van hollen will try to get a potomac man released if a cuban prison. they'll meet with government leaders this morning to try to improve straining ties on the condition that allen gross is freed. gross has been held since 2009. cuba accuses him of spying. he says he was providing internet equipment to the jewish community there. coming up on 4:31. want to get a look at our weather headlines. for that, we turn to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. early on, no travel problems. pavement is dryment increasing clouds from the west. there is a little bit of rain and sleet moving out in western maryland in garrett county. ahead of that, temperatures are generally in the mid-30s. montgomery, arlington fairfax. in the district of columbia, generally the upper 30s. we're above freezing most of the area. frederick down to 27. near freezing in hagerstown and martinsburg and up in

cumberland. those areas might get a little bit of some sleet. little bit of snow. we have a winter weather advisory. maybe an inch of snow or sleet. including alleghany and the small part of the western part of the panhandle of west virginia. as we get through the morning, increasing clouds. we'll stay below freezing until 7:00. by 8:00, mid-30s. 9:00, 10:00, through noontime, we'll get rain moving in. hometown forecast, ashburn, virginia, by noontime in the low 40s with rain. i'm back in ten minutes with a look at the rest of the afternoon into the reechk. now a look at traffic with danella. we'll start in stafford heading down stafford, approximate you're traveling along route 1, southbound route 1, jefferson davis highway near courthouse road, a vehicle into the ditch in that area. please use caution if that is your commute. the beltway, the outer loop at gw parkway, a disabled vehicle was blocking the right lane.

it cleared shortly as i came on screen here. wanted to show you your volume on the outer loop of the beltway near gw parkway. very light volume. another thing to look out for if you're traveling the outer loop of beltway in the express lanes at braddock, there is construction blocking the right lane. i'm back in ten minutes. eun over to you. >> 4:32 now. angie goff is at the live desk. good morning. >> good morning, eun. any minute now we should know whether or not paralympic star makes bail. this after he sobs uncontrollably in court had morning after he's officially charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend. pistorius who is accused of shooting his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp argues he's not a danger to the public. prosecutors say the track star attached his prosthetic legs before shooting his girlfriend. the sportster canceled all

future races to focus on the charges against him. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. vice president biden will log on for an online town hall. the vp will take questions about how to reduce gun violence in the country. parents magazine sponsoring this town hall. the vice president leading the administration's efforts to reduce gun violence since the shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary in connecticut. it will be streamed on the facebook page and on the white house website. new details about a possible mow sif in the sandy hook shooting. cbs news and the "hartford courant" are reporting that adam lanza wanted to top anders breivik. this is based on articles that lanza had in his bedroom. he was likely acting out a video game. there's still no clear motive for the attack.

congress and white house have ten days to reach a deal on a spending bill or spending cuts take effect. lawmakers won't even address the issue this week. they aren't in session right now and won't return to washington until next week. this morning, we're learning our area is among the regions that could be hurt the most by the cuts, known as a sequester. that's by a report by wells fargo securities. the government spending makes up about 20% of our local economy. defense spending alone makes up almost 10% of our economy. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is making a personal appeal to president obama to avert the potentially devastating cuts. he wrote a letter to the president asking him to make good on the campaign pledge to avoid the sequestration. supreme court justices return to capitol hill today to hear arguments and release decisions during their spring term. they'll begin with a case pitting a small town farmer

against agriculture giant monsan monsanto. next week the court will hear arguments about the constitutionality of a part of the voting rights act requiring southern states to get approval from the government before they can change voting laws. an alabama county says that requirement is outdated. later this morning, the mother of a murdered child is suing the psychiatrist who evaluated the baby's father. they should have never allowed him unsupervised visits with their child. rams is accused of drowning prince mcloud rams last month. an affidavit said joaquin took out several life insurance on his son and was having financial problems. opening statements set for the trial in a prince george's county man accused of killing a mother and her daughter. jason scott faces several

charges including first-degree murder. prosecutors say he killed twot in 2009. they consider him a person of interest in three other murders as well. including the killings of another mother and daughter. he's serving 100 years in prison for a series of crimes including home invasion, and sexual assault of a minor. 4:36 right now. be prepared for lane closures on the arlington memorial bridge. the work could leave only one lane open in each direction from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. you'll have all lanes for the morning and evening rush. the inspection could last through march depending on weather. the clock is ticking for virginia lawmakers trying to reach a deal on legislation to fund much-needed transportation projects. five delegates and five senators are meeting to reconcile two very different bills. republicans say senate democrats must allow more existing revenue from the commonwealth sales tax to be used for transportation. democrats say house republicans and governor mcdonnell must

agree to keep some of virginia's gas tax in place. lawmakers want to have a deal in place by the time the general assembly adjourns on saturday. they leave area drivers seeing red when they get that ticket in the mail. now we're tracking red light cameras generating most money. the dramatic video as two gas pumps burst into flames. why this impressive and terrifying meteor shower over the skies in russia something we'll not see again in our lifetim

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new details about last week's massive meteorite over russia. nasa says it's the largest meteorite to enter earth's atmosphere had more than a century. scientists estimate it weighed 10,000 tons and energy equivalent to 500 kilo tons. it hurt more than a thousand people and damaged 4,000 buildings. some homes. a lot of windows broken and getting them fixed. >> staggering when you -- >> put the numbers together. >> tom kierein here now with what's going on with our weather. tom? >> no travel problems. if you head off to work and school early, we have dry conditions for now. storm team 4 radar showing rain beginning to move into west

virginia. leading edge of that is just cold enough for a little bit of wet snow, maybe a little sleet around frostburg to cumberland. that's going to continue to track off to the east. as it gets closer to us, it's going to be warm enough to have rain much of the region east of the mountains. we'll have rain moving in about 9:00 this morning. off and on rain through 3:00 or 4:00 p.m. then it will end. in the upper 40s dropping back down to the upper 30s by midnight as the cloud cover begins to clear out. i'm back in ten minutes with your seven-day outloochblgt a look at traffic now with danella. >> good morning. checking on a car into a ditch. southbound route 1 near courthouse road in stafford. just be aware of that as you make your commute. i-95 southbound at prince william parkway. checking cameras in the area, not seeing it. you're traveling i-95 southbound you can see your volume is light. just use caution. on to 395 southbound between

duke and edsall. they did have construction happening there. that also looks to be clear. aaron and eun, over to you. >> how hackers were having their way with burger king's twitter page. >> that's a good one. also ahead, more than a safety measure. we're tracking the speed cameras generating the most money in fines. the pint-sized basketball

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take a look at this stunning video from florida. a driver caught the flames on his cell phone monday night. there were cars at the gas station. no one was injured. state fire marshals are looking into what caused that massive fire. defensive end dequan bowers was arrested at laguardia

airport on monday. bowers tried to board a flight with a loaded .40 caliber firearm. the flight was leaving new york headed to raleigh, north carolina, that gun found by tsa agents in bour's carry on luggage. he was a connected round pick in 2011. he played college at clemson. the buccaneers have yet to comment on that arrest. investigators say a leak is to blame for a fire that disabled a cruise ship and left pass verse stranded for close to a week. a fuel leak sprayed on to -- and caught fire on the cruise ship triumph. the fire shut down the ship stranding passengers at sea for five days with no power and no running water. the ntsb is looking into the incident and says it could be six months before they reach a conclusion. >> this morning police are looking into what led an officer-involved shooting that killed a former marine. police were called out yesterday afternoon to a town house in the 3400 block of duke street in alexandria to check out a

domestic violence call. once officers arrived, they found taft sellers with a armed. there was a shooting and sellers died. we talked with his sister. she spoke with her brother sunday. >> when i got from church, i called and asked how he was doing. we normally talk every day. laughing, joking with each other. he said he was fine. i told him i loved him. he said he loved me. that's the last tum i heard from my brother. sellers serviced overseas in the military. he finished his service in 2007. the officers involved in the shooting have been put on routine administrative leave during the investigation. >> today the university of maryland eastern shore will meet with students to talk about the deadly stabbing on campus. police are investigating allegations that campus police took too long to respond. edmond sinclair was killed saturday night there.

his brother isaiah was with him at the time of the stabbing. three men stood if front of the car they were riding in and wouldn't move. edmond walked out and the men stabbed him in the heart. police are offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. autopsy results may offer new information about a woman found dead in an apartment fire in reston. police believe someone killed the woman inside the water side apartments in the 12,000 block of waterside view drive early yesterday morning and then set the place on fire. police say the victim had trauma to her upper body. neighbors heard a loud argument around the time of the fire. investigators searched a car at the scene. an alexandria mother is speaking out after her son was arrested for bringing a toy gun to school. we're not identifying the mother to protect the son's identity. it happened at douglas macarthur elementary school. the boy showed off the gun and another parent called police. the charges were eventually

dropped but his mother wants to know why she wasn't told about any of this until after he was arrested. >> you took it upon yourself to investigate my son without my knowledge because you knew monday afternoon. so why you didn't make a phone call monday afternoon. >> the mother is now working to get the charges against his son completely taken off his record. he was suspended for six days and has returned to a different elementary school. 4:48 now. it is up to governor bob mcdonnell to decide whether virginia parents will be able to access their children's facebook accounts after they've died. the virginia senate gave final approval to a bill that allows parents or legal guard wrans to access social media accounts once a minor died. it was prompted by a central virginia couple whose teenage son took his own life two years ago. they hoped to fine answers if his facebook account but they were locked out because of federal privacy laws. a d.c. council member will

introduce emergency legislation to crackdown on the sale of stolen cell phones. tommy wells wants to give the mayor authority to close any business found to be selling stolen phones. the stores would be closed for 72 hours. if approved, this emergency legislation would remain in effect for 90 days. wells, though, is working on a bill to make this a permanent law. a new proposal would allow d.c. police unlimited access to private security cameras in the district. tommy wells plans to introduce a bella loug police to see video feeds like this to see streets and alice. aclu is raising privacy concerns about that proposal. right now police can get access to private security cameras only to investigate a crime. >> this morning, we're helping you avoid hefty fines and stay safe on your way to work. the news 4 i-team looked at which cameras generate the most money.

in arlington, the camera at fort myer drive and lehigh way brought in almost a a quarter of a million dollars. the cameras at river road and wilson lane over $300,000. prince george's county biggest revenue generator. in alexandria at patrick and gibbons street brought in more than $370,000. a camera in the district made the most money at south capitol near i-street southwest. two blocks away from me. it brought in more than $740,000. you can see a complete list of the red light cameras in our area and how much money they make by going to nbcwashington.com. you'll see a link on the main page to the story. get a ticket, aaron? >> i haven't yet. no fun in parts of north dakota and min anyonement they were blasted with heavy snow all day. the massive blizzard caused

whiteout conditions on some of the major interstachlts visibility was as low as half a mile in some places. those severe conditions and 35 mile per hour winds and rollovers on i-94. to make matters worst, the windchill brought temperatures to a crippling 35 degrees below 0. i complain about 35 degrees. i can't even imagine. >> 35 below zero. >> we're two winter weather wimps. we're not going to handle that. >> i would be in a corner rocking. >> in the fetal position. >> that's where winter is. it's not here. it was cold yesterday but certainly not looking like winter. no snow as we look at what's been happening over the last couple of hours from ft. washington to alexandria. we've got dry pavement and increasing clouds from the west. way off to the west, a few sprinkles of light rain. a little bit of wet snow and sleet there. it may be at the most an inch

accumulating these counties in lavender. the panhandle of west virginia into the highlands of east central west virginia. east of there, though, most temperatures are above freezing, except in frederick county, alleghany county. most locations upper 20s to near 30. closer to washington, we're in the 30s in montgomery county. it's in the mid-30s. mid-30s as well in prince george's. arlington and fairfax in the upper 30s. near 40 to fauquier and stafford and spotsylvania. leesburg in the upper 30s. by 6:00 a.m., it may drop to the freezing mark you have of the region. by 9:00, we'll be back into the upper 30s. that's when we'll probably have that rain moving in from the west. that will be with us through noontime. ought to be in the mid-40s by then. the winds will pick up a little bit and the rain will end by late afternoon. then 20s tomorrow morning. sunny on wednesday. afternoon highs only in the 30s

to near 40. it will feel like winter tomorrow. winds gusting 35 miles an hour tomorrow. then they'll be a bit breezy still on thursday. afternoon highs near 40 thursday and morning lows 20s. near 40 again on friday. in the morning, we might have a brief wintry mix friday. then changing to rain the rest of the day and hovering near 40 degrees. that rain off and on may continue into part of saturday. there's a chance of that with highs upper 40s. then sun back beginning on sunday into monday. partly sunny to mostly cloudy sunday. into the 50s and 50s again on monday with more sun. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. first 4 traffic now with danella. good morning. >> good morning. i'm here with an update on the stafford accident traveling southbound route 1. this is near courthouse road. a vehicle was into a ditch. it's out of roadway. your travel lanes are open. let's head over to 50 in virginia. if you're making the commute, arlington boulevard, no incidents reported. let's head over to 50 this time but in maryland. clear as you head between bowie

and the beltway. no issues to report inside the beltway. a live look at landover road. both directions inbound and outbound. no issues to report as you connect to new york avenue and continue towards bladensburg road. again, nice and clear. in the district, checking for accidents too. no reports of accidents at this time. i'm back in ten minutes and we'll check your rails there. eun, over to you. >> danella, thank you. here's a welcome sight for nats fans. soriano pitched for the first time this spring training yesterday. he arrived a few days late to camp because of issues with his visa. general manager mike rizzo said he's getting his arm loose. he won't pitch for the first week or so of spring training games so he can get plenty of work in before facing real hitters. back to the hardwood and hopefully winning ways for the wizards tonight. they return after nearly a week long break. before that, they won four of the last five games.

now they have a chance to notch the most wins for the wizards team in the last five years. >> we're still hungry. i know, we still want to see what we can do. we got a good practice in. we're trying to pick up where we left off at the end of the break. the toronto raptors come to town tonight. game time is at 7:00. pint-sized player is taking the basketball world by storm. >> despite his size, he's not short on skill. check this out. at 11 years old, julian newman plays for the varsity team at this school in orlando, florida. look at him go. at 4'5" tall, he's going up against guys nearly twice his height. it doesn't keep him from making an impact. through three strarts, he's averaging 12 points, four steals a game. also a you-tube sensation racking up 2.3 million views. look at him go.

>> i need somebody to verify this video. i'm not convinced. >> he's 11. imagine ten years from now what he's going to be doing on the court. >> i'd be embarrassed to play against him. >> it shows size doesn't matter. talent. i bet he works hard too. most of us need our morning coffee to make it through the day. many of you are probably brewing some right now. coming up at 5:20, why some women may want to limit how much they drink. first, end of an era, microsoft's long time e-mail, hot mail will be

say goodbye to hot mail. microsoft is switching them over to outlook.com by the summer. microsoft will begin to auto update all of its hot mail and msn accounts to the webmail service. microsoft's mail has 60 million active users. they will spend at least $30 million on the marketing campaign. the battle between burger king and mcdonald's has taken to twitter. the account was apparently hacked yesterday and put up a mcdonald logo. got sold to mcdonald's because the whopper flopped. there were tweets referencing racial epithets as well, drug use and other obscenities too. it lasted about an