center. it is a single car accident and it happened while they were on duty. police did confirm that this was an on duty loss of life. we imagine that officials are notifying family members and also the other officers who worked with the officer involved. we don't have a name or a cause of the accident. obviously the question that is out there is given the road conditions with a lot of ice, was that a factor? we don't know if it was. it was a single car accident and crews are leaving the road and crashing into a fence. we hope to hear from county officials. expect closures here around good luck road to the accident scene. we are told they'll be taken up soon and traffic will continue through here. we are live from news 4. >> we will keep you updated on the story. it has been a busy morning on the roads. we will have updates and check

the washington app as well. >> we hope you are off to a good morning and so glad you could join us. i am angie goff. >> 9:01 with a check of the forecast. good news in sight? >> yes. absolutely. the sun is out and a warm up as begun. most of the suburbs were in the single digits, but that's the last of the crazy cold that we will have to worry about. this is not a guarantee. probably the last temperatures in the single digits across northern virginia. 19 in gaithersburg. 18 in culpepper and menassis. it's plenty cold out there and you will definitely need your winter jacket. with all the melting, make sure you have your slush boots. no need for the umbrella. you can put it away and temperatures up into the mid

20s. mid 30s by lunchtime and low to mid 40s for highs. it will be a nice one. high today around 44 and 45. 43 in fairfax. enjoy it. relaxing cold for the course of the weekend. a milder pattern and daylight savings begins tonight. back to you. >> thanks. many of you are paying a high price for parking in this winter weather. d.c.'s department of public works said 2700 cars were ticketed in thursday's snow emergency. each received a $250 ticket. 235 cars were impounded. nose owners will have to pay $370. >> right now we will take a look at what your drive will look like if you plan on driving around virginia. we have been checking the cameras all morning. v dot is working to clear the remaining snow. a lot of it is off to the

shoulders. crews worked to do this. v dot wants to remind to you clear the snow and ice and the trucks are headed out on the roads today. especially on top of your car. we saw a lot of that. . >> in montgomery county the streets may still look like this. highway officials asking you please be patient with many side streets covered in the ice and the hard packed snow. plows may have to make more than one pass. we are told crews did work overnight and continue to clear the side streets. >> they're forced restaurants to close doors in prince george's county in the middle of restaurant week. it seems the snow and ice are starting to have an effect on restaurant revenue. ownerships and restaurant workers say the latest storms cost them big. >> new this morning, the parkway is back open after a three-car crash involving a snow plow at

the exit for green belt road in prince george's county. we can you a look with three cars involved. two of the vehicles went off the road. you are looking at the snow plow. still still working to find out more. maryland state police investigating a crash on the beltway. a live look from one of the traffic cameras. two of the cars were involved in that crash in forestville, maryland. one far right lane is said to be shut down before pennsylvania avenue but it's moving smoothly at this hour. it has been a rough morning on the roads. another crash to tell you about on the gw parkway. all southbound lanes are closed. we can show you a look. a van flipped on to its side on the southbound side of the gw parkway south of the key bridge. >> a police officer shot a man

after a car pursued a foot chase. they saw the man involved in criminal activity in the area of comfort inn drive and lee highway in warrenton. he tried to driveway away and lost control of his car and the chase continued on foot. a canine team found him hiding behind a house and the suspect is being treated at the fairfax hospital. >> police said they took a predator off the streets. he is charged with first degree rape in one case and implicated in two others. >> you innocent? >> yep. >> questioning the suspect last night. police arrested the 48-year-old in maryland yesterday. two nights ago he grabbed a woman from behind and held a knife to her throat and allegedly raped her. the victim was able to pick digs out of a photo lineup.

was arrested for a rape last wednesday and a person of interest in another sex assault case from last september and one last october. >> the nation's first black president will give a speech on a bridge that was the sight of so much violence. today marks 50 years since the march in selma, alabama on the edmund pettis bridge and became known as bloody sunday. that violent day would pave the way for so much change. >> 50 years later, the bridge is packed again. thousands from across gathering to remember what happened here. >> all hell broke loose. >> on a day now known as bloody sunday. >> we went down the line and toppling it all. >> batter and bloody and unbroken. the number of protesters grew to around 30,000 as they completed

the march to montgomery. a jourpney that has been described as the revolution a step to equality including the right to vote. >> we get the right regardless of the color of their skin to be able to determine their owner destiny. >> later today, our nation's first african-american president, barack obama will stand with thousands honoring the sacrifices made. those who took the first steps are quick to point out the journey is not over. >> while we have progress socially economically and politically, we still have a long way to go. >> and here in rural alabama, they may understand better than most thou cross the bridge to get there. jay gray nbc news selma. >> back here in washington there

will be a ceremony tow celebrate president abraham lincoln's second inauguration. he was inaugurated 150 years ago today and begins at 9:30 less than 30 minutes from now at the lincoln memorial. >> unfortunately today's all state community was canceled because of the snow. shredding is one of the easiest ways for you to get rid of a lot of stuff, but help prevent identity theft. we are proud to offer this service. we will keep you posted on the new date as soon as we get it. >> always popular. >> the time right now, we are looking at 9:08. >> a new mural for the late marion barry. how they plan to honor his legacy. >> now is the time to find that summer job in northern virginia. we will show you where to go for a job fair for the teens. you ready for it?

let's look outside. chuck bell is going to have what you need to know about today's

>> welcome back. he was dubbed the district's mayor for life and d.c. leaders are planning waying to memorialize marion barry. news 4 reports it's far from the last tribute the district is planning for its mayor for life. >> frank smith knew marion barry longer than just about anyone. >> we were in the civil rights movement and both of us ended up in washington. >> before he died barry talked with his friend about how he wanted to be remembered. >> we talked about being mow

morialized with the civil rights movement. >> with the possibility of the reefs building coming down he pictured his statue which would be a flash point. >> it's right on the corner when the riots took place in 1968. >> it's part of a committee to come up with different ways to honor his legacy. >> they learned the value of the a hard day's worth because of the youth programs he founded in 1979. >> besides the possibility of a statue. the other things are naming streets or government buildings in his name. barry's widow said he wanted his legacy to be remembered by the city he loved so much. >> i promise you to the day he died that's all he was thinking about is how to help people and what to do with the city. >> news 4. >> it is a big day for teens in loudoun county.

the seventh annual fair happening this afternoon at the cloud moore recreation center in sterling. the least 34 companies specifically looking to hire teens are going applicants encouraged to bring that resume. >> we have high tech and low tech firms and grass cutting firms and snow removal and movie theaters and food. restaurants. sandwich places. we have retirement homes and defense companies that are here. we even have fire and rescue. we need lifeguards for the county. >> a little bit of everything. some teens will walk out knowing they have got a job this summer. others will leave with opportunities to start part-time work right away. >> great opportunity there. >> the thing about summer too. >> neither team is okay.

>> this weekend marks one year since the malaysia airline plane vanished. they are still searching for answers. >> we mentioned the word summer. just imagine lifeguarding instead of going out and shoveling the driveway. the good news is mother nature will help with the melt down for the weekend as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half fast internet? only verizon fios comes with speedmatch -

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ed. >> tomorrow marks one year since malaysia flight 370 was lost on the way to beijing. one of the family members is still looking for answers. >> i remember saying be safe and see you later and it's burn immediate my mind. >> james wood recalling the last time he saw his big brother, philipp. it was a week before philipp and 238 others boarded malaysia flight 370 from kuala lumpur to beijing that was reported at overdue. >> i'm imagining that you are thinking this is going to be bad news and we will get confirmation. >> something. yeah. they lost track of it.

>> the plane didn't crash along the planned route. it was flown into oblivion. that was the last message from mh 370. 41 minutes into the flight the mystery began. >> i will select and turn to the left. >> in a 777 simulator, we duplicated the sharp left turn that sent them on a journey. >> is there anything that makes that turn absent a human either pushing buttons or dialling in this auto pilot? >> nope. nope. >> adding is the transponder and other syst disabled. >> it is what is the hook turn. that's where this event started to develop from a normal routine flight to what had been deemed either an accident or intentional act. >> early focus turned to the

captain. authorities wondered if he was using his home flight simulator to practice. he doesn't buy it. >> he would be the that would try to save the plane. >> there were still theories as to what happened on board, search vessels may be on track to finding it after crunching satellite smls and aircraft performance data experts believe it crashed within a 23,000 square mile ark along the south indian ocean. >> that is where a very high degree of certainty, but not absolutely certainty we know the aircraft is going to be. >> absent the discovery of wreckage james wood has not let his brother go. >> tell me about your brother. >> he was, he is kind generous. >> you are obviously struggling

with present and past tense. where are you on this? >> both. logically i say past tense, but my heart says present tense. >> lester holt reporting there. they are searching the indian ocean and the prime minister said he cannot promise his government will continue searches indefinitely. talking about the weather i'm excited about this. that's nice. >> it is amazing how warm 40 or 50 degrees can feel after a couple of weeks into the deep freeze. we had more record lows go by the wayside early this morning. these record lows this one didn't even come close.

dulles international dropped to two this morning. the old record was 14. this is the second record low temperature we have broken by more than 10 degrees in the last two weeks. the other we dropped to minus 4 a week ago tuesday. that record was 14. we broke it by 18. this will be broke by 12. bwi marshall down to 6. the old record was 10. the warm up is well under way. below freezing in most neighborhoods, but the sun is out and that is all that matters. 18 in frederick and 30 in winchester and 26 in clinton, maryland. 23 at ft. mead. reagan national hopped all the way up to 24 degrees. here's a little bit of a breeze but this is a warming south and westerly brose eefr the weekend. wind chills in the teens. you need to layer up with your winter jacket, but generally speaking it will be improving.

lots of melting coming our way as temperatures are above freezing. beginning around lunchtime and above freezing for the remainder of the daylight hours and many won't get that far below freezing. below, but not into the single digits. for clarksburg sunshine and melting with a temperature near 42. seasonably cold back into the upper 20s. only spending a couple of hours below freezing before we get near 50 in clark tomorrow. >> i just finished. nice and quiet it is all over the eastern 2/3 of the country. a nice stretch of weather coming our way. temperatures will be in the 40s with plenty of sunshine. fair skies overnight, but it will be a chance to yes, indeed wash the car. temperatures near average and be ready for dark morning commutes and sunsets after 7:00 p.m.

courtesy of daylight savings time. temperatures in the 40s and 50s tomorrow. 50s again on monday. a chance for rain coming or way and the second half of tuesday and first half of wednesday. all the temperatures are above freezing starting with sunday afternoon and onwards. >> no deep freeze. >> not for the next 7 to 10 days. >> spring forward besides moving your clock ahead, what else you need to do to stay in your home and apartment.

. >> it is that time of year again. time to spring forward and while it may not feel like spring you want to set your clocks ahead an hour. it's a good time to change the batteries and carbon monoxide and smoke detectors. clocks will spring forward at 2:00 a.m. so it will turn into 3:00 a.m. metro will stop running trains between 1:00 and 2:00 to prepare for the time ch is senior day. john thompson iii made a special move. >> tyler adams has not played since his freshman year after being diagnosed with a heart ailment. >> he is planning to starting adams and told the senior the news after practice.

>> he doesn't do like a lot of coaches. the conversation is they will start and it was our last. it kind of shocked me. someone found a way to help this team. >> we are looking at 9:27. >> still ahead, a story you will only see here on news 4. a cyber sex contest. how police in northern virginia tracked down a young teen behind a disturbing scheme. >> snow days. how all these snow days will

. at 9:30, a look at top stories. a prince george's county police officer died in a single car crash from overnight around 3:20 this morning. we are working to get more information on how this crash happened. >> the parkway is back open after this three-car crash. the southbound side was shut

down and it happened on the parkway at the exit for green belt road and two cars as you can see went off the roadway. no one was seriously hurt. >> a live look at the roads in virginia. they will continue working today to remove the remainder of all that snow. they want to remind you to clear the snow and ice before you head out on the roads today. it has been a tough overnight on the roads. >> it sure has. good morning and thanks if are joining us. >> we will figure out where the weather goes from here. it was record lows and a warm up is in sight? >> we are down to the single digits and dulles down to 2 degrees for a record low temperature there. the warm up under way, but the damage has been done. seasonal snowfall totals. it's finally and official lyly and

bwi marshall 27 1/2 inches of snow. live picture looking up through rockville, a lot of snow on the side streets and the medians out there. national harbor with plenty of ice and a lot of local creeks and streams and roads have been frozen over. the ice is not thick enough. temperatures below freezing. a nice afternoon and temperatures into the low and mid 40s. how much warmer can we be tomorrow? >> thank you. the latest round of winter weather in the middle of the standardized testing in maryland and the district. the partnership for assessment of readiness and park as they are known more, a line to common core teaching. thanks to the snow days students only got two days of testing in but as school spokesman said there is plenty of time to make the tests up.

>> the testing window is long so we have make up days built in. as long as it doesn't go too crazy. we should be able to get the state testing in. >> montgomery is three days over the snow day limit. the last day of school will be june 17th. >> someone older or special needs will be struggling to keep up with the law. they have to be clear of all that snow within 24 hours after it stops falling. serve d.c. is a group of volunteer who is move around clearing sidewalks for those in need. it's interesting you to help out your neighbors through the winter months or what remains of it and sign up as a snow clearing volunteer. >> we are learning today that plow crews in arlington are using the third shipment of road salt. 2,000 tons were added yesterday. arlington used up the mid-season resupply with the original

order. crews have been mixing in sand to help the salt go further. we want to take you live to a news conference. the county police chief is speaking about the fatal crash that took the life of one of their officers. >> he was transported from the scene to baltimore. >> you said it was a traffic stop. is that car still out there? >> that's what we are working on. it's very preliminary. that he was attempting to make a traffic stop. we haven't had an opportunity to pull the in car camera information. we are interviewing people as we speak to find out if that is what was happening. what i can tell you, in a 9500 block, he lost control and life the roadway. >> the person he was trying to stop did not stop. they were not on the scene. >> he was not on the scene, no. >> was he in pursuit? >> i don't know that. that's what we are trying to

find out. >> was he wearing a seatbelt? >> yes. >> any idea how fast? >> not idea. all these things will happen, but we are hours in and we don't have all the details. >> could you speak to the sort of officer he was. >> he was a young officer who loved this department. loved this county. his family is here and we spoke to him early this morning. nothing else he would want to do with his life and he was a fine officer. >> were you aware that someone called in? >> a passerby motor citizen called in that a cruiser was off the roadway. when we investigated it was him. >> was there black ice? >> there is black ice everywhere. that's another thing we are looking at is if it's

weather-related. we don't know yet. >> no other officer was with him? >> no. >> can you talk to us about -- >> he has a 3-year-old child. i'm not sure if it's a bior girl. >> we are listening to county police chief speaking about a terrible accident early this morning that happened off the roadways that ended uptaking the life of one of the police officers. what we have learned in just the last couple of minutes is it was 26-year-old brandon robian. he described him as a fine officer who loved his county and didn't want to do anything else with his life. as far as details, they are limited. at this point, what they know and what they passed on to us is that the officer was trying to

make a traffic stop. he was pursuing somebody and lost control of his car. as far as the individual being pursued, they don't have anybody in custody. like i mentioned, very limited details. we know that the officer was transferred from the scene to baltimore where he did die. once again the chief calling him a fine officer. this is a story that we will continue to follow and continue to bring you updates as well on the nbc washington app. >> let's get to a story we will see only on news 4. a teen accused of creating a cyber contest to generate child porn. he masterminded the scheme through the kik app that makes it tough for police to track down predators. they are asking parents to get involved. >> more than 200 million users. you can share messages photos

and videos. >> kids say my parents are on facebook and i don't use facebook anymore. >> with fairfax county police's child exploitation unit. >> kik right now is stocked with all the fish. >> through the search warrant, we dug up a disturbing case a detective in tempe reached out to fairfax county police investigating a 12-year-old who submitted nude photos to a screen name called aaa productions transferred through the kik app. they claimed the chance to win $30,000 for child pornography. they tracked it to a home in fairfax and knocked on the door. a dad answer and turned over two cell phones belonging to his school age children. that's how they found their suspect. he is 14 years old. according to the warrant they found numerous images of child porn recorded in fairfax county.

part of the problem for police is finding the person behind the screen name. another issue is kik is a canadian company. >> the last few months they have become very good at honoring american subpoenas and court documents. >> the lieutenant stress that is the company itself operates legitimately and within the law, putting the burden on parents. >> he's your kid and it's your phone. you need to know what your kid is doing on the phone. your kid should not have a password you don't have. >> we have our nbc washington app. search apps and you will find a list of tools that our digital team posted to keep your kids safe. >> all state community shred has been canceled because of the weather and all that snow. the new date not set yet, but secreting is one of the easiest ways to prevent that identity theft. they are proud to offer this free service. we are going to keep you posted

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trouble for the department of liquor control after an i team investigation. the agency's director fired an employee for pursuing legal action and shared that news during a meeting that created after our investigation that looked at accusations of internal theft from beer trucks and caught employees drinking on the job. an inspector general cited problems tracking deliveries and mentioned security concerns like broken cameras inside the warehouse. >> the strong message was conveyed that there would be severe consequences to an employee engaged in corrupt activities. we won't tolerate it. >> they announced plans to create a working group to explore the best model for running liquor control in the future. to watch the original reports about liquor control, visit

nbcwashington.com and click on investigation. >> today you can be part of the st. patrick's day celebrations in alalexandria. it kicked off at 9:00 this morning, but the parade comes at noon. it will be going down king street. >> not a bad day for the parade. the morning is cold. >> good news. >> we haveff from this morning and below freezing. you need to play layer up but on the whole, the improvement trend has begun. i can't guarantee we won't have any more cold naps and can't guarantee more snow but it won't happen this week as the warm up is under way. so many great pictures on twitter over the course of the last couple of days. i wanted to share some. lloyd got a picture of these deer in the snow. my opinion on deer is they are a

tall rat. they said my going look like a deer. there is isabella. that doesn't like like a deer. lucas is having a grand old time. they love the snow. not everybody likes the snow. gretchen allen's frowny face. how can a snowman not like snow. this is a sooner-slad snowman. thanks for sending those in. happy to share them. send it to me on instagram at chuck bell. plenty of sunshine and the warm up begins. 24 degrees and a bit of a wind chill into the teen but the warm up is under way. 16 at dulles after starting out at 2. 23 in gaithersburg. what to wear. you will still need the winter jacket and the hat and sun glasses and the slushy boots for being outside as the sidewalks

are wet and slushy. everyone gets above freezing into the 40s for most of us. 43 in frederick and the high is 45 in menassis. lows tonight most of the suburbs will be down below freezing. can you wash the car? yes! you can wash it. dry for the next couple of days and expect long lines at the local car wash. not much going on. lake effect snow showers in ohio and they won't bother us at all. we have sunshine for the remainder of the day. overnight maybe a few fair weather clouds and that's about it. what to expect temperatures back near average tomorrow rngs but with the change of the clocks tonight, ready for darkness in the early morning commutes. better than that still is sunset at 7:00 or later through the fall. temperatures finally mild. only just up near average. 51 tomorrow and 54 minute.

that's the average high is 54. next chance for something to come out of the sky will be on tuesday. mostly tuesday afternoon and tuesday evening and tuesday night. may linger into the front part of the day. the next chance for rain. look at that. on wednesday highs into the upper 50s. some places might get near 60. that is a sure sib of spring time coming. move your clocks ahead before bed tonight. change the battery in your smoke detender de dedetector as well. >> a police officer killed while on the job overnight. >> who are he is

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. police have released the name of the 26-year-old officer who died in prince george's county. he had been with the force less than two years. >> it happened early this morning. der enclosure ward is live in prince george's county. we just heard from the chief. what did he have to say? >> he gave us more of the circumstances of the accident that happened earlier this morning. i want you to take a look at the video from earlier. the cruiser off the road. they say this happened in the 9500 block of green belt road at 2:30 this morning. we hear the details about what

happened. >> around 3:30 this morning the officer was attempting to make a traffic stop on green belt road at which time his vehicle lost control and the welcome left the roadway and hit a wooden fence. >> lease are interested in locking at the camera video from that incident. hopefully they will be able to ascertain. they say the vehicle involved was subject to the traffic stop and not on scene and a passerby. a citizen who called police and told them a cruiser was indeed off the road. the officer was taken to baltimore shock trauma where he was pronounced dead. the chief spoke to the family and he sds that the officer was fulfilling a lifelong ambition to become a police officer when the accident happened. he worked out of the district 5 office in clinton and he had been with the department for less than two years. the investigation continues into the accident that took the life of a lover earlier this morning.

we are live. >> do you know if the officer was wearing a seatbelt? >> i'm sorry. we are told he was indeed wearing a celt bet at the time of the accident. they are only a couple of hours in but we were told he was indeed wearing a seatbelt. >> tragedy none the less. it has been a dangerous day overnight. we will continue to update this. >> yes. we want to move on to the next story shifting gears here. march is women's history month and the women of news 4 are now sharing the biggest lessons in life they learned from their moms. in my mother's home rules were simple. the food would be good and there were high expectations. >> you like something, you do your best. you don't do things that are wrong, you know. bad.

>> you bring home an a minus. >> one more problem you could have made an a plus. >> she does it with a smile now, but take it back about 20 more years. a lot more where that came from. we have dorren swendwendy, pat, veronica. we have touching stories to share in the news 4 special that will air in about 4 minutes from our mothers for our mothers. it was really such -- >> i met your mom once before and she is a live wire to say the least. the apple did not fall far from the tree. >> there might be a little dancing in that story and it's not me. >> looking forward to that and a warm up here. >> fanlly. winter ain't over but man, it is sure gone for at least a little while. a hint of march is back and february is finished. no chance for snow in the next

seven days. doesn't mean we are done forever. the last inch of snow did not come until march 25th. 2 1/2 weeks from now. winter ain't over until we see the month of april. >> march 17th i was out in the snow covering it. it can still happen. >> my other half birthday was the 25th. >> what a gift. >> you will lose an hour tonight. we spring forward. don't forget about the clocks and the smoke alarms. >> from our manager

they're the woman that bring us into the world and guide us through it. >> they teach us lives most valuable lessons and hold our happened when we do not follow them. >> we did not always wear what they wanted or date who they wanted. >> we did not always sit up straight either. >> we found out that tough love could be a two way street and so did they. >> as we grew we realized that mom was never far away. >> join us as we reflect on what we learn from the mothers and present this program for our mothers. nbc 4 is celebrating woman's history month. for our mothers and by