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D.c.'s national cherry blossom festival parade. this annual parade commemorates a donation of those gorgeous japanese cherry trees. they were given to us here in the u.s. in 1912 by tokyo's mayor at that time. more than a dozen marching bands from across the country are scheduled to participate in this event. and derek ward from our nbc affiliate wrc joins me live from that event. mother nature certainly is cooperating, right? good morning, derek. >> good morning. well, she is cooperating in terms of having it rain, but no sun. take a look behind me. one of those marching bands has struck up. ...

Presidential medal of freedom. one of the highest honors offered to civilians. >> derek ward, thank you so much. msnbc is the place for politics. a big political week is taking shape in washington. president obama is drafting his state of the union address set to be delivered on tuesday. we say progressive like okay, here we go. good morning. >> it's liberal. >> the state of the union provides the chance for the president to lay out some inspirational goals. your opinion, where is the president at his best there? and what does the country need from him? >> he goes into the state of the union...

Flammable liquid all over the place. one of the suspects sets two propane tanks against the front of the building before lighting it. three firefighters were injured fighting the intense flames. now police are trying to track down the two men you saw in the video. well, there is cherrybl blossom fever in the capital. white and pink blssomes fully cooperating this year. let's check in with derek ward who has the cushy assignment today to spend it outside from our nbc station wrc in washington. derek, looks great out there. >> reporter: lynn, it is a beautiful day out here. we've just got a sl...

Are looking for additional passageways to enable us to get to sites we may not be able to. >> how long do you anticipate before we can get power back to these customers? >> they're going to be long duration outages. however, we expect that at least 50% of our outages we will have up and running by tomorrow morning. and then the additional amount of that, probably by tuesday. >> already, we appreciate that update. we'll check back with you in a bit. big flooding in washington august and surrounding areas. let's get a check with derek ward tracking that from wrc. we had a situation in alexandr...

>> because they weren't expecting this. >> no. people got caught on the roads. there are people stranded now on the edge of the highway waiting for rescue and help. >> we'll have to check in with a pittsburgh reporter. thank you very much, bill karins. and derek ward reporter filed this report from college park, maryland, a short time ago. let's check it out. >> reporter: looking at vehicles, maybe going to, trying to dig one out, and perhaps that other truck will hook up a chain and maybe pull him out. looks like that's what they're indeed trying to do now. as you can see, the traffic that ...