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Monument as we wait for the Cherry Blossom trees to burst on and bloom. The festival begins today and peak bloom happens thursday. With warmer temperatures coming in well see them on up quickly. Its hawrd to imagine when you consider how chilly it is outside today. Satellite and radar showing rain showers pushing off the coast as low pressure intensifies and moves to new england offshore now and showers in the forecast today. Were not done with the system. Mainly brought rain to d. C. And accumu...

And online lottery. The estimate shows about 150,000 to 200,000 people will fit from 20th street to city hall within the secure perimeter. Anybody else will stand outside the perimeter and watch on jumbo tv screens. A live look at the Ben Franklin Park way where new traffic restrictions go into effect in just a few hours. Randy gyllenhaal is live with more of what you need to know for the morning. Randy . Reporter the traffic closures and parking bans set to get under way on the Ben Franklin Par...

Chairman Julius Genachowski and former fcc commissioner robert mcdowell. Thats followed by our discussion with congressman greg walden, chairman of the house subcommittee on communications and technology. Guest were in a landscape thats absolutely shifting, and there are areas of the statutory scheme where it would make sense to look at and say are those keeping up with the changes in the marketplace. Fundamentally, having this kind of competition, programming innovation, access by new players t...

Next saturday is official caucus day in nevada with 36 delegates on the table. Then its off to South Carolina the following weekend with 54, thats followed by super tuesday, the most critical day of the entire primary campaign on march 3rd. More than 1,300 delegates available, roughly a third of the field. But first, to nevada, where josh letterman, our Nbc News National Political reporter is with the sanders campaign. Tell me what you are hearing from the sanders campaign. Reporter well, alicia...

Dop donetsk, ukraine, with the latest. Hi, leland. Reporter hi, arthel. The independent International Observers being released is the only bit of good news coming out of this crisis that is quickly spiralling out of control. This really began as an insurgency, and is now quickly heightening in terms of its severity and its breadth into a civil war here in ukraine. Latest pictures out of one of the pro rebel strong holds, those russian separatists taking on the Ukrainian Army as it moved in its a...

Overdose. Heroin comes into the towns and just ruins the communities and families. And my question to you, sir, is do you and the members of congress intend to support Donald Trumps stance on protecting our borders by supporting his recommendations so that he can slow down that heroin thats coming into this country . And secondly, are there any laws currently being put together that would provide and mandate and i stress mandate stepdown procedures for folks that are being prescribed oxycontin a...

Zeke . Is the president concerned that comments made by his staff came up in this lawsuit . The second travel ban would have the same outcome as the first and used by the judge in that case . Is there a concern is he concerned that the message no. Hes not. I think that the department of justice will be pursuing avenues that will seek to remedy this. When you read through the courts ruling in hawaii in particular, it just doesnt seem to make sense. As i mentioned to gabby,executi executive order ...

The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and Climate Leaders Coalition (CLC) have reinforced their joint commitment to ambitious climate action in responding to the Climate Change Commission’s consultation on three significant reports. SBC members ...

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