we're dealing with one of the coldest mornings we've seen in a month. tom kyrgios here is here with what to wear and i'm thinking a big heavy coat. >> that and warm hat and warm feet too. keep your feet warm. rest of your body will stay warm. we're down to temperatures we have not seen since early january. it's down to just near 10 degrees. district now right in the upper teens to near 20. near the bay, upper teens. much of northern virginia down to just near 10 degrees. so dress accordingly. warm coat hat, gloves. wear something red, too. it's heart health day on this friday. we'll have these temperatures stay below freezing for another couple of hours. we have a clear sky now live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking northwest. your frigid friday headlines, after this frigid morning, a chilly afternoon, but getting above freezing. we can look forward to a warmer

weekend. melissa, what is going on with traffic? a good update for us. 395 north that ramp to glebe road is now open. still seeing some volume because a lot of folks trying to get off on glebe for the morning and couldn't do it until now. 270 at falls road, everybody behaving themselves. 66 nice and clear. lots of green. do have this in woodbridge. mini veil roadnieville road at dale boulevard, should be out of the way shortly. just a little slow. prince george's county overall looking good. right now students are returning to frederick high school after a shooting earlier this week. two teens were injured in that shooting. late last night, we learned that one of those students is in critical condition.

police are also investigating whether the shooting was gang related. 23red rick high school has two more basketball games tonight and right now those games will still go on as scheduled. students at west frederick middle school also go back to today. defense lawyers for jesse matthew will ask that his trial be accused. he's accused in a 2005 sex assault and also abduction of hannah graham. lawyers are expected to ask that the trial be delayeded until the summer. police say an incident happened last weekend at uva and was reported yesterday. police say the alleged attack happened inside a dorm on campus. this comes as state lawmakers are considering legislation to mandate the reporting of campus sex assaults. last late-year, "rolling stone" published an article about a sex assault that was later

retracted. a d.c. elementary teacher won't be in class today after being arrested for sexual assault. 33-year-old leroy damian ware teaches at miner elementary. he was arrested misdemeanor sex abuse of a child. we're working to find out whether the child is a student at miner. a woman is on life support after being tased by deputies at the fair taxfax county detention center. he was preparing to be transferred but she resisted the deputies instructions. they used a taser gun to control her. she suffered a significant medical emergency. a developing story right now, health officials in new jersey are looking into the first suspected case of measles in that state. it involves a 1-year-old baby in jersey city who has not yet been vaccinated. in the meantime, health

officials in chicago have not yet identified the source of a measles infection at a daycare center. 5 infants were diagnosed with measles, ten more children exposed. there have been more than 100 other measles cases reported this year including one in d.c.. most of the cases are related to an outbreak at disneyland. a little bit of extra shut eye could cost big bucks for fairfax county. megan mcgrath has a break down of some of the numbers p. >> reporter: it's a $2.6 billion budget. and it funds things like later start times for high schools and pay increases. however, the chairman of the fairfax county school board says that the budget does not fund all of the school system's needs. now, since 2008 21 another positions have been cut, and there has been $435 million in

spending cuts. the board chairman says this manner of b is not sustainable and eventually will affects the quality of education for our students. taking a closer look at the budget it funds full day mondays in lamtelementary schools and later start times for high schools. there a 1% market scale adjustment for all employees and step increase for eligible employees. it also includes a request for an additional $70 million from the board of supervisors. the budget has been approved by the school board, but it still needs to be approved by the county. megan mcgrath, news 4. fairfax county is not the only one setting its budget. the priorities being laid out by alexandria public schools coming up at 6:30. it is one of those stories that will stun you and then make you angry. a family behind bars after trying to teach a 6-year-old boy a lesson about being too nice to

strangers. dig out your warmest winter gear. amelia segal will join us live with your walk to work forecast. but first breaking new ground. the thing pope francis are do during his visit to d.c.

vre wants to raise fares, but it's giving and you chance to weigh in first. they want to raise fares for about 40 cents. step up tickets on amtrak will go up from $3 to $5. during his trip to washington pope francis will bring divine intervention to the

capitol perhaps. house speaker john boehner confirmed the pope formally accepted an invitation the speaker extended last year. francis will be the first upon tis to address congress. pope francis is also expected to visit president obama at the white hous stops in new york and philadelphia. the pope's trip is scheduled for september. not surprising that pope francis is breaking new ground in all sorts of ways just really getting involved in so many issues of poverty. i'd love to interview him. >> i can only imagine you'd all all sorts of things. a chilly start to the friday but it looks like you will get to enjoy a little warmer weather this weekend. >> amelia segal has taken the storm team 4 x 4 to the tacoma metro station. >> reporter: good morning. happy friday guys. we've been here for just over an hour now with the storm team 4 x 4 tracking the conditions.

it's fridge out here. it's hopped to 19, but regardless this is the coldest morning we've had in about a month or so. a lot of folks are bundled up. you can see some metro buses there dropping people off as they hea the takoma park metro station. as you're walking to work this morning, you definitely want tos will be in the teens throughout the early morning hours. once the sun comes up, we'll have plenty of it for the first half of the day. clouds increase getting into the afternoon. walking arm from work, 43. winds not an issue. warmer for the weekend, tom has that forecast coming up. you look great in your head. all of us wearing red today. do have a new crash inner loop before branch avenue right lane

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6:15 now. today the driver of an suv that was hit by a commuter train will be laid to rest. services for 49-year-old ellen brody will be held in westchester county just north of new york city. witnesses say brody drove on to the tracks on tuesday after her car was hit by a crossing gate in the new york city suburb. the collision with the train sparked a major fire five people on the train were also killed. and this morning the ntsb's investigators are learning more about what was happening in the momecrash. black boxes say everything was operating normally and the train was traveling below its 60-mile-an-hour speed limit. investigators also talked to the

train engineer steven smalls. they say he did hit the train's emergency brake, but it takes about 30 seconds to stop the train once that happens. right now they are still trying to figure out why brody's car wound up on those tracks. d.c. emergency workers say there is still major concerns about radio communication after metro's underground emergency. >> you asked me should you be concerned in going down in the tunnel. and using a radio. i'm going to tell you this. you'll do better using your cell phone. that is kenneth lyons head of the union that represents d.c. fire and ems workers. he told d.c. council members yesterday that radios still aren't working well in metro tunnels. the hearing focused on the radio issues connected to last month's smoke incident which left one woman dead and 80 others hurt. i'm molette green at the live desk. just two minutes after takeoff, both engines lost power, key moments before the crash laid out this morning at a news conference in taiwan.

a flight data recorder shows the plane's right engine triggered an alarm 37 seconds after takeoff and it event with idletit went idle. the pilot then shut down the other engine to attempt restarting both. they are still looking into why the engines failed. eight people still unaccounted for after wednesday's crash. 35 are dead. some victims' families have receive received compensation. back to you. it's now 6:17. a woman hit by a car on the bw parkway this past weekend is talking from her hospital bed about a 911 call that has so many people upset. jill pearce and rick warrick were changing a flat tire when they were hit by a car. warrick was killed. his teenage daughter was in the back seat and called 911 for help. anne arundel county dispatcher told the teen to, quote, stop whining so he could get their location. pierce significant said the it is patcher's comments just matt the situation worse. she was also upset that no good

samaritan stopped to help. >> i just know that cars just kept going and nobody stopped and they were waving trying to get people to stop and be no stopped. >> pearce says she's still in a lot of pain. she doesn't have issuers,nsurance but a gifford page has wraze forward page has so far raised $3,000. amy paschal will leaveler position in may as co-chair of sony pictures after thine years. this comes in the wake of the hacking scandal that resulted in her private and damaging e-mails being leaked. paschal was targeted by the hacking group which the fbi links to north korea due to the interview oig. paschal says she will launch her own production company. this actually happened. this morning a missouri mother is accused of conspiring with relatives to have her own 6-year-old son kidnapped.

police say the boy's mother his grand mother his aunt and a 23-year-old man planned the fake kidnapping to teach him a lesson. they thought the boy was too nice to people. police say the man lured the little boy into his pickup truck on monday after school he tied the boy up covered his head with a jacket and told him he'd never see his family again. >> in 11 years i've been in law enforcement, i've never seen anything like that, when it is okay to terrorize a child, to they will them that they would die. >> just unimaginable. police say the little boy told his teacher about the entire ordeal. that child is now staying with another relative. jayson werth will spend his final weekend in jail on reckless driving charges. werth will report today for his final three days. last july he was stopped after going 105 miles per hour on the beltway. werth is being allowed to serve jail time on the weekends so he

can continue to rehab his shoulder from surgery. brace yourself, a 5% hike in tuition may become a reality at the university of maryland. larry hoe xwrangan says unless there is more federal help there is no other choice. the university currently has a $47 million budget hole. a firing freeze will continue there and it seems layoffs may be likely too. key initiatives could also be scaled back. you will not be able to enjoy the reflecting pool this weekend at the national mall as it will be empty. the park service started to drain it yesterday for annual cleaning and maintenance. the work will take between 30 and 60 days. it just gives you an idea of how much water is in there. they have to drain it, clean up all the stuff that is left over and l it. >> wonder if could have frozen it was so cold overnight. right now we're at 19 degrees outside our studios. you need all the scarf, the whole nine yards. >> earlier we said like a

burrito. tom kierein now with your weather. >> yes, ponds and reflecting pool frozen over. stay off the ice as we have it not thick enough. we've had our coldest morning developing here the last couple of hours since january of 10th, and best thing about this picture is the flag near union station is hardly moving. winds have really decreased overnight. so thankfully it isn't feel as cold as it is. temperatures will stay in the low to mid teens for another couple of hours. and then by mid-morning, getting above freezing. by noontime mid to upper 30s jump of jumping into the low 40s by mid to late afternoon with increasing clouds coming through. with a very light wind throughout the rest of the day. down to 10 in prince george's county fairfax county. district and near the bay, upper teens to right around 20 degrees. hiking and biking weather for this weekend, looking great for outdoor recreation.

sunshine on saturday up near 50 degrees. sunday even milder. i'll get my bike out and ride on the towpath. it will be on the mid to upper 50s on sunday with lots of sunshine. looks like no rain chances for the weekend. and when you are out and about and away from your tv keep up with the weather app and then as we get into monday remaining mild. looks like no snow chance now for monday because of the milder air, only about a 30% chance of a passing rain shower with highs reaching the mid-50s. then after that it's going to be turning a little chillier but not abnormally so. average high this time of year is mid-40s. we'll be that way tuesday, wednesday and again on thursday with a partly cloudy sky each day and near or subfreezing mornings each morning. next weather and traffic on the 1s, county by county highs your neighborhood. melissa has a problem on the bw parkway. new problem here chopper 4 just got over the scene. this is southbound bw parkway at annapolis, two week off to the right. not slowing anything down.

just spoke with our photographer in the air there. he said no delays right now. we're getting reports that it may have been a little serious, so we sent chopper over that way. blue/silver delays to franconia and wehle reston east. going to keep you updated. 66 east at 29/gainesville disabled vehicle off to the shoulder. and inner loop before branch avenue a crash on the shoulder. and we did have some slowdowns here. beltway at ritchie-marlboro that looks pretty good. we want to get to know you. and to let you get to know us a little bit. so mark your calendars now. >> you probably know us pretty well at this point. and we appreciate that. because you join us every morning. next week though, every day at 10:00 a.m. you can chat on facebook with a member of the "news 4 today" team. angie goff kicks it off on monday. tom will chat with you on tuesday. aaron has a lot to say on

wednesday. be sure to -- >> wednesday? every day. >> every day. i'll be doing it on thursday. and melissa will be chatting with you on friday. make sure you like the nbc washington facebook page so you can take part. don't worry, we'll remind you next week. and it wouldn't be the last chance you get to chat with us. >> but you will have our undivided attention for that time on each day next week. >> i can't wait to get on facebook on wednesday to ask you questions. >> and heck he willle me? thank you. today president obama is taking his proposal to make community college free on the road. he'll speak at ivy tech community college. today we are waiting to learn about the latest job numbers for january. the report is a key indicator on the state of our economy. financial sxempts say sexperts say cold weather and plunging oil prices are not helping. the unemployment rate is

expected to hold steady at just over 5%. today you'll see some new treasures if you're visiting the national gallery of art in d.c.. the gallery is acquiring a trove of art from the corcoran gallery. more than 6400 works of american and european art to be exact. it will go on display at the national gallery starting today. the corcoran closed last year it has an estimated $2 billion worth of art. in an effort to find a cure for dementia a new study found that some elderly people have distinctly different looking brains than those of people without dementia. northwestern university researchers discovered three common components for these sharp thinkers 80 years old and up or so-called super aenlgers. they are thicker region of the core text significantly fewer brain tangle markers, and very large supply of a specific neuron linked to higher social intelligence. >> interesting. so you have noticed that i'm

wearing red, aaron is wearing red, melissa, tom, a mealmelia. it's national wear red day to raise awareness for heart disease. >> there is an effort this day every year to get people to talk more about heart health and to make sure you're paying attention to your heart and getting it checked out on a regular basis. so the red is to raise awareness. >> and people always talk about bred cancer but it is really heart disease that is the leading cause for death in women and men. not that breast cancer is not an admirable charity to support. but it's also stress factor. which is one of the big thicks about heart disease. >> lifestyle changes and education, the best ways to get a hang on your heart health. gearing up to take on isis. the request president obama is expected to make in the coming days and what it means for u.s. military forces. a live look at reston virginia right now on what is the coldest day we've seen in

weeks. tom kierein tracking how warm it will get in your neighborhood in the plus paying more every time you shop. why prince george's county wants to hike the county sale tax and where that money would go.

you'll want to bundle up this morning. here is a live look. it's one of the coldsest mornings we've seen in week. look at these, 10 in gaithersburg. >> you won't see any relief until this afternoon. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking the high temperatures for your neighborhood today. >> when you walk the dog, the dog will want to come right back in. it would our coldest morning since january 10 p. and afternoon highs, though will rebound nicely. county by county around the metro area we'll have high temperatures reaching the low 40s. just a few clouds coming on through. northern virginia, low to mid-40s. fredericksburg to warrington

culpepper, mid-40s. low 40s in prince william and loudoun county and it look like stafford county. southern maryland, counties there will be reaching low 40s. calvert, st. mary's charles. king gormg may reach the mid-40s. pennsylvania border upper 30s this afternoon for high temperatures. shenandoah valley into the mountains. beautiful day there. clouds coming in during the afternoon. next weather and traffic on the 1s amelia segal will have your bus stop forecast this frigid friday morning. metro delays for you this morning. we've been tweeting about these. blue and silver line delays to franconia and wehle reston east. so we'll keep you updated on that. taking a look at 66 and 95, of 66 looking good. 95 north slow through dale city. 270 at shady grove road don't

have any problems there. wider look at things overall, beltway looking pretty good. do have some slow downs here bw parkway just inside the beltway as you're headed southbound. and then 395 headed in to town, of course we see every day. bw parkway, we'll check into that one. branch avenue northbound here a little slow as you're approaching the beltway. 6:32. today the family of a than shot by police in fairfax county heads to court. family wants police to hand over all the internal affairs records connected to the officer who shot john gear. gear was standing inside his front door unarmed with his hands in sight when an officer fired one shot that killed him. the fairfax county police chief says handing over the documents would corrupt a federal investigation. today marks one year since ruthanne lodato was killed at her home. police say the suspect knocked on the door and shot her and another the woman when they answered. police have charged charles severance with the murders and

murders of two others. severance is currently receiving a mental evaluation to see if he's competent to stand trial. jordan says air strikes are just the beginning. a video this week showed isis burning their pilot alive. air strikes were carried out yesterday. jordan says it won't stop attacking until isis is destroyed. here at home president obama is preparing to ask congress for authorization to continue targeting isis. he wants to step up air strikes in iraq and syria. right now there is no request for boots on the ground. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with how some in congress say troops deploying is inevitable. >> reporter: good morning. and those who think that we're eventually going to have combat troops on the ground there want the president to prepare the public for that the public in polls that we've done has been very reluctant to get involved in another long term conflict.

now, we have some equipment that is already in the pipeline on the way to jordan to help out in the fight. lawmakers here on capitol hill are trying to speed that up. next week, they are expecting the president's authorization for use of military force. we understand that the wording of that is beihouse. aides say it will be sent over next week. the reaction to that john boehner says it could be a heavy lift shall democratome democrats are concerned about how long this might last. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. happening today, the maryland is that the will start to vote on governor hogan's choices for his cabinet. his pick for budget secretary and health secretary is on the agenda today. right now the pull senatefu senate is expected to confirm hogan's choices. and casino revenue in maryland is done for the second straight month raising the question has the market in the

state pushed beyond its limits. mchl g mgm is scheduled to open in 2016. it's not known whether this will pull customers away from the existing casinos. alexandria schoolboard adopted a capital improvement plan of more than $305 million. among the priorities tackling enrollment growth. to do that the school system wants to either make upgrades to patrick henry elementary school and bui a new one. the school says the out of date buildings were treating a stwran on their capital improvement budget. the city council will have the final say on what happens to the old building. if your son or daughter is applying to virginia tech he or she is not wloon. the university says applications for admission have increased more than 7% this year. the admissions office says that it has received more than 22,000 freshman applications.

school officials say they have also received more than 9,000 applications for the college of engineering. big push for s.t.e.m.. there are 1600 available spots, though. new concerns about the measles outbreak after a number of new cases are reported. why the age of these latest victims and where they were exposed is sparking concern among parents. you will need to make sure your kids didn't leave their winter coats and hats and gloves behind when they're running out the door this morning. amelia seegal joins you have live with your bus stop forecast. first trying to generate extra revenue in prince george's county and wha [ female announcer

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more money could be coming out of your wallet textnext time you shop. they want to raise thesales tax to help bridge a gap in education construction. the hike could raise $100

million a year in revenue. it's back to the drawing board for a potential hotel in college park. the developer of a proposed luxury hotel has been forced to redesign by the faa. the height of the original design encroached about 35 feet into the air space. southern management has to cut three floors from the top of the building. the hotel is set to be built across the street from the university of maryland. it is a frigid start to this bring morning. >> we've been talking about temperatures in the teens this morning. storm team 4 meteorologist a me i can't see a me i can't is at tacoma metro stop. >> reporter: we're using #frigidfriday to describe the weather. the temperature here, you can see 19 degrees. the good new, winds not an issue today. so the windchill temperature, the air temperature. feeling like 19. so kids need to be bundled up as they head to the bus stop this morning. the gloves the jacket,

something red if you can because it's heart disease awareness day. and the sunglasses early this morning. p but cloud but mos by this afternoon. a hig of 43. at the bus stop teens until about 8:00 a.m.. once we start to work our way toward 10:00, temperatures will actually warm up very quickly. we'll be about 22 by 9:00 a.m.. tom will have warmer temperatures for the weekend in ten minutes. but for now we'll send things over to melissa. breaking news right now. we're talking about bw parkway southbound just after the beltway, chopper 4 over the scene. we have a three vehicle crash in the left lane here. so everybody is kind of squeezing by to the right. about a 2 mile backup here. so a little nasty and it will probably get worse. we've pushed this out on the nbc washington app, as well. so subscribe to that to get all the latest info. blue and silver delays to fran

franconia and wuerly reston east. more on the latest crash on bw parkway coming up. right now tunes in fred steens are heading back to cloos in fred rake since two classmates were shot the on school grounds. what students can expect in the day ahead and what we're learning about the victims' conditions. and new information about the data breach at a health insurance company. the mistake they made that left your personal information

welcome back. a developing story right now. health officials in new jersey are looking in in to the first suspected case of measles in the state. it involves a 1-year-old baby in jersey city who has not yet been vaccinated. p we're told the baby has since recovered. the incubation period for possible exposure in this case ends tomorrow. this comes after at least five babies at a chicago area daycare have been diagnosed with measles. haley jackson joins us live with more on the situation there. >> reporter: good morning. and interesting here because the five children at this daycare also under 12 months also too young for the vaccine. just like that case in new jersey. two of the children here have had lab testing to confirm the diagnosis. the other three have apepidemiological link it's believed that they do have the

disease. it's incredibly contagious which is why health officials are warning this cluster could get worse before it gets better. as many as ten other children may have been exposed to the virus. they're being asked to stay home to stay away from people for the next three weeks during this exposure or this encould you baseincubation period. coming up on the "today" show, we'll have more information and advice about what to do about your own daycare. >> haley jackson, thank you. we know a lot of parents are worried about the situation. the full report will be on the "today" show. today defense lawyers for jesse matthew will ask that his trial in fairfax county be delayed. matthew is accused in a 2005 sex assault. he's also charged with abducting university of virginia student than made graham. the hannah graham. today lawyers are expected to ask th trial be delayed until the summer so they can have more time to prepare.

another sexual assault being investigated at uva. the incident happened last week and was reported yesterday. police say the alleged attack happened inside a dorm but didn't release anymore information. this comes as state lawmakers are considering legislation to mandate the reporting of campus sex assaults. last year "rolling stone" published an article about a sex assault that was later retract retracted. students at frederick ready to return since the shooting outside the school gym. two teens were injured in that shooting. investigators are still working to find suspects and a motive. megan mcgrath is live with information. >> reporter: in the latest update from the hospital we have learned that one of the two students shot here wednesday night is now listed in critical condition. so that is the latest information. meanwhile students are returning to frederick high school for the first time since the shooting

and class leaders have taken to social media. they're urging their classmates to wear black and gold today. the school colors. they're also asking people to turn out in large numbers to the varsity basketball game tonight. two frederick county school students were shot outside the gym during a jv basketball game on wednesday night here at frederick high. police are looking into reports from students that a group of four or five males dressed in big coats with their hands in their pockets walked into the gym during the game and walked out shortly before the shots were fired. police are also looking at a range of possible motives including gang violence or the possibility that this stems from some sort of rivalry between the two schools playing during the game. at this point, though police have not identified any suspects. and no arrests have been made. reporting live from frederick high school megan mcgrath, news 4. 6:48 right now. a d.c. elementary schoolteacher

will not be in class today after being arrested for sexual assault. 33-year-old leroy damian ware teaches at miner elementary in northeast. he was arrested last night for misdemeanor sex abuse of a child. police tell us he was arrested near the school. we're working to find out whether the child is a student at miner. a woman is on life support after being tased by fairfax p county deputies. she was scheduled to be transferred to alexandria, but is he resist e resisted instructions. is they used a taser to control her and suffered a significant medical emergency. they left the personal information of tens of millions of customers exposed and now we're learning why hackers were able to gain access p. landon dowdy is live with that story 4 your money. we're talking about an insurance company here. >> that's right. and new reports are emerging

today about the cyber attack at u.s. health insurer an them. the company reportedly didn't encrypt the data from 80 million current and former customers, including social security numbers and l addresses. several states are investigating and the "wall street journal" says authorities have uncovered evidence the attack may be linked to hackers backed by china's government. >> planlandon dowdy, thank you. today more than 200 preschoolers will receive free dental care at northern virginia community campus between 8:00 to 3:00 p.m.. the amprogram provides free deny it will care to kids who don't have access to regular treatment. its see important for the well-being of not just your teeth, but so much other health issues are connected to poor dental care. 6:51 our time. we're talking about smiling later today on through the weekend. folks around here probably will

be smiling about the weather. >> and with red cheeks hat way, too. just walking out the door, you'll get that. and the color of the sky over capitol hill now is sort of purple. that will match the color of your lips as well this morning as we have a frigid start. that's a live view from the storm team 4 capitalol camera. down to 10 degrees in prince george's county montgomery and fairfax. reagan national at the 20. but the rest of the city northeast, southeast and downtown it's right around the upper teens. upper teens now around the bay. thankfully we have a calm wind this morning. great weather for the morning drive time. we'll have dry pavement for the morning, midday and afternoon commute. we'll have our temperatures for the morning commute, you need to have that heater blasting in the car. we'll be in the teens for the morning commute. and then during the afternoon it will be in the low 40s. so a nice jump in temperature. we'll just have a few clouds coming through. dry roads for the morning and afternoon commute. going out tonight, should be good weather. we'll be down into the mid-30s

by midnight and then by dawn saturday not as cold mid to upper 20s starting off tomorrow morning. hiking biking for the weekend, great weather for that. i'm going biking on towpath on sunday. it will be mid to upper 50s with lots of sunshine. great weather for outdoor recreation. when you are out and about away from your tv keep up with the weather storm team 4 app. and take photos, too, like this gorgeous sunrise posted on facebook. you can post yours on twitter, as well and i share on in-asa instragram instra. mild again on monday. low to mid-50s. a small chance of a rain shower on monday. then highs 40s tuesday, wednesday, thursday. partly cloudy each day into next week no snow. melissa here now with breaking news. again we're talking about bw parkway just southbound after the beltway. p we have a big jam about a 2 mile jam as you're headed southbound here. a three car crash off to the

left side. only one lane getting by there. you can see kind of as chopper 4 pulls out, that we are seeing a big problem. we've pushed this out on our nbc washington app, as well. northbound gw parkway at memorial bridge, also hearing about a new crash there. 395 north before seminary, the left lane blocked. not seeing it on this camera but that is a new accident as well. wide look at things, overall looking pretty typical. we're pretty slow here on 395 perhaps because of that seminary road accident. top of the beltway is a little bit yellow. also seeing something on the outer loop. a crash there, as well, as you're approaching bw parkway. so going to see a little bit of a slowdown there. 66 and 95 all looking dwight quite good. bw parkway o no problem. have you ever p a street and wondered the significance of its name? who was that person or thing it was named for and with ahat did they

mean to the washington area? wonder no more. i'm starting a new series meet your street, the first one ayers tonight at 6:00. i'll take look at nannyie helen boroughs avenue. so it if you've ever had umm to a local road, shoot me a message ap and i'd love to come meet your street. a traffic alert if you use i-66. there will be major road work overnight. this is supposed to happen -- was supposed to happen last night, but high winds delayed the project. around midnight tonight a, crews will shut down all eastbound lanes of i-66 between route 29 in centraleville and sudley road. closeures shouldn't lost more than last more than 0 minutes at a time. the school board adopted a new school budget last night and the bill includes money for full

day mondays at elementary schools. and later start times at high schools, as we. teacher pay increases are also included. chairman of the school board called the plan a short term fix saying this manner of budgeting is not sustainable and eventually will affects the quality of education for our student. budget still needs to be approved by the county. >> a hearing another lawsuit filed on behalf of adrian peterson is set to start later this morning. the nfl players association filed that suit in december. that is after an appeals judge upheld his suspension. back in november, peterson pleaded no contest to assault for hurting his 4-year-old son with a switch. it is now 6:55. here are the four things you need to know before you head out. health officials in new jersey are looking into the state's first suspected measles case as five babies in illinois were dag knowsed. a black both analyst says the engines on board therashed earlier this week failed two minutes after takeoff. 35 people died in the crash.

today defense lawyers for jesse matthew will ask that his trial be twlaed a few months. matthew is accused in the 2005 sex assault and also charged with an ducting hannah graham. schools return to school at frederick high school after a shooting outside the gym on wednesday. a cream sickle sun rise this morning. sun will be up in a few minutes and clear sky. and temperatures will stay frigid here below freezing all the way until about 9:00 or 10:00 and then jumping in to the 30s and then hitting low 40s by midafternoon with just a few clouds coming through. we'll have a light wind not as cold tonight. and then a warmer weekend to follow. high near 50 saturday. mid-50s sunday. biggest problem right now is this chopper 4 over the crash bw parkway southbound after the beltway. we have a 2 mile backup approaching this three vehicle crash. you can see the left lane is

blocked. you're getting by on the right lane and shoulder but it is going to be a big problem. also northbound gw parkway at memorial bridge a new crash there, too. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. until then, have a great day.

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