rural areas of west virginia, virginia and maryland. around the beltway it's in mid-50s. prince george's, arlington, fairfax counties. elsewhere it is up to 50 near the pennsylvania mountains. mid-70s by noontime. hometown forecast, washington county, hagerstown, by noontime, low 70s and partly sunny. a look at the rest of this wednesday in ten minutes. here's danella with traffic. >> good morning. good news, i-270 northbound at i-370, earlier accident cleaned up. travel lanes are open in both directions. no accidents, no delays. route 50 in maryland, nice story to tell as well, very clear. live look at 301, no issues from annapolis to bowie area. inside the beltway to landover

road, very light volume as you continue on to new york avenue. i'm back in ten minutes and then i'll give you your rails. new this morning, one of the largest subway systems is at a standstill after a fire in the middle of rush hour. russian investigators say a power cable innighted in a tunnel near the red square area this morning, forcing 5,000 people to evacuate. one of the subway's main lines is still closed. the subway system carries up to 7 million people every day. it's considered one of the most reliable in the world. also new this morning, a gaithersburg family out of their home after a fire overnight. officials say it happened about 11:00 in an apartment. they encountered heavy smoke inside. no injuries reported. investigators believe that fire may have started in a dryer. later today friends and family will hold a candlelight

vigil for the arlington high school student killed in a skateboarding stunt. 18-year-old john malvar was doing a stunt called skiching. that's when you hold onto the side of a car while riding your skateboa skateboard. he was on his skateboard while a 17-year-old friend drove a pickup drove. they were on highland street when malvar fell, hit his head on the pavement. charges are pending on the 17-year-old driver. >> we have two losses. one is gone and the other is about to have his life ruined. >> he would have graduated from washington-lehigh school later this morning. we were told he was going to pursue a nursing degree at vcu in the fall. 5:03 right now. this morning you'll have a chance to voice your concerns about taxi safety here in d.c. councilwoman mary shea hosting the meeting after 150

complaints. today's meeting starts at 11 a.m. at the wilson building. that hearing comes on the heels of a taxi driver's murder. 57-year-old solomon okohor was shot and killed in d.c.'s adams morgan neighborhood. other cab drivers who knew okohor say his death just proves driving a taxi is dangerous business. >> nobody should die like this. it's bad. people don't understand, us taxi drivers, you know, it's a real danger. it's business. but we have families to feed. >> d.c. police have arrested two suspects in this case, ercell overton charged with murder and joshua king was also taken into custody on unrelated probation violations. friends and family will say a final farewell to new jersey senator frank lauten burg. joe biden and hillary clinton

will attend his funeral at synagogue in new york. they are among those who will deliver eulogies today. the late senator's casket will head to the u.s. capitol where it will lie in repose tomorrow. he'll be buried at arlington national cemetery friday. new jersey governor chris christie says he want a special election in october to fill lautenberg's senate seat. he says the dates in the state statute don't permit the special election to happen during the general election in november. >> the only option i is to do it in 2014 or special election in 2013. >> it cost the state of new jersey about $12 million to hold an election. new this morning, we're seeing how much of a hit the irs is taking in americans' eyes in

the wake of the latest scandal. nbc news/wall street journal asked 1,000 people how confident are you in the irs? just 10% of them have a lot of confidence. 45% have some. 43% have little to no confidence in that agency. let's talk about the military now. they're also getting mixed reviews as it tries to crack down on sex assaults among service members. 67% of people surveyed have a lot of confidence in the military. that's actually down from 76% last year. 27% have some confidence. 5% have little or no confidence. another member of president obama's cabinet is coming under scrutiny this morning. this time it's health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. she's denying she asked for health care programs to help implement. it would be illegal for her to ask for money because her agency regulates them. virginia governor bob mcdonald has not commented on the latest controversy surrounding his relationship

with a wealthy campaign donor. "the washington post" is reporting he attended a luncheon at executive mansion in 2011 to promote a new dietary supplement. star scientific's chief executive has donated more than $100,000 to mcdonald's campaigns. the fbi is investigating his relationship with the governor's family. it is now 5:06. ignoring hecklers wasn't enough. how the first lady responded to a group who tried to interrupt her on stage. plus, the push to change a policy as a 10-year-old girl waits for a lung transplant. here's tom. >> low humidity, afternoon

february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first.

welcome back. at 5:09. this is one art gallery you may have a tough time visiting. it is 28 miles off the coast of florida and 90 feet under water. check it out. divers attached artwork to the "uss mow hack." the art depicts models dressed as they would have during the war. plexiglass protects the pieces. divers attached them with magnets. it is the artists' third underwater piece. interesting and gorgeous but a lot of effort to get to. we have the national gallery

here, you walk to -- >> you don't have to take any deep breaths before you go down. just do it. >> although for -- what do you call them? the divers, they probably really enjoy it. >> school stuff for them. coming up on 11 minutes after 5:00 this morning, and time for a look at weather and traffic on the 1s. storm team meteorologist tom kierein is here. >> those are water colors, by the way, so are our skies. a live view from the nbc 4 camera. temperature right now just in the 50s throughout much the region. you'll need a jacket this morning. here's how your wednesday is looking. afternoon highs climbing to around 80 degrees. we'll have a south easterly breeze and partly cloudy sky. seven-day outlook coming in ten minutes. >> good morning. a look at good news on of 66, east and westbound, a look at prince william parkway, travel lanes are open. not seeing any issues in the roadway if you're about to head

out of the house inside the beltway on 66, same story as you head toward g.w. parkway. the bold move and air tran flight crew made with dozens of high school students on the plane. 56 cars involved in a chain-reaction crash. why this one was so hard for drivers to prevent. the added benefit researchers found in those who take medication to treat alzheimer's.

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today an american soldier will plead guilty to one of the most serious war crimes in decades. robert bails admits he we want on a deadly rampage in afghanistan in march of last year. the military says he killed 16

afghanistans in two villages. most of the victims were women and children. he'll avoid the death penalty by entering the guilty plea. he'll be sentenced to life in prison but he may be eligible for parole at some point. today is the second day of jury selection against gangster james "whitey" bulger. lawyers hope to narrow the number down significantly by tomorrow. the judge hopes the jury will be in place by friday. unlike other organized crime cases, these jurors will not be sequestered but their names will be kept secret until the end of the trial. he faces a laundry list, including murder of 19 people. that trial expected to start next monday. 5:16 now. thousands are expected to attend a public memorial service for four houston firefighters killed in the line of duty. it will happen at reliant stadium following a procession through houston. the firefighters died while battling a fire at a hotel last

friday. part of the building collapsed, killing them and injuring more than a dozen others. the secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius says she will not intervene in a lung transport case for a dying 10-year-old girl. sarah has been in the hospital for three months now with cystic fibrosis. she needs a lung transplant to survive 37 under the current policy children under 12 are not eligible for adult lungs. the girl's family wants that policy changed. during a congressional hearing sebelius says the rules are in place for a reason. >> i would suggest that the rules that are in place and reviewed on a regular basis are there because the worst of all worlds, in my mind s to have some individual pick and choose who lives and who dies. >> the family says the change would add about 20 children to the adult waiting list. a rare show of bipartisanship is providing funding for veterans into 2014.

a live look at the capitol where the house passed their first spending bill. the measure provides funding for military construction and veterans affairs and is meant to help clear a backlog of health claims that have kept hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting. the president is threatening to veto any new spending bill that isn't part of a larger plan to addressee quester cuts. republicans are assuming the cuts will stay in place. republicans in the house are, working to keep guantanamo bay detention center open. they voted to uphold a current law that blocks taxpayer funding being used to renovate prisons in the u.s. to hold suspected terrorist. it's the first vote on guantanamo's future since president obama said he was still committed to closing the facility a month ago. we're learning more about a heckler who interrupted the first lady at a private fund-raiser. michelle obama was speaking to 200 supporters about gay rights when a protester interrupted.

demanding the president issue mandate. the first lady reportedly told the woman she could listen or take the mike and then threatened to leave. the others attending that event encouraged her to stay. the white house is not commenting on the incident. in news 4 your health, drugs used to treat early stages of alzheimer's may lower the risk of having a heart attack or dying at all. swedish researchers studied more than 7,000 with alzheimer's disease. they found those taking drugs were a third less likely to die from any cause compared to people not taking the drugs. they also had nearly 40% reduced risk for a heart attack. researchers say more tests need to be done. doctors in utah are celebrating a first. a successful heart and liver transplant in the same patient during one operation. michael mater received a new heart and liver on april 23rd. it took doctors nearly three years to plan this surgery.

>> to do two complicated procedures and try to put them together into one large complicated procedure, i can't tell you the amount of hours that went into the planning of this. >> he was born with a rare liver disease that led to heart problems. he suffered at least 16 heart attacks in the past nine years. right now hundreds of people are out of their homes because a fast-moving wildfire in new mexico. health officials issued an advisory for people living in the northern part of that state because of this. see all that thick smoke there? it's affecting the air quality. the thompson ridge fire has already scorched 4400 acres in santa fe national forest. only 5% contained. set veer weather that swept through oklahoma killed 19 people. friday's storms created the widest storm ever. they say the twister in el reno was 2.6 miles wide. the winds topped 295 miles an hour, making it an ef-5 tornado, the highest rating.

last month's tornado in moore was also the same strength. other parts of the midwest are dealing with flooding. this is alton near st. louis. residents packed up and left town. the missouri river breached a near nearby levee. our local weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. storm team meteorologist tom kierein talking about cooler morning but a beautiful day ahead, tom. >> look at that sunrise. looks like a painting. here's another view of the sky from our tower, our sky watch camera up about 300 feet up, looking off to the east. you can see a beautiful crescent moon. off to a chilly start. temperatures feeling more like october not june. parts of the shenandoah valley, mountains of west virginia and western maryland and closer to washington, it's only in the low 50s. much of southern maryland, near

the waters, mid and upper 50s. prince george's county mid and low 50s. you'll need a jacket this morning. right now in washington, right around 60 degrees. a nice warm-up today. there's your temperature graph. ought to be 80 degrees by mid-afternoon and a few clouds coming and going. tonight's going to get chilly again, low 60s by midnight. storm team 4 four-day forecast will have increasing humidity, increasing clouds tomorrow. maybe a little sun in the morning and cloudy the rest of the day. highs reaching the mid and upper 70s tomorrow. and then tomorrow night we may get some showers rolling through. and they may be with us on friday morning. then some likely showers midday friday into afternoon, maybe with thunder and lightning, highs reaching around 80. we could get a few more showers perhaps friday night. that may linger into midday saturday is the way it's looking right now. a little sun may break out saturday afternoon. should be in the mid-80s but not too humid. average high this time of the year is 80, average low is in

the mid-60s. here's a look at your storm team 4 seven-day outlook. sunday looking like a very nice day. most of the day should be dry but we might get an afternoon or evening thundershower on sunday. before then, though, should hit mid to upper 80s. on monday, another day a lot like sunday, partly cloudy with an afternoon chance of a thundershower with highs reaching the mid-80s. then we get just sunshine back on tuesday with highs in the upper 80s. i'm back in ten minutes with hometown forecast. here's danella looking at traffic now. >> good morning. the first 4 traffic office, starting with marns. minor delay brunswick east, six-minute delay. as you make the commute along 295, i-95, even 29, between baltimore and capitol beltway, traffic is open in both directions. i'll give you a live look along i-95, at 175 in maryland.

smooth sailing in both directions. no accidents to report. i'm back in ten minutes. we'll take a loop around the beltway, talk about prince george's county, virginia as well as montgomery county. 5:23. news 4's richard jordan at the live desk. >> take a look at video that will have people driving extra carefully this morning. a massive pileup in central china. 56 cars involved here. 16 crashes all together. it was a deadly chain reaction. chinese officials say thick fog made driving conditions treacherous this morning. state-run media says nine people were killed. the pileup did temporarily shut down an expressway. that left about 1,000 drives stranded on that road for a while but traffic is moving again. definitely a lot of damage to clean up there. at the live desk, i'm richard jordan. a report coming up on the "today" show this morning you want to see. a new wave of car thefts is

hitting our country and have police baffled. police say this thief has a small device in his hand, ames it at the car and pops all of the electronic locks without any alarms going off. police say the biggest problem, they have no idea what this high-tech gadget is. >> we've reached out to car manufacturers, the manufacturers of vehicle alarm systems. so far nobody seems to know what this technology is. >> that says a lot about how sophisticated these criminals are. >> when you look at the video and you see how easy it is, it's pretty unnerving. >> you can see jeff rossen's full investigation and some ideas on how to protect yourself on "today" right here on nbc4. you've probably seen a gargoyle on the side of a building but this one in arizona, nine feet tall, scary thing here. that's not why some folks want him taken down, though.

they're upset about what we can't show you right now. you see, this is in the buff. let's just say, he's anatomically correct. the artist who made him says he never meant to oe. fend anybody. >> wasn't put on there to offend anybody. that isn't the reason. everything has a sex. >> but we don't always need to show that. we get it. the city here -- the city ordered the artist to take down the statue or face $1,000 fine. 'peeled that and it should be resolved next month. we'll keep an eye on it. >> the gargoyle is nine feet tall, by the way. everyone loves catching a foul ball unless it sparks a family feud. this dad catches a ball during the san francisco giants game, hands it to one of his sons. when he tells the two boys to share, they start to pout and cry, sister and mom come back and then they get taunted by the

ball by one of the other brothers. that gets the sisters upset. it's all a mess. family love. this is exactly what happens in my family. i have two sons and a baby girl. where's my baseball just -- >> they've got a bunch of brats. that's what that is. take the ball from all of them and throw it back on the field. >> what do you mean a bunch of brats? >> pouting and crying, come on. we could see a new name in the race for maryland governor today. the move that could improve safety at schools in virginia. the major league baseball players who could face punishment in connection to a performance enhancing drug investigation.

looking at stories making headlines right now. firefighters are trying to find out what sparked a fire in gaithersburg, displacing one family. today funeral will be held for frank lautenberg. joe biden and hillary clinton will be among those delivering eulogies. 18-year-old john malvar was

doing a stunt called skiching. we'll have more on the stories throughout the morning. first, good morning to you. >> good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today today" on june 5th. we start with a live look outside, or a look at our forecast with tom kierein. >> good morning. we can do that, too. temperature as you head out the door are chilly. you'll need a jacket. we're about 12 minutes away from sunrise on this june morning. we're down just into low 50s in prince george's county. it's generally in the mid-50s in montgomery county. district of columbia near 60. near the bay it is near 60. the rest of southern maryland, eastern shore. right now out in the mountains, many locations near 50 degrees, including shenandoah valley and areas along the pennsylvania border. quite a chilly start this morning. here's how your wednesday is looking hour by hour. by noontime we should be into the mid-70s and we'll have some clouds coming and going.

hometown forecast, loudoun county, leesburg, by noontime should be in the mid-70s and partly sunny. a look now at traffic with danella. >> seeing a report of an accident 210 northbound at living stone road. police are en route to check things out. over to the beltway from 210, clear from wilson bridge. heading toward the beltway in montgomery county. you can see outer loop, nice and easy. inner loop, nice and easy. i'm back in ten minutes. i'll give you an update on earlier brunswick delay. new this morning, we're getting new poll numbers that suggest president obama is not taking much of a hit for the recent scandals plaguing some government agencies. nbc's tracie potts is live on capitol hill to break down the

numbers. >> good morning. he's taking a hit with independents but not overall. his approval and favorability numbers holding steady according to the new nbc/wall street journal poll that came out overnight. the administering, that's a different issue. these numbers don't seem to stick to the president but take a look at the irs scandal, for example. 55% of those polled say they question the honesty and integrity of the administration as a result of the irs targeting conservatives. 43% think it's not an isolated incident involving just a few employees. only 10% now say they're confident in the irs, yet 33%, only a third, personally blame president obama. the poll also takes a look at the military with a number of recent incidents, allegations and in some cases arrests involving sexual abuse. the military still holds the confidence of two-thirds of americans, but that's down nine

points since last year. we're looking into that poll today. lots of interesting numbers as we take a look at the effect of these scandals on the administration and on the president. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. 5:33. news4's richard jordan is at the live desk. >> this morning pakistan has a new prime minister and he's calling for an end to american drove strikes. th nawaz sharif just made that in his speech. sharif has served as prime minister twice before. he was forced out in a military coup in 1999. at the live desk, i'm richard jordan. today virginia governor bob mcdonald set to sign legislation to improve school safety in the commonwealth. that happens this afternoon just outside richmond. the new law allows the hiring of

more school resource officers, provides grants for security equipment and establishes threat assessment teams. the general assembly past the task force's recommendations. democrats and college students will rally outside the capitol, protesting upcoming student loans hikes. right now rate is set to double to 6.8% on july 1st if congress doesn't take action. last month the republican-led house passed a bill that would let the interest rates vary annually but the white house has promised to veto that measure. the race for governor of maryland will heat up a bit today. ron george will announce he's running today. he will be the second republican to enter the race this week. harford county leader announced

last would you. president obama met with evers' widow yesterday. eric holder will also be at today's service. next week marks the 50th anniversary of his death. a white supremacist shot and killed him outside his mississippi home. new developments in a performance enhancing drug scandal in major league baseball. at least 20 players could be suspended within weeks according to espn. this comes word as the founder of the miami maker is expected to name names who visited his clinic. melky cabrera, braun have been tied to that clinic. today you will see a lot of purple and black at the white house. the president is hostel super bowl champion baltimore ravens

at noon. this is from march when torrey smith presented the vince lombardi trophy to lawmakers in annapolis. three players who left the team in off-season won't make the trip, including anquan boldin. new this morning, brand new video showing a heist inside a d.c. store. the early warning for government workers for the summer. now to danella. >> traveling southbound i-95, as you approach dumfries road, disabled vehicle off to the shoulder lane. travel lanes, though, they're open north and

switching to progressive could mean hundreds more inar after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. welcome back at 5:39. the federal government is bracing for an active hurricane season. the office of personnel management told government agencies to remind their workers of the options they have during bad weather. those options include telework, the noaa announced recently it's expecting several strong storms this hurricane season. northern virginia community honored high school students who are enlisting in the military after graduation. it was a privilege for me to help recognize several dozen seniors from fairfax, loudoun and prince george's county. this was last night. several generals helped inpir kids for their mission ahead.

they put on this enlistment ceremony last year for the third year. the organization's motto is first to say thank you. it's a very young national organization with chapters popping up all around the country, mostly parents who just want their kids to get some recognition going into the graduation season for the choice they've made to serve in our armed forces. >> wonderful. thank you. it's 5:41. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. let's check in with tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> there's the wilson bridge. look at that gorgeous sunrise over the potomac river this morning. starting off with a chill in the air. weather and traffic on the 1s. now at 5:41 when you walk out the door, you'll need a jacket. it's only in the low and mid-50s around much of the region. here's how the day is looking for this wednesday. by noontime, ought to be in the 70s. partly cloudy during the afternoon. highs reaching near 80 degrees. sunrise coming up in a couple seconds. sunset at 8:30. by then, back down into the low 70s. a look at changes on the way. seven day outlook.

>> right now checking the rails. if you're taking metro, mark, vre, no delays, on or close to schedule. looking at an early morning accident, i-95 at garrisonville roadblocking the center lane, single vehicle crash there. you'll have to stick to the left or the right to get around it. good news southbound as you make your way toward dumfries road, that earlier disabled out of the shoulder. attention toyota drivers, the design flaw that may pose a problem for your brakes. why the weather could be a factor in you contrac

february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell, tea party republicans refuse to support the plan. but terry mcauliffe thinks this is too important a time for partisan politics. mcauliffe reaches out to democrats and urges them to support the bill. and the bill passes. terry mcauliffe. putting virginia first.

right now d.c. police need your help identifying what they're calling a person of interest in a theft near howard university. take a look at surveillance video here. you can see three men walk into the t-mobile store on georgia

avenue on bryant street in northwest and then took off with cell phones there. this happened last month. if you recognize these guys, call d.c. police. 5:45 right now. this morning a d.c. man being held without bond charged with a series of high-end robberies. prosecutors say 33-year-old walter douglas is connected to as many as 14 robberies. they say he was a part of a group that robbed high-end stores in the middle of the day, just like the cartier store in chevy chase. police say they caught the man who raped a woman in silver spring last month. officers arrested dennis carpeter yesterday. they say he attacked a postal worker behind a post office in university boulevard in the middle of the afternoon. montgomery county police say he forced her into a backyard and assaulted her. detectives say they used dna to link him to the crime scene. montgomery county police need your help to find this match who caught himself in the act. investigators say this man broke into a home off natelli woods

lane in bethesda in january. when he did he snapped pictures of himself on the cell phone. the home was for sale and no one was in it at the time. two others have been charged. this man in the pictures is still out there. there's a $10,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest. the susan g. komen three-day walk will not be returning to d.c. next year. they posted a message on facebook saying enrollment dropped. participation fell 25% last year alone, after the organization announced they would stop giving grants to planned parenthood for breast screening. 5:47 now. you have another chance tonight to weigh in on possible bus service changes along the icc. there will be a public hearing tonight at 6:00. mta wants to cut three commuter routes. it would take the money it spend on 202, 203, 205 and use it

toward more popular routes. there will be another public hearing tomorrow in gaithersburg. you may see more inspections like this one on your way to work this morning. police are checking more than 1 million trucks and buses on highways across north america this week. they want to make sure the vehicles are running safely and drivers aren't too tired. large trucks were involved in more than 3200 crashes nationwide. two professional teams are coming to northern virginia. community leaders held a ground-breaking ceremony for edelman financial field in ashburn. the virginia cavalry fc soccer team and the loudoun hounds, independent league baseball team, will play in a new ul multisport stadium. >> there's so many kids, being in the fastest growing county here, that i want kids to know what i got to experience when i walked into yankee stadium for the first time.

>> the new 5500 seat stadium opens next may. it's part of a bigger development called one loudoun. let's check in with richard jordan about the russian fire in a subway. >> it's made a mess out of moscow's metro system. first, there was reportedly a fire in a tunnel. that led to a complete shutdown of the metro system and forced thousands of people to get out of the metro and try to walk to work. eventually, the metro system was reopened. then about half an hour later there was another scorched cable found in another tunnel which forced a partial shutdown. so, it's been a mess on moscow's metro today. already 45 people have needed medical attention. seven people are hospitalized. many of them suffering from smoke inhalation. but the largest impact has been the thousands who were evacuated from the metro system and then had to crawl out from underground, go above and try to find another way to get to work

this morning. we'll be watching this one at the live desk. >> we'll see you soon. a fredericksburg fisherman could soon hold the new world record for reeling in the biggest northern snakehead fish. caleb newton was fishing in a quiet creek in weekend with his best friend when he felt a strong tug. turns out it was a northern snakehead fish weighing in at 17.6 pounds. yuck. at first newton didn't think the catch was anything special. it almost went on someone's dinner table. >> when it went to the bushing block, before the knife went into it, i gave him a call and said, hey, please put it back on ice. we need to get this thing down and weighed because there's a possibility we got a current world record on our hands. >> japan currently holds the record at 17.4 pounds set in 2004. in newton's catch is approved by the international game fish association, the record will be his. not a pretty fish. >> that's why i don't eat fish.

oh, gosh, that's an ugly thing. new this morning, d.c. getting high marks for its parks. the trust for public lands park source index ranks the district sixth among the 50 largest u.s. cities. they rate the city park system on zero to five park benches. we earned four park benches for being accessible. we didn't get the fifth bench because of low scores on park sizes and because of a lack of playgrounds. minneapolis took the top spot, new york in second place, boston, sacramento and san francisco tied for third. cooler attempts can affect mosquitos and the ability to fight off infectious diseases that can be passed on to humans. they found mosquito eggs hatched in cooler temperatures, they found they carry more diseases. that warmer weather last week, i've seen the mosquitos, they're out and biting. 5:51 right now.

tom kierein is here. we're going to see if we see more of that warmer weather today. >> we want another yesterday. there's that sunrise behind us. absolutely gorgeous start to this wednesday but a chill in the air. there's the view from space. and we just have a few high clouds drifting over the region now. and the temperatures are only in the 50s to just near 50 degrees throughout much of the region. here is your temperature scale. there is the time scale, so lots of sun this morning. a few high clouds. we'll stay in the upper 50s and low 60s through about 8:00. by 9:00 into the upper 60s. by noontime, mid-70s. then we had to make it up to around 80 degrees and a partly cloudy sky. by midnight down into the 60s. storm team 4 four-day forecast, more humidity around. more clouds on thursday. highs reaching mid and upper 70s. thursday night, might get some showers. off and on showers on friday.

maybe an afternoon shower, high around 80. as we get toward late friday night, maybe some lingering showers. now, saturday morning through midday saturday, might get a passing shower. otherwise saturday's looking mostly dry with a little sun back in the afternoon. highs reaching the mid-80s. not too humid. lower humidity on sunday, too, but should be warming up into the mid to upper 80s. a small chance of an isolated shower sunday afternoon and evening as well as on monday. seven-day outlook showing that. then into tuesday, we'll dry out, sunshine into the 80s and feeling like summertime. i visited this school in prince george's county a couple weeks ago. the lewisdale elementary school. a shout out to all the students. we had a terrific time. i want to thank teacher colleen bank for the invitation to visit the lewisdale elementary school. they had just had their spring concert there and had a wonderful time, a terrific school there in prince george's county. and i'm back in ten minutes with another update and a hometown forecast. here's a look at traffic with danella. good morning.

>> good morning. i have some good news if you're traveling along 210 this morning. at livingston, clear. nothing in the roadway along 210. i-95 in virginia, different story. north bound at garrisonville road, crash in the center lane. here's what's happening. your delay northbound is about three miles, but chopper 4 is en route right now and hopefully in about ten minutes i can come back with a live look from chopper 4 and we can get an update on the delays there. over to the dulles toll road, in either direction as you head eastbound and westbound, drive time from 28 as you make your way to the beltway, only a 15-minute drive. westbound clear as well. i'm back in ten minutes with an update on the crash along i-95 in virginia. heads up now for toyota owners. the company recalling more than 80,000 priuses in the u.s. because of the brakes. they were built between march and october of 2009.

toyota recalling lexus hs 250h vehicles made between june and october of that year. toyota says it does not know of any accidents caused by this defect. chrysler is refusing the government's request to recall almost 3 million suvs. the national highway traffic administration asked the company to recall older model jeep grand cherokees and liberties. it's worried about the gas tacks. the agency is concerned the tank could leak gas and catch fire if they're rear-ended. chrysler claims they are safe and says the government didn't have all the data when they requested that recall. a battle between the biggest names in pizza can only benefit you, the consumer. courtney reagan is live with that story and more for your money. good morning. >> good morning to you. hope you're hungry because pizza price wars is on. pizza is offering limited time one topping pizza for $5.55. only applies to carry-out

orders. fast food experts say the drive between companies. amazon is reportedly planning a major roll-out of online grocery business beyond hometown of seattle. it's been developing amazon fresh for at least five years. they could launch the service in los angeles this week and san francisco later this year. if that goes well, amazon fresh could be expanded to 20 other large urban areas in 2014. >> courtney, i'm not surprised. you can get anything on amazon. >> i know, anything. >> i'm always up pore pizza, too. thanks, courtney. soon, you might not see the iphone 4 or ipad 2 on store shelves. the international trade commission is banning the import of those popular devices that were specifically designed for at&t's wireless network. the panel says they violate a patent held by rival samsung. both tech companies are in the middle of a world wild legal battle over patents. apple says they will appeal that

ruling. the president could step in and lift the ban within the next 60 days. pretty soon waiting for the metro could be more like going to a concert because metro is auditioning local people to perform at stations. take a look at last night's auditions. ♪ don't worry about who you can turn to ♪ ♪ everyone looking i'm surrounded ♪ ♪ blue moon horizon ♪ baby come closer baby come closer ♪ >> there are 15 spots to perform at metro station entrances. the ones who make the cut will be entertaining passengers during the rush hour through november. winners will be announced next week. good luck. strong performances there. >> never see anybody at my metro station. >> you don't? you need to write an e-mail and say you want a performer at your stop. >> tweet us. while you were sleeping, nbc news released a brand new poll. hear what americans think of

president obama's administration and the scandals plaguing his administration. plus, big changes coming up in your forecast. but can we get another picture perfect day first? we'll take a look at weather and traffic on the 1s for you and an update on your commute this morning on the interstates.

new this morning, americans weigh in on the job president obama is doing in the wake of a number of scandals. while you were sleeping, thousands of people forced to evacuate after a fire breaks out on a busy subway line in russia. plus, how friend plan to honor a classmate today killed while trying to pull off a risky skateboarding stunt. good morning and welcome to "news4 today". >> we're off to a cool start around the washington area. we're seeing temperatures in the 50s right now as you get ready to head out the door. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein