just light rain the rest of northern virginia into west virginia moving right into the metro area. these will be the warmest temperatures of the day as the day progresses we will see it turning cooler as that rainfalls. so for the morning commute, showers likely through the morning with temperatures in the lower 60s and then some heavy rain in the afternoon so wet pavement around and we'll be dropping back down into the 50s during the afternoon and into this evening. coming up at 4:41 your walk to work forecast and what to wear that's in about ten minutes. now a look at our traffic on this tuesday. here's melissa. >>> good morning. we have some construction here and there, that is normal on a tuesday morning. 66 here and 95 everything rolling along pretty nicely. nice and green there. no major issues. same thing as we move over to the right here at prince george's county. 95 maryland at skaggsville road here. rolling along quite nicely. we do have left lane blocked at the toll road. back in anyone's i'll see you at 4:41. >>> a developing story overnight we have now learned that a f

panhandle of west virginia just enough maybe to make some of the roads a little bit damp. and later this morning, we'll have a few light showers coming through, so some damp roads for the morning commute in the mid-60s. afternoon commute wet roads with some thundershowers rolling through. temperatures balmy with some blustery winds. >>> overall we're looking pretty good. don't have a lot of construction. taking a look at prince george's county first, no major issues there in or out of town. we're moving along just fine. wide look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along nicely. 270 at montrose road live camera there for you. no issues at all. hopefully it just stays that way. here is some of the construction until 5:00 a.m.. outer loop between new hampshire and university boulevard, we have a couple of lanes closed there. and great seneca highway at clopper road, a couple of lanes shut down. can't see it there. we know it is there. i'm back at 4:41. >>> it's 4:43. d.c. police want to track the online activity of a woman they say killed an attorney

and southwestern virginia. that will be passing through a little bit later this morning. right now everything for the most part most of the pavement is wet around northern virginia and maryland and the district and nearby suburbs. it's yet to arrive in far southern maryland. it will be moving through later. look at the temperatures weather mild 64 at reagan national. near 60 north and western suburbs. shenandoah valley into the mountains most locations in the 50s. for the drive time commute today we'll have the wipers going and wet roads for the morning commute. fender bender weather, unfortunately. even with just a little bit of moisture on the roads. that's enough for you to lose some traction. we'll be in the mid out of. for the afternoon wet roads and occasional showers rolling through. mild and in the mid 70s. what is going on melissa? >>>over all looking pretty good. even a little bit of water can cause a problem. 66 here at 95 no problems there. and virginia right now everything is looking pretty good. m

maybe even getting up around 60 or so in parts of north central virginia. a look theat our next chance of rain at 5:51. melissa is talking about a new crash. >> brand new crash this is georgetown pike at river bend road. making a call on this right now to see what is happening there. but just got this report in. as far as travel times go 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, ten minutes. 66 into town 95 into town, no major problems. when you hop in your car, listen to wtop 103.5. >>> it is now 5:42. a new road was suppose for make your commute easier. why some say the $400 million project is now dead. >>> and the ceo of lufthansa is meeting with victims' families. what he told them to help them deal with the tragedy. >>> plus from one click to one push of a button amazon's new system to make (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. the new apartments-dot-com is bigger. stronger. faster. and bigger. it's got so many more apartments than on, on that old internet. how do we do it? we're powerd by web five-point-o

that's chilly. >>> breaking news in virginia. we're talking about 95 northbound there at dale boulevard. chopper 4 over the scene right now. we have got about a five mile backup because of an earlier crash and then now you can see that spill there on the left side of your screen. that is ink that came out of a tractor-trailer when it overturned. we have another camera, 95 northbound again approaching dale. this car is a half mile or so from the actual crash. tractor-trailer out of the bay, but that nasty crash still remains. we have only the two left lanes getting by at this point. kind of keep switching between two and66 at west ox road inbound and outbound a bit of volume. nothing major. headed southbound out of frederick, it's slow. just volume, no actual incident happening there. wide look at things overall, no major problems. when you're looking at the beltway. slow top of the beltway and inbound 395. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> we have a traffic alert to let you know about that could affect your drive to work this morni

it covers outlets in 23 states including virginia. if you bought them the company is urging you to return them for a full refund. >>> we had a wild night. >> hail. first time i've actually been able to pick some up and take a picture of it. things are much calmer this morning. >> all that rain severe weather was with a cold front. that front has now cleared the area and today for the most part a really nice spring day. 63 degrees is the temperature right now. winds at about 13 miles an hour. it is going to be a bit breezy on and off throughout the day so you might want to grab that light jacket for your commute between can 6:00 and k8, roads will be drying out. temperatures in the upper 50s. still upper 50s from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. planet -- plenty of sunshine you'll definitely need your sunglasses. yesterday, it was feeling a little bit humid. that does not going to be the case today and if you are heading to the nats game tonight as they take on the cardinals, might want to grab the jacket. by last out, temperatures will be in the lo

in virginia for support. >> i am in your future. >> a win for nicholas a win for virginia families. reporting in northern virginia zachary kiesch news 4. >>> well right now a new search is under way for two missing children in montgomery county. >> news 4's derrick ward is live in germantown where police say they are expanding their search even more. good morning, derrick. >> good morning. we are now in a section of germantown right off great seneca highway. a wooded area where there are at least two canine teams working. of course this is all about the search for the hoggle children who haven't been seen since september 7th. that was the day two-year-old jacob and three-year-old sarah hoggle went missing along with their mother catherine. she showed up a short time later but with no information on where the kids were. she would only say they were safe. she's been under psychiatric care since then and people have been searching since then. this effort got under way. based on no new leads according to police just a matter of expanding areas they have already covered. they brought a l

. >> the new virginia theme stand, we have a crab stand, and this year we're doing virginia. we have country biscuits with virginia ham, we have chicken which is cut oigbiscuits, and have a crunch which is a house made cracker jack with virginia bourbon, peanuts and care medical fused baymar. >>> and the cheese on white august the i up to the heat turkey quack mollye quack molly. >>> and we have new flavors. a new york style thin crust, we think fans will love it made here fresh in the park. >> so the virginia angle is new? >> absolutely. we had d.c. maryland and now finally virginia. so the full region represented. >> reporter: a lot of different things to appeal to everybody. you saw specialty cocktails, they have fun names as well p. the first pitch is at 4:05. gates open at 1:30. >> megan, you have us all hungry. >> reporter: i know. i want a biscuit. >> me, too. >>> we've been seeing the construction around the ballpark for years. some of it has now turned into restaurants and places you can spend time with your family. take some of those prices are holding es in honor o

panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley and into west virginia in the mid 40s there. low to mid 50s around the metro areas. highs today should be climbing into the upper 60s. the district may be around 70. a cloudy day as well maybe a little peek of sun across northern virginia. highs from loudoun county through prince william. stafford spotsylvania should be in the upper 60s. st. mary's and anne arundel into the 60s. right by the bay a little breeze off the chilly waters of the bay, only near 60 degrees for a high later this afternoon. counties along the pennsylvania border frederick, washington panhandle of west virginia over to cumberland in the mid 60s. low to mid 60s, shenandoah valley into the mountains later today. a lot of clouds there as well. then overnight tonight we'll be down to near 50 degrees and tomorrow another day with a lot of clouds. highs again upper 60s near 70. next chance of rain is tomorrow evening. and lingering into maybe friday morning. then some sun back friday afternoon with warmer temperatures. should make it into the low 70s. beautiful

there's a big batch of steady rain from southern west virginia across southern virginia. had is passing through the northern neck and southern maryland. that's a metro area now it's just a little bit of lingering sprichk spring sprinkles. this area passing over the next half hour or so. damp roads this morning maybe a sprinkle. even where the rain stopped. some of that dampness is going to linger. we have a lot of humanity in the air -- humidity in the air. the afternoon commute milder air moves through but wet roads through passing showers and a rumble of thunder maybe as it moves through. next weather and traffic on the 1's coming around 6:11. a -- 6:41. >> thank you. >>> 6:31 right now and firefighters are still working to put out a fire that started at a roofing company in prince george's county. more than 13 hours ago this fire cost more than $1 million in damage and destroyed two fire engines. zachary kiesch is on the scene where firefighters are working on hot spots out there. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. looks like it's wrapping up for the most part now. this

thunder way out in west virginia. in the north, northern montgomery frederick, howard panhandle of west virginia, just a few scattered sprinkles there. winds gusting to around 25-mile-per-hour. it will stay with us through the day. temperatures by 8:00 a.m. mid-60s with a light to moderate shower. maybe a few sprinkles around noontime. by then, should be around 70 degrees. then hitting the mid 70s we'll likely get thundershowers rolling true. there is only a very small chance one of those thundershowers would produce any wind damage. but there is a row risk of wind damage as some of the thundershowers roll through late this afternoon into early this evening. a look at the new hour by hour rain timing and storm timing coming up at 5:51. >>> somebody hit a deer? >> maryland 95 south as you're approaching 32 and because of that, we have two lanes blocked. at 175, not seeing a problem, at 32 not the seeing a problem, so it is right in with those two. hopefully out of the way here shortly. taking a look at travel time, 66

enrollment numbers rpts quite adding up at a northern virginia school. community leaders say it is fueling a racial divide at thomas jefferson high school. zachary kiesch is live outside fairfax county headquarters with what the numbers reveal. >> reporter: yes, good morning. i don't think that these community leaders are saying that the students that get in here aren't deserving or that they want to see the requirements lowered. but they would like to see it diversified a bit. if you walk through the halls, six out of ten students are asian and the students that have been accepted for the incoming freshman class, we know that that only increases. 70% of the students that have been accepted are asian. that's the highest number that they have ever seen here. # 493 students accepted 342 asian, 102 white 12 hispanic and just eight blacks. the fifth year in a row that fewer than ten black students have been accepted. the numbers are even more stark when you look at income level. now, some in the community want to know why we're seeing such a lack of black an

have another band of light rain coming into west virginia. that too, is on a track to get closer to the metro area, but thatment would be won't be until 8:00 9:00. we're in the 40s from the mountains to the bay. mid-40s right around the immediate metro area. a little bit of fog in the air. a damp morning. cool afternoon. storms likely friday afternoon. a look at your drive time forecast for the day ahead next weather and traffic on the 1s. now alexis in with an update on that crash. >>> this crash is route 50 east at route 202. the right lane and off-ramp are blocked. only getting by to the left. so give yourself extra time heading this this direction. also there is wet pavement so be careful. heading into charles county if you're heading up on route 10 5 or 301, you're traveling at speed. no skipts there. the beltway at colesville road looking good. a little slow as the moisture is moving in a little uponing on the roadway, so do be careful in this area. back to you. >>> a developing story involving the secret service this morning. a senior

getting a few sprinkles way out here in west virginia. those may be moving closer to the shenandoah valley later this morning. low clouds with temperatures now in the 50s. but by mid morning some sunshine breaking out here. by noontime, beautiful. but those showers out of the mountains will get closer to us in the afternoon. these are scattered showers by 4:00 p.m. some could have some rumbles of thunder. then they pass off, mainly east of washington. between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m.ering sprinkle during the evening hours. otherwise, we'll be clearing out. should be dry for the nationals game tonight. dropping down into the 60s after reaching mid 70s in the mid afternoon. how is the commute now, melissa? >> kind of nasty. we're talking about the outer loop of new hampshire avenue. that's a little -- kind of what we normally see, but we are seeing some bigger backups as you're approaching new hampshire avenue. so a little bit slow there. taking a look at 66 into town a little slow this morning. this is because of that crash we showed you a littl

taking a look at 66 and then 95 in virginia 66 is nice and green. 95 in virginia i'm noticing here as you are approaching the beltway, something happening northbound a little bit of a slowdown there. we'll check that out for you when i come back at 5:11. 270, northbound southbound no major issues. we do have some construction still up near buckeystown pike. >>> the wild weather has moved on. the lightning, the rain hail caused damage to parts of our region. people lost power overnight as well. we're live in arlington with a look at the damage there. megan, good morning. >> well, good morning. we have some p power outages in the area, 400 or so in northern virginia and some of those outages caused larger problems like you can see here. we're on nelson street on arlington and you can see the mess that a downed power line made overnight here. this car a police loss. it delongs -- belongs to dan here. tell us what happened. >> about 9:30 we heard a big crack and the power line came down that way and it started burn from one end to another. it was geysering, it was like a slow burn fuse an

mid-30s across central virginia southern maryland. temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees or more colder than we were at the same time yesterday morning. so compared to your way out the door yesterday, you need an extra layer of fleece this morning. cold start will not interfere with the warm-up at all. full sunshine strong april sunshine will make for a gorgeous day. highs near 7 on going out this evening, early even temperatures in the upper 60s. have a light jacket ready this evening. radar, no raindrops near us. next chance for rain tuesday. it isn't going to be a complete washout. but we will have to watch this ripple in the atmosphere across the ohio valley. and teaming up with moisture out of the gulf of mexico that's the reason for the rain chance on tuesday. seven day-day forecast includes all of this information and more 70 today. 75 tomorrow. even still near 70 with raindrops tuesday. most of the rain tuesday is out of here by 4:00 5:00. back to dry weather wednesday, thursday. better rain chances late next weekend. get the pict

parts of virginia dipped down into 40 degrees. including spotsylvania and fauquier and culpepper, and the panhandle of west virginia in the 40s as well. most locations, mid 40s. there's the washington monument now. mostly cloudy sky by 8:00 we'll be hovering around 50 degrees. by noontime, mid 60s. ought to hit the mid 60s with a lot of clouds coming in with some rain moving in tonight. but the nationals as they return off a big win in boston yesterday, they're playing the phillies tonight. first pitch is at 7:05. and it's going to be cool. so wear a jacket. we'll be back down into the 60s through the game by the last cloudy sky near 60. looks like the rain will stay away. look at this carpet of pink blossoms. knocked down by tuesday's rain. this was taken by one of our nbc4 interns. what a great eye, what a wonderful photo there. you can post your photos on facebook and twitter. on instagram as well. then tomorrow, we'll have maybe a morning shower coming through. leading edge of the rain may not come in until around dawn tomorro

the planned 55 pile pipeline would threat through west virginia virginia and into north carolina. >>> a developing story out of los angeles, we know a husband and wife are recovering after being rescued from a burning building. let's go to the video. you can take a look and see the top floor of this five story structure. many were able to escape. it took more than 170 firefighters to get the flames under control. the cause is still being looked into this morning as well as why the building didn't have sprinklers. back to you. >>> the uconn women's basketball team waking up with their third straight national championship. this is also their tenth overall win for the huskies after knocking off notre dame 63-53 last night. uconn had just one loss this year and is 78-1 over the last two years. >> that is incredible women's basketball program at uconn. they beat hear land in themaryland in the final four. >>> we just learned an update on an ebola patient. we'll share the good news. >>> and hurt on the highway after a man threatens a family with a chain saw in a fit of road rage. how the co

as out in east and west virginia. these are tracking up into pennsylvania. it is mostly cloudy a few breaks in the clouds now. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s. nearby suburbs inside the belt way. outside the beltway, right near the bay in the mid 50s. fairfax and loudoun, generally in the mid 40s. frederick county, maryland in the 40s to mid 50s. out in the mountains, near 50s and 40s as well. a milder start this morning. but you'll notice it's rather humid this morning. temperatures will be climbing to near 60 by mid-morning. maybe a little bit of sunshine. cloudiness by noontime in the mid 60s. hovering near 70 by the time we get to late afternoon. that's when we'll get some showers developing to the west then toward the metro area later in the day and into the evening hours as the showers come on through. temperatures drop back 60s and 50s overnight. cooler, cloudy, a little bit of drizzle off and on. temperatures in the mid 60s and then on saturday we dry out. a little chance of a sprinkle. otherwise, partl

so far virginia voters have clinton ahead offof rand paul. we'll bring more updates on nbcwashington.com. >>> it's 6:16. marco rubio could be the next to throw his hat into the race for the white house. the republican could announce his presidential plans as early as monday. a super pac will officially kick off fund raising efforts for him today. >>> take a good look at the man in the photo right here. he's from prince george's county. his name is russell savoie. police say he's missing and they're hoping you can help find him. he was last seen yesterday morning on martin road in brandywine wearing a red, white and blue sweater with a light blue winter coat and dark blue pants. >>> right now 95 million people across the midwest are bracing for more severe weather. take a live look at the current conditions in st. louis. this is the calm before the storm. eight tornadoes were reported yesterday in oklahoma kansas and missouri. and take a look at this hail from farming ton, missouri. baseball-sized hail damaged several cars breaking windows and

a former virginia lawmaker is at the center of this. joe morrissey has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with that woman. her father clearly upset about it. morrissey pled guilty last year to a misdemeanor related to his relationship with this woman. she was a teenager at the time. he was sentenced to six months in jail as part of this deal. during the day he remained in the virginia legislature. in court yesterday, a judge dismissed charges against morrissey which accused him of forging documents related to his previous plea. >>> time is running out for law hagers in indiana. they're trying to rework the controversial religious freedom law that sparked nationwide fuchlt chlt furor. catholic bishops in indiana have condemned the law. another christian group says it's moving its 2017 general assembly from many. in arc saykansas governor much in-son says he will not sign a similar bill without big changes. >>> we could see more majordevelops day. jay gray joins us with more. >> reporter: lawmakers rewriteing portions re

there goes the virginia railway expression out in bristow, virginia. inbound to union station. i have been talking to a couple of of the commuters around here. they say this is far and away better than driving interstate 66 into town. it's little chilly out here this morning, skies have cleared out just enough to allow for a substantial drop in temperatures. we're at 47 degrees here this morning and there are areas of fog to contend with. sun's up at 6:32 this morning. a few more minutes away. it will be a nice enough day today. get some sunshine into early this afternoon. highs up near 70 degrees. tom's talking about the weekend with your seven day forecast coming up at 6:21. back in to you guys. >>> -- did not shoot. unit right there, stand off, stand off. the goun is loaded. stay off! >> a police officer in arizona will not face charges for hitting a suspect with his patrol car. this dash cam video released by police shows the suspect being hit. police say the man robbed a 7-eleven. set fire to a church and stole a rifle. this all happened within a few hours back in february

have another band of light rain coming into west virginia. that too, is on a track to get closer to the metro area, but

taking a live look on 95 in virginia. dale city here northbound and southbound no issues over to prince george's county. branch avenue pennsylvania avenue and indian head highway, everything rolling along quite nicely there. b.w. parkway, 29, everything into and out of town just fine. we have this construction as well. talking about the inner loop between georgetown pike and the toll road. that right lane is blocked until 5 clock. >>> we're staying on top of the developing story in baltimore. the public schools are planning to open as scheduled. the school system will make the final decision at 5:30 this morning. we'll pass along that information to you as soon as we receive it. teachers and counselors are planning special activities to help students learn from what happened in the city. the top administrator said they're working to identify those students who were looting on monday and that violators will be punished. you can help marylanders rebuild. larry hogan launched maryland unites.org. the website is a one stop sh

virginia voters favor pot. minutes ago a brand-new poll was released and it shows virginia voters support the legalization of medical marijuana. 86 to 11%. 54% of voters in the commonwealth support the recommend kreegs al use of marijuana. poll says she low -- they like how the governor job is doing. >>> it is now 6:19. you are concerned about a dangerous trend in northern virginia. the rate of prescription drug and heroin use is on the rise. community members are coming together to discuss solutions to this problem. >> these conversations need to happen at 8, not at 13. maybe we should talk about that. >> many of the residents at the meeting in fairfax county had lost loved ones to prescription or heroin overdoses. they say educating young people on the dangers is only one solution. >> a young couple and their baby were kill when a concrete slab from a sidewalk construction project fell from a bridge on to their truck. the construction site is part of a washington state department of transportation project to

virginia is expected to see a growth. and charles county 55%. >>> one of the oldest buildings on the national mall may soon reopen to the public. the 144 arts and industries building is right next to the smithsonian castle. officials hope to turn it into ainnovation center but scrapped those plans. the acting secretary of the signature sewnian now says it will reopen for the short term for exhibitions and other special events late this year. it's really cool. >> look how grand it is. >> on the outside and inside. >> maybe a good chance to take a look at exhibits coming your way. >>> a big day ahead for metro as it tries to improve your daily commute. in a little more than an hour they will be debuting their newest rail cars along the blue line. the challenges you'll notice on board that can make your ride an easier one. >> we want to take a live look outside where we had a lot of clouds overnight and tom is saying the rain is coming down. how the showers are going to . >>> right now on news 4 today, improving your ride to

the average is $2.20 in virginia. $2.38 in maryland. west virginia $2.39 and $2.55 in d.c. retailers and refineries are dropping prices to chase the demand from american drivers. >>> caught on camera, man holes explode. one after the other. after the other. what caused the metal covers to fly high up into the air? >>> and the white house on lockdown. you won't believe the pint sized perpetrator who caused it. why a toddler had everyone there on edge. >>> take a live look outside at the capitol. pretty dome lit up there. where congress returns to work today. not too cold. 54 degrees outside the studios in northwest. tom kierein is back with your hour by hour warm- >>> this is -- >> watch yourself. >> heads up! >> a manhole explodes. take a look at that. sending the cover flying 100 feet in the air. you can see it above the buildings. the moment was caught on camera while a reporter was interviewing a man in buffalo, new york. an underground electrical fire started around noon yesterday. witnesses say smoke was pouring out of the manholes and eventually causing three explosio

today first lady michelle obama is headed to virginia. she will be in manassas visiting a technology company to announce new commitments to serving america's veterans. it's called joining forces and it encourages businesses to train and hire veterans and military spouses. >>> a face only a mother could love. that's how a lot of folks are describing the new national security agency mascot aimed at encouraging employees to recycle. >> it's just a big blue recycling box. >> his name is dunk, apparently. the new mascot. twitter lighting up with comments about this. you've called the mascot the stuff of nightmares. [ laughter ] others say it's breaking new ground for creepiness. [ laughter ] you can see in this video the mascot is a blue recycling bin. >> do you think it's the pink shorts causing the creepiness or the weird shoes? >> people give me an aside when i wear pink shorts. if you want to see that more closely or scare your children, it's on the facebook page. it's odd looking. >> that's all right. he doesn't look like he needs an extr

here's a look at the beltway in virginia. braddock road no reports of incidents or delays in this area. still looking slow at 270 out of frederick at old hundred road. we'll keep you updated. angie and eun, back to you? >> right now your commute is changing in a big way on the red line. metro is switching back to automatic train operation this morning. nearly six years after that deadly crash near the fort totten station. megan mcgrath has a look at what the passengers can expect this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning. it was back in 2009 that that

there's another wave here in southern virginia to southwestern virginia. that will move in later this morning. a few sprinkles in prince george's montgomery and the district. south of washington is moving into charles county saint maries will be moving in over the next half hour or so. temperatures will stay in the 60s and jump to around 70 by noon. a few spotty showers. occasional light rain during noontime. then maybe a passing moderate shower perhaps a flash of lightning. there's a small chance of that. by then into the mid 70s. a look at the wet pattern continuing over the next several days. when we'll finally dry out. melissa has an update on your commute now. >> breaking news. we still have the problem in al soond alexandria. you have to they highland pole and frye to get around this water main break. megan mcgrath on her way out there. beltway and top of the beltway 95 and 270 no problem at all. ten minutes. 66 east from fairfax county parkway to the beltway 11 minutes, and 95 north quantico five minutes blind sbehind this morning. remember to liste

a balmy freeze this morning ahead of rain falling all across most of west virginia. a little thunder and lightning there. locally just a few sprinkles of light rain. in this area in loudoun county, washington frederick, northern montgomery howard county getting just a few light sprinkles right now. those may be spreading closer to the metro area over the next hour. right now low to mid-60s. breezes gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour. washington monument under a dry sky, but have an umbrella ready. we'll have bluster we rindswinds through the day. showers and thundershowers looking likely this afternoon and this evening. got your bus stop forecast for this friday morning next weather and traffic on the 1s. any volume building yet? >>> we do have control i'm building. 95 southbound approaching route 32, take a look here, just a little bit of volume. the deer has been cleared out of the way. again, just seeing volume green single tracking. 95 north at prince william parkway, there a crash reported. just a twlarng. one warning there. inner loop and outer loop moving along.

a virginia lawmaker at the center of it. former delegate joe morrissey has been accused of having annen appropriate relationship with that woman. her father clearly upset about it. morrissey pled guilty last year to a misdemeanor related to his relationship with the woman. she was a teenager at the time. he have sentenced to six months in jail. during the day he remained in the virginia legislature. in court yesterday, a judge dismissed charges against morrissey which accused him of forging documents related to his previous plea. >>> johns hopkins hospital and university fising a billion dollar lawsuit. it's alleged hopkins conducted human experiments in yacht moleguatemala in the '40s. several victims and their families say hopkins doctors and the u.s. government infected children psychiatric patients and prison inmates with sexually transmitted diseases. the study was to test whether penicillin could treat stds. hopkins says its doctors never directly took part in the experiment experiments. >>> today robert durst is expec

leesburg virginia 56 at 10:00 a.m. 63 noon time. 70 for much of the afternoon. no weather slowdowns today. green light conditions for anything you want to do outside, seven day forecast coming up. >>> new this morning, pedestrian hit along the cherry blossom ten-miler route in the district. a picture of what the scene looked like this morning. take a look. 1600 independence avenue in southwest. organizers say the race has been rerouted between mile marker 4 and 6, to avoid the scene. route is a half mile shorter. park police say one person taken to the hospital. no word on their condition. >>> also new we are working to find out condition of two people hurt in the wrong way crash on the beltway. it happened early this morning, causing big delays as you can see, on the outer loop near the landover road exit. maryland state police tell us the person driving on the wrong side of the road was hurt along with a passenger. highway is open again now. >> new information to share about the death of a toddler in prince georges county. we now know that the child wandered i

across northern virginia, reston town center doing pretty good. as you look to the north sugarloaf mountain. skies are blur and bluer. 50 in hunting town and calvert county. the rest of your morning cool. some clouds out there, but not enough to bother anybody. by later this afternoon, plenty of sunshine. temperatures making their way into the mid 60s. rain chances are back and not too far from now. i'll talk more about that when i see you next with the seven-day. >> thank you so much, chuck. today is easter sunday. new this hope, pope francis delivered his easter message. the pope prayed for the middle east peace process to be resumed and for the iran nuclear framework to be successful. he called for peace in syria, iraq, libya, yemen nigeria and south sue dachblt he specifically mentioned those who lost their lives in kenya. >>> closer to home, several churches across our region celebrating easter. >> news 4's derrick ward is live outside saint matthew's cathedral. >> reporter: good morning. you can see behind me, take a look at the scene ten or

a former virginia delegate is now suing his own party for taking him off the ballot. joe morrissey wants a court to review hundreds of signatures rejected by the democratic party. the sits are in his application to run for state senate. morrissey claims party officials deliberately rejected valid signatures. a party spokesman calls the allegation bizarre. morrissey severed jail time for having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old girl. >>> if you're hoping your kids stay near by for college, this might give you leverage. on line colleges.com has ranked a few cities in our area as among the best for millennials. virginia beach actually came in at number eight. d.c. is number 11 on that list. baltimore is 12th. tuition and cost of living factored into the rankings. >>> if you're headed to a nats game next week, get ready to pay up. a new study says nats games where some of the most expensive to attend. it costs a family of four about $230 to catch a game and that came from four tickets, two beers, four sodas, four hot dogs parking and two adult size hats. an

still rain falling across much of virginia southern maryland. storm team 4 radar shows you raindrops in northern fauquier winchester a little rain. inside the beltway, i think we're done inside the metro. raindrops southern fauquier down to stafford quantico fredericksburg those raindrops across far southern maryland as well. basically wall dorvedorf you're just about done. improving temperature throughout the day. temperatures chilly upper 30s to low 40s now. we'll climb to mid to upper 40s later this morning. 52 by 11:00 a.m. outside this afternoon, more sunshine and a pleasant finish to the weekend. highs today low- to mid-60s. that will be nice if you're going out for dinner and a movie, on the chilly side. at least it will be dry. back to work and school forecast coming up. >> thanks chuck. new from overnight, people smashed doors in businesses and stole items in baltimore. this was the scene showing looters in the streets. this following peaceful protests following the death of a 25-year-old man who died in police custody. the protesters a

west virginia virginia maryland the metro area all dry for the morning. temperatures right now, quite a chill in the air. just near 40 in montgomery and prince george's county. much of fairfax county and fauquier just near 40. chillier spots out in manassas, 36. we'll stay above freezing. live view from the tower camera looking east over northwest washington. headlines for the rest of the day, we have about a 30% chance of some showers this afternoon. and then a greater chance of showers moving in later this week. next week and traffic on the ones coming up at 6:11. your bus stop forecast and what to wear for this chilly mondaying. a look at your first 4 traffic with melissa. >> a brand new crash popped up. this is northbound indian head highway at farmington road. when i was talking to a couple of minutes ago, i said it's getting slow there and i came in and this is why. northbound indian head highway sounds like a serious crash, but it sounds like at least one lane is getting by. eastbound 198 at route 1, that situation in laurel with the fire. this is

to mark eight years since the deadly shootings at virginia tech. there will be tributes and exhibits. the events will include a 3.2 mile run to honor each life lost. 32 people died in the shootings. >>> new security changes at the white house could be approved today. the news4 i-team scott macfarlane broke this story on twitter. it calls for steel spikes to be added to the top of the fence outside of the white house. the changes are in response to that frightening incident where a man made it over the fence and through the front door before he was stopped. the commission of fine arts has to sign off on the changes today. >> and that fence is clearly inadequate. it's too easy. we had a 40-year-old iraq war veteran with bad legs bad knees make it over and make it into the east room. if that's not a wake-up call -- >> the national capital planning commission is expected to approve the plan next month. >>> you may have the day off work today as the district is celebrating emancipation day. today is the day that slavery shington, d.c. there's a parade d

and virginia. most work zone crashes are rear-end collisions make companying people aren't paying attention. >> we're just doing our job just like every job you have to go through. >> also in maryland, the state highway administration now uses speed cameras to send you a ticket if you're going too fast in a work zone. one camera along the beltway dished out over 72,000 speeding tickets in just about a year and a half. bottom line, slow down, and this final message from ronda. >> thank you. >> she's tough. last year nine people died in work zone related crashes in maryland. >> here is a story shared more than a thousand times on our nbc facebook page. some are calls it sharknado. this is a large school of sharks off florida's east coast. the photographer, he spotted the sharks. no word on what kind of sharks they r. definitely getting a lot of buzz on social media. it's that time of the year when we talk about sharks. where is the "jaws" music. >> i go to florida sometimes. we need to find out exact

the rain is here in southern virginia and north carolina. 's likely moving -- that's likely moving into the metro area but not until this afternoon. much of prince george's county 40s to low 50s. louden, fairfax, fauquier spotsylvania in the mid 40s. for the commute today, green lights for the morning and midday, but caution for the afternoon as we'll have scattered showers moving through. temperatures in the 50s. might see a little bit of sun. then cloudy in the afternoon. up near 70. some roads wet as the scattered showers will be moving on through. the pollen count is high. mostly now oak, mulberry and sycamore and ash as well. but it will get washed out of it, some of it tonight and into tomorrow. cloudy and cooler friday and in the 60s. maybe get a sprinkle or a drizzle, not wet all day. then saturday partly near 70. a small chance of a sprinkle. sunday, we begin a summer like pattern that will continue into the first full week of may. may hit mid 80s on tuesday. warm pattern continuing through much of week. >>> still have that issue at

. >>> still looking good as you're traveling the beltway this morning in maryland and virginia. running without incident. taking a look at d.c. 295, running at speed from the beltway, but as you approach 11th street bridge slowing down to about 39 miles an hour. so give yourself a little extra time there. beltway at colesville road reports of high water on the right shoulder, so be careful in that area. 395 north of edsall volume building. >>> 208ing metro's underground emergency and years of calls for a metro safety commission transportation leaders from across the region will take steps to make that commission a reality. know let demean is live at the l'enfant lasz plaz l'enfant plaza with details. >> reporter: this could be a big step toward winning back public trust creating an end safety commission that can take charge of all of metro rail operations with the power of enforcement are considered critical to making sure necessary safety improvements get done. now, this afternoon's meeting comes just months after a deadly smoke incident near l'enfant plaza that led to a woman'

here's a look at the beltway in virginia. braddock road no reports of incidents or delays in this area. still looking slow at 270 out of frederick at old hundred road. we'll keep you updated. angie and eun, back to you? >> right now your commute is changing in a big way on the red line. metro is switching back to automatic train operation this morning. nearly six years after that deadly crash near the fort totten station. megan mcgrath has a look at what the passengers can expect this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning. it was back in 2009 that that deadly accident occurred metro train slammed into another train that was stopped near the fort totten station. nine people were killed. many more were injured and following that accident metro stopped using their automated computer system. they went over to manual controls. well, since that accident metro has been making lots of safety improvements and they're at the point that they can return to the automated system and that's happening on the red line

west virginia virginia maryland the metro area all dry for the morning. temperatures right now, quite a chill in the air. just near 40 in montgomery and prince george's county. much of fairfax county and fauquier just near 40. chillier spots out in manassas, 36. we'll stay above

good morning, right now we're in the upper 30s and low 40s most of maryland and virginia. reagan national is at 51. around the bay, it's in the 40s and low 50s. farther to our west it's in the 40s. mere 50 in the shenandoah valley. a few spots in the mountains. we have a mostly clear sky. just past full moon there in the western sky. your headlines for this monday cool morning. but then mild weather moves in for the afternoon. then starting tomorrow we commence a wet pattern that will be lasting toward the end of the week. a look at takehat day by day coming up. now let's check on the monday morning traffic. no problems right? >> that's right. dry pavement. taking a look 95 at fairfax county parkway, moving along nicely. don't have any issues to speak of. taking a look at prince george's county again inbound, outbound you are fine. nice and green. not a lot of construction around. nice for a lot of folks who are on on spring break. no major problems inner loop or outer room. and 270 rolling along quite nicely. do have one piece of -- one situation i should say with a disab

beltway at river road in virginia the looking good. looks like a little bit of wet pavement in that area but no reports of delays or incidents. traveling out of leesburg on the dulles tollway, you're traveling at speed. 55 once you pass route 28. >>> more now on that deadly shooting at the census bureau. police are still piecing together exactly what happened at all these different scenes. kidnapping murder and police shoot-out. we have live team coverage for you this morning. megan mcgrath live in suit land at the census bureau where employees are expected to return to work today. >> reporter: that's right. they are going to be returning later on this morning. but they should know that the main gate at least for now is closed here at the u.s. census bureau. you can see behind me here, the tape that crosses the entrance. and we've seen a number of cars try to turn in and they're being turned away by authorizes at the gate. now, some pretty frightening moments for people who worked here but they will be returning to their offices today.

northern virginia bureau chief said he had no comment to the judge. he was arrested on possessing child pornography and today walker's attorney will ask for him to be released. >>> a man who jumped the fence last october is supposed to be in court today. he is seen on video being attacked by secret service dogs. investigators say on october 16th, he climbed the fence on the north lawn and went about 20 yards past it when he was taken down. president obama was home at the time of the incident. >>> the debate over security on the national mall is reaching new levels after that mailman on a political mission piloted his gyrocopter on to capitol grounds. some are calling it a major gap in security that could have been catastrophic if the pilot had more sip -- sinister motives. eleanor holmes norton has more. >> i want to make sure we don't overreact. i think this man has provided with us a practice opportunity. >> norad did not know that doug hughes was in restricted air space until he had already landed. he said he was able to do that by flying low enoug

that's been happening for the past couple of weeks there. 95 in virginia. newington, all those folks headed northbound nothing abnormal for this time of the day. looking at 66 headed into town you are fine. same thing if you're headed westbound on 66 this morning. back at 5:11. >>> we are watching the developments, all of them in baltimore today. the city's first night of curfew is now over on the left side of your screen. you can see what it took for police to enforce that curfew when it took effect last night. the image on the right is how it looks right now. we don't know what the protest over freddie gray's death will look like today. >> the city is stable. we hope to maintain it that way. we are going to place the national guard out at north -- >> baltimore police say that the curfew did work. this is the latest update from the commissioner about the protests there. he delivered that around midnight. we are expecting another update at noon today. police arrested at least 14 people overnight. some were looting. others violated the curfew order which end

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but these moving in to west virginia into virginia later take. and the timing on that updated timing just coming in now showing us some probably not severe. but after that it will likely turn severe. by 3:00 from washington county all the wae townway down to culculpeper storms will likely intensify. and then they will roll throughout metro area. still strong and maybe producing shall damage. as they cross the bay, they might reignite and get going again over the eastern shore. and then late in the afternoon, early evening, a few lingering storms. chilly morning. low to mid-40s. a little bit of drizzle falling, so grab apumbrella. city camera showing low clouds over us now. by noon ought to be jumping in to the 60s. hitting the 70s during the afternoon as the storms come through and then he said by 6:00 p.m.. followed by beautiful weather for the would he be he saidweekend. up 60s saturday, near 70 sunday. might get rain tuesday morning, dry after that into mid week next week. next a look at the potential risks coming up at 6:31. now with the morn