district. good morning to you. welcome to news4 today. >> it is monday, april 15th, 2013 another reason to have the monday morning blues. we start the week off with rain. >> how much and when will it move out? >> tom, good morning. >> and it is tax day. >> good morning. >> well, have an umbrella anyway. rain is falling around the area now. showers in prince george county now. and there is more moderate rain to our south. the roadways are wet. so allow yourself extra time. reduce your speed temperatures in the 50s. you will need a light jacket. closer to washington we are in the low and mid 50s.

reagan national is in 58 degrees. here is how our morning is looking. wet rain and showers through 10:00 this morning but it should be done by noon time by then, cloudy temperatures will be holding steady. near 60 by noon time. a look at the afternoon and evening. that is in ten minutes. here is alexis davies. >> we are seeing heavy delays. approaching dunfries road. solid delays to garrisonville road. jump onto route 1 to make your way. otherwise you are looking at a 56 minute commute to the beltway. heavy. go ahead back to you. >> thank you. >> new this morning, secretary of state, john kerry, on his way back to the u.s. after a ten day

overseas tour. he worked to promise to protect japan from knonorth korean thre. his first stop in the states will be chicago to visit the parents of a young diplomate. he will visit with tom and marybeth smetinghoff. their daughter was killed in southern afghanistan. the today show will speak with john kerry about that trip. that is coming up at 7:00. >> this morning, all eyes on kno north korea over a possible missile launch. the north uses this time to show military restraint.

>> dc police need your help to solve two separate sex assaults. the first happened at 21st and 8th streets. there a woman was assaulted by three men. then another asouth man knocked on the door and once inside assaulted the woman. >> demonstrators say they want to show support for plan to crack down on gun violence. republicans now say they will support that measure. we expect maine and illinois senators to vote for it. others put the bill together. >> this week, we expect to see immigration reform bill.

a bipartisan group of senators has been working on. it will allow millions of undocumented citizens to become citizens. >> the senate could hold hearings on the proposal later this week. >> this is a picture what it looked like after firefighters arrived on the scene at 9:00 last night. we are told they worked through the night to get it under control. no word on how it started. >> we are going to hope to get answers today about changes fairfax county plays to make. the county's department of transportation will hold the first of six public meetings today. the county wants to change two dozen existing routes and eliminate six routes all

together. the meeting begins at 6:30. the county will hold meetings every other night this week. >> time is running out to file your 2012 income tax returns. if you are not ready to file you can get a six month extension. district residents can get to the tax and revenue office. this year 94 million americans submitted their tax forms. new this morning, a new feature shows you where your tax money goes. enter in your key information and the taxpayer receipt tour will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent. >> later, we'll tell you how

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destroyed in seconds. that used to be el paso city hall. in less than ten seconds it turned into a cloud of dust and rubble. the building was ploimploded. >> it was kind of cool to see video like that. >> want to get a look at our forecast this morning. a few sprinkles falling for me

at least as i drove in this morning. >> good morning. yeah, spotty light rain we have around the metro area. as well as in virginia and maryland. in the green we are getting scattered showers. that is where it is coming down harder. close in view storm team radar shows scattered showers. prince george county southeast and southwest. here in northwest it is not reaching the ground. much of maryland just a very few scattered light showers. and temperatures right now are in the 50s here for the next couple of hours. and then warm up nicely. here is your morning and day ahead. we'll have the rain around during the afternoon and by tonight, still cloudy and down to the upper 50s. in ten minutes a look at traffic now good morning.

>> good morning. tom. northbound 95 heavy take ldelay as you approach dumb frees. your dest alternate will be job lynn road. back to you. >> thank you. >> light rain is nothing compared to what we are seeing else wwhere this morning. spring snow storm is giving drivers a hard time right

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killed. this comes less than a week before iraqis were supposed to vote in election. >> faa ordering special inspections for boeing 737s. over concerns that pilots could lose control in the airplanes. they hadn't received reports that the corrosion protection was installed and so far, there have been no accidents as a result of this. >> today an investigation into compounding pharmacies. report shows that most states do not routinely inspect those pharmacies and they lack the information they need. missouri and mississippi were

the only two states that require permits or licenses. there have beeens for more federal oversight. >> the supreme court will hear arguments over whether the company will be able to patent human genes. the patents were owned by company and say they give miriad month monopoly on pat tents. the company argues not having the pa tents would hinder issues. >> ride is closed this morning over safety concerns for employee. space mountain was shut down and disney faces over $200,000 in fines. in november, a worker was

injured while working on the outside of space mountain. it is not clear how long the other two rides will stay closed. >> the man who lived by himself in the maine woods is now a minor celebrity. christopher knight has received a marriage proposal and a stranger has offered to bail him out of jail. >> it appears that rutgers has a new basketball coach. the school introduced eddy jordan this week. he played there from 2004 to 2008. video surfaced of coach physically and mentally abusing

players. racers will take their mark at 9:30 this morning. they spent the weekend gearing up for the race. this year they will pause for 26 moments of silence to honor the victims of sandy hook. and there is a banner features 26 stars. >> two of the biggest names in local college basketball likely moving onto the next level. multiple sources saying that center is entering the nbc draft this week and georgetown star porter expected to live with the prospect of being a top ten pick. and it would be a surprise if he stayed. he was a first team all american this season. the nationals headed to miami after they headed home.

the braves have only lost one game all season. >> australia is celebrating it's first champion, adam scott won the playoffs. it took two extra holes for him to beat the champ. after they ended the day tied at minus nine. and it is the first win ever for an aussie. congrats. >> one of baseball's storied ball pauks is about to get a fa facelift. the city is going to include a video board and new hotel. no taxpayor money being used here. the team hopes to have permits

at the end of this season. >> nice to see an update. >> the event that is attracting thousands to one region. >> want to get a look at our forecast. >> tom klerein is in the weather center. >> we have scattered showers of light rain. these areas of color going to be with us here through the morning hours. scattered light showers and rain here around the metro area. farther south and west the areas are dry now. but the rest of the northern valley and into the mountains, it is rather wet and we have light rain falling with temperatures in the f50s we'll have a high today reaching the upper 60s to near 70.

friday looking like rain. sunday and cooler for the weekend. i'm back in ten minutes. >> good morning tom. northbound 95 we have heavy delays as you approach donefreys. dis this is due to an accident. we are looking at travel time of about an hour to the beltway. your best alternate route with be route one. you can exit those roads there. back to you. >> thank you. >> the event attracting thousands to the region to get high. >> and new this morning. police brutality

controversial vided yo of what some say is police brutality caught on camera. the man says he got into an

argument with' hotel worker and police arrived and they used a taser on him. he is charged with disorderly conduct and reserve thing arrest. the officers are still on the job. >> this weekend thousands expected celebrate legalized marijuana in colorado. more than 50,000 people expected to light up outdoors in denver's civic center park. the drug remains illegal under federal law. next what mayor gray has to say from a 2010 competing candidate. and why claims of cheating in dc schools may not get an in depth investigation. plus we are watching the accide

this morning mayor gray's response to allegations that he urged a competing candidate to drop out of an election against him. >> the monday morning commute off to a slow start on i-95 in virginia right now. you are looking live on chopper 4. >> we are off to a rainy start this morning as well. that is not helping as well. tom klerein out on the weather deck with an umbrella in hand. we have light rain just enough to make the pavement wet this morning. no doubt we'll have more accidents. this rain is heading northeast and raight across west virginia. it is mostly light rain.

here is the close up view showing the areas in the lighter green and light rain through central montgomery county. across the bay and down toward easton. moderate rain south toward fredericksburg. north of there, few scattered showers and you need a light jacket this morning. mid and upper 50 it's. here is how we are looking through the day today. light rain this morning and noon time cloudy into the mid 60s. sunrise right now and sunset at 7:45. let's look at traffic. >> good morning. tom. heavy delays northbound 95 all the way to the beltway looking at 8 miles solid.

left lane blocks. another accident within the 8 mile delays. traveling elsewhere southbound left lane is blocked there. here is a look at the scene. south osbourne road route 301 accident there blocking the left lane back to you. >> thank you. >> dc council member says he does not plan to open an investigation into the cheat in scandal five years ago. he says he cares more about making sure scandals like this don't happen again. this comes days after we got our hands on a memo that suggested that 200 teachers cheated on

tests. >> council members want to endorse bonds today. that seat wbonds has been servi since january. >> a former candidate for dc mayor says he was urged to drop out of the 2010 race. leo alexander tells the post he met with mayor gray self times to talk about leaving the race. alexander says he was never offered money to leave the race. we have reason to believe a fire that tore through a home in washington was not an accident. an arson dog detected petroleum in the birthdayroedroom where t

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time now 6:39. the today show is coming up next at 7:00. let's check in with matt good morning to you. welcome back. >> good to see you both. >> good morning. >> nice to see you matt. >> i haven't seen you in a week and you are still staying away. with good reason. >> we'll talk about that in a moment. coming up on this split edition of today, should the obama administration engage in talks with north korea? >> also ahead, new prove that excess is alive andp well on wall street. wait until you hear how much the top hedge fund managers pocketed last year. >> and paris wants to rebuild her father's ranch.

>> and the first look at jenna bush-hager's new baby girl and how you can have mr. roker spend the day at your house. >> we are here to sit down with president obama later today which will air on "today", tomorrow. >> right now a spring snow storm dumped several inches of snow on that state. >> let's go to fargo, north dakota. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: yeah, it is. not just a little snow, either. record breaking snow fall. the storm is still continuing. the visibility is so bad they

had to pull snow plows off the road. here 6.3 inches that breaks the previous record of 3.7 inches set way back in 1986. that is a big concern for people. it has been a chilly spring. there hasn't been a lot of melting from the winter snow. this community has been dealing with flood concerns. the red river of the north. notorious for flooding and this year will be no exception. this could be a record setting year and storms like this one do not help. the concern is of course what happens when all of this snow melts. they have made more than a million sandbags in a week alone. and it looks like once this snow melts, they will have to put

those to use. it is possible they will see those volunteers out along the river. the snow is not going anywhere fast. once it does it will cause concerns here. >> thank you. tough for them. you get snow in the middle of april and flooding. >> rough indeed not so bad for us. >> count our blessings here. good morning. >> right now storm team four radar. light areas of rain. farther south the darker green and yellows that is falling southwest of fredericksburg over the next couple of howeverhours. temperatures are in the 50s. you will need a light jacket. as we look at the day ahead. here is how things are looking. we will have a wet morning. cloudy afternoon and this

evening still going to be cloudy. highs reaching the mid and upper 50s. look at the rest of the week in ten minutes. good morning. >> northbound 95 has been cleared. all lanes are open. we are still seeing solid delays out of quantico. maryland southbound earlier accident involving an overturned vehicle has been cleared. accident in charles county south osbourne road. left lane blocked there. we are starting to see heavy delays again on 66 eastbound approaching the beltway. >> thank you. 6:43 now, the navy says it is ready to conduct maritime operations. the north could launch a missile

test. so far everything has been calm. residents have been in the streets. celebrating the founder of the north. they use this time to show it's military strength. that country rejected talks with south korea. >> new this morning john kerry is on his way back to the u.s. his final stop was japan where he worked to ease tensions with north korea. he said the u.s. will focus on a diplomatic solution first and try to get kim jong u nn to negotiate. >> 25-year-old was killed earlier this month while trying to take book to a school in southern afghanistan. kerry had met her and choked up while talking about her death.

the "today" show will speak with him about his trip. >> 15 before the hour now. rick santorum will have to skip a trip to iowa. he had to go to the hospital after becomeing sick. >> he was dehydrated and had some type of stomach bug. >> stephen colbert will be performing before a audience tonight and is appearing for his sister. maryland governor martin oh mal lewill be among the guests. >> good morning. this just in, satellite tv provider dish network is making a $25.5 billion bid. to derail the carrier's $20

billion acquisition by japan's soft bank. they called on the fcc to review the sprint softbank merger. >> confirmation this week could be rocky for president obama's appointment. gop lawmakers are calling into question his actions as the nation's top civil rights attorney. in exchange, he promised the justice department wouldn't intervene. the cases could have returned $200 million to tax players. perez's confirmation hearing will given on thursday. >> facebook wants to make sure you know how to protect your privacy on thursday. it is working with teens to stay safe when they are using social

media. he will announce details of this initiative today during the organization's meeting at national harbor. police need your help to solve two sex assaults ip the northeast. early sunday two miles away on lon conroad another assault. man knocked on a woman's door and asked to use her phone. once inside the man sexually assaulted the woman. >> demonstrators want to show support for plan to crack down on gun violence. we learned the senate could vote on one of the president's proposals. few more republicans say they could support that measure. democrat of west virginia and

republican of pennsylvania are the authors of this bill >> this week, we expect to see immigration reform bill a bipartisan group of senators have been working on. it will increase security at the borders. key senators will find out details of the bill today. >> verizon customers will have to wait longer to upgrade your cell phones. customers will have to wait two full years instead of 20 months. the change kicks in with contracts expiring in january. >> a book is earning honors on a new list. 50 shades of gray is one of the books most likely to be removed from shelves. they are works that most people complained about by parents and

educators. number one was the children's ser series, captain underpants books. >> putting better fuel efficient cars on the road. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. gm and ford are dropping long standing differences teaming up to work on more fuel efficient transmissions. both companies say they could save millions of dollars which will help keep prices competitive. the new transmissions could add at least two miles per gallon to the car's gas mileage. china is in the news today as report shows growth in the world's second largest economy is growing. we get data and the flood of earnings to compete. we have citi group on tap this

morning. >> carnival cruise ships is hoping for a royal boost. carnival has asked the dush che of cambridge. they are expecting their first baby in july. >> we have received that a bush fire near laurel is raging again. this is wis key bottom road about 9:00 last night. firefighters worked through the night and say that the fire has reking rekin diled. no word yet on how that fire started. >> 6:51. weather and traffic on the ones. tom is here to tell us if it is still drizzling. the fire din ver is going to be

dim in issuing. have an umbrella handy. we have a fitness contest going on here. over the weekend i climbed to the top of the mountain and took that picture. >> that is it. >> what a great view up there. you can see everything is going green quickly. you can post your pictures to nbcwashington.com like david did last evening. this was right after sunset. weather at nbcwashington.com. great place to post picks and share your photos. right now storm team four radar showing that as passing east. farther north scattered rain enough to make the roadways wet around washington including montgomery. and the rest of northern virginia and on the eastern shore. we have wet pavement this morning so watch out for that.

the roadways are slick. right now it is on the cool side we are in the low and mid 50s around much of the region. you will need a light jacket. here is how we are looking. by noon time i think most of the rain is going to be ending. temperatures by 3:00 or 4:00 should be in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. and we have the pollen in the air. it jumped back up in the week end. some of it is washed out this morning. i think it is going to be back into the high range. it will remain for tuesday or wednesday. this is the time of year that we get the high pollen. tomorrow partly sunny each day. morning lows, 50s, afternoon highs, upper p 70s. here is a look at friday and the week end.

we should have rain. front comes through with showers and thunderstorms on saturday. cooler weather. sun back sunday. let's look at traffic now. >> good morning. >> we are still seeing heavy delays. 95 northbound from kwan ti co. you are looking at a 51 minute drive to the beltway. taking a look at the beltway in montgomery county we have delays on the outer loop and new york avenue at bladensburg road. delays there. >> thank you. we hope to get answers today about changes fairfax county plans to make to the bus service. the county's department of transportation holding the first of six public meetings today. the county wants to create a new public bus route and wants to

change six routes all together. hunter woods, the county will hold meetings every other night this week. >> you may have new breathing room. metro plans to expand it's station. the transit agency isn't saying what improvements it will make but it could includeevatoelevat. >> today is the day. time to quickly running out to file your 2012 income tax returns. you have until midnight to get your forms into the irs. if you are not ready to file, you can get a six month extension. you can get it at the district's tax and revenue office on 4th street. the office will open at 8:00 this morning and close at 6:00 tonight. 94 million americans submitted

their tax forms. 90% electronically. new this morning new feature from the white house shows you where your money goes. go to white house.gov and you can see a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent. >> ceremony marks a new initiative to put more information in national libraries across the nation. >> also this morning the tide rolls into the white house. the team will visit the president today. he will hab or them for their bcs win back in january. the team was supposed to visit back in march but had to reschedule due to bad weather. >> all right tom?

>> that was a live view of the white house. good visibility. light rain. showers this morning and we'll have it drying out this afternoon. highs in the upper 60s. partly sunny tuesday, wednesday, thursday, morning lows, 50s afternoon highs into the 70s and each one of those days there is a chance of an isolated shower. front sweeps through on saturday. triggering showers and thunderstorms. how is traffic? >> tom, we are still seeing delays northbound 95 outside of quantico due to an earlier accident. you are looking at a 51 minute ride. as you are traveling to the beltway. west virginia avenue northeast. is closed due to a water main break >> thank you and that is news4 today. thank you for starting your day

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