Talking about. The more measurable issues. We will explain. This trophy has the name of a legendary pilot. But first, at ts 911 outage nationwide is now over. A spokesperson apologized to people impacted. It was a serious issue for more than an hour. Some customers were unable to reach 911, and multiple counties across the area. At this hour, at least one county, Prince Georges County report they are successfully receiving 911 calls, according to a tweet from mark brady, the spokesperson for the Fire Department an updates, download our wusa 9 app. Also tonight a knew coming to grips with the heart breaking tragedy in charles county. Two West Lake High School students died friday night in a car accident. They were the third and fourth young men in their High School Class to die this year. We sent garrett headache to a vigil held in memory of all four. Reporter West Lake High Schools longest year started before the classes even began. I miss caleb every day, and everything reminds me of him. Reporter caleb horne has what his fellow musicians call big ears but tonight his mother pushed aside her own pain to try to comfort others. I know it may not look like it right now, but you will get through this. Reporter under the lights of the schools football stadium, hundreds gathered tonight to mourn the four seniors who died this year from a clas a butt el took ruelle hicks life in october. His girlfriend will give birth to his son in june. He wouldnt want yall to be upset or crying. He would want yall to move on and get a check as they say. Reporter there was little hope in stopping the tears of the friends of colin bipat and desmond cooke, killed friday in a car ax. Neither of their families spoke, their pain is still too raw. He was never sad or down. Reporter makayla considered bipat a good friend. The fact im not seeing him anymore hurts me, and it really doesnt make me want to come to school because i dont see him. Ill tell you all about it when i see you again reporter but tonight their teachers, their parents and friends are all urging the students to keep coming back, only in that could they pass this test that no High School Student should have to face. When i see you again. Reporter in waldorf, maryland, garrett haake, wusa 9. Tough story. Women across the country stayed home from work, wore red, joined in rallies today, all for a day without a woman. Women united we will never be divided from San Francisco to new york and here in dc, women marched for equal rights, the same organizers of the womens march on washington were behind todays national demonstration, and it coincided with International Womens day. Some local restaurants made sure their family employees could have the day off. Nitos only has three male staff members, and the owners said they found a unique way to make sure the restaurant stayed open. We enlisted the help of our male friends and family who stepped up restaurant for the day so the women could have it off. Women who ate at the restaurant were given a 20 discount. The extra proceeds for tonight will go towards planned parenthood. Melania trump had a luncheon at the white house for International Womens day. Ivanka trump and Kellyanne Conway for among the women there. Michelle obama gave some dc students a surprise today. She visited the cardozo education campus to celebrate International Womens day, and you can see the surprise on some of the students faces. After the shock subsided, the students participated in a round table discussion on education with the former first lady. Its difficult to calculate how many women chose to stay home today for a day without a woman, but imagine if every single woman participated. According to the American Community survey, heres what kid off at school . There may not be enough staff to watch them. 84 of your childs teachers are women. Withdrawing cash from the bank . You may have to wait a day. Women make up 85 of the bank tellers. Rushing to your dentist appointment . 78 of dentists and dental hygienists are women. And taxes are due soon, but you will have to do them yourself. Women make up 63 of tax preparers, and taxes giving you a migraine . You may have a hard time getting your medication from the doctor. 78 of physicians, surgeons, and nurses are women, and are you trying to catch up on the days news . You may be reading yesterdays. Women make up 58 of news room staff. It was a frightening 3 days in the citys history. Tomorrow marks 40 years single the siege gunmen controlled three dc buildings including the islamic headquarters, and 150 people were taken hostage, and others hid in place in the building for their own safety. The gunman demand the Government Hand over a group of men who had been convicted of killing relatives of their leader years earlier in their home on 16th street. At the beginning of the siege that lasted 40 hours, whur reporter, Maurice Williams was shot and killed. A Security Guard matt cantrel was shot. He died days later. Marian barry was shot and wounded, and tomorrow the dc council will host the Panel Discussion and Photo Exhibit to honor those lost. President trump has put together a White House Team to muscle reluctant republicans into backing the bill to replace obamacare, and on the team, Vice President pence, Health Secretary tom price, and the budget chief, but arm twister in chief . Or the arm twister in chief will be the president himself. Hes a dole maker a negotiator, and hes a world class business leader, and hes been highly successful at it. If anyone can get a deal on something, its donald trump. Some conservatives have labeled the plan as obamacare light and say it doesnt go far enough, and democrats say it will leave millions without insurance, and today executives with the American Medical Association and the American Hospital association voiced similar concerns. Sources say that the alleged documents posted by wikileaks were likely provided by private cia contractors. The fbi has opened a criminal investigation after wikileaks posted thousands of documents that detail the agencys hacking methods including televisions, and today the cia issued a statement they do not conduct surveillance inside of the united states. Tonight a key u. S. Senator is demanding proof behind president trumps claim about obamaordered wiretaps. President trump has alleged that the Obama Campaign wiretapped trump tower and was involved in his campaign. He is Challenging Congress to do something about it. I accept that challenge. Republican Lindsey Graham is heading an inquiry into russias efforts to sway the election. Hes asking the fbi and Justice Department for any warrants and Court Ordered to point to a wiretap. President trump cited no evidence, and a spokesperson for mr. Obama strongly denied it. Join wusa 9 tomorrow as we begin the celebration of Harriet Tubman and her legacy in the state saturday the Harriet Tubman underground Railroad Museum will be opening. We will look at her connection to the state and what led her to risk her life to bring freedom to so many others. We will give you a sneak peek at what your journey to the park will look like. You will find extra content online, such as a Photo Gallery and extended interviews. We are proud to share the life of it this American Hero with you. We have heard a lot about fake news during the last election cycle, but where did the phrase come from . You asked and we will verify it for you. Some people say its like going to the dentist, and i have a very good dentist, but going to the dmv in my experience over the years has been a far worse experience. Hes not talking about long wait lines and times and poor customer service. You may find it hard to believe what the dmv did to get barrel and how a famous pilot was honored tonight. Cooler to start and terrific on thursday. 36 to 46 in the morning, early on, and mid50s by lunchtime. And breezy and warm with sunshine. Temperatures will be 60 to 65. We will come back, 60 degrees colder over the weekend. We will explain how that announcer while everyone discusses the future of health care, 18 million americans are already choosing it. With Medicare Advantage a proven publicprivate partnership, where Health Outcomes are valued over volume. Where Early Intervention and management of chronic conditions is leading to better outcomes. And costs are more predictable and affordable. Maybe because with age comes wisdom. Medicare advantage. Leading the way. Leave it to the pros . I am a pro. I made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than youd think. To those whod say the grass is greener on the other side. I politely disagree. Pennington smart seed. Guaranteed to grow with 30 less water. Reclaim your turf. Tonight we are taking questions for people who have e mailed us, asking us to verify something for them, and we are happy to give it a shot tonight. An email from lauren angler who said she has heard many theories about the origin of fake news. Some say hither pinned the term, and others suspect it started earlier after the first world war. We started by looking at the google ingrams viewer it tracks the popularity of words and phrases and books published over the last 200 years, and now this is a pretty boring look graph but it says take news war i. A Forbes Magazine article says it likely reflects the rise of wartime propaganda. Some of what lauren has heard turned out to be true, but its also true that the word fake news has seen a comeback in recent years, and many believe Mark Zuckerberg is responsible for that. Thanks to Forbes Magazine and another Online Search tool called television explorer, we see the Team Fake News is nearly nonexistent on National Television like cnn, fox news, 2009fall of 2016, and then on november 11, it exploded in popularity, which is what we are seeing in this graph. That date is important because its the day after zuckerberg famously proclaimed it was a crazy idea that the spread of fake news on facebook could have actually impacted the election. The phrase died off until pizzagate when a motivated by reading fake stories about a child sex ring showed up at comet ping pong, a pizza joint, and then fake news was a very real threat for all of us. Stepping away from the lies, colors, and numbers now, we can verify the phrase fake news does appear to have been born in the wars i and ii, but zuckerberg brought it back into our lexicon. Its also interesting to know zuckerberg has come up with ways it to fight the problem of fake news. A verify team is working through the clock for you. If you see something that has you wonder if its legit or not, let us know, and we will try to verify it for you. You can find us on facebook or twitter and verify on wusa9. His plane was shot down, he landed in a prison camp, flew to freedom, but his heroism didnt stop there. He made major contributions in a lethal industry, but you have probably never heard his name. Bob hoover was honored and pete muntean is showing us his lasting legacy. Reporter in this room, he was the greatest to ever live, so great, hes known simply as bob. As bob is often called the best tip man in the world. Reporter he has wowed thousands in air shows but he tested the first jets, making airplanes and pilots safer. John and martha king are aviation safety experts. Bobs famous saying, fly it all the way into the crash it does not just apply to airplanes. It applies to life. Never let go. Never give up. Youre in control. Hang in there and just fly it on reporter hoovers legacy is so great, theres now a trophy with his name. This is out of the national air and space museum. Hoover died last october. He was with us for so long, we still feel like he is with us. Reporter dorothy erin snagging his famous plane. He would say i want you to have a party like im there. Reporter in the months before he died, bob recorded this message. Im honored to present an award in my name to these great people who are following in my footsteps. Reporter that was air show star sean sumpter it was to share the message. Im honored to be the second still taking flight. At Reagan National airport, pete muntean. Hoover often performed in our area, and he flew his last air show in 1999 at 77. He died in october of last year at 94. When pete muntean is a pilot, you know he loves that story. He was so excited telling us about the story, and now we all know why we should know the name bob. Thats good stuff. All right, we had had the arctic air coming, but it looks like the snow is staying to the south. Youre okay. But the soccer tournament this weekend, youre going to be cold. The 3degree guarantee rock yesterday. Guess what . Did you nail it . Maybe. Did you bullseye it . I did 67 and it was 67. Way to come back. Back on the horse. Going 70 tomorrow before the arctic air rolls in, and then its just downhill slide with temperatures after 58 right now. Extremely mild. Dew points only in the mid teens. Very dry air mass. 18 humidity at this time of the night. Indoor humidity, 12 , and headlines, bus stop temperatures, 36 to 46, and just a little cool to start. Warming up quickly. Rain and snow showers on friday, and falling temperatures, and we will monitor friday morning for a yellow weather alert, and then very cold and right now dry over the weekend. 30s for highs and in the suburbs, teens for the lows, and thats not factoring in the wind. We will see the windchills near 0 over the weekend, and all right, snow chances this weekend, here we go. 20 chance of seeing a flake, and all right, and measurable snow, 10 , and that may be generous. A total miss for this storm . 60 now, and one thing we are 100 sure of . Arctic air, yeah, the coldest air in a come months rolling in over the weekend. Heres the futurecast for 6 00 in the sprinkling of 30s out to damascus, and 47 downtown, and 9 00, essentially around 50. 1 00, in the 60s. Exceptions, okay, 57 in haggerstown and cumberland, and still, pretty nice for this time of the year. By 5 30, 66 downtown, and almost 70 in fredericksburg, and i think some of the numbers just a little low, and then we will get into 10 00 tomorrow night, clouds will return, all the way into friday, and look here. A little bit of rain and snow shower activity by 6 00 a. M. , monitoring for a yellow weather alert. Temperatures at the surface above freezing. No sticking. 65 by 1 00, and sunshine, and friday, falling temperatures, and rain and snow showers, and forget the number, just dress for the 30s and 40s, and only 38 on saturday, and windchill is upper 20s all day, and then cold on sunday, and only about 40. We will keep it dry, hour of sleep over the weekend. Heres our next chance for winter weather. Monday night into tuesday. Incredible video of a close call between a cruise ship and a house bill and Yazmine Hunter took this video at their home in ft. Lauderdale. A cruise ship called the celebrity equinox was making a run for their home. I was looking up at the bow of the boat. Reporter from the front yard . The front yard, correct. It was towering over the house. I knew something was wrong. Reporter the company that owns the cruise ship said the ship was navigating under the guidance local pilots and operating safely, but the homeowners are demanding an investigation. Its a big week for the teams looking to make it into the ncaa tournament. We will hear from the terps as they get set for the big 10 tournament differently. Maybe thats why weve been ranked highest in cutomer 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. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com with all the criticism swirling around the Georgetown Program and its head coach, nothing would quiet the critics like a big east tournament title that would require a 4 game winning streak starting tonight against st. Johns. Iverson in attendance, and it was a tight one in the 1st half, tied at 28. Prior going strong to the dunk. And 2nd half action, we got to see the old big east in action coaching going at each other, and it went down to the wire. The hoyas could not find a way to win the game, and georgetowns season comes to an end. 7473 loss to st. Johns and the hoyas with their 2nd straight losing season. The big 10 tournament getting underway at the verizon center. The terps have a double bye and will not play until la night. How they do will defend on the three freshmen starters, none named to the big 10 freshmen team, leading the coach to question on twitter the voting. He hopes the lack of aculeates have the freshmen playing with a chip on their shoulder. It should motivate our guys to work harder and i know it would me if i was in their shoes. They handled it the right way. I told them before it came out pubically, and we had a great practice yesterday. Hopefully it will add fuel. Just going into postseason play, the stakes will be higher, and every possession, whether it malterred in the whether it mattered in the regular season, now its more important. It will be important not because of what team you afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. E, the world before me, the east and the west