the two years before the shooting in 88% of the cases when police used force, the suspect was black. 93% of the people arrested were also black. the investigation also found specific examples of racial stereotyping. later this morning, the boston marathon bombing trial will begin. opening statements are just a few hours from now. three people died and hundreds were hurt from two bombs that went off at the marathon finish line. dzhokhar tsarnaev is facing three different charges and could face the death penalty if convicted. a montgomery county ambulance slid on ice and hit two pedestrians it was sent to help. it was heading to cameron hill court to help an injured woman who had slipped on the ice. that woman along with a second person were then hit by the ambulance and when hit a patch of ice and slid. theries. the other person is expected to be okay. we're talking about the weather once again. mild now but this is just the

beginning. i know. >> 4:31 our time right now. but deep breathe, tom. let's go. >> going to get a brief break and all that ice has melted. temperatures have been above freezing for the last number of hours. we're in the mid and upper 30s. there is this area of rain that continues to advance from the southwest heading right in to the met row area getting a little bit of light rain right in washington. temporarily dry north and west of us but that will fill in with rain later this morning. getting some showers to our south and east southern maryland and then soth and west from southern fairfax county to prince wril prince william, stafford, southern fauquier. winchester is at 43 around the bay hovering around 40. hour by hour we'll stay in the upper 30s to near 40. occasional showers throughout the day. staying in the 40s for ever of the day. by midafternoon should make it into the upper 40s briefly. so we'll get a nice break from the cold weather throughout the day today, but then winter storm

watch this whole area in blue including northern virginia metro area forring a accumulating snow tomorrow. got winter storm warnings being issued to or east and up into pennsylvania and farther to our west winter storm warnings out for the months. likely the blue area will be transferred over to a warning here later today as we'll getting a accumulating snow developing around this time tomorrow morning and through the day on thursday. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your drive time weather for this day. now let's look at traffic and wet roads around. wet roads may not look like this come tomorrow morning of course as you said just wet. beltway at new hampshire, you can see a little bit of a sheen on the roadway. i can tell you my sidewalk was quite icy this morning. 66 here 95 in and out of town looking good. 270 at shady grove road i came down that way and it was just fine. no major issues. just wet. taking a look at 270 from above, no major problems there. over here just a little bit to

the right taking a look at 95 into and out of town and bw parkway in and out of top, everything looking quite good. overall no major problems. do have this hunter mill road near dulles toll road have a car into a guardrail. sounds like that should be out of the way in a little bit. it is now 4:33. crews are working to fix a water main break in northeast washington. it opened up a sinkhole there. take a look at the scene. you can see the car was stuck there for a while because of that sinkhole. there is now a big hole in the ground on 13th the place around farragut place northeast. we're told about 25 homes don't have water in that area. later this morning, a man charged with abducting and killing a university of virginia student hannah graham is due in court for a hearing on pretrial motions. jesse matthew's defense team will ask for a continuance.murder trial slated to start june 29.

matthew is also facing sex assault and attempted murder charges in fairfax county. that trial set to start in early june. also today, a man accused and cleared of molesting two girls at his home in northern virginia will be back in court. a judge expected to set a date for michael gardner's retrial. he's accused of molesting the girls at his daughter's sleepover back in 2011. the state supreme court overturned his conviction because character evidence was wrongly excluded from his defense. today montgomery county man is facing involuntary manslaughter charges and he ladies to court. james chandler facing the charges after a fatal crash last week. police say chandler hit a car, drove off at high speed, the suv he was driving hit several things including a wall and then flipped over and rolled several philip snodgrass was crushed by the rolling vehicle.

new this morning, fairfax county board everof supervisors will make more money. chairman will make $95,000. support for the raise was luke warm. board member pat heraty says you you shouldn't have to fund board increases. congress will send the president a clean bill to fund the department of homeland security. the vote is a blow to house conservatives who tried to use the department funding as leverage to stop the president's action on immigration. house leaders canceled a scheduled press conference yesterday citing the need to prepare for the speech by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. if you live in prince william county your taxes may go up nearly 4%. the board of supervisors voted to advertise the increase, but

they can vote for a smaller increase.s will face a shortfall of more than $2 million. the board has another work session on march 10th. they are slated to adopt the budget in late april, so you can still share your thoughts. right now it will cost you a little more if you use the dulles greenway to get to work. you'll have to pay an extra ten cents on every trip as of today. during peak hours, that's a $5.20 trip to travel the electric of the highway. off peak, $4.0.30. telegraph road widening project is now complete. and they will celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony. telegraph road is now four lanes between south van dorn street and south kings highway. you can also use a new trail and sidewalk. the project was completed ahead of schedule. so a fight over a health care law will play out in the supreme court today. >> how the decision could impact those of you signed up who are getting breaks on your insurance premiums. plus new pictures from the live

desk of a plane in trouble on a runway. what the fog made that plane do. it is going to be a wet commute this morning. radar showing off and on showers.

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welcome back. take a look at this scene. a no holds bar fist fight broke out in the middle of parliament in ukraine. it started with some shouting as politicians tried to hold each other back but then the fight spilled out into the hallway outside of the

coincidently it happened as they brokered a cease-fire with russia. new this morning, a handful of people hurt and being treated right now. this after a plane with a lot of passengers on it skid off the runway in turkey. take a look at these new pictures. turkish airlines jet tries to land in the dense fog. runway was really slippery. it skids off, lands into the grass. takes a little bit of a nose dive. 238 people were on the plane. most injuries bumps and bruises. that's the latest from the dive desk. news 4 city cam showing you a live picture of rain falling on the district this morning. >> this is just the beginning of a nasty weather pattern we'll have to deal with over the next day or so. >> tom kierein begins our look at weather and traffic on the 1s. >> at least we'll get a nice break from the cold weather as this rain continues ton from the southwest heading into the met row area.

right now getting rain just south and east of washington, southern maryland west of there from prince william county and spotsylvania culpeper, and that's also in far southern st. mary's. so wet pavement for the commute today. morning drive time we'll be hovering they're 40. wet roads through the rest of the day today. so adjust your speeds accordingly. temperatures will be hovering in the mid to upper 40s during the afternoon with more rain coming through. a look at the timing of snow he for tomorrow and snow totals expected next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:51. have a brand new crash in manassas. lake jackson drive at hillcrest drive. sounds like police are just getting to the scene. 95 into and out of town looking quite good. no major problems. no road work there perhaps because of the wet weather. prince george's county county overall look quite good.

branch avenue indian head highway, everything rolling along. closure m street at new jersey because of a police investigation. rockville pike at 28 just that big intersection of course going to look very different once the precipitation starts rolling in. back in ten minutes. the question hillary clinton wants you to answer that is the biggest hint yet of her presidential plans. the one thing you might want to try if you think your kid isn't getting enough exercise.

in just a few hours the supreme court will hear a second critical challenge to the president's health care law. at the issue who qualifies for the federal subsidies that help millions afford insurance. a ruling against the administration could be a death

blow for this law. tracie potts joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. especially in our area for people in virginia, because d.c. and maryland have their own exchanges. but the question the court will hear what about subsidies for people who use the federal exchange. there is a provision in the 1,000 page law that says that the subsidies are for people who buy their insurance in an exchange established by a state which means if you're using the federal exchange, should you really be getting that extra money to pay for your health insurance. that's what the court will take a look at today. >> so walk us through the politics here. who is bringing the challenge before the court is this. >> the challenge is coming from opponents who want to see obamacare go away. and the interesting thing here if the supreme court agrees with them president obama would be forced to go back to congress and say do you think we can twooek the tweak the law which of course now is republican controlled

congress who has tried to get rid of it. 14 before the hour. president obama pushed back against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's speech about u.s. nuclear negotiations with iran. netanyahu said any agreement quote, paves iran's path to the bomb. according to the associated press, the president said the u.s. would never sign such a deal. president obama also criticized netanyahu saying the speech offered no useful alternatives. meanwhile democrats are fuming over moves to fast rack a bill giving congress oversight on any iran nuclear agreement. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell skipped the traditional committee process. the move came just after netanyahu's speech. this morning a man is charged with impersonating a police officer in fairfax county. 19-year-old tyler polkinghome turned himself in. there were a series of incident where is a driver tried to pull over cars and trucks in fairfax and montgomery counties.

the homeless man killed by los angeles police was living under an assume name and was wanted for violating probation terms for a bank robbery conviction. he was a french national convicted in 2000 for holding up a wells fargo branch and pistol whiling whipping an employee to pay for acting classes. he was released from federal prison back in hey. he died sunday after a confrontation with police. police say they shot him when he tried to grab a probationary officer's gun. a maryland woman now facing gun assault charges in d.c.. police say bridget robertson shot at a one handing out parking tickets. this happened around corcoran street. she was authorized to carry a bamg badge and gun. a group of more than 100 people is now saying it plans to

sue the u.s. army. everyone in the group says that someone they love has cancer and they're blaming chemicals at ft. detrick for the disease. the army denied 106 out of the 110 of those claims. the other four were unresolved. a lawyer for the group says it is now planning to challenge those denials in court. former secretary of state hillary clinton is steering clear of tough questions on a growing e-mail controversy. clinton is under fire for using a personal e-mail account instead of a government issued e-mail while she was secretary. many say she skirted federal rules, clinton did not mention that controversy when she spoke last night at emily's list gala. clinton did however add fuel to speculation about her 2016 presidential ambitions. she asked the crowd, quote, don't you some day want to see a woman president? emily's list works to elect women who support abortion rights. former cia director david

petraeus will plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge, he gave eight binders of classified information to his biography and mistress. he could face up to one year in prison. prosecutors are recommending two years of probation and no prison time. same sex marriage is on hold in alabama at rooes for now. the state supreme court ordered probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses for gay couples. this goes against a previous ruling by a federal judge. same sex marriage was approved in the state last month, but only in some parts pft legal status of hundreds of same-sex marriage couples who have already married in the state is not the clear right now. so if you're worried about your kids getting enough exercise you may want to schedule a play date. researchers in cincinnati children's hospital say that kids and teens who regularly exercise with friends are twice as likely to be highly physically active than those who don't. apparently the group said that woulding out with a friend made

them feel less self-conscious. the same support from family members did not have the same effect. ♪ i love this guy. >> i agree. real estate lawyer from d.c.. he actually nearly lost everything in the housing collapse. and he's looking for a new start on "the voice". he performed ring of fire last night and it earned him a spot on adam levine's team. don't forget you can tune into catch up and also a look ahead at the musical superstars starting the a 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> where does that come from, way town deep. >> it comes there "the voice". >> the "voice". we could use a ring of fire to keep the snow away. >> something, tom. >> do you want to heart bad news or the bad news? >> i guess just give us the bad news. >> it does look like by this

time tomorrow morning, we'll see the rain we're getting now transitioning to sleet and accumulating snow. but we'll get a brief break at least from the cold weather today as we're getting that rain announcing southwest to northeast. right now getting rain all that area in green is rain darker colors and yellows where it's coming down a little bit harder that's across northern virginia stretching from near charlottesville into southern fauquier and culpeper counties into stafford and spotsylvania southern fairfax getting that rain. and then a little bit farther south of washington right across charles county, moderate showers there. moderate rain right now around annapolis, northern anne arundel and eastern shore, those pockets of yellow. temperatures all above freezing. so any of the icing is all melted we're hovering near 40 in the metro area. mid-30s farther north and west. mid-40s farther south. there is a live view. pavement wet here in northwest washington. occasional showers through the day. but afternoon highs should make it into the upper 40s by

midafternoon and drop back down to near 40 through the evening. here is timing on snow arriving. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow white zone is snow, pink zone is sleet, green is rain. so it may still be raining in the washington metro area at 4:00 a.m. then by 5:00 to 6:00 we'll see it transitioning into sleet, snow gets closer. and then by around 8:00 in the morning, sleet zone passes south and east and the snow begins to move on in. the snow moves in by 10:00, 10:30. and then it stays snow all throughout most of the region through the afternoon and finally the snow tapers off and pds, pulls away by around 8:00 or 9:00. in the evening. so it will be a long term thing. we'll have eight plus inches of snow. north and west of the metro area. and we'll have a little bit less farther to the north up near the pennsylvania border. 4 to 8 inches in the metro area. and that blue zone extends down to southern maryland across much of north central virginia.

maybe somewhat lighter amounts 2 to 4 inches northern neck as the system pulls through. keep up with the with the storm team 4 app. and we have the radar running now showing all that rain. after the snow, it will stay cold on friday. then saturday up above freezing and sun near 50. and then look mid week next week, looks like a bit of a mirld trend with mi trend. melissa is here and smirking. >> i'm smirking because eun is about to lose her mind. >> i'm on the verge. >> holding her head she needs water or something. the snow is not making her happy. >> no. >> have this crash hunter mill road near dulles toll road, northbound lanes are blocked for the tow truck. 95 at cherry hill a little wet there and beltway at river seeing the sheen, as well. disabled car 66 east at prince

william parkway. and 95 here in virginia in and out of town looking pretty good. a little slow is sound bound three dumfries. back in ten minutes. >> i know you're in solidarity with me. >> we're all in the same -- >> i'm you o.over done. >> i wish there was a protest. coming up, more snow expected in the northeast, too. >> getting rid of it all has been trying on homeowners. but we'll tell you how it came down to blows for a man trying to help shovel out a neighbor. plus what you're doing on your smartphone that could give hackers to your personal information and you don't even know i

welcome back at 4:57. today you can learn more about virginia's move over law and a new message from state troopers drive to save lives. three virginia state police troopers were struck and seriously injured last month on the northern virginia interstate. today one of those injured troopers will talk about his experience and help you you stay safe on the roads. that will happen at 10:00 this morning. rain or shine. at the 95 northbound rest area at the dale city exit. that's in prince william county. police and vdot officials will be on hand to answer your safety questions. all three troopers are still recovering from their injuries. well, you can't bring your selfie stick to the smithsonian anymore. i love this story. these sticks are now banned.

the smithsonian says the new policy is to protect exhibits displays and other visitors. because people don't look. i've almost been hit. >> expensive masterpieces at these museums. you you could have a security flaw on your mobile device called freak attack. apple and google say that they are sending out software updates for fix a flaw that make allow hackers on your device while surfing the web. researchers say there is no evidence hackers have taken advantage. the problem started with an old policy that required u.s. software makers to use weaker security encryption programs sold overseas. check your baby's cradle. dream on me is recalling about 3,000 -- no 13,000 two in one bassinets to cradle. they were sold in pink, blue green and white. the wire supports on the sides

can disconnect causing fabric sides to lower and that can pose a risk to infants. the babies can fall out, get trapped or suffocate on some of that bedding. the company has received one report no injuries were reported. if you have to drive anywhere these days in our area you can't get away from them. the recent cold snap is making potholes worse. you've been telling us about the problems you've seen. the worst pothole area we found was 1300 block of r street northwest. yesterday ddot workers were able to repair the holes. ddot said they would probably have to resurface that street pretty soon. we're keeping an eye on how long pothole repairs take. you can check out our interactive map, just go to nbcwashington.com and search potholes. obviously d.c. is not the only place. they're all over the place. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00

a.m.. get ready for a wild weather ride over the next 24 hours. take look at radar. it's working hard right now. right now you're waking up to rain and temperatures are on the rise. a mild start, but this time tomorrow, a major snowstorm is expected to be here. tom will lay out the timing of all this for you. breaking news. a man is now under arrest for a number of shootings in public places. the new information we're learning this morning. it is 5:00 a.m.. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4s today on march 4. it will be milder, so a nice have it conveyor belt of rain coming in from the mississippi valley riding along this front august of the way into the atlantic