but we've had rain come through, so the pavement is wet. look at all this rain this area in the reds and yellows and oranges, rain coming down really hard south of pittsburgh into southern ohio and kentucky. that will be getting closer to us later this afternoon. just a few sprinkle, a little drizzle around the metro area. light rain across the potomac and eastern shore. it is hovering in the upper 30s near 40 in the metro area. we'll stay this way for another two or three hours and then jump into the upper 40s this afternoon. but look at teasehese zones under the winter storm warning. it includes virginia maryland and metro area for accumulating snow beginning tomorrow morning in the metro area and much of the day on thursday. your headlines, have an umbrella ready for the day as we'll have occasional showers all day long and that snow likely on thursday. a look at maybe hoodneighborhood

highs at 6:11. crews are working to fix a water main break that opened up ahole. you can see a car was stuck for a while there. there is now a big hole in the ground. we're told about 25 homes don't have water there. let's get a look at the roads in the rest of the area. still have a president obama in problem in triangle. we have lanes blocked route 1 at joplin. police are directing traffic. dale boulevard the ramp to 95 southbound here in virginia we have a park shaltial closure. wide look at things, moving quite nicely. beltway at van dorn everything moving along. at st. barnabas road. i'm back at 6:11 with travel times.

we have breaking news. one person is under arrest in connection with a series of shootings in maryland. the fbi believes the same person is involved. the latest happened at the national security agency in ft. meade. richard jordan is live along the bw parkway with overnight developments. >> reporter: the nsa headquarters is just around the corner from here under tight security as it always is around the clock. the nsa was just one of five targets in shall this shooting spree. let's go over all the places that were hit. the nsa yesterday just hours before that it was a landscaping vehicle that was targeted traveling on the icc. three other incidents all in very popular places outside the movie theater in columbia outside a walmart in landover and first shooting was just across the street from the arundel mills mall in a parking lot there. that's where the video today kacame

from. investigators got to work quickly especially after two people apparently shot at random. both men were hurt will, one grazed by a bullet, it got lodged in his clothes. other one had minor injuries from shattered glass. they're both doing okay. there has been a total of three victims connected to the shooting spree, but it was that video from that shopping mall area, it was a vehicle with the windows down on a very cold day and that looked suspicious to investigators. that was one big lead if the in the fbi overnight saying they have one person in custody, they believe that one person is connected to all five of these shootings. as to what the motive was, what the reason behind the shootings is that remains unclear. but for now it does appear to be random. reporting live this morning near ft. meade, richard jordan news 4. developing in the district this morning, police officers shot a man overnight who they

believed was involved in another shooting a few blocks away. according to police, the first shooting happened on new jersey avenue at m street northwest. a man was shot in the stomach there. on n street just a few blocks away officers say they saw the man they were looking for in that shooting, they say he pulled out a gun and they shot him. we're working to find out the condition of both victims right now. on the map you see here being you can see how close the shootings were to each other. today the justice department is expected to release its report on the ferguson missouri list department. it found officers discriminated against black people, that report comes six months after a white police officer shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown who was unarmed. in 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. this afternoon prince george's county states attorney will be in annapolis to testify against four separate bills

dealing with marijuana use in the state. one of those bills includes the marijuana control and revenue act that was introduced last month. it would regulate and tax pot like alcohol and set rules for manufacturing and sales. new this morning, fairfax county's board of supervisors will earn more money. the board voted in favor of a pay raise. the next board will make $90,000 up from $75,000. the chairman will make $95,000. it seems support for the raise was luke warm though. a board member says you you shouldn't have to fund board salary increases. this comes as supervisors are considering increasing taxes by 16% over the next three years. right now it will cost you a little more if you take the dulles greenway to work. you'll have to pay an extra ten cents over trip as of today. peek hour peak hour that's $5.20. off peak, $4.30. the change because approved last year. i'm angie xwofgoff.

we're hearing from the u.s. coast guard, they are saying norfolk international airport has lost contact with a plane that was headed their way to land. this was about two miles from the airport. what we know at this point is that it was a cessna size plainne four people were on board. police and coast guard looking for this plane right now. they think that maybe it went down in the little creek harbor that's in the chesapeake bay. but fog, the weather, making this search very difficult. they are trying to work on getting a chopper to the scene to help with this search. we'll keep you posted. a soggy start to your wednesday as a line of showers rolls into the area right now. things will warm up a bit in the day ahead. meteorologist chuck bell has the high temperatures you'll see in your neighborhood. >> nearly two years after the deadly attack one of the men accused in the boston marathon bombing is going on trial. what we can expect in the

courtroom. plus trying to protect themselves on the job. the message virginia state troopers will be sharing with you in the day ahead after a series of accidents.

terms of the settlement with your not disclosed. the plane went down in san francisco two year ago. 72 passengers filed personal injury claims and claims against boeing the maker of the plane. the 2013 crash of asiana flight 214 killed three teens and left nearly 200 people injured. u.s. safety investigators blame the pilots saying they made a number of errors during the landing process. drive to save lives. that is the important message virginia state police really want to you hang on to today.

three troopers were hit and seriously hurt last month on highways in northern virginia. today one of those troopers will talk about his experience and the virginia move over law. that will happen at 10:00 a.m. rain or shine at the dale city exit. police and vdot officials will be there to answer your safety questions. all three troopers are still recovering from their injuries. 6:11 your time. a warmer start to the day. 40 degrees outside. but get ready for a wet commute. >> chuck bell is with the storm team 4 x 4 keeping an eye on your commute this morning from herndon. >> reporter: good morning. yeah it's still chilly outside. it's about 38 degrees here in rest ton. but compared to how cold we've been no real heavy scar off required this morning. i've been talking to some of the folks around here. cynthia and frank, we love cynthia because she's a professional driver and we love frank's hat.

>> would you consider more than six inches a good thing or bad thing? >> bad thing. >> are you a lover of snow or hater of snow? >> i love snow. >> you do. >> and six inches or more a good thing? >> yeah especially if you can get to the ski slopes. but not in the city. >> so you're skier. >> reporter: so, yeah everybody sort of kind of excited about the snow. my next question for everybody is what arewhat will we name the snowstorm. march 5rks i can't find any holiday to name it after. so today, be ready to go. temperatures upper 30s to low 40s. we'll have high temperatures today, it will be mild. well into the fourth. so what you you should be wearing today you'll need your hat and jacket and more importantly your umbrella because it will be raining harder. route 1 at joplin road with car crash off to the right side of the roadway. dale boulevard ramp to 95

southbound that is off to the shoulder now. travel times for you. 66 east 395 north, 95 to the beltway, 31 minutes. about five minute behind there. 270 south and outer loop all looking quite good. i'm back in ten minutes. >> i have some names. we can't say them on tv. >> lots of beeps. losing their cool while trying to dig out from under all the snow. why an offer to help a neighbor cleared a driveway and ended with one map facing charges. plus parents oneweighing in on vaccinations.

in just a few hour dzhokhar tsarnaev will face a jury and it's taken months to put together. >> he's accused of the bombing at the boston marathon nearly two years ago. three people died in that at

taking. jay gray joins us live from boston to tell us about the poll outcomes here. >> reporter: good morning. dzhokhar tsarnaev faces 30 charges here, 17 of those are punishable by the death penalty. and a lot of people will tell you that fact may be more of a focus than even guilt or innocence in this trial. let's start with opening statements. we'll hear first from the prosecution today. they will likely try to overwhelm the jury with just the magnitude of the attack here and the suffering that came as a result of that. tree people dead 16 maimed, more than 260 injured here. and so they will try to drive home just the horrific facts surrounding that case to the jury. for the defense the focus will be much different. again, they may be looking more at trying to avoid the death penalty than whether there will be guilt or innocence in this case. so the thought is that they will focus opening statements on

dzhokhar tsarnaev's brother tamerlan the older brother, that they say was the master mind behind the attack. that is what we expect this morning in a trial that will last three to four months here.behind the attack. that is what we expect this morn. back to you. >> jay, thank you. new this morning, take a look at the moments after scary landing on a turkish airline jet. the plane was landing in dense fog this morning in kathmandu when it skidded off a wet run way. you can see here the front landing gear collapsed. 238 people were on board at the time. some of the passengers had a few bumps and bruises. no one was seriously hurt. a montgomery county ambulance slid on some ice and hit two pedestrians that it was sent to help. the ambulance was heading to cameron hill court in silver spring to help an injured woman who had slipped on the ice. the woman along with a second person were both hit when the ambulance slid on the ice and the woman who initially fell was seriously hurt. the other person is expected to

be okay. in wake of the measles yoult break outbreak linked to disneyland, at least 14 states have introduced bills to toughen up immunization requirements. the cdc says at least 170 case this is year have been confirmed and a new poll says the majority of us are in favor of tougher immunization laws. angie goff has more from the live desk. yes, we just got he's new numbers in that show just how strongly you feel on this issue. take a look at this new quinnipiac poll just released. 70% of voters think children who have not got their standard shots should not be allowed to go to school or child care facilities. and 23% opposing that idea. now of now, the study saying there is no gender gap and feelings are strong among party and aenk groups. so 3:1 polls show people want their kids vaccinated before going to school but we both know regardless of what side of

the debate you're on, people are passionate. back to you. >> absolutely. thanks angie. and we want to know if you agree with the results of this poll. leave your comments on the nbc washington facebook page we're posting those results of the poll on our page right now. 6:20. we now know how much former ravens run back ray rice receiveded in arece in a settlement. he received more than $1 million. the ravens terminated rice's contract in september after the release of a graphic video which showed rice punching his then fiance in an elevator. they have since married. there are new ethics reforms in virginia right now to prevent the kind of gift scandal former governor mcdonnell is face aing in court right now. supporters say the new bill is a necessity to restore public trust after mcdonnell and his wife were convicted of corruption last year. the bill limits how much money a

politician can receive. the critics say the law needs to be more broad to limit generous loans, as well. a lot of you will be outside tomorrow clearing away snow. >> again. whether you use a shovel or snow blower you have to be careful so you don't get it on anyone else. otherwise this could happen. this is a picture taken in ohio. the man on the right side is helping a neighbor by shoveling the sidewalk. on the left is a man who didn't like that idea and decided to point his snow blower right at him. that was the end of that. >> i was clearing the sidewalk so that kids could walk on the sidewalk to school buses and what not. and he said they could walk in the street. and i said are you stupid? and then that's when he grabbed me by my throat and my face. >> did you grab him? y grabbed him like this and i says leave my sidewalk alone. just like this. that's all i did. >> well, after that first man went away the other one created a chest high wall of snow right

where the sidewalk had just been cleared. so the weather is getting to some people. try be to be neighborly and -- >> no good deed goes unpunished. and the older guy is facing misdemeanor assault charge because of this. >> the weather is a bit much to take. >> let's hope we can get through the next storm coming our way without any big incidents. tom, what did you have coming for us? >> we'll have the snow blowers roaring tomorrow. and they can send out quite a blast of snow. and we'll be using them tomorrow but not the today. umbrellas for today. storm team 4 radar showing moderate to heavy rains into kentucky and southern ohio. that will be arriving later today about that but right now just a few scattered sprinkles around the metro area south and east of washington and farther north and west. so have an umbrella with you. we'll get light drizzle here between now through mid-morning. temperatures are all above freezing. any icing we had has melted.

we're hovering around 40 right now. we'll stay that this way for another couple hour. by noon mid-40s. and by midafternoon with showers moving back in after a few morning sprinkle, we'll be in the upper 40s. snow totals for tomorrow, by the time it all tapers off and ends in the evening, we could end up with 8 inches or more northern montgomery county, howard into frederick frederick, loudoun county shenandoah valley into the panhandle of west virginia. around the metro area here by suburbs, the district could get as much as 6 to 8 inches maybe 4 inch amounts for charles county calvert, st. mary's, northern part there. and much farther to the south and east just 2 to 4 inches for the northern neck. lower part of the eastern shore. so quite a potent snowstorm moving in tomorrow. after that we'll get sunshine back. friday staying below freezing. the snow won't be going anywhere, but it will be melting over the weekend near 40 saturday upper 40s on sunday. then monday and tuesday,

climbing into the low to mid-50s. coming up at 6:30 a look at when the snow arrives new snow timing just coming in. i'll show you that at 6:31. melissa, what's happening? have a new delay on marc. penn south 505, 16 minutes behind. so a warning there if you ride penn south 505. in virginia, 95 at 234, a crash on the shoulder as you're headed northbound. this morning route 1 at joplin road had a crash. looks like it might be out of the way. it was there off to the right side of the roadway. so perhaps that has now cleared. dale boulevard ramp to 95 southbound we still have the crash, that one off to the shoulder as well. still seems like either 00oo it's slow things down. overall beltway looking pretty good. slow top of the beltway by georgia avenue. inbound 395, taking a look here 270 at montrose a little bit of volume but everybody moving quite nicely. beltway at central avenue inner loop and outer loop everything rolling quite well.

i'm back at 6:31 with a live look at 66. this morning about 13,000 baby cradles are under recall. here is a look at the products. dream on me is recalling its two in one bassinet to cradle products. those were sold in pink blue green and white. the wire supports on the sides of the bassinet can disconnect causing the fabric sides to lower and that poses a arriving to infants. the babies can fall out, become trapped or even suffocate. the company has received one report, but no injuries were reported. it's now 6:25. if you're worried about your kids getting enough xherexercise, you may want to schedule a play date. researchers at cincinnati children's hospital say kids and teens who regularly exercise with friends are twice as likely to be highly physically active than those who don't. the group said working out with a friend made them feel less self-conscious.same support from family members did not have the

same effect. sell if i . > you h leave the selfie stick at home. the smithsonian has banned selfie sticks from all of its museums and gardens. smithsonian says the new policy is to protect exhibits displays and other visitors. and selfie sticks have their place. but people don't have any discretion with these things. you can't swing -- >> it's called a masterpiece. irreplaceable. >> so no sticks in the museum. the health care law back in the spotlight. the critical arguments in the day ahead. outside, the story is the rain. but we're tracking another powerful winter storm that could leave your driveway buried in more snow. plus we're tracking a developing situation right now in ukraine where a rescue operation is under way right now after an explosion inside a

mine. what we're learning about the accident.

flewnew developments on a breaking story. we've learned five different shootings are connected to the same suspect and that the fbi now has a person in custody. richard jordan tracking the new information and will join us live in 15 minutes. we're track major changes in the weather that you need to prepare for now. this morning it's rain but a winter storm will have major impact on your plans tonight and tomorrow. tom kierein watching it all for you. >> right now temperatures mere 40 near 40 but this area of moderate to heavy rain will arrive around noontime. just a few sprinkles around most of the region right now. so grab an umbrella before you head out. new timing on snow arriving tomorrow, by 4:00 a.m. still rain in the frein zone. pink zone sleet. and then this lavender zone, that is snow. it does look like it will be getting closer to us by 6:00 a.m. sleet in the metro area

snow gets into our far northern and western suburbs. then by #:00 a.m. the snow arrives in washington and continues to track south through the morning by noontime snow could start coming down pretty hard. could be heavy at times around noontime. and during the middle part of the afternoon, that's when we'll likely see the heaviest snow. quickly after that by 6:00 7:00 it tracks off to the east and will diminish just scattered flurries by 8:00 p.m. as moves through. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your drive time forecast for the wet wednesday. let's go to melissa and get a look at first 4 traffic. >> brand new crash just into the traffic office. lee highway at stone road this is a report a pedestrian struck. trying to get more information about this. if just popped up here. 66 just west of nutley treat in and out of town looking quite good. dale boulevard this still remains the ramp to 95 southbound we still have this

crash. it is off to the shoulder. but it seems to be slow things just a tad here this morning. taking a look at prince george's county into town on indian head highway, no problems. a little bit slow on branch avenue and then pennsylvania avenue actually look pretty good. remember we have this dli marc penn south 505, 16 minutes behind. if just a few hours, lawyers in the case will argue before the supreme court at issue whether people in all 50 states and d.c. are eligible for federal subsidies. challengers say the subsidyies are only for people who bought policies on exchanged established by a state. millions who bought on the federal exchange could lose subsidies. that includes virginians who used the federal exchange. the obama administration insists any interpretation of the law supports federal subsidies for all low income americans. poll numbers show a majority of voters would support a fix to the law if the high court

invalidates those subsidies. in an nbc news wall street journal poll, 54% said congress should ensure eligible people in all states are able to receive aid. women are more likely to favor a fix. overall views remain divided along partisan lines. today you're invited to a rally in annapolis urging maryland lawmakers to pass a bill allowing the terminally ill to end their lives. the bill would allow people given no more than six months to live the option of filling and taking a prescription for for drugs to speed up their death. right now five states have made it illegal -- or legal, rather legal for terminally ill people to accelerate their own deaths. later this morning, the man charged with an dugting and killing than that graham is due in court. the defense team will reportedly

ask the judge for a continuance. they also want the state to provide a dna expert. the murder trial is slated to begin june 29. matthew is also facing sexual as suggest assault and murder charges in fairfax county that trial set for early june. a man facing involuntary smans slaut manslaughter charges. james chandler faces the charges. police say chandler hit a car and trovedrove off at high speed. he hit several things including a wall it flipped over and rolled several times. philip snodgrass was walking to a night class when he was crushed by the rolling vehicle. chandler has a history of violations on his driving record. we have an unfolding situation out in eastern ukraine right now. crews trying to save more people after a mine explodes and kills 32. the death toll could rise. ukranian parliament saying more

than a dozen are in the hospital. some of those workers are in critical condition. rebels control this area where the blast happened but they say that it was due to a mixture of gas and air and not any type of she willing. g shelling. the area has seen a lot of heavy fighting in the last year alone more than 6,000 people have died. it's 6:35. more than 100 people in frederick, maryland now say they plan to sue the u.s. army. all of those people say they or someone they love has cancer and they're blaming chemicals at ft. detrick for the disease. the army denied 106 out of 110 claims. the other four claims were unresolved. a lawyer for the group says it is now planning to challenge those denials in court. your drive in northern virginia could be easier. crews finished the telegraph road widening project. telegraph road now four lanes between south van dorn and south

kings highway. today leaders will celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony at huntley meadows park on south kings highway. there is also a new trail and sidewalk there. new concerns that your smartphone could leave you a victim of hackers. the major secure flaw uncover that had could put you at risk. and people are dealing with more than showers on the way to work. chuck bell has your commuter forecast at 6:41. plus paying more for your home. the property tax hike facing homeowners in one virginia county and

get ready for a wild weather ride. you can see storm team 4 radar working hard right now. you're waking up to rain and temperatures are on the rise for now. but by this time tomorrow major snowstorm is expected to be here. we're dreading it but this is

reality. before we begin worrying about tomorrow let's try to get through today. >> chuck bell is with the storm team 4 by 4 in herndon, virginia this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the march madness snowstorm is just around the corner. and there is a whole lot of madness about it that's for sure. storm team 4 radar tracking the raindrops for today. temperatures are in the upper 30s and low 40s right now. we'll be soaring well up into the upper 40s, even near 50 across parts of southern maryland. as of now though temperatures out here in herndon still in the upper 30s, a lot of crowd cover overhead. roads are wet. not much in the way of ray around the area just yet, but there is a whole lot across west with a virginia and snow on the northwest edge of that. so if you're going to pittsburgh you'll be running into the snow coming our way for tomorrow. so highs today, upper 40s to near 50s. you will need at least a jacket

on outside this morning and i wouldn't go too far without your umbrella today. may not be raining this morning, but it sure will be raining around here by later on this afternoon. and then it changes for snow overnight tonight. i know that will have traffic all snarled up on our thursday. how is the wednesday morning coming along? wednesday morning a little rough, as well. i'm not looking forward to tomorrow morning. do have a brand new crash here. 95 north at 123 in woodbridge this just popped up. and a report of this crash here pedestrian struck lee highway at stone road. as for travel times, overall i would say we're actually looking pretty good. 270 south from germantown to the beltway, outer loop 95 to 270, a tad slow there. and in virginia, 95 north there quantico to the beltway about 8 minutes behind. it's 6:42. if you live in prince william county your taxes could go up nearly 4% next year. the county board of supervisors voted to advertise the increase

but they can still vote for a smaller increase. that's according it a report by inside nova.com. even with the increase schools will face a shortfall of more than $2 million. the board has another work session on march 10th. they vote in late april. for the first time d.c. schools chancellor could i a henderson is getting a 3% pay raise. she will make $238,000 a year.i a henderson is getting a 3% pay raise. she wi henderson is paid more than mayor bowser and d.c. police chief cathy lanier. paying more to get to work this morning. the new rates you need to know if you use one of our region's busy toll roads. plus breaking developments overnight involving a number of shootings in maryland. the connection now being made to all five attacks and what we're learning about the arrest made by the fooin. fbi.

breaking news for you involving a series of shootings now linked to one suspect. the fbi announcing overnight they have made an arrest in this case. the new developments after your weather and traffic. winter storm warning stretches from texas all the way to new york. and it includes our region for

accumulating snow tomorrow. melissa. brand new crash 95 north at 123 gordon boulevard. that will slow folks down here this morning. and then delays penn south 407 now is 16 minutes behind. 6:46. breaking news overnight, officers arrested one person in connection with a shooting near the national security agency in ft. meade, maryland. the fbi believes the same person is involved in several shoots over the past two week. let's check back with richard jordan he's live near the bw parkway with the new developments. >> reporter: good morning. nsa is just around the corner. always under tight security. it became a target yesterday, one of five shootings over the past few days. the fbi believes linked to a single shooter. a shooting on the inner county connect tore, two men came under fire. before that, a shooting just

outside the movie theater in columbia pap columbia. anr out sight a walmart. and the first across the street from the arundel mills mall in a park lot there. that's where the surveillance video came from. let's go back to yesterday when things started heating up. the fooikbi bringing someone into custody. it was the shooting in open highway there, two men inside their landscaping truck coming under fire. both were injured, one was grazed by the bullet the other one had some glass that you caused him to get some cuts. fbi does have one person in custody now. as far as a motive, it looks like all of the shootings are random. richard jordan news 4. >> right now we're, woulding working to find the condition of two men shot overnight. police found the first shot in the stomach at new jersey avenue and m street. the second victim looked like a possible suspect in that

shooting. these shootings happened just blocks apart. we'll update you with any new details. it is now 6:48. former secretary of state hillary clinton is under increasing fire for using personal e-mail instead of a government issued e-mail while in office. many are saying she violated federal rules. but clinton steered clear of the controversy at an event last night here in washington. kristen welker joins us with details. >> reporter: that's right, hak hillary clinton atten nan emily's list event last night. she made no mention of that scandal that is swirling around her. but you're right her political problems continue to grow. that congressional committee that is looking in to her response to the attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi say they want to further explore the fact that she only used her personal e-mails while she was

surging as secretary of state. aide have defended her, they say she was following the federal guidelines at the time. and state department says wasn't until after clinton left office that federal guide lines really mandated that officials exclusively use official e-mail accounts. when asked about this controversy yesterday, white house press secretary josh earnest said he took clinton at her word, but he also said that it's ultimately up to clinton and the state department to work all of this out. so we will have the very latest on that and much more coming up on the "today" show. >> kristen welker live at the white house for us. thank you. and as kristen mentioned, you can catch her full report on the "today" show. i'm angie goff with breaking news. a search is under way for a missing plane, this is off the coast of authorize followfof norfolk, virginia. we want to take you there live.

we know that four people were on board this plane. this is about an hour and a half ago they lost contact. we're told it's a cessna type plane. police in the virginia beach fire department brought in to help with the search. four rescue boats were in the water including a coast guard vote p. i believe we have video of that. ground search we've also learned is under way. and this is along the little creek area where they think possibly the plane could have gone down in that the creek area. they haven't confirmed anything. they really want to bring the chopper into help with this search but at this point, the foggy conditions are making it very difficult. follow at nbc washington on twitter for updates throughout the morning. 6:50 your time now. today the justice department is expected to release its report on the ferguson missouri police department. investigators found the department routinely

discriminate against blacks. the report comes six months after a white police officer shot and killed michael brown who was unarmed. according to the information provided to nbc news investigators uncovered a pattern of unfair traffic stops, questionable arrest and unreasonable use of force and interference with free speech. this afternoon prince george's county states attorney will be in annapolis to testify against four separate bills dealing with marijuana use in the state. one of those bills includes the marijuana control and revenue act that was introduced last month. it would regulate and tax pot like alcohol and set rules for manufacturing and sales. >> your smartphone could be a target of hackers because of a security flaw. landon dowdy is live with that story "4 your money". >> good morning. apple and google are promising a fix for a security flaw recently found in devices that use ios and android software.

millions may have been exposed to hackers while surfing the web. the flaw called freak attack is being blamed on an old u.s. goeft rule requiring software makers to use weaker encryption for programs sold overseas. that rule was abandoned years ago, but the flaw naked to make its way around the world and back to phones and tablets in the u.s..to make its way around the world and back to phonnd. wlanlandon thanks. today we're talking about rain and milder temperature, but this is the beginning of whacky weather. >> i'm going to go home and pray for a bust. that the forecast is completely wrong, there will be no snow. not the going to happen. >> keep praying. and the warmer temperatures and rain going to melt a lot of the snow that we still have in place. and then we'll get more snow on top of that. it's raining lightly around the metro area, but look at thatary yellow and orange heavy rain showers just south of pittsburgh and along the ohio river.

metro area just getting a few scattered sprinkles these areas this green. grab an umbrella before you head out the door. we'll have light rain here for the morning hours. we're in the upper 30s to near 40. there is a live view. we have wet pavement. morning sprinkle, a little light rain. then heavier showers move in during the afternoon as temperatures climb into the upper 40s. so a lot of melting today. and we'll still have rain around tomorrow morning. here is the timing this area this green by about 4:00 5:00, still raining in the metro area, but north and west, the pink zone is sleet. farther north and west of there, that is snow. that snow advances farther to the east getting closer to the metro area by 6:00 a.m. then by 8:00 a.m. we change over from the sleet to the snow. and then after that, through the rest of the morning, noontime snow will start to pick up in intensity. could be snowing heavily at times between noon and lee. and then after that the snow tarps off ss ss ss ss tapers off in

the evening hours leave 4ging 4 to 8 inches metro area. hire amount north and west. maybe a few isolated spots 10 inches. southern suburbs could get 4 to 8 inches. much further to the south, 2 to 4 inches likely. keep up with the storm team 4 app. you can see all of it going today and tomorrow. and after we get through the snow tomorrow sun back friday. saturday up near 40 so we'll have some melting and a lot of melting going on on sunday monday and tuesday as warmer weather moves in partly cloudy melissa. >> we're hearing that this problem in centralville with lee highway at stone road there, that pedestrian being struck all lanes are now blocked there. this just came in. 95 north at 123, that crash off to the right side. 270 south at montrose slowing down just a little bit as you're

headed down towards the outer loop. or inner loop. wide look at things, no major problems. slow top of the beltway and then inbound 395. 95 in maryland, bw parkway in and out of town not so bad. into town bw parkway a little bit slow as you're approaching the beltway. delays on all mark lines because of ice on platforms and park penn south 407, 16 minutes behind. it is now 6:55. we're making calls to find out whether crews are close to fixing a water main break in d.c.. we shot this video of workers after they dug out the big sinkhole it caused. this happened on 13th place around farragut place northeast yesterday. about 25 homes last water when it was turned off for those repairs. right now it will cost you a little more if you take the dulles greenway to work. you'll have to pay an extra ten cents. during peak hours, that's $5.20 a trip. off peak it's $4.30.

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we could end up with 4 to 8 inches. a little more farther north and west. problems on the rails. delay on all marc lines because of ice. penn south 407 is 167 minutes behind. otherwise look pretty normal. slow inbound 395. >> that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes.

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