the 4 x 4 with your commuter forecast. riders looking for answers this morning. what we're learning about a big announcement being made today. it is 5:00 a.m.. good morning. i'm aar gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff in for eun yang. today we're walking up to a calm morning and things appear to be clearing out. >> let's get right to tom kierein. >> we can exhale. no more snow this morning. everything has dried out beautifully. tha live view over union station. you can see there it's all dry. the pavement has dried out beautifully. everything was so well treated yesterday, got clouds of salt dust in the air as you're driving around and walkingmorning. but watch out, there could be a little patchy ice. the areas that got t most snow southern maryland and fredericksburg points south and east of there. chilly afternoon and milder week is coming up. your thursday morning headlines. temperatures right now are

hovering in the 20s. most of virginia most of maryland right they're 30 right by the chesapeake bay. bus stop this morning, tems hovering in the upper 20s. watch out some sidewalks may have a little patchy ice on them and bright sunshine through the latter part of the morning and getting up near the freezing mark between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m.. next weather and traffic, a segal will be with us in the 4 x 4. melissa, where is this crash is this. brand new crash 270 southbound at germantown road the on-ramp to 118. you can see the crash blocking the on-ramp completely. so that is shut down. 66 at fairfax county parkway, that's moving just fine. wider look at things overall no major problems in and out of town. uhe fine fine on 95 in maryland. beltway rolling along. and 95 here in virginia,

northbound and south bond also looking quite good. more on this new accident on 270 coming up. we have a few school dras sdelays to pass along. >> if you live in spotsylvania county two hour delay. fredericksburg city schools also starting two hours late. and king george county schools are delayed two hours, as well. later this morning, we expect to learn more about a lawsuit being filed in connection with monday's metro accident on the yellow line. a d.c. firm has been hired by several victim one of them is expected to be at today's announcement. megan mcgrath is live with more on this this morning. >> reporter: one person died and more than 80 people went to the hospital. and in recent day, we've heard some pretty chilling accounts of what it was like for people on board that smoke filled train. now we're learning of the very first lawsuit being filed against metro. a group of victims have hired the firm of cohen and cohen, the

same firm that represented some of the victims in the deadly 2009 metro crash. a press conference is scheduled for later on today. we're expecting to hear from a man who was on board in athat train. we'll also learn more about the lawsuit itself. the lawsuit will be filed officially in court on friday. reporting live from the plan fant plaza metro station, megan mcgrath, news 4. and one of the passengers on board that smoke filled train showed how long it took for help to arrive. jonathan rogers says he took this picture a few minutes after the smoke started entering the train. his iphone time tamped the photo at 3:20. rogers says this photo was taken when evacuations began at 4:01. and at 4:20 an hour after his first photo, rogers took a photo of the first firefighter that he saw and then finally about ten minutes later, you see rogers is in that tunnel and walk to go safety. bob mcdonnell has a second

appeal in court over the ruling that he must report to prison next month. he appealed his two year sentence earlier this week. we told you a judge denied his request to say out of prison while he tried to get his sentence reduced. mcdonnell was convicted of corruption for taking more than $150,000 in gifts in exchange for political influence. tomorrow a man will be in court accused of planning an attack on the capitol. the fbi charged christopher lee cornell with trying to kill federal employee after he bought two assault style rifles in ohio. they say he planned to set off pipe bombs in the capitol and shoot people as they ran outside. if you work on the hill, the fbi says you were never in any danger because they were monitoring cornell for months. the pope will be in philadelphia this september and we've learned that he could also be coming to d.c.. tom sherwood says plans are under way for pope francis to address congress. he would also host an event at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate

conception. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. right now the pope is in the philippines. we have some live pictures here of manila. there you see the pope greeting some of the people, the thousands that have gathered there at the air base to see the pope. this is the first time that the philippines have had a pope there in their country in some 20 years. and there is a very large catholic population there. there have been several demonstrations many highlighting the poverty throughout that country. some of them say that corruption has led to land seizures and human rights violations. of course pope francis a big champion for the poor. he's going to be spending quiteth ph about typhoon days. he wille days. his trip will be highlighted by an open air mass scheduled to take p. some national holidays have been set up to coincide with his

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applications to the university of virginia are declining. the number of applications, that is. is this the fir time the univer has seen a drop in numbers since 2002. the university just received more than 31,000 applications during the current admissions cycle, down a few hundred from the previous cycle. of course the numbers come just a few months after the rolling" armticle describing a brutal rape. governor mcauliffe proposed a statewide sexual misconduct policy for public universities. he also talked about funding for schools. that is why my budget

contains no program cuts to k through 12 education. >> mcauliffe also highlighted ethics reform and economics in that address saying the commonwealth needs strong new sources of funding others in the federal government. live look at temperatures for you right now. p this is what you might expect in early part of january. much warmer actually than what we've seen over the last several days. but we can tell through is no snow in the forecast. >> a memelia segal is keeping an eye on the roads for us in wood binlg br oig. >> repor and we're with the storm team 4 x 4. driving down here from northwest washington dry roads the entire way. here in the parking lot, completely dry. no ice in sight. but what i want you to notice, the weather station on top of our truck, this tracks the temperature, the pressure the wind. that thing you see spinning that's the anemometer.

it's a little breezy out here. temperature at 32. so that is adding an extra chill to the air. so definitely bundle up. dry roads for the afternoon and a temperature today of 39. so warmer than yesterday. high yesterday was 33. melissa is tracking a car crash. this is the one we were talking about ten minutes ago. 270 southbound on ramp to german up to road you can see here 118 on ramp ito german up to road, you . you'll have to exit earlier perhaps, maybe take 355. 66 into town no problems. 95 into town looking quite good. 95ner land here and bw parkway, no issues. and again a lot of the construction already out of the way for us this morning. and prince george's county indian head highway, everything looking good about. southeast washington mrk jr.

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a developing story in france. police arrested two people after they drove a car into a police woman guarding the french presidential palace. the car was going the wrong way on a one way street. france is on high alert after violence that left almost two dozen dead. police say last night's incident is not connected to those attacks. france is getting more involved in the international fight against terrorism. the president there is sending an aircraft carrier in the middle east to join american trips fighting isis. france is are already carrying out air strikes. meanwhile the justice ministry has ordered a crackdown on hate speech. 54 people have been arrested

since last week's attack for anti-semitism and glorifying tim. one week after that shooting massacre at "charlie hebdo," it is releasing a new issue. the cover shows an image of the prophet muhammad. muslim communities have could not condemned it. al qaeda has claimed responsibility for the attacks at the magazine. meanwhile some in congress are criticizing the move to release five more men from pr yemen being held at guantanamo bay. lawmakers are questioning the timing of the release considering the new threat there al qaeda in that region. the five prisoners were captured in pakistan. they had been in guantanamo for 13 years. the men thousand will resettle in estonia and oman. the fire marshal is he it was an accident when a jewelry store exploded.

fire marshal says someone misused propane and oxygen triggering the blast. with all the diamonds, gold and i will insi we're told it caused more than a million dollar dollars in damage. a robber confronted a terrified woman, hit him with her purse and dropped to her these. the store entrance wasn't open at the time. police say the robber ran away down 17th street. officials hoping tha g this video, it can bring in some tips and lead eventually to an arrest. a montgomery county man is face up to 15 years in prison for a brazen robbery that earned him just $600. take a look at video. open the back of a bank atm. prosecutors say it was busy bank but cooper can be seen going in and out of the back of the atm for at least mine minute hwill nine minutes. he put a lot at risk to walk away with so little money.

>> to get away with $600 and put your life at risk for 15 years behind bars? like i said i think he's got something missing upstairs. >> cooper pleaded guilty to robbery. he'll be sentenced next month. today kids in maryland could be one step closer to having a longer summer vacation. governor elect larry hogan and other lawmakers will unveil the results of a petition drive to start public school after labor day. the goal is to collect 10,000 signatures from people supporting that later start date in 2013. the state comptroller says starting school after labor day would put an extra $7 # million in the state coffers. an nfl player is being accused of rape. josh mcnary has been arrested and charged. he's been with the colts for two seasons. he previously served in the military. the colts released a statement saying they are aware of the allegations. the baltimore ravens may still have to pay ray rice even though he doesn't play for them

anymore. according to the baltimore sun, a wrongful termination grievance hearing is set for today and rice is asking for $3.5 million in back pay. that's the amount of money he lost in the thonon nonguaranteed base salary when he was cut. the nfl's arbitrator will hear arguments from both sides today. meanwhile the ravens are partnering with the one love foundation to rule out curriculum to inspire appear land high school and college students to end domestic violence. it honorsuva lacrosse player beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend. federal officials say almost 300,000 virginians are signed up for health care. these numbers reflect the program's second open enrollment. for those who miss the deadline open enrollment will extend until 15th.

if you miss that deadline you have to wait until next year for coverage. 83% of virginia consumers who signed up were eligible for financial assistance. new this morning, the number of ebola cases are on the decline in three west african cases. this is according to the world health organization. sierra leone is still suffering however with more than 700 cases reported in the last 21 days. guinea and liberia have reported the fewest cases since august. a newly approved device could help some people lose a lot of weight. the fda get the green light to the maestro rechargeable system, it tells the brain whether the sts feels empty or fool. patient few side effects. if approve adults -- i should say it is approved to treat adults with a body mass

entexin- index of at least 35 and at least one other obesity related condition. >> i still would be worried about side effects. any type of procedure like that -- >> the pros and cons get weighed. >> but it would be cool if it really does work out. talking about the weather, overall it looks like things are clearing out, but still really cold spots out there. we still have low clouds passing over the metro area. you can keep up with all the latest weather and see the latest storm team 4 app cast video with the weather app. find out what is going on you live. temperatures right now across most of west virginia and into western maryland and thousand down into the tet spots. shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia all the way down to mid and upper 20s. around washington nearby

suburbs, mid to upper 20s. and in prince george's county, right around 30 degrees. southern maryland where they got all that snow yesterday it's hovering right around 30. so that snow is still in place. so watch out for some patchy ice there will fp temperatures right around the metro area, mid-20s to upper 20s. we'll stay below freezing for another couple of hours through around 8:00 or so. and dress accordingly. you'll need a warm coat, hat, gloves. won't need the umbrella but you will need sunglasses. we'll have the bright sun with us through the morning and into the afternoon. upper 30s by noontime. then by mid afternoon, hovering around 40. still quite a chill in the air, but we'll have a very light wind. and quite a bit of sunshine this afternoon. then overnight tonight, partly cloudy and then down to the upper 20s by dawn, friday a bit milder. upper 40s with bright sunshine on friday. here is a look at your weekend. ale procedure coaster ride. we'll be in the upper 30s

saturday with lots of sunshine. and then in the 40s again on sunday could get some rain sunday for dr. king day on monday ought to be in the upper 40s and partly cloudy. and that mr trend continues our january thaw into tuesday and wednesday next week. partly sunny each day. next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 5:31 the hour by hour up and down temperatures over the next 24 hours. that lisat how are the roads? >> a crash he before it is completely out of the way. ramp is shut down. and in hyattsville, route 1 between albiond and vn street repairs happening. one lane getting by. 66 headed into town you're completely good in through

centreville, oakton and outbound no major problems. 95 in virginia, a little slow passing dale city. 50 at landover rolling right along. we're working for you to help give you a fresh start for your finances in 2015. and there are a number of new changes you need to know about this tax season. for starter, anyone who bought health care coverage through the obamacare marketplace will face big changes. there are also new tax provisions that could save you interest money. tonight on news 4 at 5:00 consumer reporter erika gonzalez gives and youyou a fresh sta your finances. so right now you can download facebook at work but you can't use it just yet. according to a website rico.net facebook only released the app for testing. facebook at work keeps your personal life separate online. you're only supposed to friend

your contacts and co-workers with this app. >> i know people that didn't want to friend their co-workers. they have a rule against it. >> i think it makes perfect sense. do you they'd to keep some things separate. well, if you are like us you have been riveted by the in inincredible climb of el capitan. >> they reached the summit yesterday, a feat once thought impobl. tommy caldwell, kevin jorgeson used only their hands and feet. that makes them the first to free climb this 3,000 foot dawn wall. the effort took 19 days. and president obama tweeted his congratulations to the climbers standing by a painting of yosemite in the white house. he told the climbers quote, you remind us that anything is possible. hand and feet. incredible. >> i cannot imagine. >> and tommy caldwell only has nine fingers. he lost one figurener a construction accident way back when. >> two thumbs.

got to have the -- >> wow. you know what they ate? canned peaches and they occasionally sipped some whiskey. >> that will do it. ahead at 5:30 after a number of embarrassing incidents involving the secret service, there e now maj changes in the ranks. >> and one womban overcome by smoke on a metro train died. her mother says why she thinks her daughter died for a purpose. and betitter bitter cold today, but there is relief .

some of the stories making headlines right now a number of victims from monday's incident on metro will be filing a law suit later today against the transit agency. police arrested two people after they drove a car into a police woman guarding the french presidential palace. it was just two kids who drove the wrong way down the street. pope francis has arrived in the philippines. is thiss a live picture. tens of thousands celebrating the first visit from a pope in

20 years. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie xwofgoff in for eun. we have a few school delays. schools some spotsylvania fredericksburg and king georg. >> and outside, you see clouds here in the district. we're at 31 here, but a lot of polices waking up to even colder temperatures. >> looks like the clouds are hanging tough. >> we should see sunshine later on. right now we have a cloudy sky. around 8:00 this morning, we'll get the sunshine breaking up. skycast showing lots of sunshine by noontime. during the ss drifting through. we'll have a partly cloudy sky. so for today, welcome sunshine returning after yesterday's clouds and snow. and this morning, we'll hover in

the 20s all the way through 8:00. and then jump into the thirt by mid to late morning. by noontime ought to make it in the upper 30s. and by midafternoon hovering right around 40 degrees with bright sunshine and a few clouds ar by 5:00 p.m. as you're heading back home from work and school bag downck down to the upper 30s. over the next 24 hours, up and done temperatures right back down into the upper 20s by this time tomorrow morning. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia segal will be joining us live with the storm team 4 x 4. still have a crash 270 southbound ramp to germantown road. it's completely shut down because of an earlier crash. someone was injured. it looks like we have a tow truck on the scene. 95 north bound in maryland scaggsville road do have a crash off to the right side of the roadway. shouldn't slow you down too much. wider look at things overall, no

major problems right now. 95 in virginia slow through dale city. about 30 miles per hour at this point this morning. and rockville pike at cedar lane pretty good volume headed northbound. right now looking okay. travel times in ten minutes. it's 5:32. and the family of the woman who died in monday's metro accident is trying to find hope in their loss. carol glover was a mother grandmother, and a successful business woman. her family talked to news 4. they say they are giving thanks to the man who tried to revive her with cpr. they also hope that her death will mean metro becomes safer for everybody. >> she wanted to make a change somewhere in somebody else's life. and this is the change that is coming. the change is coming. >> that does so much for me to be there for her and do what he did. it restores my faith in humanity. >> the metro incident was on january 12. glover's mother says her husband, carol's father divide

on the same day in 1982 of smoke inhalation. the families of two young women killed when a csx train derailed have reached a settlement with the company. according to the baltimore sun, that settlement was reached in november. two 19-year-old college students were buried by coal when the train derailed in the summer of 2012. rose and elizabeth were sitting on a railroad bridge when 21 cars went off the rail. a fractured rail caused the crash. the amou in the settlement is confidential. this morning we're working to learn more about two people who were shot in the district. one man was killed and a team age girl was hurt in that shooting last night. this happened at mlk jr. avenue and randle street southeast. it happened near a metrobus, so police are looking through the bus' surveillance video to see if it caught anything. after the shooting, a large crowd started gathering with officers. police were able tocalm everyone

down without anyone being hurt. today close to 200 people will gather in d.c. to learn about their rights if they're stopped by the police. teach-in will be held in southeast. the forum is for people concerned about the recent police killings ever unarmed black men in ferguson and new york city. there have been dozens of protests here in d.c. and across the country in the past several months and the purpose of tonight's forum is to give people simple steps to avoid a violent confrontation with an officer. the meeting is tonightt 7:00 at the we act radio station on mlk avenue. new changes coming to the leadership at the secret service. you probably remember when a man jumped the white house fence and made it into the building last year. following that and other lapses we've learned four of the agency's assistant directors will be reassigned. the agency's former director resigned october 1. each of the assistant directors has worked for the agency for horn

moren 30 years. christopher barry is under investigation for threatening a bank teller. he reportedly also threw a trash can over a security glass after he was told his account was overdrawn. d.c.y the outbut happened tuesday at a pnc bank in northwest. barry has not been charged and did not return our calls for comment. he is currently running for his father's seat on d.c. council. a terror plot targeting the capitol is intercepted. the elaborate plan and how u.s. officials spoiled it.> andtom kierein is tracking milder temperatures. but today, keep everything on and then some. it is cold out there.

today president obama will be in baltimore talking to senate democrats on their annual retreat started yesterday. lawmakers used this time to talk about a long term strategy for the year. both congress and the white house are preparing for the state of the union address next week. a big announcement expected from vice president joe biden today, more fund to go traing to train people for cyber security jobs. biden will announce the funding down r during a round table at norfolk state university in utheastern virginia. >> the time is 5:38. it is thursday a new day. and early on temperatures are dipping. you can check out the chilly

lows there on the map. temperatures are on the rise, though, over the next few . >> amelia segal is out in the storm team 4 x keeping us up-to-date on the roads. how are th looking? >> reporter: well, we're down here in woodbridge where they reported about a trace of snow yesterday this morning. i have to say it's absolutely dry down here. we're at the slug lot. a lot of people arriving for their commute. it's cold so our weather hash tag for today with high temperatures near 40 we'll use the word bundle up with partly sunny skies. overall a little warmer but there you see it it will come up definitely need to have maybe the gloves and the scarf. i have my gloves and scarf on and i'm doing just fine. but it is cold. temperatures on the storm truck, we're below freezing comes in right around 31. to work this morning, especially those of you in

southern maryland where you saw more snow, st. mary's county isolated ice. most of us though, dry complainscomplain on the surfaces. not tracking any snow today. 29 walking to work. coming home a temperature of 39. milder next week. tom will have more on that in ten minutes. for now melissa has a look at the roads. have 270 southbound to germantown road the ramp completely shut down. so you will see this off to your right. travel times here 270 south to the beltway, on time 16 minutes. outer loop to 270, 10 minutes. 286, 10 minutes, as well. quantico to the beltway, 5 or 6 minutes behind. how president obama wants to help you so you can take care of

your sick kids and family. >> and a woman is robbed after winning a jackpot at a popular casino. what we're learning about the people police say did it. and your weather and traffic are always on news 44"news today". >> you

16 before the hour. terror concerns here at home. right now a man from ohio is in jail because the fbi says he was planning to attack the u.s. capitol. tracie potts joining us live now from capitol hill with more on this story. tracie good morning. >> reporter: what led them arrest christopher lee cornell turns out it was his tweeting with an undercover person working with the fbi. he was tweeting about isis, pro isis messages, they had been following him for about a year.

and it turns out this ohio man had a plot to set off pipe bombs at the u.s. capitol. and then shoot people as they came out. they caught him when he tried to purchase -- actually when he purchased two assault type weapons and 600 rounds of am you munition. the gun store owner says he never woul suspected this customer. >> nothing really out of the ordinary about him at all. >> of course this all came one day after we learned there was also a plot t john boehner, another ohio man, two unrelateded cases. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thank you. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell has a second appeal in court over the ruling he must report to prison next month. he appealed his two year sentence earlier this week and a judge denied his request to stay out of prison while he tried to get his sentence mcdonnell was convicted of corruption for taking more than $150,000 in gifts in exchange for political influence.

a maryland woman robbed about $1,000 in casino winnings. authorities say a couple followed the 40-year-old woman out of maryland live casino tailing her for an hour all the way home to waldorf. the man then will pulled a gun and stole her purse which had the winnings inside. four days later, police are arrested the couple mark west and maria wheeler. a new report says metro needs billions of dollars in order to keep you safe. while we're working to learn more about the deadly smoke problem from earlier this week, a group made up of several governments in our area says metro needs to improve its infrastructure. they're not clear where the money would come from but the group representatives told news 4 they believe the agency should be funded no matter what. alexandria could be spending more $200 million on metro for a brand new station. the potomac yard station would be on the blue and yellow line between the brad dock road and

reagan national airport stations. virginia governor terry mcauliffe approved a 50 hold loan to wlaeks to get it started. he believes the station d create more than 25,000 new jobs. several cities in our area are going head to head in the name of the environment. georgetown university hosting a nationwide competition for a $5 million energy saving prize. over two year cities must reduce their utility supply energy consumption. takoma park was chosen as one of the semil lists. it will go up against arlington county in charlottesville. d.c. council member mary chase says she wants to help terminally ill people die with dignity. she introduced the hughnew bill. it allows patients given six mont or le to live the option to request lethal medication. brittany maynard brought nags national attention to this issue

when she moved to oregon to end her life. a maryland lawmaker wants to introduce a similar bill. ron young says his bill would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medications to adults within six mochtss ever death. the patients could decide if they want to at that time drugs even if the general assembly approves the bill not clear whether governor elect larry hoe gap would sign the measure. he's voiced opposition to right to die measures in the past. in news 4 your health we learn being inactive is responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity. researchers cal ifornia could you late calct and w statistics. the risk fell with those inactive burning just 90 to 120 calories per day can rece your risk by 16% to 30%. that's equivalent to a brisk walk of about 20 minutes. you could soon be taking a pill instead of eating a meal.

researchers are working on an imagine their meal pill. this robot right here helped scientist create a drug that tricks your body into thinking that you've already eaten and then burns fat instead. so how does it work? >> normally when you have a meal this compound mimic ss it thinking of the normal process that you have a meal. >> experts say it will not have the side effects caused by many other diet drugs, things like heart issues, which is never good. bower body needs nourishment. >> yeah i think this this is for extreme conditions of people really need help losing weight. the rest of us just need to get out there and walk. >> take the stairs right? >> i'll have the extheir mean with a side of -- >> walking around, tom, folks will do that this morning, we still need to be bundling up.

>> yeah. and how would you like to be average. just average. >> that's fine. today will be an improvement compared to what we were dealing with. >> average high is 443, so we may be near that today. look at how we'll be up and down though between today, tomorrow and saturday. tomorrow should be well above average. but then saturday, quite a bit below the ave commence a milder trend on sunday in to monday. tuesday and wednesday next week, each day we should have above average afternoon temperatures. right now, though, we're down below freezing in the 20s, north and western suburb shenandoah valley out of the mountains, low 20s there in the mountains. it's in the teens this morning. quite a cold start there. where all the snow fell yesterday, low eastern shore southern maryland northern neck it's hovering right around 30 degrees. so watch out there is patchy ice there. any untreated surface. right now storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, it's cloudy but we don't have any more snow

around. we ought to get breaks in the clouds l this morning. mostly sunny afternoon temperatures reaching near 40 degrees. still a little below average, but certainly above freezing. so we'll have a lot of melting of that snow that felt yesterday. post your pictures like trisha booker did. this was taken tuesday evening sunset at the tidal basin as a block of seagulls was landing there. quite a beautiful shot. she posted that on my twitter page. here is how you can quekt with me on twitter and facebook. and i posted that on instragram too. got a lot of love on instragram with that photo. then tomorrow morning down if to the 20s. afternoon highs on fri saturday sunny and cold in the morning. down to just near 20 degrees saturday morning. so if you have plans early saturday morning, you'll need to layer up. saturday afternoon, getting a little above freezing. maybe briefly in the mid to upper 30s midafternoon. and then back down to the upper

20s sunday morning. sunday morning probably a little sun away but then sunday afternoon, some rain moving in as we get into the mid-40s. pretty good chafrns of rain coming through the region. looks like maybe late morning sunday into sunday afternoon. then for dr. king dwa on monday on monday low 30s partly cloudy with highs reaching the upper 40s. upper 40s again on tuesday. and wednesday ought to make it mid-40s and dry both of those days. partly cloudy. now let's check on traff this morning. everything going well? >> a lot breakeretter here. the ramp to germantown road just hearing that it has reopened. so all these folks headed south, everybody headed south quite smooth there. no problems northbound either. 66 east at the beltway, have an accident on the shoulder. shouldn't cause too much of a problem at this point this morning. in virginia 95 at prince

william parkway, a crash off to the right side. not seeing it on a camera, but fyi for you. looks like we have good volume building at this point this morning especially for before the 6:00 a.m. hour. wider look at things overall no major problems as we're looking at the beltway here into and out of town pup gasoline all of the major routes in and out also no major problems here. and the beltway at kenilworth avenue inner loop outer loop moving quite smoothly here. a little bit of volume here this morning. nothing we don't expect of course. so again the situation this germantown that ramp to reopened. no major issues there. 270 moving quite well. live picture of 95 if virginia again coming up in a couple minutes. it's 5:53 right now. president obama is calling on congress to help you take care of sick family members by giving you you more paid sick leave. landon dowdy has that story for your money. >> reporter: good morning. will be will call on congress today to pass a measure requiring companies to offer

employees up to 7 days paid sick leave a year. he'll also take executive action to ensure federal government worker get at least six weeks paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. the president wants to intend more than $2 billion to accept state andprograms. >> landon dowdy, thank you. well, today you get to weigh in on a bill that would ban the use of pesticides in montgomery county. the bill would prohibit chemical use on private lawns, shall athletic playing fields and certain county own properties. it does include exemptions for agriculture and golf courses. the meeting is took in rockville. later tonight, you can celebrate dr. martin luther king jr.'s birthday in alexandria. today would have been his 86th birthday. the city is hosting the 42nd annual martin luther king jr. memorial program at the first christian church. it's called moving the dream forward and the event kicks off at 7:30.

well it's become an annual tradition. fifth graders reciting the icon being "i have a dream" speech. we were there ye at watkins elementary did their run through of their upcoming performance. along with the speech they also plan to sing a few 123r50e78 song freedom song the significance of dr. kenk he being ary his life. >> i think we've come a long way, but there are still things that can be changed in the world to make things better. >> out of the mouths of babes. each year the kids from watkins have done this speech. their performance tomorrow afternoon is set to start about 1 #about 1:00 p.m. p. >> in just a few hours, we'll find out who is in and who is out at the 87th annual academy awards. the nominations will be

announced at 8:30 this morning. you can watch it live during the "today" show or using the nbcwashington.com. th big show will be broadcast live on february 22. and we just wrapped globes. people saying that's always the precursor to this awards show. "boyhood" walking away the big winner there. i don't know if you've seen it. but very well done. >> i intend to see it. i haven't seen it yet. a lot of other things. good movies out last year. >> american sniper they say is in the running. >> guardians of the galaxy. >> that is your favorite. >> it was awesome. getting a little more time to enjoy your summer break. the new effort under way to push back the start of the school year in maryland. also ahead on "news 4 today," as the pope continued his trip across asia we are learning about his potential plans for a visit here in d.c.. we'll give you a glimpse at the potentia

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right now on "news 4 today," new fallout from that deadly metro accident near la fant plaza. what we're learning about legal action some riders are ready to take. >> but first grab the start the morning with below. tom kierein has your forecast. >> everything is really drying out. here is a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. just zoomed in on a parking lot. you can see it is all dry there. there is nebraska avenue that too is all dry this morning. most of the roads have really dried out. everything was so well treated yesterday. there could be patchy ice those areas that got the most snow southern maryland parts of the northern neck and around

fredericksburg. chilly afternoon coming up. we can look forward to a milder pattern moving in. big january thaw for next week. temperatures right now though we are subfreezing. upper 20s in montgomery county near 30 prince george's. much of fairfax county near 30. low 30s right this washington. at the bus stop this morning, layer up, it will be in the upper 20s. watch out maybe a little patchy ice on some of the untreated sidewalks. and then between 8:00 and 9:00 bright sunshine and cold. still hover hovering around freezing. next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia segal will join us