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Caucus is endorsing current mayor grays reelection bid. This comes after a month to go in the d. C. Mayoral race after the third mayoral forum. Gray won in landslide. He picked up 85 of the vote. Primary is april 1st. Whoever is elected next mayor will need to work closely to stop the increasing and deadly violence in the district. Darcy spencer took a look at how many had been killed in 2014 alone. 51yearold billy harris is the latest victim in the deadly wave of violence that left more than two dozen dead in the Nations Capital this were. Harris was shot at 3 00 in the Morning Saturday at 9 th and decatur northwest. He was a loving, humorous type person. 25 people have been murdered in d. C. This year. Double the number this time last year. Just in the last few days, six people have lost their lives. About 12 30 saturday morning, 46yearold Andre Mcentire was killed. Blunt force trauma to to his head and neck in the 3700 block southeast. Friday night, two brothers were gunned down. 34yearold kalid and jason bryant were shot. The shootings happened outside the church. Thursday, two teens were killed in separate incidents hours apart. D. C. Police chief Cathy Laniere testified Domestic Violence is playing a role in these cases. Numbers are pushed up this year as they were last year. Police ask for help as they search for killers. Anyone with information im urged a plea for the public assistance in closing these cases. As for the half dozen murder cases, d. C. Police says it appears they are not connected. Only one arrest has been made in those six cases. In southwest washington, news 4 today. A man is waking up behind bars after police say he assaulted and kidnapped his ex girlfriend. Yesterday deputies reported to a call on bellefonte road. According to the report he forced her into the car before deputies could arrive. Carter didnt pulmonary over for officers. He left his car and ex girlfriend and ran off into the wooded area. A witnesses spotted him and called deputies. Carters ex was treated at a near hospital and released in good condition. Posting a former flames naked pictures online is one step to being outlawed. The bill is waiting for governor mcauliffes signature. Maryland passed a similar bill this week. In montgomery, a message sent about overcrowding in the classroom. There will be rallying out site side the state house this week. The county is working with Prince George and Baltimore County to secure 1 in state money for every 2 in county money. Legit and joshua star are among those at the rally. Teachers are getting ready to protest lagging salaries, and it could hurt students in the long run. According the washington post, teachers are protesting by cutting back on work like extracurricularses like tutoring, traveling and writing college recommendations. In recent years the teachers annual salaries have fallen behind arlington and montgomery counties. From potholes in the street to cracks on the bridges, this morning a new price tag that fits the problem to improve the safety of your commute. We have heard when the snow we have heard when the snow will start falling, hot breakfast options. Hampton, enjoy our free you did a great job. It looks good then fuel up with up to 9,000 hhonors bonus points on a long weekend stay. Make every stay more rewarding and feel the hamptonality. Just moments ago, a ukrainian leader said the country is on the brink of disaster and urged Vladimir Putin to pull back the military. The u. S. Tries to calm the crisis in ukraine. Thats the Biggest Issue up for discussion on join the press today. Up now we have David Gregory. The president s next move, president barack obama. He said there would be cost, but he wasnt specific. We think of red line in syria. He talked about intervention and costs. They said it would be a grave mistake if russia were to invade. This is part of ukraine. What next . Im hard pressed to believe the United States wants to take military action here. I think there will be a great deal to isolate russia internationally. Vladimir putin is jabbing hfingr in everyones chest. What influence does president barack obama here . Its got to be broader than that. Putin is in such a different place. You hear it all the time. He refers to ukraine and other countries as the nearer a broad. He would like to restore as much soviet influence. He really does reject the west as meddling in the affairs of russia and wants to project strengtd. Hes casting this as a protection of russians in the eastern part of ukraine. Its very much a split country east and west. There are ukrainians who identify with russia in the eastern part of the country. Lets be honest. Russia invading a neighborhooding country, bloody crack down. It gets the west worried. We saw this in 2008 in georgia. The west didnt do a lot. There isnt a lot of leverage against russia except economic. Perhaps well see the administration lead the way. Well get more insight on what the administration plans to do. Today youre talking to secretary of state john kerry on the show. An important moment. Secretary of state john kerry seemed to be assured earlier in the week russia would not take action like this. Now putin has. What are they going to do about it . Rubio perhaps running for president in 2016. Hes been critical of the administration and laying out what he thinks should happen next. Meet the press is at 7 30 every sunday right after news 4 today. We want to take a live look at capitol hill where the week ahead, House Republicans vote on a change to the president s healtheth will mark the 50th tip lawmakers tried to repeal or change the act. The newest proposal would eliminate the penalty you get for not signing up for coverage. Its expected to fail in the democratic leaning senate. Happening today, you could see protestors marching through northwest washington. Hundreds are expected to gather at Georgetown University and march to the white house to propose the keystone pipeline. Along the way organizers say theyll occupy intersections and do what they call symbolic oil spills. A new Development Project could bring luxury condos to georgetown. Not everyone is happy. Developers plan to build a really big building near the steps made famous in the movie ex er cyst. A developer is ready to make new plans for condos on the spot. This is a large building and focal point. A five Story Building with up you to 28 condos. Some worry it will block their views of the river and the designs are too modern. We want a building that looks like it belongs in this spot. This is like a hodgepodge of buildings here. I dont understand how that would matter. Tom says anything is improvement over the gas station. Not as convenient for commuters but maybe nicer. This scene made this part of georgetown legendary. The project would take shape steps from the iconic steps. The building should match other historic fabric of that area of georgetown. That was Chris Lawrence reporting. Developers will formally present plans next week. If approved, crews could break ground as soon as next spring. When you combine snowy season and years of neglect, a lot of work needs to be done. We have more on what the repairs might cost. Reporter in miami construction crews were in full sweat. One upgrade to a National System of roads and bridges that is cracked, crumbling, patch add up and rusted. The tractor trailer clipped a support beam. Now the drivers dodge potholes, the government put a price tag on what it will cost to get our roads and bridges back to where they should be. 145 per year in federal, state and local money, 25 billion to improve the bus and rail systems. Anthony fox. We have a leaky roof. What happens is if you dont fix it, it gets more expensive to get it put back together again. Congress has spent billions on the recovery act. Transportation for america reports 11 of the bridges restructurally defear rating. Bridges typically have a 65 year life span. The bridge here from washington built in 1950, carries 70,000 cars a day. Its starting to strain under the weight of the load and structurally deficient. President barack obama called on congress this week to overhaul the business tax code. Rebuild as good vital to business, creates good paying jobs that cannot be outsourced. A divided congress is unlikely to go along. Meanwhile the nations roads and bridges continue to take a pounding. Nbc news, washington. Speaking of the roads, roads are really rough tomorrow morning. This isnt going to be pretty monday morning. Its going to start as rain late this afternoon into this evening. The real trick with this forecast is when do we make the switch from rain to snow. How much moisture is left to be rung out of the atmosphere once below the freezing mark. The way i see it now, plenty of moisture left to add up to quite a few inches of snow through the heart of metro washington by this time tomorrow. Winter storm warnings are already up from the Mason Dixon Line all the way down to southern maryland. Blue ridge to bay, everyone in the news 4 nation is under a winter storm warning starting tonight and goes into the overnight hours tonight and through the day tomorrow. So where is it all now . The winter storm warnings extend back out to our west. The track of the storm was a little further north yesterday. Each computer model is taking the track of the storm little further to the south. I wouldnt be surprised to see warnings get expanded toward regions of virginia and band of heaviest snow to our north and west yesterday may be sagging down and put in the metro d. C. Area in the bulls eye where we might get the most out of this storm. The leading edge of snowflakes now, central ohio. That a stuff is coming our way. Ahead of it, going to be mild out today. Theres a live picture from our city camera. Clouds win today. 36 our current temperature, winds out of the south at 6. Increasing winds put temperatures in the 30s in the metro today. With any amount of sunshine today and continuing south wind, we reach 55 washington, 57 a culpeppe culpepper. Here it is on our local kpucompr model. Almost everybody getting in on rain drops. Rain continues through 7 00 to 8 00 this evening. The change over to snow in place. By midnight tonight, theres the changeover. Rain in green, sleet and ice this the pink. All snow in the blue here. Notice with time all that cold air draining down into the area. Well flip everything over to snow. Heres the guarantee. It will start as rain and will end as snow. As near record cold drops in behind this storm system. Most of the snow out of here during the course of the day monday. How much snow might we get . Each time im going to show a different version of the computer model forecast and what i think is going to happen. The european model is cranking up between 7 and 10 inches of snow. Heres our forecast. Most of the area in the 5 to 10 inch amount here in the metro area, about 6 inches national and old town. 7, 8, or 9 inch across the northern and western suburbs. This is going to be a high impact event. Of course the timing of it could not be any worse. The change over occurs just before the monday morning commute. Expect widespread, big time delays and cancellations tomorrow. We do not make the call for the School Districts or government. Theyre going to wait until tomorrow morning. Be ready for a lot of mess. A lot of extended weekends for many people . I think so. Good snow man making snow too. Kids will be happy about that. Thanks chuck. The day has finally arrived. The best to win an oscar tonight. Plus what ellen what is this place . Where are we . 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This year promises to bring lots of laugh with hostel len degeneres. There could be surprises. Mark borger has more on the count down to oscar. Seven years after hosting the first time, Ellen Degeneres is doing it again. Every once in a while i like to challenge myself. This year i thought i would challenge myself in front of a billion people. Eastwoods breath was minty. Kates performance in blue jasmine is a lock. Best supporting actor for dallas buyers club, also gravi gravity he sees a slam dunk. Carter says the space epic is part of a tight three way race for the nights tight prize. I cant recall a closer best picture race in decades. Like gravity, American Hustle has 10 nominations overall. Carter thinks they could be edged out by 12 years a slave. I think the voters will want to vote for a film that feels quote unquote important. And i did see blue jasmine recently. Kate blanchatt well deserved by the golden globe. I bet shell take it home. A lot of people worried about missing work tomorrow. Theres a chance they might not have it. Theres a chance well have the oscars for sure. Not have work. Theres a good chance a lot will miss work and school tomorrow. School forecast estimator in the five to ten inch range across much of the area. Downtown washington six inches or so. 5 to 10 across much of the area. 9 inches gaithersburg. The airport has a tendency to underperform so to speak where snow is concerned. Six inches at national would be a lot of snow. Bitter, bitter cold monday night through the middle of the week. All right chuck. Thanks so much. Thank[ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. Pillsbury grands biscuits. Make dinner pop. Worst morning ever. [ angelic music plays ] toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel good morning. Im pat lawson muse. This is viewpoint. Empowering communities and changing lives, thats the work of the Greater Washington urban its a job done through collaboration of dedicated individuals and partner organizations. The mission is to empower residents in washington, Prince George and Montgomery Countys. Our guests are the president of the leagues thursday network, George Lambert jr. , the new president and ceo. Michael aiken the leagues chair and president. First off, thank you for cop welcome to viewpoint. Congratulations to you for taking president and ceo after cooper who served 23 years. Big shoes to feel. Absolutely. Im elated. This is a homecoming for me. Delighted to be back in the city. My roots have just kind of compelled me to come back. Looking forward to it. Youre coming back from lorain, ohio . Worked there for a while. Weve gotn affiliate here. My passion has been the movement. Congratulations to you. You are now leading the board of directors taking over after moore who is stepping down after 19 at support chair. Thats a great legacy to build up on to move the league forward. Its a huge honor. Im excited about it. Charis you lead the thursday network. What is that . Our Young Professionals of the league. Just celebrated 22 years of service. We have been promoting volunteerism as well as Membership Development towards the league as well as the Greater Washington region. We focus on Community Service activities, lead signature programs. We have a mentoring program as well as our scholarship the i am power scholarship we offer. Our signature is young blacks give back month in may. Its a blitz of service to show Young Professionals are committed to Service Within the league. Mr. Lambert, the Greater Washington urban league runs a host of education, job training and housing programs. What is the focus of your Leadership Team . All of those continue to expand our base. We serve the district of columbia, Prince George and Montgomery County as well. So initially what were going to look at is ramping up visibility many in Prince George and Montgomery County expanding our footprint. We have separations in Prince Georges at this poin