big boost by ukraine's announcement it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. pakistani officials also announced their nuclear stockpile is safe. and it came amid announcement from al qaeda that it has nuclear weapons near the border. we'll take a look at the weather forecast, another gorgeous day, chuck bell yesterday. >> good morning, yes, indeed, a beautiful day outside. not going to be quite so nice today. some much-needed april showers are not so far away. the closer showers are just now moving into northwestern pennsylvania and northeastern parts of ohio.

the local doppler shows no rain showers ott there on this early tuesday morning. but rain will be part of the second half of the day. so find your rain slickers and umbrellas. temperatures in the low to mid 50s, so a mild start to an april morning. but again with the chickening clouds and the arriving showers, temperatures won't climb into the 70s today like they did yesterday. cloudy and cooler, highs today, upper 50s and low 60s and once the showers come, they stick for the evening and overnight. but should pull out just in time for the morning rush tomorrow. >> good morning, chuck, we have breaking news on the capital beltway in maryland. this is going to be a mess, accident on the outer loop of the capital beltway as you head over towards new hampshire avenue. all the travel lanes on the outer loop we're told are completely closed right now. fire and rescue crews have been out there and the accident

occurred within the hour. those traveling from college park to i-95 and new hampshire avenue and silver spring. east-west highway inside the beltway, randolph road north of the beltway. outer loop of new hampshire avenue. northern virginia, a quiet start so far, a you make the trip north of out of fredericksburg to dale city, all travel lanes reported open. a new video shows the brutal beating of a university of maryland student at the hands of police officers. it happened as crowds celebrated a big win for the basketball team last month. now police have suspended one officer and are trying to identify a second to punish. news4's jacky benson has the story. >> we know he's singing a fight song. we know from the other video, he

didn't say a word to the officers, they don't give him any orders. and you can see what they do. >> reporter: attorney christopher griffith said these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old jonathan mckenna. said the injuries required head staples. and prince george's county police the night of march 3rd, when students filled into the downtown college park. both students were charged with assaulting mounted police officers. documents charge that the men struck the officers and the horses, the and that both men were kicked by the horses. the chashlgs have now been dropped. >> the charging documents are completely fabricated, to cover up the police misconduct.

>> prince george's police chief initially defended his officers' handling of the melee, that has changed. >> i saw the tape, i'll o outraged. we've identified one of the officer involved and he'll be immediately suspended. we're in the process of identifying the other officers and conducting an internal investigation. >> after that's completed, we'll move to the grand jury stage. >> reporter: the prince george's police department only recently emerged from a year-long investigation by an oversight committee involving force used by the police officers. >> and officials at james madison university want to avoid a spring block party. officers in full riot gear were called in after a number of fights and fires broke out. 30 people were arrested.

the president of the jmu called the ordeal an embarrassment and the school is working with law enforcement to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. a teacher helped stop a suicide attempt at potomac middle school in dumfries. a 12-year-old middle school got off the school bus with a gun, and pointed it at his head. the gun was not loaded, but police say the boy did not know that. that student now faces weapons charges. two people are recovering after they were stabbed outside a metro station. it happened at the bus stop outside the georgia avenue pet wort station in northwest washington just after 10:00 last night. police say one victim has life-threatening injuries and one victim was stabbed in the chest, the 0er was stabbed in the back. no word on motive or suspects. another man is dead and another injured after a

double-shooting in prince george's county. 6800 block in central avenue of capital heights, maryland around :00 last night. two adult men were taken to the hospital, and one died. the names of those victims have not been released. the grief continues over last week's explosion. the department of labor lowered the u.s. flags in front of its francis perkins building in northwest washington to honor the 29 coal miners who were killed. it was the nation's worst mining disasters in 40 years. federal investigation are still trying to figure out what caused the blast in raleigh county. there was a memorial at the state capital in charleston. chris clackham has the story. >> reporter: west virginia's governor asked the nation for a moment of silence on sunday, for the 29 voices that fell silent. >> our lives will change forever. it will be the strength of their

themmies are that enables you to carry on. >> reporter: crews returned to the upper big branch mine. for the recovery of the last bodies that remain inside. and as federal investigators move in to start work on what caused the explosion. >> no miner should ever lose his life in order to provide for his family. and i will do everything in my power to insure that we prevent these kinds of tragedies. >> this was the nation's worst mining disaster in 40 years. it's triggered another round of second-guessing of mine safety rules and resulted in funerals like this one in beckley sunday. where mourners formed a line a block long to play respects to william rose development clinch. a sad testament to how familiar west virginia is to

coal mining disasters. chris clackham, nbc news. meanwhile, in virginia, the governor restored $750,000 for mine safety inspections, the money had been cut from the budget. hundreds of students gathered in poleland to week to remember their country's president and 95 people killed in a plane crash over the weekend. polish president kazinsky, his wife and others were involved in the crash. sources tell nbc news that the president's coffin will be on display for the public beginning today. it's 4:38 right now. there's more ahead this morning on "news4 today." shoes fae's faced criticism sending her adopted son back to

russia. could she sfas charges? and the economy may be finally on the mend. and chuck and

i'm news4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a cloudy but mild start on this tuesday. temperatures in the mid and upper 40s. most of the western suburbs now 49 in falls churk. 45 in manassas, 45 in cull

pupper and germantown and 49 in martinsburg and 54 in downtown d.c. here's a look at regional doppler, you can see light rain showers encroaching on pittsburgh p.a., those are coming down to the southeast, coming our way. so as you make your plans for the day, don't forget the umbrella later today. not expecting any deluges, but it could be enough to get you wet. on the outer loop of the capitabeltway, new hampshire avenue, an accident occurred within the hour, three cars involved and for that time, the authorities had the outer loop of the belt ware blocked off. we're told by officials on the scene that everything has been pushed over to the shoulder. left side of the screen as you approach university wlfld if you look carefully in the distance, from college park over to silver spring and beths darks all the accident activity now out of the

travel portion of the roadway. so a little good news there, we'll keep you updated. 4:42 is your time now, 60 degrees, still ahead in this half hour, she's accused of three killings of her colleagues, could this college professor soon be charged with another murder? and the queen of daytime talk that will have everyone talking. he said he

this morning, federal investigators are looking into a deadly navy plane crash. the aircraft went down in a field east of blue ridge in fannin county, georgia. the crash killed the pilot and two others on board. rescuers are searching for a fourth person thought to be on the plane. the navy t-39 saberliner hit the house and sparked a fire in the woods where it crashed. a georgia forestry helicopter was called in to contain the fire. the plane, based out of pensacola naval air station was on a training mission. police arrested two teenaged boys and a man in connection with a mall shooting that left one person dead and five others injured. the shooting happened in oklahoma over the weekend. police say they are still looking for weapons and evidence. tennessee officials want to bring charges against a woman who sent her adopted son back to russia saying she no longer wants him. left week, tori hanson put her 7-year-old son on a plane to

moscow with a note she no longer wants the boy. the russian government has threatened to suspend adoptions to the u.s. and now the bedford county sheriff's office is trying to bring hanson in for questioning. but hanson's lawyer said the woman refuses to talk to tharts unless a charge is filed. >> is it appears to me that what we're going to have to do at this point is continue the investigation, try to dig into and get enough evidence to bring charges. and that's the only way we're going to get to talk to her, it looks like. >> boyd says he is requesting medical information from authorities and any records that allege the boy was abused while in tennessee. rumors swirling around washington as to who president obama will nominate to be the next justice on the supreme court. hillary clinton is the latest name to be tossed around, but the white house disspelled that

rumor. brian moore has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: the retirement of justice john pawn stevens gives the president another mark to p put. >> another care whether the judge is an activist judge we should do everything to defeat that nomination. >> reporter: republicans are promising a fight and democrats aren't giving ground, either. >> i'm going to assume that everybody is going to be responsible an we can move forward with this nominee and we should. >> reporter: the guessing game is in high gear. among the possible nominees, elena kagan. diane wood of chicago and merit garland. and janet napolitano and michigan governor, jennifer granholm. for a brief time, secretary of

state hillary clinton was briefly mentioned, about you was swiftly ruled out by the white house. >> president obama may surprise us all and pick somebody that none of us have been thinking of. >> with confirmation hearings expected this summer, the president doesn't have much time to choose the justice who will change the face, if not the direction of the supreme court. brian moore, nbc news, washington. nominations fights are nothing new. in fact the senate rejected within of george washington's nominees in 1795. the dow closed above mond12 for the first time in months. the dow has posted six straight weekly advances, its longest winning streak in a year. in the next few weeks, companies will release earnings reports and the government will release the latest unemployment numbers. time to check in with meteorologist chuck bell for a look at the day ahead.

will it be as good as yesterday. >> let's hope so. >> no. >> in a word. >> we need some april showers in order to get the may flowers, correct? >> i guess, yes. you got to be with me here. you left me hanging out there. it is a cloudy start out there, very little in the way of sunshine coming our way for your tuesday. but yesterday was gorgeous. if you like sunshine. keep a happy thought of how nice yesterday was. here's a look at live doppler, no rain on the radar yet that will be arriving later today. for you folks in northern maryland and the mountains of west virginia, the first raindrops may arrive as early as 9:00, 10:00 this morning. so as you get ready to send the kids out to the bus stop. temperatures in the low to mid 50s. but i gave junior the umbrella today because he's probably going to need it for showers on the ride home from school. for today, cloudy and cooler. afternoon showers likely.

highs in the upper 50s and low 60s and sunshine lovers take heart, the sunshine comes back took with highs in the low to mid 60s. jerry, over to you. >> let's check things out along the 95 corridor. it appears we're seeing a little more traffic volume now than we saw yesterday. we'll have to keep watching what's going on downtown for the closures around the convention center. in the suburbs, just a little volume along 95, an to 395. stay with northern virginia, we have a serious crash reportedly a head-on, route 28 near route 15 at the prince william county-fauquier county line. we're told that route 28 at that stretch is completely closed right now. and again, fire and rescue crews remain on the scene. we'll keep you updated. turning out to be a busy morning. jerry, thank you. another session of the maryland general assembly has ended with important bills passing through the state house. lawmakers worked well into the night to finish up the 2010 maryland legislature.

in the end, they passed state's $13.2 billion budget. and passed several measures, including a ban on hand-held cell phones behind the wheelnd new requirements to slow down the foreclosure process. settle this was one of the most collegial sessions of the five we've had and i was very elated to see the foreclosure bill go through so every home own will have the ability to bring the companies. >> the governor had a loose tie and sleeves rolled. lawmakers decided to change the state's slot machine policy. in hopes of enticing a bidder to develop in western maryland. still to come, he might have avoided criminal charges, but could the nfl still sack the steelers quarterback. and conan o'brien has a new tv ñq

an inquest into the 1986 shooting death of a man by a sister who is a accused of shooting and killing three colleagues. a district attorney orred inquest to investigate whether bishop intentionally shot her 18

-year-old brother to death at their home in massachusetts 26 years ago. the shooting was originally ruled an accident. the closed-door inquest is expected to run through friday. pittsburgh steelers ben roethlisberger will not face charge after an incident at a nightclub. but there are still other questions surrounding the nfl star who has been accused of the same thing in the past. jay gray reports. rip. >> reporter: we now know that pro bowl quarterback ben roethlisberger will not face a rush from the investigators after allegations of sexual assault. >> we are not condoning mr. roethlisberger's actions that night. but we do not prosecute morals, we prosecute crimes. >> reporter: ultimately the d.a. said there was not enough solid evidence, including dna. he also pointed to a letter from the accuser, indicating she didn't want to move forward with the case. >> she and the family did not

want this matter prosecuted any further. >> reporter: this evening, for the first time since reports of the incident surfaced, roethlisberger spoke from the steelers' training facility. >> i don't intend to discuss any details related to the events in georgia and inch i'm happy to put it behind me. i'm sorry for the disappointment and negative attention i've brought to my family, teammates, coaches, the rooneys and the nfl. >> reporter: there are reports lead commissioner, roger goodell could meet with roethlisberger this week. >> a lot of people are questioning his decision-making. questioning why he would put himself in that position. >> reporter: roethlisberger face as civil lawsuit filed by a

woman who said he raped her in lake tahoe in 2008. he has denied the allegations. tough hits for a quarterback who still won't take the field again for at least five more months. jay gray, nbc news. roethlisberger will meet with nfl commissioner roger goodell this week and could still face punishment from the league in the form of a fine or suspension. oprah winfrey mans may be surprised by one of her former flings. washington's own kitty kelly just finished an authorized biography with oprah and said the queen of talk had a relationship with john tesh. kelly claims that it reveals secrets of a public person with a private life.

what's the first thing you're going to do? >> well i thought about this. it wasn't that difficult, you know, after 18 years of playing america into commercials i'm going to go somewhere where i can finish a song, man. >> eubanks has not announced specific plans. he took over as guitarist in 1992 and became the musical director when marsalis left. comedian conan o'brien will have a new home. the former "tonight show" host is on a national tour since he left nbc this year. the yet to be named show will start in november on tbs. >> i think people will follow him over there. stay tuned, the news at 5:00 starts right now.

day one of the nuclear summit takes a tragic turn. a closer look at the accident laimed a woman's life. >> caught on tape -- these college students could face criminal charges for their actions. but now it's police officers in deep trouble. and you don't need change or a credit card to pay for parking in parts of the district. all you need now is a cell phone. good morning, i'm kimberly suiters. joe krebs is off this morning. it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today." it's 5:00 a.m., 52 degrees, quiet and dark outside the nation's capital, but a busy day around the convention center. >> and a rainy day, if we have to. meteorologist chuck bell joining us live. >> we're giving you a hard time, chuck, you know we love you. >> a barely got all that sleep, i don't live that far from the convention center, that parade of sirens and convoys, holy cow.

those of us that live in downtown, we're used to motor cades and sirens. >> nice and quiet this morning. temperatures in the mid to high 40s. 48 in rockville, 49 in fairfax. 55 downtown. and a little bit of rain is in our forecast. you'll be able to get your day started without any raindrops around. but raindrops become more likely by lunch-time and a pretty good bet around here by 3:00 to 6:00 this evening. so your forecast, territories in the 50s because of all the extra clouds and encroaching rain showers. but the sunshine comes back tomorrow afternoon with a high of 64. and jerry, i know how you like 75-degree weather and we've got some of those days coming up on thursday and friday. settle let's update you on what's going on on the capital beltway. a busy place, earlier there was an accident outer loop just after new hampshire avenue forced authorities to close all the outer loop lanes. that's wrapped up and over to

the shoulder. but now there's an accident on the inner loop of the beltway between university boulevard and new hampshire avenue. authorities working to get that to the shoulder. eyes on the road, both direction of the beltway between i-95 and university boulevard, things a little strange this morning. interstate 66 close in, no worries. authorities wrapping up an accident outer loop of the beltway just south of i-66. they should have that over to the shoulder. kimberly and eun, back to you. >> you can expect a lot of street closures in downtown washington once again today. president obama's nuclear security summit continues at the convention center with 47 world leaders attending the event. >> traffic did move relatively smoothly yesterday. unfortunately, however, there was one tragic incident involving a national guard vehicle and a cyclist. news4's megan mcgrath joins us live from northwest washington with more. >> reporter: we're here at a

security checkpoint at 6th and new york. you can see we have very light traffic here at this intersection. and we have seen that all day long yesterday. people seemed to have heeded the warning to stay away from the convention center. and some cases, folks decided to stay away from the city altogether and work from home instead so we actually had lighter-than-usual traffic yesterday. and that is the hope, that people will continue to do that. today now that remains to be seen. it's possible, a lot of folks will say, know it wasn't that bad yesterday, maybe i can sneak in today and that could change the dynamic, but we'll have to wait and see. yesterday things went very smoothly in terms of the traffic. a lot of folks simply staying away an the streets, we did not see the major traffic tie-ups that had been feared. now unfortunately we did have a terrible incident right around 6:00 last night. just as things were starting to wind down, there was an incident involving a d.c. national guard

truck and a bicyclist and the cyclist was killed. now a military spokesperson said the guardsman was stopping traffic at new york avenue and 12th street to allow a motorcade to pass through. when the five-ton truck collided with the bike. now the cyclist died on the scene. no word on who was at fault or the identity of the cyclist. although it's our understanding that the cyclingist was a woman. we don't know whose motorcade, which diplomate or was involved. they were doing traffic control to allow the motorcade to go through, that's when the accident happened, claimeding the life of the cyclist. widespread road closures today, same scenario as yesterday. the and the vernon square metro station closed.

bus stops because of the road closures, so we are expecting the same situation as yesterday and the hope here is that commuters will do the same thing that they did yesterday. and simply stay away so we can have another smooth day. and the accident involving the cyclist, still under investigation. back to you all in the studio. >> thanks, megan. inside the summit, president obama is hoping to convince more countries to back his plan to secure the world's nuclear weapons. he's already made some progress, thanks to china and the ukraine. tracey potts has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: china's president, hu jintao, said he's join negotiations to maintain tough sanctions against iran. that's a big deal, china has reluctant to crack down on iran, because iran provides a lot of chine's oil. >> they have already said publicly that if iran acquires the type of weapons capability,

they would use it. >> today world leaders are discussing how to secure all the world's nuclear material, especially in vulnerable countries like india and pakistan. >> it's like money in the bank. some banks were, it's not well protect and there's some banks where it's remarkably well protected. >> ukraine has agreed to give up all of its highly enriched uranium nuclear fuel. the white house was asked whether americans may be reluctant to store it. >> i think they'd feel far more secure knowing that that material is under safe lock and key and guard in this country. rather than potentially floating around somewhere else. >> the u.s. will help pay to help move that uranium, no word on what kiloliter cost or where it will go. while world leaders meet here, iran has announced its own nuclear summit promoting its right to develop uranium. it says for energy. not for bombs. from washington, i'm tracey

potts. two people are recovering after they were stabbed outside a metro station. it happened at the bus stop outsiou outside the georgia avenue petworth station last night. the names of the victims have not been released, no word on a motive or if police have identified the suspects. a key witness took the stand inside d.c.'s superior court in the case of a deadly shooting of a northeast d.c. woman. police say a man shot her after she and her mother refused to cook him a hamburger. pat collins reports. >> reporter: for the family of tanjinika stanton, a string of sorrowful days as they follow this murder case here at superior court. >> it would be very hard to go to the courtroom every day. >> it is. it is. >> reporter: you think about her

every day? >> every day, i look at her picture, every day. >> reporter: to the understand the loss, you have to understand a little bit about tanjanika stanton, 18 years old, smart, she just graduated from belleau high school. dreams of opening her own art gallery. she was a member of the book club, she averaged about a book a day. >> as a matter of fact she read to me her final exam paper for her english class on the subject of superman, the book by nieschke and she got an a on the paper. >> to understand the motive for this murder. a hamburger. they say the victim was sitting outside her mother's house, on the stoop, eating a hamburger. a guy comes by and says, give me that hamburger, and she said, no, my mother made this hamburger for me. the guy says, well go tell your mother to make a hamburger for me. and tanjanika called for her

mother and her mother came outside and the mother said, i don't fix food for people i don't know. the man walks away and he comes back and shoots through the door. to understand the courage in this case, you have to understand the government's key witness. a 9-year-old boy who was here on his bicycle on the day it happened. he says he knows the shooter. that he saw the gun. that he saw the shoots fired into that house. and he told that story to the police. and he told that story to a jury at superior court. i'm pat collins, news4. a new video shows the brutal

beating of a university of maryland student at the hands ever police officers. the video from the night of march 3rd, when students celebrated after maryland men's basketball team beat duke. the victim's attorney says the video proves his client was brutally attacked by police and the attorney says the photos of are another client who claims to have received similar treatment. prince george's county police have suspended one offerser and are trying to identify a second to punish. stay tuned to news4 with a live report with more details in ten minutes. an inquest into the 1986 shooting death of a massachusetts man whose sister is he cuesed of killing three colleagues at an alabama university is set to begin today. amy bishop is accused of shooting and killing three professors at the university of alabama huntsville in february. a district attorney ordered the inquest to investigate whether bishop intentionally shot her 18-year-old brother to death at their home in braintree, massachusetts, 26 years ago. the shooting was originally

ruled an accident. the inrequest evident is expected to run through friday. the u.s. senate joined all of west virginia in a moment of silence for 29 coal miners killed in last week's explosion. west virginia governor stood in the shadow of a coal miner statue as bells tolled. the gathered dignitaries including senator jay rockefeller and u.s. secretary of labor promised to help get answers about what happened in last week's tragedy. the nation's worst mining disaster in 40 years. >> no miner should ever lose his life in order to provide for his family. and i will do everything in my power to insure that we prevent these kinds of tragedies. >> meanwhile, in virginia, governor bob mcdonald restored $750,000 for mine safety inspections. that money had been cut from the budget. the department of labor

lowered the u.s. flags in front of its francis perkins' building in northwest washington. the president also ordered all united states flags on federal property in the state of west virginia to be flown at half-staff until sunset on april 18th. astronauts are space walking again at the international space station in the third and final space walk. the two floated out early this morning and they will be connecting fluid lines on the ammonia tank. they've put on the old tank aboard the shuttle so it can be returned to earth next week. the refrigerator-sized ammonia tanks are part of the station's cooling system. there's plenty ahead this hour, chaos on campus, what police are doing to prevent scenes like this. from playing out again. ♪ ♪ paying your taxes have you singing the blues? we'll show you how some people are taking out their frustrations on the tax man.

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good morning, everybody at 5:15, temperatures in the mid to high 40s in the western suburbs to the low 50s around town. a couple of showers in far western maryland. the real industrial strength rain showers that we'll have around here later today are still a couple of hours away. temperatures 49 in fairfax. cloudy and cooler today, with showers quite likely by late

this morning and into this afternoon. let's stake a live look in germantown along i-270, it looks good at this point. all the travel lanes are open for you. we have a problem on the baltimore-washington parkway inbound on the bw parkway, an accident with at least one lane blocked. police on the scene, we'll keep you updated. back to you. still ahead, this hour, more on the shocking video out of college park. what really happened after a university of maryland basketball game last month. o.j. simpson may have another day in court. and one of hollywood's biggest stars coming to washington, the cause that

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weapons-grade uranium and president obama met privately with china's leader to discuss concerns about iran's nuclear program. a local teacher helped stop a suicide attempt. police say a 12-year-old student got off the bus, got a gun out of his pocket and pointed it at his head. the teacher got the gun away. the student now faces weapons charges. university of maryland students originally charged with felonies for assaulting prince george's county officers now have video showing that they were the actual victims. the assault stems from some university of maryland students after a basketball game last month. taking to the streets near college park campus to celebrate. tracey wilkins is live the in the news room with more. >> reporter: police accused the two boys of assaulting officers on horseback on friday those charges were dropped. and on monday, this new video surfaced. showing some new disturbing details, let's listen in as the attorney for the two students

narrates the video. >> jack will come into view here. he's actually dancing on the sidewalk. we know from another video he's singing a fight song. eel stop. we know from the other video, doesn't say a word to the offersers, they don't give him any orders and you can see what they do. >> reporter: the attorney says these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old university of maryland student, john mckenna. the attorney says the injuries that he photographed including a head wound that required staples. he said these are photos of another client, 20-year-old ben done et who claims to have received similar treatment on the night of march 3rd. when students spilled into the downtown college park. both students were charged with assaulting mounted police officers. charging documents claim the men struck the officers and their horses and that both men were kicked by the horses. those charges have been dropped. griffith says the charges against his clients were a

cover-up to what police had actually done. >> the charging documents are a complete fabrication and they're fabricated for a specific purpose. they're fabricated to cover up the police misconduct. >> reporter: one officer in the video has now been identified and his police powers have been suspended as the investigation continues. the chief says two other officers will be suspended as soon as they are identified. i'm tracee wilkins, live, back to you. officials at james madison university want to prevent a repeat of saturday's chaotic spring fest block party. that event hended with harrisonburg police releasing tear gas on some of the 8,000 people gathered there. officers in full riot gear were called in after a number of fights and fires broke out. 30 people were arrested. jmu's president called the ordeal an embarrassment. he said the school is working

with law enforcement to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. well it started and all you need now is a cell phone to pay for some parking spots in the district. the program works by attaching a credit card and cell phone number to an online account when you need the space. there's a toll free number to call. just enter the location of the parking spot and the amount of time needed. pay by phone park something available at dupont union station and northwest near the 900 block of new york avenue. >> it sounds good, but i'm leery, because i'm afraid you'll call and get a busy signal. >> you need to set up an account now before you try to go to park, right? >> right. the concept is good. >> it's a good concept. you have to pay for it on your phone bill, then? >> your credit card. you give them the credit card number. and they'll charge you. >> my credit card bill and my

phone bill are already too big. i'm just going to put a quarter in the meter. outside on our tuesday, cloudy skies, regional doppler show a couple of light sprinkles, far northern and western maryland. rain showers are coming our way. temperatures now in the mid to high 40s. to about 55 downtown. but showers are in the forecast for later on today. highs holding in the high 50s to near 60 degrees. the extended forecast. a little sunshine, back tomorrow and beautiful weather comes back for thursday and friday. >> chuck, that is very good news. let's head out to see how the commute is going along interstate 66 right at the approach to the capital beltway. not bad. the inner loop from 66 up towards tyson's corner. moving along nicely. that's a hopeful sign. prince george's county, on the beltway as you head across the wilson bridge from the maryland shoreline, both directions of

the beltway between alexandria and oxen hill moving along nicely. there's more to come this hour. doing your taxes probably doesn't make you want to burst out in song. but we'll show you some people that are wailing over their w-2's. and good news for hundreds of thousands of americans are

on wall street, investigators investors are celebrating after the dow jones industrials closed above 12,000. it could be a psychological boost. the dow has posted six straight weekly advances, its longest winning streak in a year. in the next few weeks, companies will release earnings reports and the government will release its latest employment numbers. tax day is almost here and for those of you who haven't done yours yet, you're probably a little stressed right now. >> in philadelphia some people found a way to deal with all that stress. ♪ ♪ >> wow. this is the middle of downtown where some taxpayers blew off stress by singing karaoke. it made for some great entertainment for people passing by of course. and in the spirit of tax season, the care yoe oaki care oakky wa

offered for free. >> no word on if the beatles' "taxman" made it on the repertoire. a look at the historic agreements that have come from the nuclear summit. and how long will the wonderful spring weather stick around? chuck has the forecast, when we return.

good morning, everyone, welcome to "news4 today," i'm kimberly suiters. joe krebs is off today. >> and i'm eun yang. it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010. a live look at 5:31, 55 degrees, still dark out there, the lingen memorial in the distance. we're going to wonder if we're going to get gorgeous weather back today. >> unfortunately, it may not last. meteorologist chuck bell is joining us live with the forecast. >> i had the moon roof open on my way in to work this morning. i like a little fresh air that's how i roll. cloudy skies, 55 downtown, we're the warmest location on the map. most everybody is the mid to high 40s this morning. to near 50 alongside the

chesapeake bay. here's a look at the local radar, a couple of light sprinkles far northern and western maryland. they're sort of encroaching on the dwrar. the broader view shows more moderate to light rain showers in western pennsylvania, so we have rain in the forecast for today. arriving to the north and west of downtown, but eventually all across the area. mid to high 50s. your extended forecast, today the only cloudy, rainy and cool day for the remainder of the week. sunshine back tomorrow afternoon with a high near 64. and i know how you like 75-degree weather, we get it again with sunshine on thursday. it sounds good to all of us. let's head over to update you on the beltway. earlier this was an accident outer loop after new hampshire avenue, it took a few minutes to get everything cleared. it's out of the roadway. more than likely completely gone. and there was an accident the right side of your screen. the inner loop at new hampshire avenue. so the flashing lights might be a distraction.

but you should find lanes open. be cautious traveling up there. let's head over to see how we're doing on the beltway in virginia. outer loop at gallows road, authorities are wrapping thaup. the inner loop looks decent from springfield to the american legion bridge. out on the rails at this early hour. mount vernon square station remains closed because of the security summit. and vre and marc reporting no early delays. kimberly, eun, back to you. today president obama's nuclear security summit will continue at the convention center here in washington. 47 world leaders are trying to find ways to reduce and secure nuclear materials over the next four years. today's agenda will begin with a two-hour session about how the countries will go about securing those nuclear materials. after that a lunch session focusing on the role of the international atomic energy agency followed by an afternoon session on global security. the summit will wrap up later today with a press conference held by president obama and a closing reception at the

convention center. yesterday, the summit got a boost by ukraine's announcement that it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. pakistani officials insisted that their country's nuclear stockpiles are secure. that announcement came despite warnings from u.s. officials that al qaeda is pursuing materials for nuclear weapons near pakistani border. the summit is once again going to affect people who live and work near the washington convention center. most streets that have been shut will remain closed until tonight. so far, most traffic issues in that area have been mild. however, there was one tragic incident involving a national guard vehicle and a cyclist. news4's megan mcgrath joining us live now from northwest washington with more information there. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well there have been a lot of concerns about all the road closures we have in the area and what the traffic impact would be. but once again, so far, so good. we've got light traffic here on new york avenue. and rush hour yesterday was actually better than usual.

a lot of people making alternative arrangements, working from home when possible. so traffic was not a big issue yesterday. the hope is that that will be the case again today. now unfortunately, there was one major accident, an accident that proved fatal. it involved a d.c. national guard truck and a woman on a bicyc bicycle. motorists seemed to heed the warning, traffic on monday was lighter than usual. drivers took alternate routes and avoided the convention center. many avoided the city altogether. opting to telecommute instead. despite widespread road closures there were no major traffic problems. >> suffered very little, if any traffic issues. today we were able to move our engines and ambulances in easy, without any problem and i think people listened to the advice and it worked out well for us. >> reporter: but the day would not end well. just as things were winding down, there was a terrible

accident involving a d.c. national guard truck and a bicyclist. the guardsman was stopping traffic at an intersection to make way for a motorcade when there was a collision. the cyclist was killed. >> pulling forward to block as a the procession was coming through there was a collision between our truck and a cyclist. a fatal collision. >> reporter: and you're taking a live look here at 6th street at the intersection with new york avenue. you can see we're fwhot seeing much at all in the way of traffic this morning. and the hope is that will remain the case throughout the day. that people will listen to all of the warnings about the potential for traffic tie-ups out here. the fear being some folks might say yesterday wasn't so bad, maybe i'll try to sneak into town today. if enough people do that, we could have a different situation here. so the hope is that people will once again stay away until the summit concludes and these roads will reopen. now in terms of the fatal

accident yesterday, no word on who was at fault. no word on the identity of the cyclist who was killed or whose motorcade was getting ready to pass through the area. kimberly, back to you. >> megan mcgrath reporting live from the northwest thanks. another session of the maryland general assembly has ended with some important bills passing through the state house. lawmakers worked well into the night to finish up the maryland legislature. in the end, they passed the state's $13.2 billion budget and passed several important measures, including a ban on cell phones behind the wheel, stricter supervision for sex offenders and new provisions to slow down the foreclosure process. >> this is one of the most collegial sessions of the five we've had and i was very elated to see the foreclosure bill go through, so every homeowner will have the ability to bring the mortgage companies to the table before they can be thrown out of their home that one, i'm very excited about. >> lawmakers decided to change

the state's slots policy. senate democrats won a victory to extend unemployment insurance. it allows debate to begin on a bill to extend jobless benefits through may 5. republicans rejected an attempt to expedite the measure's passage by late march. senate house talks continue on a larger bill extend unemployment benefits through the end of the year. if the stalemate continues, each week, more than 200,000 unemployed people stand to lose those benefits. republicans say the bill adds to the country's deficit. tennessee officials want to bring charges against a woman who sent her adopted son back to russia, saying she no longer wanted him. last week, tori hanson put her 7-year-old son on a plane to moscow, with a note saying she no longer wanted the boy. a member of the hanson family has said the boy was violent and made threats to burn down her

home. the government, the russian government threatened to suspend adoptions to the u.s. and now the bedford county sheriffs office is trying to bring hanson in for questioning about the international incident. but hanson's lawyer says the 33-year-old woman refuses to talk to authorities unless a charge is filed. >> it appears to me that what we're going to have to do at this point is continue the investigation. try to dig into and get enough evidence to bring charges. and that's the only way we're going to get to talk to her, it looks like.d says he's requesti medical information from russian authorities about the boy an any records that allege the boy was abunsed while in tennessee. this morning federal investigators are looking into a deadly navy plane crash. the aircraft went down in a field in georgia. the crash killed the pilot and two others on board. rescuers are searching for a fourth person thought to be on the plane. the navy saberliner hit a house

and sparked a fire in the woods where it crashed. a georgia forestry helicopter was called in to contain the fire. the plane, based at a pensacola, florida training mission. mall shooting left a person dead and fire others injured in oklahoma over the weekend. police say they're looking for weapons and evidence. a nevada supreme court panel is scheduling oral arguments on pending appeals by o.j. simpson and a co-defendant in june. simpson and his co-defendant were tried together and convict entered 2008. the two men robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at gun-point in las vegas of items that simpson claimed were his. a courtroom clerk says a panel of three justices will hear separate 30-minute oral appeals from their laurgs. simpson is serving nine to 33 years in a nevada previn.

pittsburgh steelers quarterback, ben roethlisberger, will not face criminal charges after an incident at a a georgia nightclub. not enough evidence. but there's still many other questions surrounding the nfl star, who has been accused of this same thing in the past. jay gray reports. >> we now know pro bowl quarterback, ben roethlisberger, will not face a rush from investigators or the district attorney in baldwin county, georgia after allegations of sexual assault. >> we're not condoning mr. roethlisberger's actions that night. but we do not prosecute morals, we prosecute crimes. >> ultimately the d.a. said there was not enough solid evidence, including dna. he also pointed to a letter from the accuser, indicating she didn't want to move forward with the case. >> she and the family dw not want this matter prosecuted any further. >> for the first time since reports of the incident surfaced, roethlisberger spoke

from the steelers training facility. >> i don't intend to discuss details relating to the events in georgia and i'm happy to put this behind me and move forward. i'm sorry for the disappointment and negative attention i've brought to my family, teammates, coaches, the roanys and the nfl. >> reporter: while the county doesn't have any more question force the steelers quarterback, the nfl does. there are reports that the lead commissioner could meet with roethlisberger this week. >> a lot of people are questioning his decision-making. they believe maybe that nothing happened there, but they're questioning why he would put himself in that situation once again. put himself in harm's way, so to speak, for someone to question what went on in that nightclub. >> roethlisberger faces a civil lawsuit filed by a woman who said he raped her during his stay at a lake tahoe hotel and casino in 2008. he has denied the allegations and roethlisberger has filed a

counter-suit seeking damages from the accuser. tough hits for a quarterback who still won't take the field for five months. jay gray, nbc news. and we now know roethlisberger will meet with nfl commissioner roger goodell sometime this week. he could still face punishment from the league in the form of a fine or even a suspension. conan o'brien is coming back to television. coming up, we'll tell you where and when you'll be able to see him. a live look, kind of downtown. chuck bell will be back with the forecast and jerry duct system as the lungs of the house. expulsion of air. dust and dirt that helping the house to breathe. say i'm a doctor. not a doctor either. suction. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

a little bit of light rain now in far western maryland. out towards cumberland and garrett county. a couple of showers are in the forecast for later on this morning and early this afternoon. you can see the main cluster of showers now up towards cleveland, ohio. so as you get ready to send the kids to the bus stops, give them the umbrellas, they'll need them for the ride home this afternoon. cloudy skies, temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60. ier judge, over to you. >> let's see how things are going, checking route 355 up to 109, montgomery county, word of a truck that lost a load of

manure in the roadway. we'll keep you updated from a distance. downtown, it looks like we're doing well both directions along the key bridge. you get it all in this job. ladies? >> thanks, jerry. there's more ahead on "news4 today." up next, everyone may soon be talking about the queen of daytime talk, the man who says he used to date oprah.

here's a check on our top stories this morning. a cyclist died after being hit by a military vehicle involved in a motorcade driving to the nuclear security summit. the crash happened last night near 12th street and new york avenue northwest. investigators say it is not clear how the accident happened. poland is in mourning, student groups gathered in warsaw overnight and marched from the parliament building to st. anna's church in the center

of the polish capital for a service. pole lish president and his wife and other top executives were killed in saturday's crash. officials at james madison university want to prevent a repeat of saturday's chaotic spring fest block party. it ended with police releasing tear gas on some of the 8,000 people there. officers in full riot gear were called in after a number of fights and fires broke out, 30 people were arrested. university of maryland students originally charged with felonies for assaulting prince george's county officers now have video showing that they were the actual victims. the this all stems from some university of maryland students taking to the streets of college park to celebrate after maryland's basketball team played duke last month. tracee wilkins is live in our news room with details. >> reporter: police accused these two students of assaulting officers on horseback, on friday those charges were dropped and on monday, this video surfaced

showing some disturbing new details. let's listen in as the attorney for the two students narrates the video. >> jack will come into view here. he's actually dancing on the sidewalk. we know from another video, he's singing a fight song. we know from the other video, he doesn't say a word to the officers. they don't give him any orders. and you can see what they do. >> attorney christopher griffith said these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old university of maryland student, john mckenna. griffith said the injuries that he photographed included a head wound which required zaples. he said these photos are of another client, 20-year-old ben bennett, when students spilled into the streets of college park. both students were charged with assaulting mounted police officers. charging documents claim the men struck the officers and their horses and that both men were kicked then by the horses.

those charges now have been dropped. prince george's county's police chief said that initially he defended the officers involved, but now he's changing his mind after seeing the video. >> i saw the tape. i'm outraged. i'm disappointed. we have actually identified one of the officers involved. who played a role in this incident. and he's going to be immediately suspended. we're in the process of identifying the other officers and we will conduct an internal investigation. >> the other two officers are expected to be suspended when identified as well. there were 28 people arrested or cited that night in college park. i'm tracee wilkins live in the news room, back to you. thank you. time now to take in with chuck for a look at the weather today. >> it looks like a little rain is on the way, chuck, we can't blame you for it. >> of course you can't, don't be ridiculous. you can't blame me for rain. you can only credit me for sunshine when you like it.

we know the rules of the road around here. outside on a tuesday morning, clouds have moved back in. temperatures notice high 40s to low 50s in many neighborhoods this morning. 5 downtown. 48 degrees into southern maryland. 49 in fairfax and clouden counties, 47 in gaithersburg and germantown. 46 in maryland. on live doppler, no rain around the immediate washington area. a couple of lonely showers in far western maryland. more moderate rain showers now up near cleveland, ohio and pittsburgh, pennsylvania, you can sort of tell on the trajectory that those are moving in our direction. so so even though it's not that wet outside this morning, i would recommend your umbrella just to play it on the safe side. no real cold air anywhere around. we're going to have to wash out for the showers. it will be a criminally cooler day today. northeasterly breezes, clouds and encroaching rain showers will make for a fairly cool tuesday. rain on the way. the sunshine is headed south for

a day or so. but it will come back for the second half of the day tomorrow. here's a look at the futurecast model. the clufrter of showers rolling through, most should be out of here by midnight or shortly thereafter. and high pressure building down the eastern seaboard should shove dry air into place. and as a result sunshine coming back into the picture. southwesterly winds move back in and bring the warmer air back by the end of the week. highs upper 50s to low 60s. and your extended forecast here, nice weather back for tomorrow. the sunshine i get credit for comes back on thursday, chance of a shower or maybe a thunderstorm on fridayth and the weekend, there's a big question mark hanging over the weekend. saturday looks cloudy with a chance of showers and there's a chance we may have to put the raindrop on sunday as well. we'll keep you posted. for the most part this morning, clear, dry road surfaces close in. interstate 66 through fair oaks and vienna, en route to the capital beltway, incident-free.

let's see how we're doing elsewhere, trip south of town, the inner and outer loop crossing the wilson bridge, travel lanes reported open. it looks like we're moving along pretty well. getting word of a proeken-down vehicle near the capital beltway so coming through upper marlboro headed to the beltway, be careful if you're headed that direction. oprah winfrey fans may be surprised by one of her former flings. washington's own kitty kelley just finished a book on oprah. in it she claims the queen of talk had a relationship with john tesh. the book is the result of more thanç 850 interviews. kelley claims the book reveals hidden jets of a very public person with a very private life. comedian conan o'brien while have a new show on the cable tv network, tbs. the former "tonight show" host is on a national tour since he left nbc this year. yet-to-be named show will start in november. and knowing o'brien, its going to be the yet-to-be named

show for a long time. i will definitely tune in just to see what it's like. he's a celebrity face for patient safety, he was in washington to call attention to preventible medical mistakes. >> please welcome dennis quaid. >> reporter: dennis quaid was all smiles as he addressed a friendly crowd at the national press club. a long journey from the day in 20 w mistake nearly cost the lives of his newborn twins. it happened at a los angeles hospital. >> when my wife and i were in the room, a nurse unintentionally gave our children 1 now times the dosage of a dangerous blood thinner 1,000 times the dose. we this no way of knowing that. >> the twins recovered, but quaid and his wife were never the same. the actor and his wi oor has be

activist. >> my mission is to drive awareness, awareness of the shocking amount of harm that we have, that we can prevent and my message is a call to action. >> yad maintains in order to eliminate medical mistakes and improve patient care, health care professionals need to speak out. >> technologies like bar code systems smart infusion pumps, electronic medical records, automated infection tracking, bedside bar coding and cpoe all require investment and safe adoption, but they can have a huge impact. >> reporter: quaid says medical mistakes kill roughly 100,000 people a year. not because of bad people, he says, but bad systems, jane

watrel, news4. news4 continues now.

the top priority of the formal meetings today to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. how the obama administration is already making progress. good morning, and thanks for joining us for "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> and i'm kimberly suiters, in for joe krebs today, it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010. if you thought the dry, beautiful weather was going to continue today -- you're going to be sorely disappointed. >> if you're going to take credit for the sunshine, you've got to take a little blame for

the rain. >> no, i don't. this is washington, for crying out loud. you don't have to take the blame for anything in this town. >> we're not stepping in that. >> outside on a tuesday morning, clouds are sneaking back into the area and rain showers are not too far away. a couple of sprinkles already arriving in far western maryland, way west of hagerstown. 53 degrees downtown right now. clear skies have allowed maryland to drop into the low 40s. on the satellite and radar combination, clouds will continue to lower and thicken through the rest of the day. steadier rain showers up towards cleveland and pittsburgh. those are headed in our direction, so cloudy today, noticeably cooler. afternoon showers are a likelihood today. not expecting a lot of rain, about a quarter of an inch on average. sunshine back tomorrow and mild weather. it will be taking credit for,

jerry edwards, returns on thursday. >> chuck, let's head out to see how we're doing this morning. interstate 66, the dulles toll rood, beltway on the virginia side, doing okay. no hang-ups just a little volume. elsewhere, new york avenue picking up some customers now. a reminder, just because it was so great yesterday, doesn't guarantee it will go as smoothly today. mount vernon square metro stop, we still have the road closures in place. i suspect we'll have a few for folks out today than yesterday. to the north along route 355, 355 at 109 hyattstown, our debris will in the traveled portion of the roadway. 355 generally between hyattstown and clarksburg, authorities should be arriving on the scene to clean it all up. that's how we're doing right now, ladies, back to you. >> we know you have some choice words you can't say on tv this

early. thank you. it's day two of the president obama's nuclear summit here in washington. and this morning, leaders from 47 nations will take part in a formal meeting on nuclear weapons. the goal of today's meeting is to come up with a plan to lock away and cleanse the world of nuclear materials. yesterday, some major progress was made when ukraine announced it will get rid of its nuclear bomb-making materials. and president obama met with the chinese president, hu jintao, who agreed to work with the u.s. on possible sanctions against iran. because of the high security surrounding the summit, you'll have trouble getting around northwest washington again today. most streets surrounding the convention center will remain closed. traffic has been relatively mild in the area, although yesterday there was a tragic accident involving a military vehicle and a bicyclist.

megan mcgrath joins us with more. >> reporter: i don't know if you can hear the siren off in the distance there, we are starting to see some activity here this morning in the area around the convention center. they're moving military personnel into place to help out with security as we get ready to begin day two of the summit. so far, so good. traffic is very, very light again today. in the area of the convention center, we're standing here at the corner of 6th and new york avenues. and traffic is both definitely lighter than normal. a lot of people heeding the warnings to stay away. however yesterday there still was an unfortunate incident, a ferretal accident involving a military vehicle and a woman on a bicycle. motorists seemed to heed the warning. traffic on monday was lighter than usual. drivers took alternate routes and avoided the convention center. many avoided the city altogether.

opting to telecommute instead. despite widespread road closures, there were no major traffic problems. >> suffered very little, if any traffic issues. today we were able to move our engines and ambulances in easy without any problem and i think people listened to the advice and it worked out well for us. >> reporter: but the day would not end well, just as things were winding down, there was a terrible accident involving a d.c. national guard truck and a bicyclist. the guardsman was stopping traffic at an intersection to make way for a motorcade when there was a collision. the cyclist was killed. >> pulling forward to block as the procession was coming through. there was a collision between a truck and a cyclist. a fatal collision. >> reporter: and there's no word on who was at fault in that deadly collision between the truck and the woman on the bicycle. they have not released the name of the woman who has died and no

information on whose motorcade was getting ready to pass through the area at the time that this all happened. we're getting ready for day two of the summit. things are looking good so far and the advice here is for people to continue to stay away. even though it was good yesterday, you're asked to continue to stay away today. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath in northwest washington today, thank you. two people are recovering this morning after they were stabbed outside a metro station at the bus stop outside the georgia avenue petworth station in northwest washington after 10:00 last night. metro police say one victim has life-threatening injuries and they say another victim was stabbed in the chest, another in the back. the names have not been released, no word an a motive or if police have identified suspects yet. overnight prince george's county police found a woman stabbed to death. called out to 6600 block of 60th avenue in riverdale last night. the name of the victim has not been released. police have not released details

on the search for suspects. at least one man is dead and another injured after a double-shooting in prince george's county on the 6800 block of central avenue in capital heights around 8:00 last night. officers found two adult men with gunshot wounds, they were taken to the hospital where one died. no word on the condition of the other man. the names of the victims have not been released. senate democrats won an initial victory to extend unemployment benefits. monday's 60-34 vote allows debate to begin on a bill to extend jobless benefits through may 5en. republicans rejected an effort to expedite the measure's passage in late march. the move buys time while talks are extended on a larjser bill to extend unemployment benefits through the end of the bill. 200,000 unemployed people stand to lose the benefits. republicans say the bill adds too much to the country's deficit.

on wall street investors are celebrating after the dow jones industrial average closed above 11,000. that's the highest in more than a year. analysts say the market's move could be a psychological boost to draw more investors. the dow has posted six straight weekly advances, the longest winning streak in a year. in the next few weeks, companies will release earnings reports and the government will release its latest unemployment numbers. 6:08 is the time. 55 degrees. jason campbell sign as new contract with the redskins. what it means. and the names being mentioned to replace john paul stevens on the supreme court. and a new tell-all book about oprah spills a few secrets about the queen of talk. and big changes in the forecast. your weather and traffic on the 1's, coming up next.

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chuck bell. today, he's in the dog house. >> how did that happen? >> raindrops. >> my new recommendation for everyone out there, stay in bed. your co-workers are waiting to pounce on you and throw anything your way. 50 degrees in falls church. 53 downtown. 51 in brandywine and upper marlboro. 47 degrees in martinsburg, west virginia. a little rain into western mayor lpd. later today, the umbrellas will be required. >> let's see how the commute is going, on the beltway in virginia, the inner loop. near braddock road, moving along well. and dry pavement so that helps the drive. let's check things out the other side of town on the beltway near route 4, increasing volume along the way. we have a broken-down vehicle inside pennsylvania avenue. look for that one more stop to the rails, reminder, mount

vernon square station remains closed because of the summit. vre no delays and marc rail, one early delay, brunswick line train 872, six minutes behind schedule. >> we'll take chuck's advice, just stay in bed. >> wouldn't be that nice? >> too late for us. what the obama administration hopes to accomplish today as the nuclear summit wraps up. it's already received one plaj announcement. >> an american woman caused international outrage when she sent her adopted child back to russia. but is what she did actually illegal? >> we'll explain what's behind this amazing sight in the sky. [ sneezes ]

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two people were stabbed ououtside a metro station last night. it happened at the bus stop outside the georgia avenue petworth station in northwest after 10:00 last night. metro police say one victim has life-threatening injuries. in prince george's county, police say a woman was found stabbed to death inside an apartment last night. it happened in the 6600 block of 60th avenue in riverdale.

stocks are on the rise on wall street, the dow jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the first time in more than a year. analysts say the market's move could be a psychological boost that will draw more investors. expect another day of parking and traffic restrictions in northwest washington today, president obama's nuclear security summit will continue at the washington convention center. most streets surrounding the area have been shut down and will remain closed until 8:00 tonight. >> president obama is hoping to convince more countries to back his plan to secure the world's nuclear weapons. he's already made some progress on that front. tracey potts joins us live from capitol hill. >> reporter: there have been two big announcements out of the summit so far. one from ukraine and one from china about iran. china's president, hu jintao, says he's join negotiations to create tough new sanctions against iran. that's a big deal, china has been reluctant to crack down on

iran, because iran provides about an eighth of china's oil. the fear is if iran develops a nuclear weapon, it could end up in the hands of al qaeda. >> they have already said publicly, that if they acquired that type of weapons capability, they would use it. >> reporter: world leaders are discussing how to crack down and secure all the world's nuclear material, especially in vulnerable countries like india and pakistan. >> it's like money in a bank. some banks were, it's not well protected and there's some banks where it's remarkably well protected. >> reporter: ukraine has agreed to give up all of its highly enriched uranium. the white house was asked whether americans may be reluctant to store it. >> i think they would feel fal more secure knowing that material is under safe lock and key in this country, rather than potentially floating around somewhere else. >> reporter: the u.s. will help

pay to move the uranium, no word on what it will cost or where it will go. iran has announced its own nuclear summit saying it has the right to enrich uranium for energy, not for weapons. live from capitol hill this morning, tracey potts, news4. reports are swirling in washington this morning about whom president obama will choose to become the next member of the supreme court. the president will nominate someone to replace justice john paul stevens, who is retiring this summer. administration officials say the president is considering at least eight individuals. on the short list is merit garland, a judge with the d.c. court of appeal. it will likely set the stage for a tense confirmation battle on capitol hill. >> if he picks an activist judge, i don't care whether the activist judge is liberal or conservative, we ought to do everything in our power to defeat that person. >> i'm going to assume that everybody is going to be responsible and we can move

forward with this nominee and we should. >> hillary clinton's name has come up, but the white house disspelled those rumors yesterday. president obama is expected to make his decision by early may. tennessee officials want to bring charges against a woman who sent her adopted son back to russia, saying she no longer wanted him. a member of the hanson family has said that the boy was violent and made threats to burn down their home. the russian government has threatened to suspend adoptions to the u.s. and now the bedford county sheriffs office is trying to bring hanson in for questioning about the incident. but hanson's lawyer said she refuses to talk to authorities unless charges are filed. >> we'll continue the investigation and try to get enough evidence to bring charges, that's the only way

we'll get to talk to her it looks like. >> boyd says he's requesting medical information from authorities about the boy and any records that allege the boy was abused while in tennessee. the vatican's website makes it clear that high-ranking clergy should report any sex abuse to police. this is the first time the policy has been put in writing for public view. the catholic church has long insisted it's the church's policy to report abuse. right now, astronauts are space walking again at the international space station in the third and final space walk. the two floated out this morning, they will be connecting fluid lines on the ammonia tanks. they have to put the old tank aboard the shuttle, so it can be returned to earth next week. the refrigerator-sized tanks are part of the space station's cooling system. the world-famous northern lights can be seen far south as

oslo, norway. the aurora borealis is typically a sight in the north but for a time they can be seen in the norwegian capital because of increased solar activity. the northern lights are an unusual sight in this part of the world and scientists say people in southern norway will soon see the sights. when gases from the sun enter the earth's magnetic field. >> i saw them in iceland. >> you can see them kind of wafting across the sky like green smoke. beautiful. >> they are cool, i saw them once up in northern minnesota, it is very, very cool indeed. outside right now on your tuesday, it's also a little bit cool. here's a check of live doppler, no rain yet. but you can see a few sprinkles in far western maryland. part of a larger complex of showers moving into eastern ohio and western pennsylvania. they have eyes on us. so as you send the kids out to

the bus stop, pack them with the umbrellas, there will be showers for the ride home. sunshine is back tomorrow. to the american legion bridge, conditions are quiet. left side the inner loop, right side the outer loop. right now between i-270 spur all the way down to tyson's corner, to annandale, everything is moving nicely both directions. we'll see if it continues, loading up rapidly now at inbound 14th street bridge. i don't see flashing lights, but that's a little strange. we'll check out that and get right back to you. that's how we are right now. back to you. 6:22 is your time. a new biography about oprah winfrey said the talk show host is said to have an affair with john tesh. and police beating at the university of maryland caught on tape. the story behind it and while

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in 1995. eubanks' final day is the 28th. kpeedian conan o'brien has a new home on tbs. his new tv show will air at 11:00 p.m. monday through friday. the show will start in november. there is a new unauthorized biography out about oprah winfrey. washington's own kitty kelley just finished the book. she claims the queen the talk had a relationship with john tesh. this morning, tesh confirms he did in fact date win friday. the book is the result of 8 50 interviews. kelley claims the book reveals hidden secrets of a very public person and a very private life. the violent night in prince george's county including a woman found stabbed to death in an apartment. and the deadly accident

blocks away from a national security summit involving a cyclist and the d.c. national guard. and police needed pepper spray and tear gas to get

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a deadly accident involving a bicyclist and part of a motorcade. and internal investigation -- prince george's police officers could be facing criminal charges after a new video shows them beating an unarmed college student. good morning and thanks for staying with us on "news4 today." it's tuesday, april 13th, 2010 as the sun rises, it looks like another lovely day. but chuck bell says not so. >> there's clouds in the sky and we know what that means, chuck. >> it means limited amounts of sunshine for today. those clouds we see on our city camera shot just before sunrise, the clouds will lower and thicken during the course of the morning and rain showers, light as they may be, are part of our forecast for later today. temperatures to get your tuesday started, high 40s, low 50s pretty much across the area. you can see on doppler, one or two showers, more across western pennsylvania and eastern ohio, those are the rain showers that

are coming our way for later today, arriving first up into northern and western maryland so our forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies, apparently we're going to get a glimmer or two ever sunshine first thing this morning. but that's going to be just about it. our extended forecast here for the next four days, temperatures holding for the most part in the upper 50s today with showers moving in. mid 60s and there's more 75-degree weather in our future. breaking news in northern virginia, a very serious accident that occurred just a short time ago. details are very few right now. i-95 northbound, very close to the prince william parkway. you can see the accident, you can see the fire department is just pulled up. police are on the scene. at this point, it appears it might be a couple of vehicles and possibly the dump truck involved. there's a rather large debris field right here. so right now it appears from our vantage point with the traffic camera, nobody's getting by the main lanes of 95 northbound near the prince william parkway. this is a developing situation as the accident happened just

moments ago, we'll keep you updated on that and get more information as quickly as we can. your best bet for the commute, everything south of the accident scene, south of the prince william parkway. get over to route 1, it looks like nobody is getting by 95 northbound, the main lanes near the prince william parkway. what a mess, jerry. you can expect a loot of street closures in downtown washington again today, president obama's nuclear security summit continues at the convention center with 47 world leaders attending the event. despite road closures, traffic was mild yesterday. however there was one tragic incident involving a national guard vehicle and a cyclist. news4's megan mcgrath joins us live from northwest washington with more. megan, good morning. >> good morning, eun. we're seeing activity this morning, it looks like some dignitaries are beginning to arrive. a short time ago, a motorcade

passed through the checkpoint. quite a bit of security associated with that we're expecting to see more of it as day two of the summit begins. congestion is the area is pretty of nonexistent. there was a lot of fear about the road closures and the impact. we're seeing light traffic in the area. unfortunately yesterday there was a terrible accident. a fatal accident. a military vehicle and a woman on a bicycle. motorists seemed to heed the warnings, traffic on monday was lighter than usual. drivers took alternate routes and avoided the convention center. many avoided the city altoget r altogether. opting to telecommute instead. despite widespread road closu closures, there were no major traffic problems. >> today we were able to move our engines and ambulances in

easy, without any problems and i think listened to advice. >> reporter: but the day wouldn't end well. this was a terrible accident involving a d.c. national guard truck and a bicyclist. the guardsman stopping traffic at an intersection to make way for a motorcade, when there was a collision. the cyclist was killed. >> pulling forward, to block as the procession was coming through there was a collision between a truck and a cyclist. a fatal collision. that was megan mcgrath reporting live from northwest washington. inside the convention center this morning, leaders from 47 nations will take part in meetings about nuclear weapons. the goal of the today's meetings is to come up with a plan to lock away and cleanse the world of unsecured nuclear materials. yesterday, major progress was made when ukraine announced it would get rid of its nuclear bomb-making materials.

president obama also met with the chinese president, hu jintao. who agreed to work with the u.s. on possible sanctions against iran. the fear is that if iran develops a nuclear weapon, it could end up in the hands of al qaeda. >> they've already said publicly, that if they acquired that type of weapons capability, they would use it. >> the summit will end today, with a press conference given by president obama and a closing reception. two people are recovering this morning, after they were stabbed outside a metro station. it happened at the bus stop outside the georgia avenue petworth station northwest just after 10:00 last night. metro police say one victim has light-threatening injuries and one victim was stabbed in the chest, the other in the back. no word on a motive. overnight, prince george's county police found a woman stabbed to death. they were called to the 6600 block of 60th avenue in riverdale last night. the name of the victim has not been released. and police have not released

details on the search for suspects. at least one man has died, another injured after a double shooting in prince george's county. it happened on the 6800 block of central avenue in capital heights around 8:00 last night. officers found two a adult men with gunshot wounds, they were taken to the hospital where one man died. the names of the victims have not been released. . "the today show" is next at the top of the hour. let's go live to meredith vieira. the dow passes the 11,000 mark and some are warning it's premature to think the. then our exclusive interview with kate gosselin. she'll speak out about her

divorce and rumors that she is a diva on the set of "dancing with the stars." that's when we get started on a tuesday morning right here on tootd. back to you. eun. her dancing has been -- a little rough to watch, meredith. >> though, i understand that last night, the judges said she did a very good job, she's getting better. all right, meredith. we'll see you soon. don't you get a free diva card if you're "dancing with the stars"? >> you want to make, i feel like you want to make friends with the people you're working with and you want to be a good partner. i didn't see last night's. but the previous episodes, i tried to watch it after i tape it and it's been a little disastrous for dancing. i'm no ginger rodgers, or anything like that but yikes. it's a first for district. a new deal set to be announced today to bring a big box store to town. >> a student at the university ever maryland claims he was a

victim of a police brutality. and meteorologist chuck bell says get ready for some changes today. and we have breaking news on i-95 in northern virginia. look at this live video, jerry edwards will fill you in on this mess. your

and a good tuesday morning, i'm news4 meteorologist chuck bell. we're off to a cloudy start. we're 53 downtown. 49 in leesburg this morning, 49 in quantico, virginia, 53 in annapolis, maryland. temperatures will climb into the high 50s and low 60s today. plenty of clouds around this afternoon. showers are likely this afternoon. but the clouds take leave of us tomorrow. with highs back up into the 60s. the four-day forecast shows a little more sunshine coming our way for thursday, another chance of rain on friday. jerry? . chuck, breaksing news, northern virginia, i-95 northbound, all travel lanes and the main lanes closed off, the prince william parkway. a serious crash involving multiple vehicles and possibly a dump truck, we see a truck on the side of the roadway, not confirmed that the truck is

involved. nevertheless, there appear to be injuries, so right now, nobody is getting by, just the service roadway of 95 northbound near the prince william parkway. your best bet at the moment for an alternate, northbound route 1 after the point of the accident scene, you can cut back over. but again, 95 northbound at the prince william parkway, a serious crash, we'll keep you updated as soon as any lanes get open. that's how we're doing, ladies, back to you. take a look at this video, a police beating at the university of maryland caught on tape. the story behind it and why some officers are still on the street. also ahead, a 12-year-old student is accused of bringing a gun to school in northern virginia. why the goo

university of maryland students originally charged with felonies for assaulti ining pri george's county officers, have video showing they were victims. it started after some university of maryland students took to streets of college park to celebrate after maryland beat duke last month.

tracee wilkins is live in the news room with more. >> reporter: police accused the two students of assaulting officers who were on horseback. on friday, those felony charges were drop and yesterday new video surfaced showing some disturbing details. >> jack will come into view here, he's dancing on the sidewalk. we know from another video, he's sippinging a fight song. know from the other video, he doesn't say a word to the officers, they doesn't give him any orders and you can see what they do. >> reporter: attorney christopher griffith said these images show what happened to his client, 22-year-old university of maryland stumpbt, john mckenna. said the injuries included a head wound which required staples. and these injuries are from another client who is said to have received similar treatment

on march 3rd, after maryland men's basketball team beat duke. charging documents claim the men struck the officers and their horses and that both men were kicked by the horses. those charges have now been dropped. griffith says the charges against the student were a cover-up for what the police had done. >> the charging documents are a complete fabrication, fabricated for a specific purpose. they're fabricated to cover up the police misconduct. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief did initially defend the officers and has changed his stance. >> i saw the tape, i'm outraged. we've identified one officer involved who played a role in the incident and he'll be immediately suspended. we'll conduct an internal investigation. >> reporter: in addition to an

investigation into the internal affairs, there will be a specific investigation of the officer who filed those charging document who said the men were kicked by horses, instead of beaten by police. 28 people were arrested or cited that night in college park. defending on what comes out of these investigations, the prosecutors will make a decision on whether or not to press charges. i'm tracee wilkins, kimberly, back to you. officials at james madison university went to prevent a repeat of saturday's chaotic party that ended with harrisonburg police releasing tear gas. officers were called in after a in your opinion of fights and fires broke out. j plmpb u's president calls the ordeal an embarrassment. he said the school is working with law enforcement to make sure nothing like that ever happens again. a teacher helps stop a suicide attempt on a middle school campus in prince william county in dumfries yesterday.

police say a 12-year-old student got off a school bus from a gun, pulled it from his pocket and pointed it at his head. a teacher jumped in and got the gun away. one student who attends neighboring potomac high says she was impressed with the teacher's fast action. >> the teacher was there at that time and it was amazing that they did that. they had the ability to do that and the strength to pull the gun out of the kid's hand. not be afraid. it was really surprising. >> the 12-year-old now face as charge of bringing a weapon on school property. after a late night in annapolis, the maryland general assembly has approved several new state laws. on the final day of the 2010 maryland legislature, lawmakers passed the state's $13.2 billion budget. they also passed several important measures, including a ban on cell phones behind the wheel. stricter supervision for sex offenders, and new requirements to help slow down the foreclosure process. lawmakers also decided to change the state's slot machines policy

in hopes of enticing a bidder to develop in western maryland. senate democrats won an initial victory to extend unemployment benefits. monday's 60-34 vote allows debate to begin on a bill to extend jobless benefits through may 5th. republicans rejected an attempt to expedite the measure's passage in march. larger bill to extend unemployment benefits through the end of the year. if the stalemate continues, each week, more than 200,000 unemployed people stand to lose those benefits. republicans say the bill adds to the country's deficit. >> wall street will start the day at the highest levels in a year and a half. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us with what's behind the recent stock surge, good morning, courtney. >> the dow did hit 11,000 for the first time in 18 months on optimism over the improving economy. it might not hold the line today.

traders also say that 11,000 is more of a psychological barrier. which may encourage more retail investors to come back into the market if we pull back a little, it's not the end of the world. the dow closed up to 11,005. the nasdaq added three points. the role risky mortgages played in the financial crisis. today the focus is on washington mutual, the largest bank failure in financial history. well twitter will reportedly roll out ads today, the company's first attempt to profit from its microbloging service. ads or promoted tweets will appear at the top of searches similar to google and other time, twitter may include ads in the stream of tweets users see when they log on. advertisers reportedly include

starbucks and best buy. back to you. d.c. mayor adrian fenty will announce plans to help bring costco to the city. costco has proposed building a store in the fort lincoln building in the northeast. today mayor fenty will announce a special financing package to help make it happen. the package would include funds for a new shopper's grocery store and pharmacy. d.c. council says it could add jobs to boost the economy. time for traffic and weather on the 1's. let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell in the storm center. we're hoping for some sunshine this week, chuck? >> but before the end of the week is through, we'll have no trouble getting sunshine back. i did a little digging around through the climate records, it's been a crazy warm april, april now is 11 1/2 degrees warmer than average. outside this morning, temperatures in the 7-er 50s, in a few spots, upper 40s and low

50s as you look live over the north end of the runways at reagan national airport. current temperature there, 5 3 degrees with a north wind at eight miles per hour. april is now one degree cooler than average for may. that's how crazy this is. may typically about ten degrees or 12 degrees warmer than april. it's on the radar you can see the rain showers moving into eastern ohio and western parts of pennsylvania, you can see that there are a few sprinkles into far western and northern mayorland. they're coming our way. everybody, so have your umbrellas ready to go. more showers to come. 53 in downtown, 50 in fairfax. 47 in martinsburg, west virginia, you'll get the rain showers first and also across northern maryland. from red rick northbound to the

pennsylvania line and up in gettysburg and sharpsberg. as you look at your extended forecast, sunshine comes back for tomorrow afternoon. thursday looks like a call in sick to work day. maybe a risk of a shower into friday afternoon and the weekend, there's a great deal of uncertainty for the weekend. i may have to put the chance for rain on saturday into sunday as well. breaking news, northern virginia, what appears to be a serious crash along i-95 northbound at the prince william parkway. multiple vehicles involved right now. nobody is getting by. all through lanes of 95 northwestbound on the main lanes are blocked as the fire department remains on the scene. the service roadway is getting by ever so slowly. but it's jammed beginning before dale city. your best bet from the south, route 1 until you're clear of the point of accident, then you can cut back over and continue up to i-95.

again everything south of the accident scene, 95 northbound is blocked while authorities continue to sort out this crash. let's see how we're doing, our little vacation from yesterday is over. we're loading up rapidly in search stretches of 270. travel lanes are open down to the split. out on the rails right now. reminder that the mount vernon station is still closed on metro rail. vre report nothing delays, marc rail, brunswick 874 behind schedule seven minutes at this hour. president obama's nuclear security summit at the washington convention center is sb to enter its second and final day. leaders from 47 nations will take part in formal meetings about nuclear weapons. the goal to come up with a plan to lock away and cleanse the world of unsecured nuclear materials. yesterday major progress was made when ukraine announced it would get rid of its nuclear

bomb-making materials. the president met with hu jintao, who agreed to work with the u.s. against possible sanctions against iran. despite the traffic restrictions in place around the convention center, there have been very few issues. there was a major incident last night when a buy significantlist who collided with a national guard truck leading a motorcade. >> reporter: perhaps you can hear the activity around me here, we're starting to see a lot of police vehicles moving through the area. we've seen some motor kaids already this morning as day two of the summit begins. we've got widespread road closures and the roads are going to remain closed until about 8:00 tonight. despite that, we didn't see any major traffic tie-ups yesterday. drivers either avoided the area or opted to telecommute instead. we had rush hours that were lighter than usual. and the hope here is that people

will continue to stay away today and we won't see any major tie-ups because of the road closures. unfortunately, the day didn't end well, there was a very serious accident, a fatal accident involving a d.c. national guard truck and a woman on a bicycle. the two collided yesterday, a little after 6:00 p.m. and the woman on the bicycle was killed. no word on who was at fault in that accident. the truck was stopping traffic at an intersection to get ready for a motorcade to go through. when the collision occurred. again, the woman on the bicycle was killed in that incident. again we still have the road closures in effect that will remain the case throughout the day. we'll start seeing some of the roads open up later tonight and the metro station will be open in time for rush hour on wednesday morning, back to you. we've got breaking news now, we want to go to the scene of an accident on i-95 north around

the prince william parkway. a real mess there. i-95 north is shut down. let's get to john edwards for the latest. the accident occurred a short time ago, 95 northbound at the prince william parkway. multiple vehicles. the bottom line, 95 northbound, main lanes are blocked, only the service roadway is getting by. and that does it for "news4 today," thanks for starting your day with us. >> we hope you'll join us tomorrow morning. wake up with us, we start at 4:30. [ male announcer ] when you buy a car,

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