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>> it's much warmer this year than what it has been in the previous years and the trees are simply reacting to the temperatures. >> woodruff: and we close with one group's radical solution for breaking the partisan gridlock in washington. >> people say to me, oh, you're supporting a third party. you might be supporting an independent. no. this is a bipartisan ticket. this would be the first bipartisan ticket in modern american history. a sdem karat and a republican running together. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided...

bloom of the cherry blossoms in the nation's capital. >> it's much warmer this year than what it has been in the previous years and the trees are simply reacting to the temperatures. >> woodruff: and we close with one group's radical solution for breaking the partisan gridlock in washington. >> people say to me, oh, you're supporting a third party. you might be supporting an independent. no. this is a bipartisan ticket. this would be the first bipartisan ticket in modern american history. a sdem karat and a republican running together. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour...

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