Afternoon. We do have the sun shining through oha high overcast. Well have that sun through the high overcast throughout the day ahead. Temperatures already up now around 60 degrees. Annapolis up to 64 right now. This milder air is going to continue to push on on. Temperatures hourbyhour soaring to near 70 by noontime. Hitting mid70s midafternoon with some sun through the high overcast. Might get sprinkles of light rain tonight. Cooler weather moving in for sunday. Thats coming up this hour. Thank you. And if you wanted that warm weather and Cherry Blossoms, youre in luck today. Were talking 70s, folks, for peak bloom weekend. Derrick ward is checking out the blossoms and the early crowds this morning. Derrick, beautiful sight behind you. How are folks filing in already . Reporter you know, pretty enthusiastic people. Theres actually a lot of folks moving around. You can see the group down here probably one of the most picturesque spots on this side of the tidal basin. This year compared to other, theres been more speculation about the peak bloom and whether it would happen. Good to see you. What is the state of the bloom . Well, theyre just about to peak. So within the next couple days, youll see 70 of all the blossoms will be blooming. And then hopefully theyll be on all next week as well. Reporter thats not bad considering how worried we were with the frost and things like that. Right. Were so lucky. We just didnt know what to expect. It was totally unprecedented. Its beautiful for everybody to enjoy. Reporter this is the tale of two trees. This is in great shape. Colored and pink. Maybe here in the foreground, one thats in the midst of a struggle here. You can see where some of the cold weather took them away. So hopefully that is going to be not the majority. Reporter thats the gamut of what youll see. But theres a lot to do today. The festival begins today at the warner theater. The festival has been going on the last few days. We have performances over at the a a stage. The welcome area. But Opening Ceremony today at warner theater. All the seats have been reserved, unfortunately. We have world class performances but you can for the first time tune in to Facebook Live to see the show. Reporter excellent. Thats going to get it out to a lot more people. All over the world. Reporter lots of things to do today and until april 16th. Come on down. Derrick ward, news4. Back to you. All right. Thanks. 9 03 your time now on this saturday. No deal. The republican measure to end the Affordable Care act though it was pulled minutes before a vote. Why this is a major setback for President Trump whos now blaming democrats for the bills failure. Reporter after a sevenyear race to repeal obamacare for republicans, a stunning fall at the finishline. I will not sugar coat this. This is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. Were going to go back and figure out what the next steps are. Reporter in the end, the republican plan undone by republicans. Unable to reach a deal. Im not betrayed. Theyre friends of mine. Im disappointed because we could have had it. Im disappointed. Im a little surprised, to be honest with you. Reporter time ran out on a week that started with Republican Leaders scrambling for votes. The first negotiation test far president who literally wrote the book on deal making. It certainly was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty. We learned a lot about the vote getting process. Reporter obamacare now remains the law of the land for the foreseeable future. President trump refusing to take it as a loss. The best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. Because well end up with a truly Great Health Care bill in the future after this mess known as obamacare explodes. Reporter instead, a new focus. Tax reform. The president switching gears to tackle another Major Campaign promise. Even amid questions about how effectively he can rally his own party. Blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. And you can certainly expect the Health Care Bill to be a hot topic on this weeks meet the press. Chuck todd also going to have an exclusive with california governor jerry brown to talk about the impact of President Trumps proposals on his state. And virginia senator mark warner also going to be on the show. Thats all tomorrow morning here on nbc 4. Going to start at 10 30. Teenage girl was raped at rockville high school. Now another students lawyer is accusing the school of not telling parents about Violent Attacks that happened earlier in weeks earlier. This is according to our partners at reeni sandler showed them video of a girl being beaten up in the main lobby. Her client was pulled, punched, kicked in the head. The school says theyre taking steps to address the fighting. But it doesnt inform the community after every altercation. Outpouring of emotion for a local College Freshman who was gunned down while on spring break. Yesterday family and friends of iyana mcallister packed the gym. They shared stories of the 18yearold who was going at school in raleigh. On monday night she was killed in d. C. While she watched some people record a rap video in northeast. No ones been arrested yet. I am forgiving whoever killed my baby because its not going to bring her back. But what i am saying is if youre dealing with guns, if you got a shady lifestyle, im going to need you to do something with your life. This family has had a devastating few months. This i death for them. In december her cousin was killed in capitol heights. In the district we are now getting a look at new photos of a person of interest in the death of a local artist. Officers are looking for this guy. On tuesday Corrina Mehiel was found bound and stabbed to death inside a basement apartment in northeast. Mehiel was working at gw school for art and design. Developing right now, an 8yearold boy and five other people are recovering this morning after a mass shooting. A total of seven people were shot in st. Louis and a teenager was killed. Police say there could be as many as three suspects, but so far theres still no reason as to why they opened fire. 9 07 on your saturday morning. Major delays on one of our countrys busiest railways. Were going to tell you about the nightmare travel situation after a train headed here to d. C. Went off the tracks. A deadly attack on parliament. What were learning about the terrorist before he died. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. 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One of the victims was grew up in maryland. Kurt cochran made a friend a better person, he said. A guy that challenged my faith. Took my faith to another level by challenging me about it. Thats pastor tim mcgregor you just heard from there. He says he still thinks about cochrans last words to him. Quote, dont let your faith get in the way of caring for humanity. And its time for spring cleaning. Well show you where you can safely get rid of those unwanted and old documents this morning. Looking like a good weekend for it too. One of the warmest weekends weve seen in months. Weve got tom tracking the best time to get outside and when to prepare to maybe pull out the umbrella as hes trackg some rainin good morning. A great day to get some outdoor exercise. Bike ride, hike, or a quick run. Maybe some kayaking. Temperatures by noontime will be up near 70 degrees. Ought to hit mid70s midafternoon. Sun through a high overcast with a light breeze. And then by 6 00 p. M. , theres a slight chance of some sprinkles around with temperatures back down into the low 70s. Cooler weather tomorrow. Well look at that and up and down temperatures for the week ahead. Thats coming up this half hour. Well check in with you then. A marine is making history in his community by overcoming the odds after suffering major ri nbcs Kristen Dahlgren shares his mission to protect and serve. Reporter for ferrera, becoming a Police Officer is a dream come true. Since i was little i was always out playing cops and robbers. Reporter he was always one of the good guys. After 9 11 the immigrant became a u. S. Citizen so he could join the marines. It was in afghanistan that all of his dreams almost ended. I landed on a 30pound ied which amputated my legs below the knees. Reporter he lost his knees but never his spirit. He started playing for the Wounded Warriors softball team. And in 2015 on the way home from his wedding rehearsal, he saved a baby in a smoking car. It seemed serving was still something he was meant to do. So today he became one of the countrys first double amputee Police Officers. No special passes. As a recruit he had to run a he did better. Mile and a half in 11 minutes, yes, maam. Reporter and starting monday hell be on the streets serving and protecting. He doesnt consider himself a hero. Im just your ordinary guy who was given a Second Chance at life. Reporter his family including a 2yearold daughter disagrees. She doesnt need to look up to a hero on tv. Shes living with one in her own home. Reporter for the kids hell meet, he has a message. It has nothing to do with a disability. Its the ability to give back to the community and just really have dreams of being something when they get older. Reporter the uniform and his body may be different, but his bravery is every bit the same. Kristen dahlgren, nbc news. The university of maryland has a high profile march madness today. The terps Womens Basketball team is playing oregon. The game starts at morning. Any time you get to a sweet 16, thats the great teams left in the bracket. Both teams will ball it out for 40 minutes. If maryland wins, they will likely play the Number One Team in the country, uconn. Uconn has won more than a hundred games in a row including the last four national championships. Maybe a little bit of a challenge that lies ahead, but i think they can do it. A lot of excitement behind that. Oh, yeah. A lot of excitement behind this too. Happening this morning, its the nbc 4 all state Community Shred. And you can safely get rid of any of the sensitive documents you have lying around your house. This is all happening at the Northern VirginiaCommunity College in annaannandale. We are joined by kathy johnson. And also recycling coordinator erica carter. You see them there. Erica, well start with you. Im always surprised i dont know why i am by the long line of folks that show up for these events. How long do you have events this, the shred it opportunity, so to speak . Well, Fairfax County in particular has nine shredding events every year. We start in march and go through october. This is the one that we do in coordination with Northern VirginiaCommunity College and nbc 4. So this is really a bigger one. Its a regional effort. The ones that we have throughout the year are just for Fairfax County residents. How important is this . Why should people come out . Well, if they like free shredding, theyre definitely going to come out. Its a great way to protect your secure documents. They do a great job here of getting your documents out of your car and shredding them securely so that you dont have to worry as much about identity theft. Kathy, as we have you with us this morning, we know the loud hum of all those shredders is tough to listen through. But we appreciate the effort. Why have Something Like this on campus . Why is it important to you all at Northern VirginiaCommunity College . You know, nova is a big part of the community here. I start getting calls november and december asking when the shred is going to be. Hour neighbors really look forward to this event. Its important to them and therefore its important to us. So were very happy to do it. Were happy to work with all state and the country and all of the other different layers of people that make this happen. And to both of you or either of how can people find out about upcoming shred events. Theyre all posted on the Fairfax County. Gov website. So go there, look for recycling. That will tell you the dates for all the shredding events for 2017. Erica and kathy, thank you so much for your time this morning. And we want to remind folks as you can see behind the two of them the lines are growing. If you want to get rid of your documents. It has always been a popular event. Also on the desk with us, tom kierein. Folks can sit in line and roll down the windows and enjoy the springlike temperatures. Get outside. Were recycling march and getting it thats the hope. Acting more like a spring month finally. You can probably notice that if youve been out already. If you havent been out, over the knicks couple of hours youll notice a feeling of spring in the air. Sun coming through the high overcast. Now, live view from the storm team 4 city camera. You can see the tidal basin ringed by those cherry trees that are now near peak blossom. Theyll be near peak tomorrow afternoon even though its cooler sunday. Certainly not cold. And these temperatures are going to quickly jump. Right now were around 60 degrees. Just within the next hour or two, its jumping up to dont have any rain at all anywhere in the region. And hourbyhour as we get into the evening hours, this is around 4 00 in the afternoon. These areas of green off to our west. Shenandoah valley in the mountains. Might get a few sprinkles of light rain there. Then that crosses the mountains by 5 00 to 6 00 p. M. Fairfax county by 6 00 p. M. Just a few scattered sprinkles coming through and maybe in the metro area between 7 00 to 8 00 p. M. Well get the cloud cover breaking up. So a great day for a bike ride. Temperatures mid70s, midafternoon. And get in a hike or a brisk run. Even this evening, dodging a few sprinkles if youre going to do an evening run. Forecast for tomorrow is cooler. Highs may only make it up to around 60 degrees for morning lows near 50. But itll billion partly sunny. Blustery wind out of the east and northeast bringing in chillier air. Tomorrow team 4 we get a little rain monday morning through midday monday. During the afternoon on monday, ought to make it back into the low 70s. And then even milder again on tuesday. Morning lows mid50s. Then looks like another pass of rain showers. Tuesday Late Afternoon into the early evening. Then dries out after that. Turning a bit cooler. Highs wednesday mid60s. Thursday into the 50s. Then friday end of the week, some rain showers and highs in the low 50s. That gets mild again. Next weekend, next saturday is the first day of april. Hitting the mid70s that following sunday. Mid70s with maybe some rain showers around. And thats the way it looks. Tom, thanks. So heres a novel concept. Imagine using social media to physically come together. Can you picture that . Its happening today. The big meetup for instagramers d y2b7ly ysty so if youre looking for something to do outside, this beautiful weekend thats in store for us, you might consider heading to loudoun county. You could see the new artisan trail. Its bringing together local artists and businesses and theyre really highlighting local products. You can stop into an art gallery, breweriebreweries, and i think folks like to see where things are made, see how things are made. So being in a remote location and being part of this network of agribusiness and artists is a great opportunity to let people know whats going on. Loudoun county wants your help to come up with a unique name for the trail. If you have inside, head to the naming event happening march 28th at the stone tower winery in leesburg. You just posted something on instagram is short time ago. Today is a big day if you are on instagram. Theyre holding their instameets. The goal . Kindness. Theyre bringing much needed supplies to the humane rescue alliance. Check out the nbc washington app. Theyve got a list of supplies. You can come down to join the if youre headed out there, its going to be beautiful. Great day to meet outside. Tom is tracking how soon well see the 70s. Along with that, weve got some showers hes tracking coming through the neighborhood. Well check in with them him. And developing right now, severe storms slamming communities down south. The overnit damage and majorgh im on it. Ar does weathertech go to protect your vehicle . Made right, in america were just a few seconds shy of 9 30 on this saturday. We are following breaking news. A man killed in laurel this morning. A shooting there around 6 00. Investigators have not said if the man was actually shot. Right now theyre working to identify a suspect