Without a woman. Women calling attention to womens issues including not working and buying from only women owned stores. There are rallies and marches planned for this day. Megan fitzgerald is at Freedom Plaza with one is just getting under way. Megan. Reporter guys, thats exactly right, this protest here is slowly starting to get participants here. You can see behind me not a big crowd at the moment but we are told that people are expected to gather here closer to 11 30. Thats when were told this protest is expected to start. They will then be marching to the white house. You can see a lot of signs and People Holding signs that say resist or stop the war on women, women rights are human rights. Youll recall this protest started by the organizers of the womens march on washington. Thats when over a Million People came out and demonstrated a day after the inauguration. They are asking women sol da solidarity. They are asking women to not shop. They are trying to demonstrate the Economic Impact that women have on society. The last scensus showing for every dollar a man makes, women make 80 cents. They are calling for pay equality and end to Workplace Violence and so we know theres going to be demonstrations all across the city and across the country and even demonstrations across the world for International Womens day. We want to continue with Erika Gonzalez in Prince Georges County where erika, schools there are closed . Reporter yes, they are. Were live outside one of the locations, a few locations that have been open, will be open for next couple of hours to provide lunch for students that need it. But youre talking about approximately 200 Prince Georges County that closed today. Simply because of the fact that they were not enough teachers or Staff Members to adequately serve students today. No school today for a number of students, the word spreading on social media. Teachers requesting leave for the day without a woman boycott leaving classrooms empty. Center city public Charter Schools in d. C. Closed. Alexandria city schools, closed. This tweet a glimpse at parents upset by the late notice. Quote, we did not make the decision lightly and this from Prince Georges County public schools, its approximately 200 schools closed. Ceo dr. Kevin max well saying the normal day could not happen with so many gone from their post. Michelle hainny is a single mom and her daughter is a student there as well. Just a day with no school i guess. I would react kind of because no school. Reporter unlike her daughter, mom is not happy. She should be in school today. Shes losing education. Im a woman and yet i got to take my daughter to school with me. I didnt get the chance to take the day off. Why should they . Reporter we just got off the phone with Prince Georges County schools and they tell us tomorrow should be back to normal. Making sure the kids dont get too excited about having another day off. Erika gonzalez, back to you. We have much more on the impact on businesses and restaurants on the nbc washington app. Congress begins a proposed bill to replace the Affordable Care act. Edward lawrence joins us live from capitol hill to explain where republicans disagree. Reporter the debate starts this morning on the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. The first test of the agenda through congress. On twitter, negotiations already under way with the president stating, i feel sure that my friend rand paul will come along with a new and Great Health Care program. Senator rand paul and jim jordan branding bill as obamacare lite, introduced an alternative care just repeals leaving the replace for later. We have to do a different form of obamacare, thats what the American Voters hate. Lets do what we told them we were going to do. Reporter the most serious threat comes from within the republican party. Were united on repeal but divided on replacement. Reporter the republican plan still bars Insurance Companies for denying coverage for preexisting conditions and allows kids to stay on Parents Health insurance until age 26 but this removes the subsidies giving tax credits, seeing the y year. Trumpcare means higher cost for less health care, plain and simple. Reporter several republican members of the senate feel rushed and want to slow down the time line to exam all options. Paul ryan says he will have 219 votes, enough needed to pass the Republican House version of the American Health care act when it comes to the floor. Edward lawrence, nbc news washington. Congress is closer to approving a law to make building more mom friendly. The house passed a bill that would require each building to have sufficient spaces for women to pump their breast milk and feed their babies. A recent news i Team Investigation found several facilities lacked the number of Breast Feeding spaces required in federal complexes and the bill heads to the senate. The cia is dealing with a massive new leak that contains secrets of the powerful hacking tools. Nbc news has not confirmed the authenticity of the 8700 documents released cia has no comment. The document suggests the cia has the ability to spy on people using electronics such as smartphones and tvs, even when some popular mobile messaging encryption devices are used. Lets check on the midday forecast with chuck bell. Have the winds died down . It was super windy whether we were coming into week before 3 00 this morning. The winds are still up a bit but nowhere near as gusty as they were. The winds did blow the rain away. Were back to sunshine and enjoying the milder than average temperatures for today and tomorrow but a big drop in temperatures arrives on friday which may include several chances to see snowmakes, although accumulating snow is looking less and less likely. All of the clouds and rain getting pushed out of here. Current temperatures have responded to the sunshine now, were in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees in many spots and most locations today courtesy of the sunshine will be up into the a closer look at the weekend forecast coming up. Thank you, chuck. A Fairfax CountyPolice Officers generosity is getting him recognition because a thief snatched a 69yearold womans purse that had a special rosary tucked inside this last month. So officer matthew bought her a new one to replace it. It struck a chord, reminded me of my grandmothers and i remember them going to church with their rosaries and things like that. So you know, just stuck with me he said he was able to get the rosary from a family friend who is a priest. The woman wrote a note to recognize him for his kindness and the two met in person again today. Shes not revealing her name because she wants the spotlight on the officer. As early as tomorrow, metro could vote to raise fares on both rail and bus service. The increases could take effect july 1st. Rail fares would c by a quarter and parking would cost ten cents more. Thats not all, your metro bus line could be going away for good. 13 lines could be cut to close the budget gap. One of them is the 2t which runs through vienna and to Tysons Corner and back. Metro says two lines that could be cut would leave riders without another transit option, the w19 indian head highway express line and 13y, arlington to Union Station line. The metro board will discuss the proposal tomorrow ahead of a final vote march 23rd. This is something you would see in a movie but happened in a movie. The damage inside the amc at beltway plaza. It was caused by a burglary suspect trying to avoid getting arrested. Chopper 4 was over the scene yesterday evening. You can see police trying to get into the ceiling. Police say thats was trying to hide. D. C. Firefighter is recovering this morning hurt responding to a fire at the dorm at the George Washington university. The school had to evacuate the building on New Hampshire avenue near m street yesterday. Were told a pile of clothes on the couch caught fire. Its not clear what exactly sfarked the flame. The fire was quickly contained and everyone was let back inside. There will be a vigil today to remember four Charles County students who died this year, all were seniors at westlake high school. They died in a crash friday in waldorf. Police say the driver had been speeding. Hicks swaz shot and killed in october and another senior, c l caleb horn died suddenly. If you think the news is just for adults, think again. How children are separate fact from fiion when ctit at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. That anything that matches your taste can match your budget. That green living doesnt have to cost much green. We believe that you should always have room for the little things. And that your dream kitchen should work as hard as you do. Save up to 20 at the ikea kitchen event. A North CarolinaPolice Officer will not face charges for slamming a High School Student to the ground. Take a look, this was video that went viral and prompted calls for criminal charges. In it you see officer santos body slamming a 15yearold to the ground as he tried to break up a fight in the school tcafeteria. The grand jury failed to bring charges yesterday. Kids spend a lot of time on social media but you might not realize that sometimes they are catching up on the news of the day. Erika edwards explains why what they are finding can be confusing. Reporter dont let their baby faces and braces fool you. These kids have a nose for news. I like to know whats going on in the world. So do many of her peers. Cant be on liblivious to everything. 900 tweens and teens about their views on news. Kids take the news very seriously. They know its important to their lives. But many of them are concerned about issues like fake news, quote unquote, alternative facts. Reporter only 44 of surveyed kids feel they can fake news. Trying to confirm it with other people aund me or other news sources. Reporter other news sources can include snapchat and youtube. Tell me one thing happening in the news today. Reporter virginia is the founder of news pop. Net, dedicated to helping kids understand current events, even when those events are unsettling. Theres a Jewish Center thats got bombed. Theres a lot of information out there, like a fire hose. They need someone to tell them whats real and whats not real. And how to modulate it. Reporter thats where parents come in. The common sense survey found Children Trust news from their family more than any other source. Erika edwards, nbc news. If you like to shop, there will soon be a new place to do it in north virn viginia. Construction on the field of commonwealth is under way in chantil according to our News Partners at wtop, the 45 Million Shopping Center will include a wegmans, the third in Fairfax County. No word on when the project will be completed. Theres a robot at the door. Next time you order lunch, it could be delivered by a robot. Already roaming around d. C. Streets, made by starship technologies, thats fancy. They wheel around with a human companion while they map out routes. The goal is to turn these robots loose and let them rove on their own. Starship technology is working with ordering food from local restaurants and when your food is delivered you get a text message to unlock the robotto take out your order. People are asking are people going to steal the food . You need a special code to open it up. How will it ring the doorbell . Thats the thing. Did you stay up last night to it puts the spotlights on one characters battle with weight loss. How the show is inspiring an exercise trend. What do you get when you take drumsticks and pulsing music and group of people . In this case not a rock concert but a pound class. Yes, thats kate pearson from this is us in a pound class. But you dont need to be in a tv show or even travel to l. A. To try this yourself. These women are founding in the basement of christians home in great falls virginia. Not only is pound cardio, but theres also a lot of moves where its plyometric and also pill latties. She also plays the idea of becoming a pound instructor to her it made perfect sense. I can also incorporate my love of playing drums along with fitness. Christian says teaching those pound classes has made her a better drummer. I hope youll tune in tonight at 5 00, ill have more on christians pound class and the Surprising Health benefits that one woman found after just one class. Thats doreen gentzler, a reminder it is person to consult a doctor if you plan to change up your exercise routine. If you want to get caught up on watching this is us, you can catch it here tuesday nights at 10 00. Lets talk Cherry Blossoms if you will. Well tell you if a roller coaster weather is slowi you spend to create your perfect home. Plus, youll get twentyfour month, nointerest financing. Hurry, the savings in bloom event ends march 20th. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. The savings in bloom event at havertys. Life looks good. Stronger is blasting without risking her bones. Its training her good cells. To fight the bad guys. Stronger is less pain. New hope. More fight. Its doing everything in your power. And everything in ours. Stronger, is changing even faster than they do. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Were getting closer to peak bloom of the Cherry Blossoms. Park Services Says the tree florettes have extended, this is the third stage meaning they are very much on their way. Cherry blossom festival organizers predict peak bloom between march 14th and 17th. The festival starts the 15th. Cant wait for it. Missing winds chimes and note and 5 bill le searching for a young boy named jake. Her search has now gone viral. Heres the story. Just a couple of hours ago just started a jakes butterfly page. Reporter christina is getting messages from far beyond her lakewood home. Getting requests from brazil and portugal to be updated on it. Reporter but she hasnt heard from the one person she says she needs to hear from. I dont even know the age of the kids but i dont want him to be scared to come forward or embarrassed. Reporter over the weekend she got a note about her missing winds chime. Im sorry that we stole your wind chime, our mom died and liked butterflies so my sister took it to put by your window. Im sorry, this is only money i have. Do not be mad at us. Shes not mad and wants to give him az money back. Its not right he stole or sister stole, im not sure which one did it but, you know, he did try to make do forgive him. Im not going to hold a grudge for a wind chime that was a dollar. Christina empathizes with jake and hopes there will be a reunion soon. Hope she finds him. Hope she does. Now the concern is about our weather and whats going to happen with the Cherry Blossoms . They better hold on tight for the next couple of days or weeks. Blankets for sure, they are already at stage 3 on the way to 6 and the park service thinks they could be out potentially as early as the 14th or 15th of march. The 15th of march is the earliest peak bloom, march 15th of 1990. Were flirting with record territory as far as an early peak blooming period and thats always tricky around here in march. March is one of those extra cruel months here in washington after our warmest february and warmest winter on record. March starting out not too bad. Well be back up in the 60s today and tomorrow. After tomorrow average temperatures move back in. I think those blossoms will have a tough time sticking their nose out too much father. Right now 59 in washington. Winds out of the west, averaging 14 Miles Per Hour down at the airport. A little bugustier in other pla. Sunny and breezy, outdoor plans will go on without interruption. Thursday, really nice around here. Friday a lot of cloudiness and noticeably cooler. In the 40s and afternoon highs in the weekend may not get out of the 30s. Yeah, that will keep those blossoms at bay for sure. Winds are out of the westnorthwest gusting as high as 25 to some places almost 30 Miles Per Hour. But with the sunshine, temperatures have made it back in the upper 50s to near 60. Forecasted high downtown probably as much as 68 degrees. La rain is already gone. For tomorrow too, very nice weather hangs around, plenty of sunshine, a little breezy times tomorrow. Up close to 70 for tomorrow. As i mentioned as we get closer and closer to the weekend, way Colder Weather moves in for friday, saturday and sunday. Sunday morning that little chance of a rain snow come bow early sunday morning, doesnt look like much. Well keep an eye on it. This is also the weekend you lose one hour sleep. On saturday, change the clock ahead one hour and change the battery in the smoke detectors. More threats to Jewish Community centers and day schools across the country. We have the latest on the y25eiy y16fy im at 15th and u streets northwest. At the dunbar senior Apartment Building where there was a fire here this morning. I want to direct your attention to the 8th floor balcony where witnesses say the Apartment Fire began and it was contained pretty much there. Witnesses tell me construction workers caught the