Reporter frost has already nipped our magnificent magnolias, blooms dying. Why are we standing out here . Its cold. Reporter as Cherry Blossoms go from green buds to floor ets to fluffy white, they become more fragile. It was cold last year too. Really cold. Were freezing. Reporter but the timing was better. Have you ever had a year where you havent had peak bloom . There is nothing going back to 1921, no year where peak bloom wasnt achieved. Reporter back now live, the tidal basin could actually help. The water here can moderate the temperature by a couple degrees, and a couple degrees may be all we need to save our beautiful Cherry Blossoms destruction. Live at the tidal basin, bruce leshan, wusa9. Thank you so much. We hope everything will be okay. 2 3 of the cherry trees are the ones in most danger. The other cherries bloom two weeks later. They should still be spectacular towards haynes point. Today is Harriett Tubman day in maryland. It was fitting that the under Ground RailroadVisitors Center was officially opened on the eastern shore, the place she called home before escaping to freedom and leading so many others to the promised land. Reporter the Visitors Center is a gateway to the national park, a preserved piece of land where its said tubmans footsteps can still be heard and walking in those footsteps are hundreds of descendents who came here today and walked inside a memorial for the first time. They say its a long coming. I just feel her spirit in the room. Reporter hawkins and henry have been waiting for this day. Theyve been fighting for recognition. This is what we have been waiting for. Now her story will be told. Reporter it was a cold bitter day as relatives from maryland and new york sat huddled under a tent for the official ceremony. With the ringing of the freedom bell, the next chapter in their Family History was open. Its awesome to see this coming to light and acknowledging the things that she has done and to actually be part of it and know i have that blood line. Reporter tubman escaped slavery risking life and limb during her journey to freedom. She returned 12 times to free relatives but her fight for freedom continued during the civil war into new york where she fought for th an American Hero who is finally getting her due. Seems like once they did the ribbon cut, it brightened and made you feel happy that this is coming to light today. I am proud. I think they did her just, definitely. Reporter there are plans for a Harriett Tubman statue in the maryland state house. Today, governor larry hogan committed to funding to make sure that happens. So much history to see. That Visitor Center opens to the public tomorrow. Harriett tubman is the first africanamerican to be honored and designated with the National Historic park. Freezing cold, lying in a ditch near a pond. Thats how an officer found a little girl with autism after she went missing last week. Now that sahara is safe, went above and beyond. Reporter this is the story of an officer who never gave up. He checked Drainage Pipes, the playground, the pools. He knew from training that autistic children are attracted to water. This is where he found 7 year old sahara lying here on her back, cold. Its a hug that Public Safety officer mary wimpy has wanted so badly. I sincerely thank you so much. Reporter on march 4, the wind was whipping. With no coat, 7 year old sahara, a child with autism, was alone, scared and the temperatures were in the 30s and only continued to drop. It was drilled in at the academy and during training to go to water. Reporter her daughter escaped the babysitter and was spotted at disappeared again. Look you in your face to let you know what you did for me. Reporter the officer never gave up, following his instincts and a Drainage Pipe he found a freezing sahara suffering from hypothermia. She was pale. She was shaking. She was foaming at the mouth. I thought she was dying in my arms. Thats why i am thankful for this officer, because if he didnt find her, she wouldnt be here. She wouldnt, at all. Thats why cops get up in the morning, for calls like this. A lot of people dont believe that these days. Not a lot of people. Some people dont know that these days. Thats what we are here to do. Reporter today sahara is more than okay. Shes moms best girl. Police say if you idea to introduce them to their local Police Officers. It could save a life. What a powerful story. Montgomery county police encourage parents of children with autism to reach out and become involved in their autism outreach program. It could save their childs life. In Prince Georges Police are being credited with helping a family escape a house on fire in clinton. An officer on patrol spotted a fire on the back porch. It was quickly spreading to the rest of the home. As i got closer, i noticed that the rear deck of the house was completely engulfed in flames with the rear of the house, right side of the house, spreading to the roof. I located the residents. Fire at symposium way. I am not sure if anybody is inside. I started to bang on the doors, windows, doorbell, yelling, no response. I went to the rear to see if i could gain access. It was too hot back there. I was ringing the doorbell with still no response. I took my baton and smashed the glass along the edge of the windows. I think that finally woke up the homeowners. I heard someone yelling whats going on . Who is down there . I said your house is on fire. You have to get out. The four adults and two children inside all escaped thanks to his brave actions. Fire investigators say a grill on the rear deck sparked all those flames. A retired Fairfax CountyPolice Detective didnt need to call 911 when someone broke into his home early wednesday. Wiley grabbed his flash light and baton after noise from inside woke him up. That is when he came face to loce with a guy wearing a mask hit him in the eyes with my flash light. I told him get down, dont move, stop. He actually decided he wanted to have somewhat of a conversation with me. His hands kind of moved down and i closed the gap and used my baton and gave him a shock. I said i am not having a discussion with you. I took him to the ground. He picked the wrong guy. He thinks the same person broke in his house before. Police arrested a 17 year old. D. C. Like much of the country is seeing a rise in hate crimes. Bias related crimes rose by 62 from 2015 to 2016. We are talking crimes related to race, ethnicity, religion, Sexual Orientation or gender identity. The mayor was asked about the reasons for the up tick. We know that the last year and a half had a lot of rhetoric nationally and some locally. That hasnt been all that inclusive. So we just want to be protective of our communities. We want to be proactive as well. The mayor also says that up tick could be linked with people becoming more comfortable reporting hate related crimes. One result, a Police Working to build trust with the community. Well have to wait a little longer to find out where the new fbi headquarters will be built. No decision will be made until congress fully funds the project. Its been nearly three years since gsa announced locations in green belt, land over, springfield as finalists. Getting fbi is a big deal. The Winning Community gets 11,000 federal workers. The commander of the marine corps spoke out about a nude photo sharing scandal thats rocked the military service. A general sa everything the marine corps stands for. We claim that being a marine is a special title and something that you earn. There is honor. But there is no honor in denigrating a fellow marine in any way, shape or form. The pentagon is investigating allegations that marines shared nude photos and personal information in a private facebook group, the group had nearly 30,000 followers. Other members of military branches were involved in similar things. Some upset football fans protested. Later, the new laser eye surgery that can help people who arent eligible for la republicans 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. all with worryfree ownership. Colors in your neighborhood. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. To the latest on the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. President trump met with lawmakers trying to push the plan through congress. We are working together. We have some great results. We have tremendous spirit, and i think its something thats going to happen very shortly. President trump and House Speaker paul ryan are hoping to get it through quickly in its current form. Some are concerned that millions will Lose Health Insurance and others will have to pay more. Some say the bill does not do enough to trim governments role. Opponents of Dakota Access pipeline marched and rallied in front of the white house. Native americans and other supporters want the administration to stop the construction. A judge this week refused to do that which means oil could begin flowing sometime next week. An important but not Unexpected Development with the redskins today. The quarterback kirk cousins signed a franchise tender the redskins offered him. That means he will make nearly 24 million if he doesnt sign a long time contract. Cousins could also be traded but so far there are no indications that will happen. Despite rain and snow flakes, the die hard redskins fans turned out at redskins park with pitch forks. Yes, to protest the firing of the general manager. Here is the story for us in ashburn. Reporter it is cold. It is raining. We are all soaked right here. But these redskins fans here and simply just heard. It was supposed to be a march but it turned out to be more like this. Pitch forks head by hard core fans like ashburn dave who is just starting his morning. I might go visit some clients. I have to probably leave the pitch forks in the car. But were just making a statement here. Bruce, youve got to go. Reporter their beloved general manager gone. Now they want the same for the redskins president. Perfect symbol much, the weather, the turn out, everything. Reporter you could say their spirits were dampened. I just turned 28. I dont have a lot of good times under my belt. I was four last time we won the superbowl. Reporter bottom line, Everyone Wants a team free from interference. Escrowed it with helping secure respectable winning records since 2014. Dave blames the owner dan snyder for over stepping. We years since snyder took over. Reporter for the fans, when it rains, it pours and they want to leave the front office with one message. Get it together. Put the egos aside. Focus on football. Winning cures all, guys. Winning cures all. To keep track of the latest red skin news during this free agency period, download our free wusa9 app. It gives you weather updates which is very important, right. It is. You will probably have to pay the piper here. This whole impact on the Cherry Blossoms. The good news is its going to be cold but we will not see a frost because of the wind. Temps will be in the 20s. Lets talk about the three degree guarantee. It will be a midnight temperature. We knew the question is will my 54 from yesterday hold up as the midnight temperature . We shall see. Right now, its cold. A live look outside, its 42. The dew point is in the teens. The winds are gusting to 37 miles an hour. Thats going to be with us tonight and tomorrow. It wont be quite as strong. Dress for the teens and 20s tomorrow. Think layers, if you will. Wind chills tonight. It is friday night, could be date night. The wind chills will be 15 to 25. These are the numbers to Pay Attention to. Sunny but cold saturday. It will be breezy. Well have wind chills in the 20s all day. It will be cold sunday but with little wind. And bright. A possible winter storm monday evening into tuesday morning. I said this in the newsroom. This past monday Pay Attention. Get off your phones. This a storm this saturday. It looked good monday. Then it went away wednesday. Right now on friday, this storm monday, tuesday, looks good. Lets see what happens over the course of the next couple days. You probably done want to hear me. Welcome to my life, believe me. These are straight temperatures, in the 20s. By morning everybody is in the 20s. I think damascus will be 18, 22 culpeper. By 10 00 we are still in the 20s in the burbs, maybe 30 in laplata. Thiscold for january. Our average high is 53. By 5 30 we are still in the 30s, maybe 40s in frederick burg. Most folks will not make it to 40 tomorrow. These are the numbers you have to Pay Attention to, the wind chill. It will feel like 16 in gaithersburg and will feel like 8. This is serious cold air. 20s to start, 29 by 9 00, 31 by 11 00, 35 with sunshine by 1 00. A Beautiful Day tomorrow. Very cold sunday with 43, a late mix possible for monday. For evening, 42. Perhaps a morning mix tuesday and then very cold behind the system. It will be cold wednesday with flurries, upper 30s, back to the low 40s thursday and 52 with rain friday as a warm front pushes through. Were paying attention. Coming up, a driver barely escapes death after this crazy looking crash during morning rush hour. Up next, a group of bikers is caught on camera boxing in and beating up a driver on a busy freeway. Police are searching for a group of bikers expected in a violent highway beat down caught on camera. This video was captured this week on a San Francisco freeway. It shows the bikers stunts and weaving in and out of traffic. An altercation takes place and the bikers surround that white toyota camry you see boxing the driver in until he is forced to stop. They had exchanged some sort of words with his driver, started striking the drivers vehicle with their motorcycles and fists. The driver according to we were able to determine got out to confront the motorcyclists, got into a fight and was beat up. The 30 year old driver works for lyft and suffered nonlife threatening injuries. Police dont know what started it all. We stay in california because thats where all the good car chases happen. This is hollywood boulevard. A suspect in a stolen car led Police Officers on a wild chase down one of l. A. s most famous streets. Video shows just how crazy it was. One time the driver stopped to talk to a news photographer. With crowds looking on, officers surround the car, take down the driver on the hollywood walk of fame. Some witnesses said at first they did think it was part of a movie shoot. No one was hurt. Hey dont mind me. I am just causing havoc on the roads. When you see the next video, it is hard to believe anyone could have survived. Take a look. Metal rods on the back of a flat bed truck impaled through the drivers side of an suv window. It turns out the driver ran into them yesterday morning in phoenix. Police say they dont know how it happened. They say the driver suffered serious head injuries but is expected to survive. Coming up, a congressman pays tribute to late rapper Biggie Smalls on the house floor. Later in trending, video of a situation any parent of Young Children can relate to. Up next, well take you on a trip through the under Ground Railroad on the way to the new harriett center on th 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 our best offer of the year. 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, a tvhond pne. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. Go to getfios. Com or call 1. 888. Get. Fios get the best. Get fios. The Harriett TubmanVisitors Center opens tomorrow and the center will bring people from all over to church creek maryland. As john henry discovered, there is an incredible journey along the way. Reporter over the years not much has changed around dorchester county. William jarman knows that well. I used to live here as a young person. Reporter he is a board mb museum and he says not much has changed with the landscape here either. The land and waterways are basically just like they were when Harriett Tubman was here. Reporter tucked away, you can find mini reminders of tubmans life, the under Ground Railroad by way allows to you see it up close and personal. Its a 125mile trip through dorchester in caroline county. You take highway 50 and route 335 to make your way to the Visitors Center from d. C. After that with the help of a driving tour map and audio guide you can see the historical sites that are in and around route 16 up along the eastern shore. There are a lot of interesting stops on the by ways so we decided to take a look. If you do decide to take the byway one thing you will notice is there are a lot of two lane roads. You drive through a lot of rural areas. There are small towns you will drive through as well. Cambridge in door chester county. A lot of sites have markers like these. This is long whatever of in cambridge. Slaves were taken off ships and sold to plantations down south. The further south you head from cambridge the more there is to discover. Tubman spent part of her childhood here as a slave before she was able to escape. At the early age of 4 or 5, she moved to the prod