner who just announced he's leaving adam will give his take all that as we go to break and here the numbers will be back in a flash. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports this list i'm showbusiness i'll see that. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the multiple different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can sink i was going to the. by the way ways and such like here. this is a stick from the water bottle found in the

they look better at night. >> i think so, too. >> doug standing bs with t weekend's changing forecast, but first darcy spencer is down at the title basin where residents and tourists have been flocking. ey're taking over down there. >> reporter: well, that's right. you know, no matter how many years you've been in washington, the beautys of the bloust never gets old. take a look. just take it in.'t this i even peak bloom. there are still people out here walking around the title basin tonight. as you said, it's going to be very busy. we have the blooms, we have baseball, and we've got basketball. capitalone arena downtown transformed into hokey nation. >> go hokies! >> reporter: march madness is in full swing as virginia techke ta on top seeded duke in the sweet 16 championship game. no matter what team you're rooting for, the excinement is he air. >> you've been out and about tonight. a lot of people are in town. what's it been like? >> fun. extravagant, amazing. >> this couple drove here from new jersey to support virginia tech where they met as stunts. >> we went to virginia tech an

cherry blossoms to reach stage two. they are expected to ach peak doug has a look at what we can when you wake up tomorrow r n tomorrmorning. get ready. you will need the coatse at we had a storm system and saw a most of the cloud cover is 35 degrees and agerstown. 41 in d.c. many of you will see a cold start and rain chances on the increase. i changed of the forecast for thursd yes, another dry weekend. minute >> thank you, doug.pr ce george's co who they consider arm and e man's name is osmond and he he killed his uncle and shot his aunt. she is expected to survive. neighb described his uncle as a very decent >> he was a wonderful guy. he was a nice human being. every he sees you, he >> pol say if you see the suspec do not approach him. di 911. >> several male students in ic o at bethesda chevy physic attractiveness. they w shared on social media. the school called it bullying most of the students we spoke to agree. >> honestly, the consensus is >> they issued a statement studenaff, and families. bcc high school has no tolerance for bu this incident does not reflect > there are

rescues saw but we begin with sto team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer who is tracking rain and the stronginds that follow. doug? >> yeah, guys. simply amazing how much rain we saw tod d. if i'mng the numbers correctly, today is the eighth wettest march day ever in d.c. thees airport, it is simply wettest day ever in the month of march. that's how much rain we saw all of dulles, over 2 1/2 inches of rain today. just incredible amounts of rainfall. i've seen some reports of over 3.3 inches of rain just to the north and west of leesburg. you can see why. leesburg, this area right along the mountains wti just g pummeled by rain all day long. ou can actually see what's happening. look at this area of low pressure spinning around ouron rend shifting on through. some of this rain still coming y down at a preood clip back into portions of clark and in uier county, sti through loudoun county. we're not done out towardsdu es airport yet. how much rain? as i said, over 2 1/2 inches. 1.95 in d.c. 2.95 in dull list airport over 2 inches towards charlottesville. not just that, 8 o inches snow or

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last weekend. doug mcelway has an update from washington. >> reporter: the boeing 737 max 8 and 9 grounded in the u.s. following the deadly crash in ethiopia. the u.s. and canada were among the last countries to ground the plane. president trump announcing the decision based in part on what the faa says is the discovery of new evidence at the crash site and new satellite data that shows extreme up and down pitching of the plane similar to a crash in indonesia five months ago. the president standing behind boeing saying the company is working on fixing the problem. >> hopefully, they will figure it out very quickly. it was a big decision. also one of our largest exporters, one of our truly great companies of the world. they have to figure it out fast. >> reporter: it may not be long before the max 8 is certified as air worthy again. engineers at boeing and the faa are already working on new cockpit software, new pilot training and new manuals. on capitol hill, some lawmaker ate fix isn't enough. they want answers. >> the pilots reports about the problems in these aircraft are absol

director, doug aiken whose group, american action form edit at the cost of the green new deal. you will not believe the price tag. meanwhile, the u.s. economy grew at 2.6 percent in 2018 growing faster than expected to import to acceleration and business spending. overall growth and 2018 was solid with gdp at an average pace of 3.1 percent. jen marinelli of citigroup special economic advisor, willem buier. good to see you thank you for being my guest this weekend. >> pleasure. maria: tell me how you saw the gdp report we saw this week. what does it tell us about the u.s. economy? >> i think it is a positive number. if you look is 2.6 percent you take quarter for, get 3.1 percent. the numbers are good. it suggests there is a slowdown going on. not unexpectedly since the effect of the fiscal stimulus that you got early they are beginning to wear off but this isn't encouraging Ãit is an encouraging number.july will be the longest in u.s. history. maria: hundred and 20 months or something there. you know what really stood out to me in the gdp report? business spending. critics have be

news. >>> storm team 4's chief meteorologist doug kammeusr joinsnow to explain how that storm is impacting our region. >> yeah, doug, we're n expecting any real severe weather like what we just saw. tose pictures were amazing. >> yeah, no,nk goodness. it has been wreaking havoc the center portion of the country. incredible storm. this will go down history to hit starts of colorado, kansas, new mexico, a through the plains. really just an amazing storm. for us, though, completely different. it's all going to be about temperatures. look where we are. this is 11:00 at night. we're at 62 in d.c. hagerstown now is at 68 degrees. you're still at73 in charleston, west virginia. we've got a lot more warm air to go with this system. you can see where it is right now. strong storms in towards theer ohio r valley. severe weather down to the south and west of atlanta and the whole ostem moving towards the east. i'll show you what it brings you for your friday, and more importantly, what it means for the weekend. something else moving in for your saturday and sunday. see you back here in abou

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a shock.ac doug isk with more on that big storm heading in later this week. we'll see you in 90 seconds. >>> back with a live look outside, doug says don't get used to theny s skies a big storm is moving in later this week and the chances f rain keep going up. he's back in a few minutes with the forecast and tell you what to >>expect. prince harry and meghan marklehe paid tir respects to theictims of the mosques shooting laying flowers and signing the book of condolences. before leaving they met with the staff. 50 people were killed in the mosque attack. >>> the man accused of stabbing and t beati death a popular alexandria store manager was talkin about killing wolves in the hours after the attack. attorneys forhe accused are using an insanity defense and theyaintain their client his victim was a werewo as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reports, the victim's fends are finding some of the testimony very difficult to hear. >> reporter: for andrea talking about this murder case about her friend's death brings tears. known ckson was a well figure in old town, a friendly

a step closer to reachingeak bloom today. they advanced to phase 5 of 6.l doug wil back in just a couple mrutes with y weekend forecast. >> news4 working for you with a cons alert this evening. the fcc is warning that its own call center number has b getting spoofed by scammers. it's part of a chinese language robo scam call trying to trick pele that they're in trouble with the chinese government this e number is ll1-888-cc, however that's not where the call is coming from. the fbi said they've received more than 350 complaints with the scammers raking in $40 million.ou so if get a call from the fcc, hang up immediately. >>> this scam ces as there's a new tool to help you fight the robocalls. >> verizon announced it's launching a free service for customers that identifies and blocks the calls. >> susan hogan tells you how you can sign up with this. >> the story youep justted is crazy. perfect timing forhat story to go with this story. if this does sound familiar to you there's a reason because verizon offers a paid version of this blocker but this week they are rolling out a free

right, we are back with a live look it is a sunny day. still a little chilly out there. doug says we areunng about 5 degrees positive average for this time of year. and he's back with a big warmup as well and our next chances for rain. >>> and that sun means it's time to get busy ie garden. now's the perfect time to start planting your spring garden. now, if you've never done it before gardening can be a bit intimidati. some tip from master gardeners who can tell you how to get in there and dig it up and plant it in the soil and with a little help from sunshine and help from the rain, pretty soon you'llom havehing nice growing in your garden. hopefully something to eat or something just to look at. here's justin finch. >> reporter: new buds blossoming, digging your hands down in the dirt. cultivating a pot or plot into something you plant thrives. there's just somethingbo being in a spring garden and even better the benefits you could reap that don't just grow from the ground. >> you get af lotod exercise, a lot of stretching, therapy, breathing in fresh air, enjoying the sound of na

goingda on >>> might as well throw the forecast in there too. let's go to chief meteorologist, doug kammerer in the storm center. >> tracking chances for rain anw then >> yeah we have a storm system making its way through the middle part of the country. yesterday brutal cold, out there now a little bit of a breeze, still talking wind chill, look at the numbers with 29 inur martin 32 gaithersburg.sterday and low 20s, this is much better. wind chill right now in the city at 39 degrees. so better wit sunshine and lighter wind. we're looking at better conditions across our area. nothing on the radarw, right rain or snow. we have to go back to the west, here it is, a storm system making its way our way, will bring us rain and snow on your friday, and then a biggerssue on sunday, but it's a good issue. i like it. i'll show it to you soon. >> we'll wait to hear about that, doug. thank you. >>> about 24 families are dealing with the lass of their homeste this oon. fire damaged several garden apartments along oak creek lane in the fairfax county.ur no is reported. crews arrived to find smoke

storm team 4 is chief meteorol doug kammerer in the storm center. beautiful snow, doug. >> this is with exactly what we talked about yesterday, look pretty coming down, stick to the grass, some trees, the cars, as well as roof tops but the roads will be finend soar that's what we're seeing. i want you to look at this. this is really coming down across the region, the rain/snow line wascross the d.c. metro area, but now it's down around southern fredericksburg, all reporting snow. there is rain in the southern zones but this is mostly all snow. as we continue through the evening hours, notice it' not a big storm, it's moving off towards the east and should be out of here through 7:00, 8:00. but that's still a cple hours of good snow coming down in the area. the roads should be okay, the reason the temperatures above freezing in all locations. down to 35 in the city, 34 in hagerstown. that's why we're seeing it on the grassy surfaces, on carsnd on roof tops and we will continue to see that over the next couple o hours here. behind the system we get a lot warmer. there are biges in th

could see a bigger storm on sunday. that's right. doug has his eyes on all three days ahead from the storm. cent we start with rain tonight? going to be ugly? >> it is going u to bey everywhere tonight? mostly rain especially from the d.c. metro area down to the south. north already mixing in here sleet and freezing rain. that's going to be aig issue. and eventually snow in our colder areas, frederick, watchtown, martinsburg, out in these areas. tt right now it is the rain coming into area just in time for the evening rush. a lot more where this came you can see how extensive this storm is making its way across our region overnight tonight. it's causing big problems to the north and west. d.c. not in the winter weather advisory, but one issued for front royal, rtinsburg, towards hagerstown and frederick, maryland. going to see the potential for sn ice at higher elevations. and then look at this, a winte stor watch in our northwestern zones for sunday. have a storm now, we had a storm this morning, another one on sunday and that's not the only thing i'm watching in the ten day forecas

theroad. >> relief is on the way, right, doug? >> we have one more day tomorrow that's going to be winteranike then relief big time as we make our way into the weekend. out there ttoday, a little of relief from yesterday. the frigid arctic air mass that put wind chills in the teens sterday now in the 20s and 30s. 28 gaithersburg, 34 d.c. still chilly for march but nothing like as far as the radar is concerned, nothing to show. howeve just back to thewest, we are tracking our next storm system. it's a warm front, the area ofw essure back to the west, all snow making its way through entucky into portions of virginia. this will make its way our way during the day tomorrow. we are expecting some snow. some of you may see some accumulation, not a huge deal but something i'm tracking for friday. you mentioned the possibility of warmer weather? it's coming this weekend. especially on sunday. i'll time it out for you, break it down. see you back here in a few >>> maryland could become the next state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their own lives. today a controversial bill

, back to you. >> leon, thank you. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist, doug kammerer. this severe weather is gone, but we have much of the natio dealing with this bone-chilling cold this week. >> yeah, it takes a storm such as y that, have snow, including over a foot of snow around boon, tornados to the south to bring in cold air likeh . it's making its way across the country now. look at the satelli and radar, that storm moving off into the ocean, you can see the long line there. that long frontal boundary right there. behind olit, the air is there for sure. look at the numbers, current wind chill, 9 pittsburgh. columbus, ohio 6 degrees. 36 in washington d.c. a cold afternoon for sure. wind chills in the teens by tomorrow night into the day on wednesday. here's the good thing. most of the week is dry. it's a cold, dry week until we get to friday and your weekend. much more on that, see you back here in a few minutes. > see you then. breaking news right now on a story we first told you about last ek. lice tell us they have now identified a murder victim in bethesda. lice sa

for him. we're hearing he was not hurt. let's get the latest from doug and ameli >> that upsets me. that makes me mad. you look at ai situation that, any time we see this situations never drive through flooded roads. you could see that was way over the roadway there by at least a foot and a half you can never tell the dep. hat's why we tell you turn around, don't drown. i think we'll see more of these waer res >> looking at storm team 4 radar west of washington right now, the rainfall, look at those colors, doug. those bright reds, colors we don't see this time o year typically. >> we don't. that's where this storm came from, this storm brought this moisture from the warm waters of the atlantic, down around lo da, just south of the carolinas moving into our gion. look at the reds here, along the blue ridge. i want you folks in northern virginia, frederick county area, heplease be careful on roads. i think we'll see flooding issues throughout the night here. we havier rain coming into the d.c. metro area. we're getting reports of a lot n of through the winter green area, into west v

get storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer for the latest on that. this is the same system making its way to our region, right? >> yes. but as y we talked abouterday not producing severe weather in our ar. itut s ahead of it. look at the storm, first of all. you s can it is making its way across our region. as we toldou yesterday we'd see sunshine west of i-95. east of i-95 best chance for shower activity. we could see more, the actual front is juste back to west so we could see a few more showers as we make our wth throug night tonight but we are just seeing the warm air. here's where the cold air lies. look at the temperatures right now, currently sitting at 76 in the city. 76. just amazing. 77 in hagerstown. it is 85 in annapolis. to the west, only in the 40s i the cold a moving in. if you were hoping the war air would stick around for the weekend, i'm sorry. i'llow show you cold things are going to get for st. nutrick's day in a few . a couple of showers out there. we talked about this yesterday most of the day would be dry but that we'd have a couple showers, here they

head of the free world. joining me now, doug thornl, democratic strategist, joe watkins, republican strategist and former white house aide under president george h.w. bush, and katie fang, msnbc legal allison. let -- analyst. does this president have the capacity to attack in a frontal way, the way he does with everyone else with all kinds of real vitriol, does he have that same ability to do that to white supremacists, white nationalists, and those that, in this case, that even write a manifesto expressing outright bigotry and bias? >> no, he doesn't have the capacity or the will or the interest inidt as an ally. that we know from david duke and other organizations, white nationalists, these radical right-wing groups that have flourished over the last few years. he doesn't seem to have any interest in taking them on. we saw that first and foremost in charlottesville, right? he had an tournlt seopportunity message to these folks, and he basically made an argument that both sides were wrong. that's just unbelievable and it was such a symbolic moment for this president, who he is and