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WRC News4 Today February 11, 2017

We welcome you back in on this saturday morning. Im adam culver. And im angie goff. I dont know if this is a verified account, but bao bao is on the twitter what is she tweeting . Getting ready for her party and excited for her ice cake. May face a challenge out there this morning. Weve got tom kierein. Is it going to melt as soon as she gets it . Right. Because it is getting above freezing around the region. Got the sunshine out here in northwest washington. When youre away from your tv you can track the latest storm team 4 forecast with the nbc washington app. Theres the sky over washington now. And the tower camera looking toward bethesda off in the distance. What to wear today . Dress like me. A warm jacket now. And youll need gloves too. Its still pretty cold. But then during the afternoon youll be comfortable in just long sleeves. Youll need your sunglasses. Hourbyhour temperatures into a near 60 degrees by midafternoon. Does look like even milder air coming in on sunday. Well look at that as well as our up and down temperatures for the week ahead. Chances of rain for tomorrow and a shoutout to all those watching us on facebook. Good to have you with us. All right. Thank you, tom. Well, developing out of Northern California right now, take a look at this video. We have heavy rains causing severe flooding across sacramento county. Three levies breached. That led to a washout of neighborhoods. Rescuers in the philippines still combing through collapsed buildings hoping to find survivors. A powerful 6. 7 magnitude quake has killed at least six people and injured more than 120 others. You can see some of the aftermath right there. The quake hit early friday morning. Buildings damaged, power knocked out. Nearly 100 aftershocks h already been felt. Montgomery county lost one of its biggest advocates for child safety this week. Emily crown worked for the county for 36 years. News4s Kristin Wright looks at the Lasting Legacy she believes behind. Reporter its hard to say how many lives emily crown touched over the years. We know its a lot. One car seat at a time, emily was known as the heart and soul of montgomery Child Passenger Safety Seat Program and safe kids. At a car seat safety check event in 2012, emily told us how she just wanted to help parents. A lot of times theres just so many Little Details to look at that it gives them peace of mind when they come here and know its done properly. Reporter emily led the way installing and checking countless car seats and training others. She understood the need for parents like silverstein. If you didnt do everything you could to make sure your child was safe, itd be hard to live with that afterwards. Reporter emily helped start the partnership with fitzgerald auto mall back in 1998. He references a crash the day after emily installed car seats in the van. The two little boys inside survived. I think emily had a calling. Reporter without fail, she was at fitzgeralds every month for nearly the past 20 years for car seat checks. Were at 40,000 seats that have been checked. Emilys been a part of every one of those. Reporter and her office is filled with accolades and recognition. But its her heart that will be remembered most. If sobo last minute, emily was always able to make it happen. And that was Kristin Wright reporting. A Memorial Service will be held later this morning in damascus for emily. Its going to be at 10 00 in the morning at the activities building. Emily leaves behind her husband and her son. If you speed past a stopped school bus in maryland, you might soon have to pay a bigger penalty. According to our News Partners at wtop, they have introduced a new house bill. It would slap a 250 fine on driver who is pass a stopped school bus for the second time. The second offense would have to happen within 60 days of the first offense within the same county. Current state law states that drivers must halt for a stopped school bus unless they are on the opposite side of a out another message. Put down your phones and drive. He sa she wants to see a bigger fine. The current fine is 75 to 175. Turner wants it to go up to 500. Data shows an upward trend noting that last year more than 41,000 drivers were cited and in 2014 that number was closer to 38,000. Up and down, up and down. Feeling nauseous with this roller coaster of weather . Weve got tom updating his forecast with another week full of changes and how you can prepare. Seconds from disaster. How an officer rushes to help when he saw a man trapped in a car about to explode. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Which means we can deliver equal uploads and downloads. Welcome to 8 and a half maple street. Its half a house. And even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, its a full house to the wilsons. Because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. Dont pay for uploads that arent up to speed. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for only 79. 99 per month online for one year. Only from fios. So we usually think act volcanoes and how they cause destruction. Now one volcano has created this is out in the pacific ocean. Youre looking at video that was shot by a crew that landed on the island. This is at the end of january. The island is now 12 times its original size. Look at that. The volcano exploded south of tokyo back in 2013. This is out of florida where police rescued a driver from a burning car moments before it exploded. Police say 44yearold philip sizzle crashed into a concrete barrier. They say he was able to get out of the car but he couldnt move much farther. Dash cam video shows this right here. Look closely. Three Police Officers rushing in, theyre pulling him to safety before that car just goes up in more intense flames. No word on what caused that crash. The man is expected to make a full recovery. Check your card if youve eaten at arbys lately. Malware installed on cash registers may have put 450,000 customers at risk. Theyve now removed the software from the corporate system. The breach happened during late october and midjanuary. Lets take you back to the panda cam. Live shot right there. And there she is. The star herself. Bao bao. All right. Shes going to have a nice day ahead. Were looking at possibility into the 60s. Weve got tom tracking a warmup but hes also tracking some rain. Well check in with them. One of d. C. s most beloved citizens is about to be one of the most y29kwy ysty hambone sally 22 hut hut tiki barber running a barber shop . Yes surprising. Yes whats not surprising . How much money david saved by switching to geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Whos next . Y29kty ysty good morning. Getting above freezing now. Weve got the sunshine breaking out in the metro area. Theres a live view sfr our Prince Georges County camera overlooking National Harbor on this saturday morning. We will have our sunshine with us here off and on into the afternoon hours. So a great day to get out and get in a run, a walk, maybe even a hike or a bike ride as temperatures will be getting mild. In fact, ought to be making it up to 60 degrees by midafternoon. Just some clouds coming and going. Then by 6 00 p. M. , back down to the upper 50s. Rain chances for tomorrow. New hourbyhour timing in just a few minutes. Security secretary john kelly visited the u. S. Border with mexico, his boss is now tweeting about how much a new border wall will cost. President trump tweeting this morning that it will cost more than the government thought, but that when he starts negotiating, he plans to get that price quote way down. Heres what kelly had to say about the current border. The fact that theyre tunnelling under it goes to the effectiveness of not just the wall, the physical barrier that already exists here in san diego, but goes to the effectiveness of the men and women that then back that wall, patrol that wall. President trump also tweeting that he has not gotten involved in any design or negotiations for that project just yet. Montgomery countys jail wants a million bucks. They say itll be used to upgrade security measures. Operators say some of their surveillance cameras are getting old. Theyre about 15 years old, in corrections will formally request the money so as to replace the aging cameras. The jails director says he needs new zej idigital cameras by this summer. The time to say goodbye to bao bao is almost here. The 3yearold female panda who was born at the national zoo will be headed to her forever home in china in two weeks. I know. But before she leaves, the national zoo wants to make sure she gets a proper farewell. She deserves that. News4s derrick ward at the zoo. Theres a private celebration happening today for her . Reporter indeed, there is. Its a bittersweet thing. Ive talked to several people and they say thats how they feel. These are friends of the national zoo. Folk who is belong to that organization, that club. They get the first chance to say a special goodbye to bao bao. They can fill out some postcards that will accompany bao bao back to china. Then later on theres going to be some feeding down here. Take a look. This now. Bao bao is at the enclosure. She was munching on some bam bow. Thats what people come here to see. Theyre on their own schedule. Take a look. This line for folks started at about 7 00 this morning. Par dom don me. And people were coming from as far away as new jersey. Take a listen. Weve seen them as babies growing up. I feel part of it. Yes. Sad to see her go . Very sad. Its bittersweet. Yeah. Reporter and of course now this bao bao is actually going to leave until the 21st. Therell be time for others to come say goodbye. And what were told is maison will probably try to breed once more. There will be a replace i want for bao bao if things go because theres only about 1500 of these in the world right now. So every panda is precious. Thats one of the reasons that bao baos going back to china. To keep the genetic diversity in the captive population. Bittersweet for folks here. Its good for the species. Were live at the national zoo. Back to you. All right, thanks. Big crowd out there this morning. I love that the guy said its like anchorman. We heard that. So tom, this is we were just talking about this. If theres a day to go out to the zoo or do anything outside, scott whos on our live feed mentioned lets go out for a hike. Its a great day for that. Yeah. This is the day and tomorrow as well. Tomorrow maybe a little bit of rain off and on. But if you prepare properly, youll be all right tomorrow too. But mild air returning after a couple of cold days. Making us feel like february again. But it is now beginning to warm up. There is the live view from our storm team reston town center. Theres the dulles tollway and some sunshine there. Well have the clouds coming and going throughout the rest of the afternoon. Right now its getting well above freezing just about everywhere. Our temperatures now into the mid40s in washington and around the chesapeake bay. Fairfax, northern virginia, Shenandoah Valley now. Many spots beginning to climb into the 40s there as well. A pleasant day is under way. And hourbyhour temperatures, 40s 10 00 just about everywhere. Then by 2 00, upper 50s to near 60 degrees. The average high this time of year is in the mid40s. That is way above the average. Were going to be about 15 degrees warmer than average this afternoon with sunshine coming and going. Not as cold tonight. Back down to near 50 by 10 00. Well have the peekaboo moon with the cloud cover coming and going. Well see the sunshine a little bit this afternoon as well as a little bit of that just past full moon storm team 4 radar. Dont have any rain or snow in the vicinity. But tomorrow 6 00 a. M. , this area you see in color northern virginia, panhandle of west virginia, this area could get a bit of light rain. Then 7 00 to 8 00 a. M. , light rain. That may move off to the east. Heres the hourbyhour timing by noon time tomorrow. Well see maybe a few scattered rain showers. Metro area points north and east as well as the Shenandoah Valley and into the mountains. As we get into the afternoon hours, just a few scattered sprinkles as well. Most will be ending around 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Then well dry out on sunday night and into monday morning. After we reach the mid60s on sunday afternoon, back down to the mid30s on monday morning. Then monday afternoon, upper 40s after blustery winds in the morning. Then on tuesday, valentines day will be in the 20s in the morning but lovable weather in the afternoon. As we get into wednesday, afternoon highs around 50. Temperatures up and down through the week ahead. Generally cold mornings, chilly afternoons each day, and no snow. All the way into friday. Then next weekend, look at this. Here we go again. Another mild pattern returning for several days from next weekend into the first part of the following week. Well have afternoon highs in the 60s to near 70 degrees under partly sunny skies. And that is the way it looks. Wow, tom. Thanks so much. You talked about the lovable tuesday that were going to see. Well, were talking valentines day as well. Its almost here and couples are scrambling to find Something Sweet for their swete im on it. Ar does weathertech go to protect your vehicle . Weathertech. Made right, in america creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner Energy Sources like solar, wind and natural gas. Weve reduced Carbon Emissions by nearly 25 , which is the equivalent of taking close to two million cars off the road. Cleaner air and cleaner water. Its good for all of us. Dominion. Depend on us for more than energy. So you know him lately for playing president donald trump. Tonight alec baldwin is going to host saturday night live for the 17th time. His first time hosting back in april 1990. Says he enjoys being able to act in a live setting. Musical guest ed sheeran also going to be on tonights show right here on nbc 4. Take a look at these dresses. They are made out of chocolate. For real. Models slipped into the delicious dresses at a fashion show happening where else belgium this week. Some were short and eye catching. Others swept the fr can tell. The chocolate decorations included chocolate balls, leaves, and other confections. Even accessories as hats, purses. Designers said it took over five weeks to create one dress. You think they get to eat it afterwards . I dont know. I would. I would too. Time is running out speaking of chocolate, its going to be popular. Talking about valentines day. But theres no shortage of options around the area if you are trying to plan ahead. Justin finch shares four unexpected ways to celebrate the day. One of our luxury onebedroom suites and a tremendous rose petal turndown. Reporter thats just part of the gram georgetowns monumental day to remember offer. And inside the car we have a terrific basket from dean and deluca. Reporter a pro photographer comes to capture moments youll keep dinner for two, breakfast in bed, and a Late Checkout are included. Price tag 869. And whether celebrating love old or new, some say ice skating is the date for you. It can be the best first date or to the tenth date or if youre been married for years. Reporter ice skating comes in at under 30. Everyone knows valentines day equals roses. Reporter and perhaps the Potomac River cruise aboard the spirit of washington, the couples krus includes lunch and dinner options and includes your meal and a toast. Plus valentines cruises are set this weekend. If you cant make it on february 14th for our dinner, we still have an amazing option available for the same valentines day theme. Reporter cruise rates range from 73 to 200 per person depending on the time and package. Want to keep it cozy . Youve got great places to eat and shop. Reporter do dinner and drinks overlooking the potomac or take the trolley for more special options. One special day, four ways. Justin finch, news4. Good ideas there. 9 26 your time now on this saturday. Four things to know. Well start in the district. Police there say a man was shot on division avenue in northeast just before 10 00 last night. Theyre not confirming if the shooting is related to a car chase that ended at maryland live casino. Anne Arundel County Police tell us they chased a vehicle that was somehow involved in a carjacking. President donald trump is about to play a round of golf in florida with japans Prime Minister. Its part of several days of events with Prime Minister shinzo abe as President Trump works to get to know the world leader. Nbc news learning that the russian government may offer Edward Snowden up as a gift to snowden was granted refuge in russia after exposing secrets about americas sensitive surveillance programs. Boohoo bao bao. The national zoo is hosting a private Farewell Party for bao bao today. As part of a breeding agreement between the national zoo and china, the 3yearold panda will leave forever on february 21st. A lot of sad folks around here for that. We saw derrick ward is out there. A packed place at the zoo. Watch it over. Good weather for it. Track it when away from the tv. The nbc washington app. Warmer tomorrow. Enjoy it. Nice. Well be back tomorrow morning. 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