again for the first time since tuesday's fiery crash. it will ride through the accident site. the harlem line is expected to reach grand central station sometime before 6:00 a.m.. commuters expect delays as it moves slowly through that work zone. now, there is new video of the suv involved in the crash being removed from the site. and there is the picture there. you see we've learned that a curator for the metropolitan museum of art, walter leidtke, is among the six killed. the museum called him brilliant and respected. that is the latest from the live desk as we follow this developing story. members of the d.c. council will hear from metro witnessed the smoke emergency earlier this month at the l'enfant plaza station. a public oversight round table will be held at the wilson building this afternoon. the council is looking in to how crews responded to the emergency. the meeting is at 2:00 p.m.. >> metro is also about to get a

rare distinction. it is the only second u.s. transit agency to ever face a comprehensive inspection by the u.s. government. the review will start next month. it will focus on the overall safety culture and will include rail bus and train operations. this inspection is separate from the ntsb's investigation of last emergency. 4:31. here is something you don't get to say often in february. it's 42 degrees this morning. >> but that is the warm part of the day. i think temperatures will drop. i wish we could say the way it was yesterday. tom kierein here with more. >> yeah we briefly got if to the low and mid-50s yesterday afternoon. but overnight, it's gotten colder and the leading edge is triggering a few flurries, these areas in gray. as that does move closer to us it looks like that will be drying out, but we still have a small chance of an early flurry this morning.

then a cold and windy afternoon moofing ing moving in and roller coaster temperatures continuing into the weekend and first part of next week. here is the feels like temperature. by 8:00 a.m. this morning, all around the region it will be feeling like only in the teens. so what a dramatic change from yesterday afternoon. now, here is the feels like temperature by noontime when you're heading out for your lunch hour feels like temperatures down just in the low teens much of the region and many spots many neighborhoods by 4:00 5:00 windchills down to single digits farther north and west. we could have gusts around 30 to 35 miles per hour this afternoon as the temperatures continue to drop. all the way down to near 20 degrees by late tonight. this time tomorrow morning, we'll be down into the teens with a lighter wind. a look at your drive time forecast for this thursday now let's check the roads with melissa. right now actually looking

quite good. we have a little bit of construction 66 westbound at 123. 270 at montrose not having any issues. no construction at all on 270 even though sometimes we see that construction up north near bucky town pike. not in the way right now. 66 headed into town 99 all looking good. same thing when you're looking at prince george's county. lots of movement here. no major issues at this point this morning. 95 in maryland bw parkway, all looking quite good. i'm back in ten minutes weather and traffic on the 1s. i'll have a live look at 95 in maryland. 4:33 now. anne arundel county 911 dispatchers now being transferred as a result of this exchange. >> so two people were struck? >> yeah, they both laying they just -- >> let's stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> that operator you you heard there on that 911 call has been transferred for the way he talked to a teenager whose father was just run over by a car. the anne arundel county police

department has launched an internal investigation. >> as a result of this will dispatcher has been moved to a position within the department where he will not have contact with the public. >> police have not made an arrest in this hit and run case. the woman hurt in the accident remains in serious condition. a bomb threat caused the evacuation of a walmart in fairfax county. fire officials there tell us it was a false alarm. these photos show the evacuation of that store in chantilly. we're told there was a small fire in the store shortly after 6:00. still no word on what started the fire. more than a dozen vehicles have been vandalized near howard university. students returned to their cars in le droit park area last night to find windows smashed and valuables gone. >> like not my car. i walk up i see the local robusted out, i'm like it wouldn't happen to me. then you know -- but, yeah. >> students used towels and trash bags to cover their cars

until the glass could be replaced. they are are's asking the questions how did more than a dozen cars get broken into without anyone noticing. one student told news 4 she was told someone was patrolling that area. d.c. police are investigating another crime near a college campus. police say that two men took someone's cell phone yesterday at 48th and brandywine streets in northwest d.c. not far from the american university campus. police say no weapon was drawn in that robbery, but the victim said the suspect implied that they had one. > japan hopes a new resolution will help fighting groups such as isis. it calls increased humanitarian aid and also increased safety for japanese nationals abroad. it hopes to pass through the upper house of parliament on friday. this comes days after a second japanese citizen was killed. japan's prime minister has announced $200 million in nonmilitary aid to combat the

fight against islamic militant groups. it's now 4:36. and there are new calls from capitol hill to provide weapons and aircraft equipment to jordan so it can help in the fight against isaiah. both republican and democrats are calling for the increased assistance after isis released a video showing a jordanian pilot being burned alive. the video has parked outrage in the middle east and throughout the world. jordan is calling on the world to join together and stamp out the islamic state. the u.s. has already pledged $1 billion in economic assistance to jordan this year. i'm molette green at the live desk. right now family members of the 31 killed in a plane crash that was caught on video now arriving in taiwan's capital. we want you to take a look at this new video showing the nose section of the plane being lifted off the bank of that shallow river. this happened less than 15 minutes ago. this is a live look at the crash scene here. 58 people were on the transasia

airways fly when the pilot sent out the mayday call before the turboprop crashed into the river. there you see the nose section being lifted out. 12 people still missing. that's the latest. back to you. it's 4:37. came there will bey the be a lot of talk about the tolls on the greenway. a republican will introduce a bill that aims to change the toll strugtscture. he wants to switch to a distance based tolling structure, also calling for stricter oversight of the private operator of that road. that operator is currently looking to increase tolls by about 3%. if approved, it would cost as ch much as $5.25 to travel. power ball a jackpot expected to grow for saturday's drawing. no winning tickets were sold last night and there were no million dollar winners from our area either. the cash prize for a $360

million jackpot is about $250 million. we can all dream can't we? new this morning, a plane crash lands into a television station you tower in texas knocking them off the air. why the station and everyone inside was in danger. now hiring. where you can catch a local job fair doing shall recruiting today. and you heard there is a chance you could see flurries this morning. whether or not you'll see it in your

. traffic alert this morning. allow extra time if you're traveling along route 7 at belmont ridge road in ashburn. traffic stops begin there today. blasting in that area to relocate a gas main will require at least a 15 minute stop on that road. you can expect this every tuesday and thursday until march 24th between 10:00 and 11:30 in the morning. if you're looking for a new be job, a job be fair is being held at the tysons corner shopping center. the job fair hopes to fill positions at the high at regency and a new restaurant opening this spring. more than 100 positions are available. that event happens between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m.. >> got there early. >> early bird gets the worm. and we should be getting lots of worms. 4:41 your time. here is a live look outside for you. 41 degrees here innin tenleytown and we're only going down.

>> let's check the weather with tom kierein. >> that's right, these will be the high temperatures for the day. your drive time looking good though. we'll have dry pavement this morning. just a few flurries flying through the air for the morning commute. temperatures mid and upper 30s. for the afternoon commute, we will be down below freezing with bright sunshine winds will be whipping in down to around 30 degrees by late afternoon and into the early evening hours. keep up with the roller coaster temperatures with the storm team 4 app. you can get it google play and the itunes store. a look at our next chance of accumulating snow coming up at 4:51. how are the roads? right now looking good. maryland 95 at cherry hill road everything moving along nicely. wide look at things overall again no major problems right now. i do have construction here and there, but some of this wrapping up and the rest of it should be wrapping up in the next couple of minutes. 270 at clarksburg road, all these folks headed south early to beat the rush. 66 and 95 also looking good. p do have construction icc

westbound past columbia pike the right lane blocked. i'm back in ten minutes. it could revolutionize how we deduct serious diseases, how cell phones could be the new way to find hiv. and another nfl star in

the response to the affordable care act, tracie potts joins us live from capitol hill to explain how this could leave a lot of folks in limbo. >> reporter: because now millions already have insurance under the current plan, what if they to repeal it and come up with something different, what happens to people who have already gotten that insurance. for years they said if you don't like the current law, come up

with something else. today we find out the details of that something else. there are a few republican groups working on this. the one coming out today we're told will pitch the idea of tax credits instead of subsidies for low income families. in other words, you buy the insurance and whe taxes, you get a credit for buying the insurance as opposed to the government giving you money up front to help pay for it. no individual mandate, you wouldn't be forced to buy insurance or face a tax penalty. no mandate for businesses to provide insurance if they have 50 or more employees and no specifics on what that insurance would have to cover. all of that likely to be in this plan. we're told there are a few things they want to keep. if you're 26 or younger, you can stay on your parents' insurance. and there would be no life time cap on what that insurance company would have to pay for your coverage. this is all coming from people who are familiar with the plan. nothing official yet. we will find out in just a few hours. >> thank you, tracie.

it is now 4:47. hugh this morning, a pilot is dead after his small plane struck a tv news tower in texas. the cause of that crash is unknown. the plane crashed in to the kcdb tower. the to you ser still standing but there were fear it is could fall on to the tv station. the channel is currently off the air. the nation's second largest health insurance company is investigating a massive data breach. hackers obtained information on as many as 80 million anthem former and current customers and employees. the insurance company says the information included names, birthdays, social security numbers, street addresses and e-mail addresses. no credit card information was accessed. anthem is providing customers with information on the breach. we'll be posting a link to that on nbcwashington.com. this morning we're hearing from a d.c. pizza delivery man who says he was attacked by an nfl linebacker. we brought you this story as breaking news yesterday.

colts line bagger today jackson is facing a fine and time in jail. he's accused of punching a man over a parking space. >> he grab me really bad, he told me like this i can't talk. he hold me like this, he say he going to kill me. >> this alledgedly happened outside jackson's home on 12th street in northwest d.c.. i just want to get the bad guy. if i can't see him, i can't shoot him. >> today the trial of the man accused of killing america's deadly sniper begins. chris kyle was killed at a texas shooting range in 2013. the movie american sniper is in theaters right now and depicts kyle's life and controversial career in the military. fellow veteran eddie ralph is charged with his murder. today ralph's lawyers will file for a change of venue out of

kyle's native texas. a new option to make your commute easier may not get off the ground. larry hogan did not mention metro's purple line in his state of the state address. that omission has some lawmaker uneasy about the purple line's future. just two weeks ago, hogan said his budget would include funding for the project. the government says the purple line would cost more than $2 billion to build. president obama has already allocated millions in federal aid toward the new line. >> if the purple line is canceled the federal investment of $900 million which will be green lighted by the federal transit administration goes to another state. it doesn't come to maryland. >> lawmakers are looking for an absolute confirmation of support from the governor. the purple line would connect montgomery and prince george's county. the line would include 21 stops from bethesda to carol ton oig.

scientists have created a device that can diagnose hiv in minutes. it replyicates a lab drug test. it showed promising results while testing mothers and children in rwanda. experts say this twicedevice could make a huge impact. if new legislation passes in california there would be no more exemptions in school vaccinations due to religious beliefs. a california senator who is also a pediatrician says vaccines should be a requirement. if the bill is passed there will be no opt out because of a personal belief. measles has been reported in 14 states in the u.s. with most cases in california. this morning president obama delivers remarks at the national prayer breakfast. this is video from last year's event. there could be controversy this time. the dalai lama will also be at the event. whether he will interact with the president is anybody's guess. china has cautioned world

leaders against meeting with the exiled take bet tan leader. the breakfast is at the national cathedral.bet tan leader. the breakfast is at the national ca time to take a look at our forecast. sad when at this hour, the warmest it will be all day. >> enjoy it while we can. >> really we have a cold front coming and here we go, right back down into the pit of winter again after we were feeling a little like spring yesterday afternoon. >> a little tease. >> tormenting us. right how radar, patches of white and gray those are just scattered flurries. you can see the area over the last three hours or so radar history showing it really diminishing a lot in pennsylvania and a narrow line of those flurries stretching from there into central west virginia. closer to the metro area we have a few flurries here in this light great area from just north of winchester just west along 81 up to near hagerstown these are tracking off to the east. maybe a few scattered flurries coming through over the next few hours. but shouldn't really be causing

any problems. temperatures are getting colder. frederick done to 32. hagarstown martinsburg at 36. closer to washington, we're in the mid to upper 30s. near 40 by the chesapeake bay. and the winds will begin to increase drawing in the colder air and our windchills will be plummeting. windchills by 11:00 a.m. down to 20. mid teens by 5:00 p.m.. we'll be down to near ten degree windchills by 8:00 p.m. as these winds continue to whip on through. they will diminish a bit by the time we get into the evening hours by late evening. then between now and then the air temperatures they will be dropping down to below freezing. by around 3:00 4:00, we'll be down near 30 degrees. and then down into the 20s overnight tonight. and then the teens by dawn tomorrow with a clear sky and a lighter wind. love this gorgeous moon rise from a couple days ago when the full moon was rising over the potomac river. elaine posted this.

you can post yours. tomorrow afternoon, after the cold start upper 30s. ed a and then temperatures in the 40s saturday and sunday. sunday might get a little bit of light rain. and then next chance of any accumulating snow may be monday into monday night, maybe a little rain and sleet. always light snow. only looks like an inch or so from this system as it quickly moves on through. so the another chance of a mix after that maybe on wednesday. now let's check on our morning commute. we still have construction. when will they clean that up? >> they say 5:00 a.m.. 66 west at 123, again, they say until 5:00. stooim sometimes it takes a while. two right lanes blocked. beltway at colesville everything rolling along. same thing on the beltway. just some construction sprinkled all over the place. which should be out of the way here in just a little bit. franch avenue, pennsylvania

avenue indian head highway into and out of town looking good. same thing as you're looking at 66. back in ten minutes. something you might be happy to hear. what a new study says your students are doing less of than did you when you were their age.

new services could be coming to your neighborhood post office. you may soon be able to ship food and drinks through the mail. right now the postal service is testing grocery and water deliveries in two cities. the service is looking for new ways to mail money. postmaster general says the agency can't survive its current financial situation if it doesn't find new revenue. the postal service had a $5 billion shortfall in the last fiscal year. starting today, you'll get to help frederick county come up with a new slogan. january gardner will kick off a contest at new. she wants to help you brainstorm a new motto. we should ask amelia segal. the motto will be used on the county website publications and road signs. we're working to get a link of the contest up to nbcwashington.com. i'll post it on my facebook page as well. new housing options may be coming to arlington and a neighborhood church may make it

happen. members of the church voted to redevelop property and turn it into affordable housing. the pastor says a lot of planning has to happen first. >> this is the glunity we feel tiity community we feel called to serve. where well be once the building goes down we still don't know. >> the people of that church has this wonderful vision for the community and they have embraced affordable housing. >> if you live in that area you know the nearby church did a similar redevelopment. the pastor there says this is a difficult transition. you can hear more about that on nbcwashington.com, search arlington presbyterian church. today montgomery county council starts work on a bill that would ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats from commercial breeders. the bill would forbid puppy mills. sores would only be allowed to see animals taken from animal care facilities or rescue operations. "news 4 today" continues now

at 5:00 a.m.. developing this morning, no classes today for students at frederick high school. someone fulled a gun out after a basketball game and that person is still on the loose. going down. that's what you'll feel temperatures doing today after a day of 50 degree weather and springlike temperatures all that on top of a little snow this morning. flurries throughout our region. >> right now we begin with team coverage. melissa mollet on your commute, but first tom kierein on when to start adding layers. >> in fact did that right now before you head out the door. it's starting to really drop quickly after with did get into the low and mid-50s yesterday afternoon leading edge of the cold air is bringing flurries west virginia into far

southwestern pennsylvania. closer in we do have a few of these flurries showing up and i gon and down 81 toward winchester. they're tracking off to the east. a few may scoot through the northern suburbs of the metro area. temperatures hovering in the upper 30s and 40. near 40 around the bay. in the mountains, still generally above freezing most locates. except look at oakland, down to just 18 degrees. they are getting that cold air right now. sky over washington now is partly to mostly cloudy. that's a live view from our tower camera. weather headlines for this cold plunge thursday early flurry possible then a cold and wendy afternoon to be followed by roller coaster temperatures as we get into