th officials are calling the worst in its bill lowed from the back of the train. officials say a jeep was stopped on the traction when the railroad gate came down on top of it. the driver drove it forward and it was hit. several departments responded to what was a mass casualty accident. seven people were killed many more injured urks some seriously. 400 riders had ob evacuated from the rear of the train taken to a sports club in the area. when the ntsb arrives here in valhalla they will be investigating two things specifically the speed of the train involved in the crash and the crossing arms at the station. that's the very latest from valhalla new york. i'm tracyie strahan. back to you. it's a pretty cold morning but temperatures are right under the freezing mark in our area as you can see here.

tom kierein says we will get a lot of sunshine today. >> could be one of the best days for us in a while. >> yeah enjoy this while you can because we'll be in for a deep plunge back down into the deep freeze tomorrow morning. right now though it's a little below freezing as you showed. storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered flurries that passed. but they're pretty much going away now and the cloud cover will be breaking up. right now just high clouds. off in the distance friendship heights and bethesda on the more horizon horizon. everything is dry and cold. your weather headlines be prepared for a milder afternoon. and then a big change overnight tonight. cold front sweeps in tomorrow morning. likely triggering a little bit of light snow for the morning commute on thursday. and temperatures will stay here in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees between now through around 8:00 this morning. then we will jump this

afternoon. a look at your drive time forecast chuck bell joins us live in the storm team 4 x 4 coming up at 5:11. melissa, still have some work zones? still some sticking around. 66 west near 123, still the right lane blocked eastbound we have two right lanes blocked. 270 at old hundred road everybody moving along nicely there. overall, everything moving pretty well. lots of green. and again, a lot of the construction is actually out of the way. some still sticking around. beltway at braddock road looks pretty good there. and then taking a look at 66 no problems. a live look at prince george's county coming up. breaking news at least 15 people are dead after a plane crashed in taiwan's capital. take a look at dash cam video. wow. that shows that transasia plane

clipping a bridge before it slammed into the river below. this crash happened shortly after takeoff. 58 people on board. as you see here rescue crews are still searching for 19 people. right now metro is open, but some trains may be moving slower than normal. cold weather is forcing metro to restrict speeds in some places to prevent cracked rails. megan mcgrath is live to explain why your trip into work may take longer. >> reporter: it could take a little bit longer. right now the speed restrictions affect every line in the system. but the locations could change day to day depending upon ongoing inspection of the rails. the speeds have been reduced by about a third in over a dozen locations. this is being done as a safety precaution in spots with potential for weather related cracked rails. trains that normally go about 50 miles per hour would go down to about 35 miles per hour. this is in short sections of track just about a few hundred

feet. but those restrictions could add a few minutes to your commute. during good stream cold andextreme cold, it can cause cracks. metro has special vehicle that checks out rails. they will continue to monitor things and will be doing manual inspections. but people who take metro can expect to see speed restrictions likely for the duration of the winter and the cold months here. so something people have to keep in mind as they travel during these cold months. we're here at l'enfant we'll be talking to riders about whether they know any slowdowns this morning. back to you. thank you, megan. 5:04. police are trying to figure out the ploif for a tmotive for a shooting of a teen in southeast washington. news # was there at the scene as police cordoneded off the entire

eve as it crosses east capitol street. police have yet to release any information about the shooter that they're looking for this morning. a man accused of carjacking a woman at gunpoint in veeienna will head to court. darian robinson made the woman drive him from the metro station to several businesses in maryland last november. the woman says she was forced to take out cash and make purchases for robinrobinson. he eventually let her go unharmed. today school leaders will discuss changing kindergarten from a full day to half day to save money in prince william county. the school board will consider making $11 million in possible cuts to next year's budget including eliminating bus service for special programs at middle and high high schools. the chairman says the system will immediate to make cuts if the county approve as proposal to hold real estate tax bills at the rate of inflation.

if you can't wait for the purchase people line in maryland we'll have more to tell but it today. just hours from thousand,now, leaders will hear an update on the plan and will discuss how it could affect our area long term. they will also talk about funding. we learned the president set aside $100 million in the federal budget for the line. however, project leaders are hoping for nine times that amount from the u.s. government. you can hear larry hogan's plans. he will give his state of the state address to a joint session of the jen assembly at noon. the republican is expected to talk about his priorities including tax cuts and fixing maryland's heroin crisis. chris gordon will be at the statehouse today and live tweeting. we'll also stream it live on nbcwashington.com. a local team is groped. the item that may have made her a target.

controversial curriculum why maryland is bringing pot into the classroom for some local students about. and you'll want to bundle up this morning. temperatures are below freezing. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 with your driv

welcome back. more maryland roads will be fixed if maryland governor larry

hogan gets his way. his budget includes $25 million for local road repairs. a live look here for you from our camera at montrose road. the money would come from a pool of cash that has not been allocated. his original budget plan did not include that hone. you may want to pick up a power ball ticket with that morning cup of coffee. the jackpot is expected to reach $317 million by tonight's drawing. this is the first time in nearly a year that the jackpot has climbed above the $300 million mark. tonight's prize is the 11th largest power ball jackpot ever. largest of all time belongs to the mega millions it reached $648 million, that was in december of 2013. i'm going to buy a ticket. >> i selfishly wish we never reported things like that. >> because we don't want everyone else to buy a ticket, too? >> don't want to remind people. let me buy them up first.

well, it is 11 after the hour. it is cold as you head out the door this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your drive time forecast. >> he's live with the 4 x 4 in herndon, virginia. how is it out there? >> reporter: it's a little bit another chilly side. 25 degrees here in herndon this morning. i'm not going to play the lottery because i owe $350 million and until we get the number that big, it doesn't matter to me. it's a cold start. not much of a breeze. so at least there is no real windchill to worry about like we had the last couple of mornings. so that will make things easier. drive time forecast, all green lights for the morning, the afternoon and the evening commute. in weather problems at all. drive time temperatures, 29 on your way out this morning and almost 50 degrees coming home later on today. that will be nice for sure. tom of course is a spoiler, he'll be talk you go about another chance for snow coming up with your "7-day forecast". we'll see you back here in about 30 minutes time.

have a good morning, everybody. still have some construction hanging around here going to mention this for you, 3935 southbound at seminary road, we have two left lanes blocked.5 southbound at seminary road, we have two left laneoc hopefully that will be out of the way soon. in-bound 66 no problems. same thing 95 in virginia. beltway at kenilworth avenue moving along, as well. wider look at things overall no major issues right now. doctors confirm a local case of measles, meanwhile parts in our parents have feelings so both sides. sleep tight and don't let the bedbugs bite. yikes. that may be a bit difficult. why getting rid of the bedbugs could soon get even harder

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the only place in our area so far that has seen the measles. it's very contagious as you may know you can see here that it is defined by a red blotchy rash all over your skin. more than 100 have been infected across the country. they say the best way to stop it, get vaccinated. >> schools are clean, but we have to make sure our kids are not spreading disease to each other. >> i know if i had a child that couldn't at that time vaccination and went to school i would be be worried. >> those were women from our area who spoke with news 4. most of the cases in the country originated in california. the d.c. health department says the person in d.c. with the disease was infected while traveling abroad. it is now 5:16. wearing those ear buds wheel you take that morning jog or walk could make you a target for criminals. that warning comes from arlington police after a man groped a girl walking home from wakefield high school monday. police say the girl was wearing those ear buds when she was

grabbed there from behind. she managed to get away, but police say the ear buds may have prevented her from hearing the suspect approaching. >> if you have head phones try to use only one ear. if you you can, walk with a friend home.have head phones, try to use only one ear. if you you c again most kids and people are carrying cell phones. contact police immediately. >> police say the suspect did manage to get away they're looking for witnesses who may have seen the attack happen. 17 after the hour. developing story now jordan executed two prisoners including a would-be female suicide bomber in retaliation for the isis killing of one of its pilots. those executions came just hours after isis released a video reportedly showing a jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive in a cage. jordan had been willing to exchange suicide bomber for that pilot. but demanded proof that he was alive. jordanian officials now believe the pilot was killed in early

january. a squatter found in a prince george's county mansion is a robbery suspect. the suspect and nine others including children, were found squatting in this foreclosed home. it's been vacant for four years. this is the second time this home in ft. washington has been raided. neighbors say police need to find a better solution. >> vacant houses in prince george's county where the next squatters can be. and we can't keep having 21 cars come to every house twice a year to solve this problem. >> last summer police found a suspect in a d.c. shooting living in that same home along with 12 other people. this morning we're hearing the call for help after strong wind gusts brought down a tree in montgomery county. we first showed you you the pictures of that tree on chris fisher's home on monday. he called 911 shortly after this happened. >> it's actually falling on my house right now.

>> i'll contact the fire department. hold on one second. >> yeah it just fell on my house. >> he remineemained calm. take a look a huge tree. that was 7:00 p.m. monday. wind gusts were up to 50 miles per hour. in news 4 your health at 5:19 if money stresses you out, you are not alone. money is the leading cause of stress for americans. that's according to a new survey from the american psychological association. poll of more than 3,000 adults found that more than 72% felt stressed about money gurg the past year. money troubles also caused problems in about one third of relationships. study says overall stress levels have dropped since 2007. bedbugs are a huge problem in the u.s. and these little critters are getting tougher. that's according too to an entomologist. they're become are more resist

resistent to pesticides. >> people are moving around more they're coming in contact with bedbugs in different places. >> so that expert says that if you are returning from traveling, put all your clothes in a dryer before putting them away. the heat from the dryer will kill the bugs. if you're trying to keep up with your new year's resolution of losing some weight you might want to start running outside now. apparently working out in cold weather could help you you lose more weight. that's according to a study out of japan. it says the cold temperatures help you burn more calories. if you're not up for an outside run, you could also just turn your thermostat down to help drop some of that weight. >> what are the chances you and i would go jogging outside in this kind of weather? >> if i just stay cold in my apartment some. >> no maybe you can run in place inside your cold apartment. >> that's not going to happen. 5:21. >> time to take a look outside. 32 degrees outside of our

studios. a warm-up on the way. tom kierein with your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> i posted that story about how cold weather helps you lose weight yesterday. got a lot of response. and we do see a lot of people out exercising in cold weather and that's actually good. you do burn more calories. and if you plan on heading out and doing some exercise early this morning, you won't have any problems. the sky beginningcast showing the morning clouds. beginning to clear and head off to the east. bright sunshine by noontime. a beautiful blue sky and the deep blue sky for the rest of the afternoon. by 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. cloud cover begins to move back this again. that's ahead of a cold front that will sweep in tomorrow bringing in much colder air. right now we're below freezing but good weather for a morning run or morning exercise outside. we're in the 20s near 30 degrees around the bay. upper 30s -- upper 20s away the met around the metro area.

mptd mountains, just near 20. just a few high clouds. we'll have the sunshine back by 8:00. and noontime. during the afternoon, look at the temperature climbs out of the 20s. upper 40s midafternoon. so quite a jump. light southwesterly breeze to thank for that. and then the winds shift to the northwest tomorrow morning. chance of a little bit of light snow coming through for the morning commute. that may put down a brief dusting, mainly just to our authority. and then strong gusts of wind will keep it cold only reaching maybe 32 33 for a high during the afternoon on thursday. down to the teens by dawn friday. friday in the mid-30s. then bouncing back to the upper 40s on saturday with increasing clouds. chance of rain on sunday. next chance of any accumulating snow looks to be maybe late on monday and into tuesday next week. looks like enough snow to maybe shovel a little bit. we'll keep you posted on that as we get closer to the day, we'll get a better idea. next weather and traffic on the

1s coming up at 5:31 neighborhood highs today. we have a new crash, a lot of people use route 1 to get to the baltimore area. northbound route 1 at bonnie view lane completely shut down. trying to get moore information from police. sounds like a pedestrian accident here.moore information from police. sounds like a pedestrian 270 at father hurley volume there. 66 and 95 headed into town tiny slowdown in dale city. indian head highway at the beltway, that is looking good. and belt way at betweengood luck, volume but nothing abnormal. more information on the crash on northbound route 1 coming up. it's 5:23 right now. less than half of the money promised to fight the ebola outbreak in west africa has actually reached its intended targets. that's according to a new study from new york university. of the nearly $3 billion pledged by country, clarities and

private donor just one billion has been paid out. more than 22,000 people have been infected since the outbreak. nearly 9,000 have died. students who took out expensive loans hey get relief. the consumer financial protection bureau says corinthian college will forgive a total of $480 million in loans that were handed out to tons of thousands of students. the federal government says more than 60% of students defaulted on corinthian's loans within three years. corinthian operates a network of campuses under different names across the u.s. and canada. you can learn about growing your hair mayormarijuana business. anne arundel community college is offering a class called entrepreneurial opportunities in emerging markets. the professor said it took two years to get the class approved. students say the business students are endless as the legalized marijuana market expands. maryland decriminalized small amounts of pot.

people in washington state can now buy marijuana the same way they buy a candy bar. the first marijuana vending machine opened in seattle yesterday. s company that makes the machine says it's fully climate control and can check the customer's age even. they're monitored 24 hours a day by an employee of that vending company. i imagine you can't put those in a workplace. might cause some problems. >> you would think. but who knows. i don't know. miami's police department is taking a vested interest in its k-9 officers. >> police dogs are getting new uniforms so they can serve and be protected. take a look here dogs are being outfitted with new stab proof bulletproof vests. they're also light weight because these dogs go after a weighed down by anything. >> if he ever gets into that situation where somebody tries to use a weapon against him, hopefully it will do its job. >> makes good sense.

these vests are not cheap. each one costs $950. fortunately the company that makes them donated the vests for every k-9 officer in that police department. patriots will take part in their victory parade despite some snow delays. the parade starts at 11:00 a.m.. it is the first championship win for the team since winning back to back super bowls a decade ago. fans will brave the cold. it's boston, they will brave the cold for sure to support the sprnl super bowl champs. in taiwan, a plane crash caught on dash cam video. just astonishing video. new information on the devastation and the rescue effort. florida plus plus a warmer wednesday is in your forecast but first you have to bear some freezing conditions at 5:31. tom kierein is breaking down temperatures in your neighborhood. and if you can't be in front of your tv watch news 4 today

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we have breaking news right now. multiple people are dead after a plane crash. take a live look at these pictures. you can see the plane still there in the river as search you crews are trying to rescue people. apparently that search for survives is not over. we have a live report with the latest information from the live desk coming up. first good morning, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. want to kick off with your forecast. tom kierein is in the "weather center". >> yeah, you can keep up with all of the changing weather we'll have a nice warming today then getting colder tomorrow with the storm team 4 weather app. get it on google play and itunes store. temperatures right now are hovering in the mid and upper 20s. your future temperatures by 8:00 a.m., neighborhoods in prince george's county montgomery fair fast counties still below freezing. but quickly by noontime we will be jumping into the 30s to they're 40 degrees. and then a dramatic climb into the mid to upper 40s by mid to

late afternoon. so temperatures are really going to quickly warm above freezing and up into the upper 40s. neighborhoods to the south of us, hidus mid-40s. just near 40 near the pennsylvania border. low fourth for highs around the bay later this afternoon. a look at our next chance of some snow accumulating snow that's next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. and then 5:#41 we'll have chuck bell live. breaking news. i know a lot of folks use route 1 to get north. so route 1 at bonnie view lane we have all lanes blocked northbound and southbound. this is a pedestrian crash. alternate is old washington road to get around that. so just a warning there. 95 in maryland in and out of town looking between. bw parkway no major problems. wide look at things overall look quite good. same thing as you're looking at

the prince george's county. no accidents, who incidents, no construction in the way right now. 95 in virginia there at newington rolling right along. i'm back this ten minutes. i'm angie goff with breaking news out of taiwan. we have unbelievable video. this is of a plane right before it crashes into a river. actually we don't have that for you. but what you're looking at are live pictures. this is from taipei river where you can see the plane that crashed is still in the water. we have a huge rescue going on. this is a transasia flight that actually turned on its side, it clipped a taxi and bridge before falling into the river. the plane is still in the water as you can see. we know that 15 people are dead. ten of them died in the hospital. they're still searching for survivors. many of them believed to still be in that plane.

58 passengers were on board and officials unfortunately telling us that the death toll is expected to rise as this rescue effort continues. we also just got some new information, we're hearing that a mayday call was placed to air traffic control before the plane went down. developing story that we will continue to follow. here is that video. wow. and it's kind of hard to see, but right above that red banner there, the plane actually clips part of a taxi. that driver was okay. but soon after that just crashed into the river in taipei. and as i mentioned, huge effort right now to find survivors. we'll continue to keep you posted throughout the morning. back to you. it's 5:33 right now. some people are criticizing the way a 911 dispatcher handled a hit and run call over the weekend. the departments happenaccide happened on bw park and i.

julia pearce suffered two broken legs. her guyfiance was killed. they were changing a tire. when the victim's daughter dialed 191 for help some say the dispatcher's tone was inappropriate. >> ma'am, stop yelling. i need a location.dispatcher's tone was inappropriate. >> ma'am, stop yelthe dispatcher's tone was inappropriat so two people were struck? >> yeah. >> stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> the anne arundel county fire department told news 4 the dispatcher could have used a better choice of words, but he was just trying to get information to send help. police are still looking for the driver of the car that left the scene. lawyers in the jesse matthew trial are requesting a delay. they're expected to ask a fairfax county judge this friday they want his trial moved from march to the summer. matthew is charged with attempted murder and rape of a woman in 2005. he's also charged in charlottesville with kidnapping uva student hannah graham last september. a bill to protect victims of campus sex assaults with a

separate measure referred to as the jesse hathmatthew bill has advanced in the house. it would require colleges to provide the traps viptscripts of students who were expelled and also to notify the state's attorney within 48 hours of the start of an investigation. a second more controversial bill requires colleges to report sex assaults to police if they think the safety of a student is at risk. today the price you pay for cigarettes could go i push to increase the tax on cigarettes by a dollar a pack. a democrat who represents montgomery county proposed a bill to stone that change. the state natis that the will hold a hearing today. we have a developing story out of philadelphia.is that the will hold a hearing today. we have a ve crews are still trying to put out a massive apartment fire. take a look from the view above. you can see a lot of smoke and

flames rising. we're hearing reports that smoke could be seen from miles away. one person has died in this fire. two others are hurt. a firefighter also has some minor injuries. initial reports saying that the fire started in a trash chute in morris town pennsylvania. 21 people have been forced out of their homes. and the damage to the building, you can see pretty extensive. we already know the back part of the apartment complex has collapsed. 5:36. what is the united states doing to fight isis? you how the grisly killing of a jordanian pilot is increasing the pressure for decisive action. it will be freezing at the bus stop this morning. 31 degrees outside. grab the coats. tom kierein is tracking temperatures and possible warm-up.

welcome back. today there is some major road work you should watch out for on i-66. you might want to leave early if you'll be on the highway around midnight tonight. that's when crews are shutting down eastbound lanes between route 29 and sully road. the section on the right shows the lanes crews will close tomorrow night. they're installing new overhead signs to give you a lot of information when you are on the road. today military personnel

will get double the discount on tools at sears. the discount is available to all those who are serving or have served. it's in honor of the 74th birthday of sears. you must present a valid i.d. to get your discount. 5:40 your time. and we are expecting, wanting a warm-up today. but it is down right chilly out right you now. >> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has your forecast. how soon can we get the warm-up? >> how soon? well first of all, we need to get the sun up. that happens about 7:12 7:13 this morning. somewhere right in that immediate ballpark of time. once the sun is up, all things start to improve from there. but in the meantime it's going to be a little chilly if you're headed out to the bus stops first thing this morning. whether address adult or kid, you'll need your warm coat. temperatures generally speak management mid to upper 20s.

we're at 28 in her donendon. we'll warm up to about 30 around 9:00. all above freezing by 10:00. so there is a little good news for you right there. and near 50 by later on today. #warmerwednesday. breaking news. just heard from howard county police this is a fatal crash with a pedestrian route 1 at bonnie view lane. all lanes blocked there north and south. your alternate is old washington road this morning. taking a look at travel times now, 95 north from quantico to the beltway, 31 minutes. 66 eastbound from fairfax county parkway to the beltway, 10 minutes. 270 south, 16 minutes. and the outer loop you're running on time. 95 to 270. we're back in just ring ring!... progresso!

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looking at the stories making headlines right now seven people died in a train versus suv crash near new york city. later this morning, the national transportation safety board will launch a go team to investigate that crash. team leaders are expected to do quick media briefing this morning before hopping on a plane at reagan national. at least 15 people are dead after a plane crashed in taiwan's capital. dash cam video shows the transasia plane clipping a bridge before it slammed into the river. 58 people were on board. rescue crews are still searching for 19. the measles has now reached d.c.. the d.c. department of health confirms someone has it but says that person was infected outside of the country. and this case is not related to the outbreak in california. 5:45 now. today the next secretary of defense is expected to be confirmed even with a change in leadership the government says it is not letting up on isis. tracie potts is live to tell us what lawmakers are saying on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. they're saying that isis is

likely to be the number one issue. in just a few hours ashton carter comes before lawmakers here in the senate to see if he can be confirmed as the new defense secretary. the pentagon had said that they're not going to let up this will bombing campaign against isis, but now new this morning, jordan has taken decisive action killing, executing two people that isis wanted freed. they are al qaeda prisoners in retaliation for isis and that very brutal and very public killing of their jordanian pilot. you're seeing video of ambulances taking the bodies of those two prisoners that have been freed. today here on the hill as we hear from ashton carter we're also waiting to hear from the white house on this latest move by jordan. yesterday president obama responded to the killing of that jordanian pilot saying that it was barbaric and it shows that isis has a bankrupt ideology. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us.

thank you. 13 before the hour now. man accused of carjacking and abducting a woman outside a metro station will head to court. police say darian rob bensoninson made the woman drive him to several businesses last november. that woman says she was forced to take out cash and make purchases for robinson. police say robinson eventually let her go unharmed at the you new carrollton metro station. we could learn the outcome of a massive lawsuit against remington rifles later today. a judge is expected to decide where to approve a settlement for that class action suit. plaintiffs say there is a defect in many remington rifles that causes the gun to fire without the tregigger being pulled. the settlement would require remington to replace the trigger on most rifles in question. there is a bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. it took a tie breaking vote to pass the bill. similar measures have passed in the senate before but they have

died in the heavily republican house of delegates. today a d.c. council committee will hold a hearing about whether your pre-k students can be suspended. david grasso wants to ban public and public charter schools from suspending pre-k students. the report from the d.c. office of the state superintendent of education found 181 pre-k students were suspended back in 2012/13 school year. the hearing is this afternoon at 2:00. d.c. officials apologized for accidently exposing personal information of 10,000 students. buzzfeed found it. it had been open to the public since 2010. the website was locked yesterday after buzzfeed contacted the school district. d.c. schools says quote, there is currently no evidence that the data was compromised and we understand how important it is to safe guard student information and will conduct a top to bottom review of our security practices to ensure this does not happen again. maryland'slarry hogan is

short changing your child's education. they created a website that lets you see how the budget will affect your district. if you have your phone or tablet you can go to the nbc washington app and search hogan to take a look at that website. the new governor disputes the criticism saying he's spending a record amount on education and new school construction. in d.c., a charter school is now saying three teachers resigned even as parents say they were wrongfully fired. several of those parents believe howard university middle school let the teachers go for teaching extra black history lessons to their students. the d.c. chapter of the naacp is investigating the claims today. in the day ahead, mayor bowser will commemorate black history month. she will announce her appointee

for the officer on african african-american favoraf she wi rd a story about the first black student to attend an all white school this new orleans. today researchers can learn more about civil rights icon rosa parks private life. the library of congress will show personal papers letters and pictures of the woman who started the montgomery alabama bus boycott in 1955. she refused to move to the back of the bus. she grew up on the farm of her maternal grand parents and she talks about life on the farm. >> there is a picture about of parks at olney hear landmaryland where a middle school was named in her honor. it should be a powerful exhibit. >> there is a lot more history. most people will go expecting the bus boycott, but there is so much other information about her. other things that she did.

>> love the library of congress. so much to see in there. we're talking about the weather and a warm-up. >> yes, and our fount of information here weather-wise is tom kierein. >> yes, i'm just bubbling with energy and joy because it will be warmer today about that how about that? and then colder tomorrow. we'll talk about that later. sky is rather cloudy now. skycast 4 showing it. by 8:00 a.m. we'll have increasingly sunny skies with nice blue sky for your lunch hour. it will be that wonderful deep blue sky we get in the winter tile. and then later in the afternoon, still remaining mostly clear. then this evening, we'll begin to see clouds returning ahead of a cold front that will bring us much colder weather tomorrow. right now we are below freezing. near 30 by the bay. shenandoah valley into the mountains, most locations there low to mid-20s.

it has dipped down to the teens there at petersburg. most spots just in the mid to upper 20s. so not terribly cold. sky over washington now is still water cloudy. some high thin clouds. we can see the big full moon in the western sky now. but we'll have the bright sunshine. look at our temperature graph steeply climbing all the way into the 40s by noon i'm. and then hitting upper 40s by mid to late afternoon with those clouds beginning to move back in. so enjoy this brief warming because it will be getting colder. love this photo taken by erin pollack. she gets extra credit, because she's a meteorology student. beautiful shot between the trees. post your photos. i share on instragram. tomorrow morning, we will be down into the mid-20s. and a little bit of light snow is possible during the morning commute. perhaps a light dusting mainly for the northern suburbs and then strong blustery winds kick

in during the afternoon on thursday. keeping it cold. reaching near freezing. teens tomorrow morning, mid-30s for highs on friday. and then we bounce back in to the 40s on saturday and sunday. might get some rain on sunday. next chance of any accumulating snow looks to be maybe later on monday and in to tuesday. we have breaking news now. >> we're talking about this problem in elkridge. chopper 4 over the scene. route 1 at bonnie view this is a fatal pedestrian crash. it looks like we're seeing the northbound lanes are completely shut down. southbound is getting by. your alternate is old washington road. a lot of people use this route instead of having to deal with 95 to head northbound. also some metro delays. red line delay to glenmont. orange and silver single tracking through east falls church. 95 at dale city typical for this time of morning. 16 miles per hour. but not a lot of volume to slow

you down too much. wide look at things, yefr alloverall inner loop and outer loop looking good. 270 at clarksburg everything flowing. and then 66 west of ox road also looking quite good. more on that crash in elkridge coming up. it's 5:54. your lunch may be getting more expensive. chipotle thinking about a price increase. landon dowdy joining us live to explain the reason for that. good morning to you. >> aaron, good morning. chipotle is mulling the idea of raising prices for steak items on its menu to offset higher costs. the move wouldn't likely happen until the middle of this year. chipotle reported earnings on tuesday that beat wall street forecasts thanks to strong customer traffic. but food costs account the for a third of the company's revenue. and netflix is back online after suffering an outage for more than an hour on tuesday. the company says it's still investigating the cause of the outage which affected users in

north and south america. and parts of europe. people took to twitter to express their collective display. among the funniest tweets next netflix is done, so maybe i'll talk to my first for the first time. they seem like nice people. aaron, i told you not to tweet that. >> i didn't even know you you followed me, but that's the reality. figure out how to talk to real people these days. i don't know. >> i'm helping them out. >> thank you, landon. it is now 5:55. new this morning, we're getting a look at just how much money was spent on mayor bowser's inauguration. the d.c. mayor released her financial report and it shows that just over $1 million was spent on the inaugural festivities. vincent gray spent just over $700,000. requiring inaugural committees to file reports was part of an ethics reform bill that bowser cites a one of her top accomplishments on the d.c. council. we've learned new details about two children found alone in a locked car in foggy bottom.

their parts are accused of leaving them while they went to a wine tasting. video from the ritz-carlton shows those children were left for more than 45 minutes. the kids had coats but no hats. one child had no shoes or socks. the parents say they were monitoring the children with an iphone they left in the car. those parents now charged with attempted second degree cruelty to children. an 11-year-old girl from centreville is going places and she is telling everyone about it. meet ayonnah tinsley. she's the writer behind the yayastars.com. it's a kid friendly travel website, includes her reviews of places she's traveled and even local restaurants she's visited. she uses a five star rating system. she includes reviews posted by other kids as well. and says she works really hard to keep the site fresh. >> bloggers should always keep their -- keep posts at least once every single week. i make the site for kids that want to go to places and kids that have been to places. >> good for her. the website gets thousands of

views each month. i think this is a really interesting tool because as kids get older, they want to have a say in where they go and it gives them a feel that they are part of the process, as well. an parents, this is a great resource if you have kids you and you want to plan a family trip. >> she just needs to turn it into some money. >> i think she will. we're actually tracking some breaking news for you this morning out of asia where a dash camera was rolling, you see here as the commuter plane plunges from the sky. it slams into a bridge. it's a video you will be talking about today. we're tracking the efforts to rescue crash survivors from the live desk. also on news 4 today, metro slowing down some of its trains. impact commuters say it is having on their trek to work. a live look outside for you. where things are really cold at this early hour, about your we're looking for a warm-up.

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right now on "news 4 today," dramatic new video overnight as a dash camera capture as plane plunging from the sky slamming into a bridge. the scram bem bell under way to

try to pull passengers from the wreckage. also in new york the investigation into a deadly train accident is ramping up this morning. the new developments we've learned while you were sleeping. and we have a clilgchilly start. take a look at these temperatures. you'll probably want to carry that winter coat when you head home from work tonight. >> tom kierein here with your weather headlines. >> agentle breeze this morning. you can see the flag flapping. it will bring in milder weather. your headlines for this wednesday, a cold morning. we'll stay below freezing for another couple of hours. then a much milder afternoon. then a big change moves in tomorrow. chance of light snow for the thursday morning commute. temperatures right now around the metro area are hovering in the upper 20s. radar showing a few