temperatures tom kierein will help you decide what to wear today for you and your kids. and new details about the moments before a crash that killeded a police officer. good morning i'm air are not gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're finally seeing some relief from our long cold brutal winter. temperatures were warm yesterday. hope you enjoyed them. tom, hoping for more of the same today. >> yes, in fact we have clouds hanging in over the city like a blanket holding in some of the warmth from yesterday. there is capitol hill under a mostly cloudy sky. still rather chilly, but most locations above freezing this morning. and then once again another mild afternoon. we can look forward to a springlike week ahead. and at the bus stop still a chill in the air. most locations mid to upper 30s. students boarding buses after that between 8:00 and 9:00, low 40s most of the region.

maybe a little sunshine trying to break out. temperatures right now are a little bit above freezing in the metro area. but quite a bit -- generally above freezing shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia into maryland early this morning. average high this time of year is 54. we'll have our temperatures getting above that today and again on wednesday. now let's check on the roads. some protection but you overall looking pretty good. >> that's right. hopefully out of the way in a little bit. outer loop near 270, right lane blocked. again, should be moving out of way in just a little while here. other than this we're actually looking pretty good. 66, 95 95 in maryland and all

of prince george's county actually looking quite good. same thing when you're looking at 270. my clicker does not want to cooperate. 270 in general just fine. so just a little construction here and there. i'm back5:11. hopefully we get this straight and i'll show you live pictures of 66. it's 5:02. major issues on marc trains. rail service just started a few minutes ago. on the penn line you cannot use the bowie state station at all. also service at the odenton station is very limited. a wheel on an amtrak train lost contact with tracks friday causing a lot of damage to the tracks in that area. we are learning new information about the moments leading up to the crash that killed a prince george's county police officer. brennan rabain was killed saturday morning after losing control of his cruiser. richard jordan outside the

police department in palmer park with who police are looking for this morning in connection with the crash. >> reporter: there is a traffic camera video near the crash site that may be able to help police investigators. they have been able to pinpoint a minivan that the driver may have had a good van tablg point and could be a good eyewitness so that's why police are trying to identify the driver of that minivan now. brennan rabain was killed early saturday morning just off of greenbelt and good look roads. he lost control and crashed in to a wooden gate. police say his girlfriend was in the vehicle with him. he was off duty at the time when he saw another car speeding past him. he tried to pull that vehicle over he turned on his lights and sirens and went in pursuit. that's when he lost control of the car, crashed and was killed. it may sound unusual that the officer had his xwir friend in

the vehicle with him and then went from off duty to on duty trying to pursue will vehicle, the police chief saying that he did not violate protocol, that he followed protocol and that he did nothing wrong at this point. so again police trying to identify the driver of the minivan. dash cam of the cruiser was not working at the time, so that traffic camera video is the best video that the investigators have to work with at this point. reporting live from palmer park richard jordan news 4. and officer rabain leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter. his fellow officers have set up a go fund me site for donations. if you'd like to help will,p hlp will there is a link in the nbc washington app. a group is making a push for the purple line. it would connect between new carrollton and bethesda. advocates say the they're worried the new governor will cut the project's funding.

they're meeting with maryland lawmakers to talk about it tonight. also police officers in montgomery county will talk about wearing body cameras in the future. the police department says it's been considering a body camera program for about a year now. officers and members of the county council will meet this afternoon. police in prince george's county are asking for your help this morning to find this missing 13-year-old boy. axle morales was last seen around midnight on saturday near briarwood drive and laurel you bowie road. police tell us he is 5'6" and 110 pounds. he was last seen in a gray sweat shirt with blue jeans and purple shoes. if you think you've seen axle, call police. police in d.c. are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. kiarra conrad was last seen saturday. she's 4'11" and about 90 pounds. conrad was last seen in a pink jacket with a blue hood. she had on a black skirt with black tights and black boots

d.c. police are asking to you call if you have any information about her whereabouts. tonight vdot will shut down part of the beltway to put up a sign. all the northbound lanes will be closed at 10:00. everything should be back open in time for the tuesday morning commute. the mercury is rising. and that means spring cleaning will soon be under way, including sweeping up all the sand and salt on the roads. what you need to know. isis attack or hoax? the fbi investigating a cryptic message left behind on websites across the u.s. and europe. and we're finally starting to see signs of spring. tom has an hour by hour look at the temperatures in your.

today you might want to double check where you you park in falls church. street sweeping starts in just a few hour. you'll see cleanup all week long and then the sweepers will be off the roads until next month. in d.c. you won't see sweepers for another week. they were supposed to start a week ago but dpw delayed them twice for weather. you can find out where to park from the red and white signs on the side of your street. if you don't follow them, could you face a $45 ticket or be towed. if you're hoping to get all the salt off your car today with a car wash expect to wait in line. take a look at this scene.

these were the lines at a car wash if georgia avenue avenue in silver spring. it was so chaotic, a police officer had to help direct traffic. i've forgotten what color my car was. >> it's ashy white. >> if you have a favorite car wash let me though. because i go to the same ones. >> well, every else's favorite, too. it will be tough out there today. but at least while you're waiting to wash your car you can roll the windows down enjoy some of the warm air. >> so exciting. tom, it's already close to 50 around here. >> pretty nice start to the morning. and if you have a garden hose you can just hose off that salt especially underneath, get under the wheel wells under the car, too. because that salt can just sit in there and cause corrosion with time. temperatures right now in the nearby suburbs down near

freezing. would you right in the metro area generally inside the beltway, upper 30s to near 40. there is the capitol under a mostly cloudy sky. we'll stay mostly cloudy for the morning. and then the sun breaks out. and by noontime hitting the low 50s. soaring to near 60 by mid afternoon and partly sunny looking really nice. a look at how much longer this mild pattern will last and our next chances for rain coming up at 5:21. melissa, how is the monday commute? >> just some construction around town. should be out of the way here in the next little bit. 355 south the at woodmont two left lanes blocked. beltway looking quite good. 66 at lee highway, eastbound and westbound looking good. 95 in and out of town bw parkway, looking quite good. do have this one closure here in

prince george's county. southbound garden 50 ramp that ramp blocked for some road work. i'm back in ten minutes weather and traffic always on the 1s. my live picture of 95 in virginia. a developing story, we're learn building a new effort to fight boko haram. we'll get latest from the live desk. plus the wouldtwo things to do to overcome the grogginess there

breaking news from the live desk. a military offensive is under way. this is taking place in nigeria as military soldiers are taking on boko haram. witnesses saying that 200 vehicles they have seen this with soldiers entering the country. many of nigeria's neighbors reallily coming together to a on the islamic militants who recently pledged allegiance to

isis. no government confirmation on the ground assault since bow come that ram's uprising, more than 12,000 people have been killed. 5:16. the fbi is investigating the hacking of several u.s. websites by someone claiming to be affiliated with isis. this is the home page of a bank in montana. looks like over the weekend that bank is vus one of a handful of businesses across the u.s. that was hacked. security analysts have not found and official link to the terror group and it's likely a hoax. no information was compromised. at least one person was killed in a roof collapse at a coal mine in west virginia. the accident happened last night at the marshall county coal mine near morgantown. at least two other miners were hurt. state and federal mine officials will work with the owner of the mine to determine the cause of that accident. homicide detectives in d.c. are working two murders this morning.

police got a call about an unconscious woman in the middle of sherman avenue. police say she had been stabbed several times. and we know the name of a man killed in a different part of columbia heights. dionte bathea was killed near center and:00 ogden streets. tonight you can learn more about the route 1 you utility project. vdot is hosting a pardon our dust meeting. officials will explain how the project will impact traffic in that area. the meeting is at lorton volunteer fire station 2. two children have been missing for six months now and their family is hoping they're still alive. katherine hubble was last seen with her son and daughter just before they disappeared. but she will not tell anyone where the children might be.

the children are from germantown they were 2 and 3 when they went missing. the president announcing a new plan today designed to give the economy a boost. the tech hire program will prepare more people for high income tech jobs. there are half a million jobs in software and computer programming today. it says putting more people in those jobs will increase wages, one part of the economic recovery that is lagging behind. >> the number of flu cases in virginia is dropping fast. the health department tells the virginia pilot that the flu is no longer considered widespread. the flu has been widespread for the past 11 weeks. five children died from the flu this season including a fifth grader this loudoun county. we're learning the costs are piling up for the snow in new england. the region was slammed by winter weather. and economists now say it cost the region billions of dollars. ihs global insight says massachusetts alone lost about a billion dollars on productivity

that was lost from workers and the fact that people stayed inside inside of being out shopping. the company did not say how the weather affected our region this winter. perhaps we're feeling the buzz of spring in the air, but perhaps not quite like this. take a look at this scene. bees infested a baseball spring raining game in arizona. they are everywhere. the bees forced players off the field twice before the ballpark brought in a real beekeeper. and then sprayed the bees away. you have to bring in experts. i can't imagine trying to shoo way around that many. >> nothing left to see. >> peace out, right? seems like we've been waiting a long time for spring. >> it is finally here. nearly at least. chuck bell is live at the tidal basin now. should be getting pink down there in a few weeks. >> a couple week. it may be spring in the studio, but still 36 degrees down here. so a little bit of a chill left

in the air, but nowhere near as cold as we've been over the last couple of weeks. springtime is inching its way closer and closer. how many more days do you have to wait for springtime? officially 12 more days. that's how many more days between now and the official beginning of springtime. we're all very excited about that. those of us that stand outside for a living particularly so. over the next seven days, temperatures will be at or even slightly above average. can you believe it? after so many cold weeks in a row, tom everyone, yours truly included are for a little milder weather. we'll take a look at the cherry trees coming up. >> sure does improve our moods. yesterday got to around 60 and we'll do that again today. and when you're rummaging through the closet trying to figure out what to wear you can put away the puffy coat for a while. you do need a couple layers this morning. it will be rather chilly. just a jacket, though, and you won't need the slush, boots, hat

or umbrella. as we'll have the bright sun bouncing off what remains of the snow throughout the rest of the day. temperatures are near freezing in some rural areas. so watch out some of the snow melt maybe a little water on some of the roads may have refrozen a little bit this morning. but most locations are above freezing in the metro area and around the bay. and on the eastern shore. and we'll stay in the low to mid-30s between now through around 8:00 9:00. and then the rest of the commute just cloudy in the upper thirt and 30s. should have dry roads and partly sunny sky as we soar into the upper 50s for around 60 degrees by later this afternoon. then tomorrow not as warm as we'll have a lot of clouds around and rain moving in. timing looks like mid to rate morning rain moves in from the south. occasional rain showers through the away. then drizzle and fog with light rain wednesday morning. and then lingering showers possible maybe through midday on

wednesday. then sun returns wednesday afternoon with highs reaching near 60 degrees again on wednesday. then on thursday a bit cooler but you still pleasant up near that average high of 54. partly cloudy. and then on friday we'll have it a little bi coolt cooler, increasing clouds with another chance of rain moving in late friday night. and off and on rain showers both saturday and again on sunday with highs upper 40s on saturday and low 50s on sunday. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at hometown highs for the day. now let's look at traffic and we have a problem, a new one now just breaking out. where is that melissa? >> outer loop of the beltway approaching georgia avenue got report of debris on the roadway. not sure exactly which section there it's in. just all we know is outer loop approaching georgia. could have a cleanup crew out there. inner loop at woodrow wilson bridge disabled car off to the right. so slowdowns there.

39 the 5 3 395 north at seminary another disabled car. 95 at mine road no issues. same thing 270 at montrose. 29 north at leighton avenue still have the construction in silver spring with that right lane blocked. supposed to be wrapped up here about 20 minutes ago. still hanging on for us. a man being questioned after a stabbing spree in japan leaves five people dead. two men, three women were found dead their neighbor now in custody. no details on a motive and they still have not found a weapon. it this has stunned the country. 5:23. retiring too early can be harmful to your financial health during retirement. the average retirement age is 62 for women, 64 for men. that's according to boston college's center for retirement.

researchers say if you delay claiming social security between the ages of 62 and 70 you could receive a monthly benefit that is 76% higher. if you're looking for a car for your son or daughter we can now tell you some of the safest ones on the road. consume are reports released a list of safest used cars for teens to drive. i think that's smart to do. 2009 to 2012 malibu is on the list so is the 2009 to 2011 ford focus and the 2010 to 2014 hybrid ford fusion. >> i banged up my first car like you would not believe. >> i don't even want to talk about it. well, it's normal to be nervous before a big test. but some students develop severe anxiety that can affect performance. chronic worriers and perfectionists tend to struggle with test anxiety more. symptoms include stomach and i can, tension headaches, feeling shaky or sweaty and in some cases even throwing up. >> your kid seems especially

irritable or if they're not sleeping or not eating or maybe overeating. procrastination. any change in behavior that is typical from what you normally see. >> there are ways to help your kids. you can teach your child some relaxation techniques like deep breathing and positive thinking. you can also reduce stress at home by extra plans during a test week and make sure they're getting enough sleep and food. >> testing is such a poor way to evaluate a student's success because of these issues. chances are you're still adjusting to daylight saving time. sleep specialists say it does take a couple of days. so how can you make a a little easier on yourself? experts say to make sure you eat a healthy breakfast, open your blinds to let the sunlight in, also skip alcohol and caffeine for a few days. skipping caffeine won't work for us. and dim the lights at bedtime. most of us lose an average of

about 28 minutes due to the change. >> i had a hard time getting to sleep last night. >> me too. and as tired as i am you'd think i'd fall right asleep. >> tonight hopefully. new development on the n e-mail scandal. and developing story at the university of oklahoma. a fraternity shut done of awn after a racist video surfaces. and tom takes a look at how warm it will get in your hometown. and if you can't be in front of your tv watch news 4 today on the go. download the nbc washington app from the app store or google .

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looking at the stories making headlines at 5:30 we're learning new information about the moments leading up to the crash that killed a prince george's county police officer. officer brennan rabain was taking his girlfriend to her apartment just after 3:00 in the morning saturday. police want to speak with the driver of a van also captured on a traffic camera. d.c. police investigating a homicide on sherman avenue. police say a woman had been stabbed several times. and it's a big day for

apple. some say the company plans to announce when it will release its anticipated apple watch. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we want to get you you caught up on the forecast for today. it's a good one. here's tom. >> yes, starting off rather chilly. a few spots down near city. dale city at 37. later today, they should soar to the upper 50s by midafternoon with a partly sunny sky. another hometown location, gaithersburg in montgomery county right now there a little bit below freezing right around 30 degrees and mostly cloudy. but then there hitting the mid-50s by midafternoon. a lot of the snow will be continuing to melt. much of montgomery county got quite a bit of snow from that storm last thursday. anacostia at 31 but soaring to the upper 50s there, as well by mid to late afternoon. a look at our springlike temperatures for the next seven days next weather and traffic on

the 1s coming up at 5:41. that lisat melissa. another disabled car 66 east just after 50, right lane blocked. outer loop near 270, still have the right lane blocked for road work there. so that sounds like it might be around for a little bit longer than we had initially thought. beltway at colesville no problems here. inner loop at woodrow wilson bridge another disabled car. you can see the slowdowns because of that one. 66 no problems here. 95 overall generally looking pretty good. starting to see slowdowns northbound in dale city. overall, no major issues. ooiblg i'm back at 5:41 with travel times. >> it's 5:31. the backlash over hillary clinton using private e-mail while she was secretary of state is quickly growing. president obama has now weighed in. and a powerful senate democrat

told chuck todd if clinton keeps quiet, it will quote, hurt her. tracie potts live on capitol hill to explain all this. >> reporter: dianne feinstein was g abo hurting her chances at 2016 presidential bid. she has not declared yet, but she's the democrat's best bet based on all the polls and some democrats are concerned about this e-mail controversy. we did hear from president obama as you said over the weekend in an interview with cbs, he said that he's glad that hillary clinton tweeted about this and that this will does shed light on what happened. however, now the pressure is mounting on both sides. supporters like dianene feinstein and critics like those on the beb benghazi committee all say she needs to speak out. she is having a public appearance in new york later this morning. and everyone is waiting to see if she'll say anything about the e-mails. >> tracie potts on the hill for

us. thank you. developing situation at the university of oklahoma right now. this is a new picture that purportedly shows the fraternity house vandalized. it appears to say tear it down. police say this happened after they left and we have been monitoring some live pictures from the scene. and we've noticed that police are actually back there. this all to prevent anymore retaliation after the fraternity posted a video online which shows them in a racist chant towards black people saying they never get into the fraternity. there was even references to lynching. the chapter has been shut down. the members suspended. and the university of oklahoma says it's investigating. 5:33. new this morning, u.s. ambassador mark lippert could be released from a south korean hospital as early as tomorrow. lippert was injured when a man attacked him with a knife. needed 80 stitches. doctors have removed 40 of those

stitches. they will remove the rest tomorrow. the suspect told the police it was a protest against the annual south korean military exercises. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is insisting congress has a chance to review and vote on any nuclear deal with iran. he told cbs that he does not have the support yet to override a threatened veto by president obama. the president says the u.s. would walk away from nuclear talks with tehran if there was no acceptable deal. anti-american sentiments in russia are at their highest since the cold war. according to a new poll more than 80% of russians now hold negative views of the united states. "washington post" reports the breaking point came about two weeks ago after the as assassination of a well-known kremlin critic. many believe his death was a cia plot. new this morning, donna edwards is expected to announce

a run for barbara mikulski's seat. it's a sign maryland voters are in for a heated primary battle. chris van hollen already put his name in the hat. sheriff's department still searching for a man who shot a clerk in the head. it has been a year since the shooting in spotsylvania county. kelly wood survived that shooting. the department says it still has not identified the shooter from the video. there is a new petition out against redistricting in stafford county schools. p according to the freelance star some parents believe the school board is giving preferential treatment to wealthy families. the board drew up the plan to solve an overcrowding problem. the petition says the plan makes low income families travel farther while wealthier families stay close to home. be prepared to pay more for gas. the national average now $2.46

for regular up leaded. that's up 29 cents in just a month. in d.c. $2.5500 on average. in virginia, a gallon averaging $2.30. sgerpt experts say we're not expecting to pay more than $3 a gallon this year. a special plane on a long journey. we'll tell you about the unique fuel the aircraft is using. plus using the tramg he can death of a teenager to teach other children about race relations. and it will feel down right springlike later today. tom takes a look at whether it will stay that way over the next seven days.

a plane is flying around the world without any fuel. this is a swiss solar powered plane successfully took off from abu dhabi today. the pilots are hoping to fly it around the world and return to the middle east in june. three stops are planned in the u.s. during the journey. the plane can fly day and night, it uses more than 17,000 solar cells in the wings and four lithium polymer batteries. this morning in a special "today" show exclusive, madonna sits down with carson daly to talk about her latest album. she says even though she can be over the top sometimes her four

kids treat her like every other parent. >> at this point, rocco doesn't care. just goes over his head. mom's being mom. the other little kids don't really -- they're not tuned into that frequency yet. lois horrified by all of it. she just wants me to be her mom. >> you can watch more of madonna's exclusive interview starting at 7:00 right here on nbc. and i think kids with parts of all professions, you're my parent first. >> whatever else i don't care. coming up on 5:41 on this monday morning. 48 degrees outside our studios right now in tenleytown. weather and traffic on the 1s now. we will relish this day, tom. >> #thinkspring. as we get near 60 yesterday, some of the warmth held in overnight. but we do have a few spots a little bit below freezing. so there may be a little patchy ice from some of the snow health.

we'll be hovering near the low to mid-30s over the next several days. and still dusting of snow around the region from that snow we got on thursday. still a couple inches north and west. the average high for today is 53. and we'll be right near that by noontime. and then getting before it during the afternoon. over the next 7 days we'll be near our average high each day. by the 20th first day of spring the average high is 57. we can look forward to the end of march. by the 31st average high is 61 degrees. so time is on our side. a look at our next chances for rain coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:51. now the monday commute, already a couple problems. >> and now we have delays on the rails. yellow line, this delay just popped up to mount vernon square. just tweeted about this. that will be a little bit of a slowdown for you folks here early this morning. wide look at things, no major issues.

travel times, 270 south, germantown to the beltway no problems. same thing outer loop 95 to 270. 66 east fairfax county parkway to the beltway on time. and 95 north to the beltway, just a couple minutes behind. i'm back at 5:51. another unarmed african-american teen shot by a police officer. this morning how a community is coming together and turning this into a teachable moltment. plus we could learn today when

15 before the hour. temperatures above freezing outside our studios in northwest washington. right now got my short shorts on this morning. >> no you do not.

warming up all over our area. spring is nearly here. chuck bell is live along the tidal basin with his warm weather forecast. chuck, it's too bad you can't see his know you're not wearing short shorts. >> reporter: tmi, i don't even want to think about it let alone see it. we have the battle of two seasons going on here down at the tidal basin. we're all hash tagging think spring today. beautiful cherry trees here. but between us and the memorial is the tidal basin which is still completely iced over. that's very winterlike. and look at our 4 x 4, this is about 100 pounds worth of road grime still on the side. so there are still lingering images of winter away. so we have to think spring everybody. with that in mind high temperatures for today, way up into the 50s and even the 60s by later on today especially town

to the south of town. basically ofif it all of the snow is off of your grass, you have much better chance of get up to about 60 later on today. we'll have a chance of rain tomorrow maybe a chance to rinse everything off. but tom will talk about that in a couple minutes. back to you, eun. i pity you having to sit next to the short shorts. i'm happy to be outside. >> it was a joke. >> all right. which you cank bell thanks. more protests are expected in madison, wisconsin after an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a white officer. family and friends held a vigil for tony robinson last night. he was shot and killed saturday morning. the officer who shot robin so that says he tried to attack him. the wisconsin tent of justeso that says he tried to attack him.si department of justice is taking over the investigation and parents say they're teachurning it

into a teachable moment and say it's never too early to talk to your kids about race. >> i think in particular it's important for white parents to talk withabout race with their kids. because we tend to shy away from that. >> parents said the main goal is teaching kids that their feelings matter and that every life matters, as well. today you can let your voice be heard about the future of montgomery county public schools. the school system is hosting second of five public forums. tonight's is at sherwood high school starting at 6:30. interim superintendent one of the school leaders ss expected to be at the meeting. police in prince george's county asking for your help in finding this 13 jld-year-old boy. axle morales was last seen midnight saturday. police tell us he's 5'6" 110 pounds. he was wearing a gray sweat shirt with blue jeans and purple

shoes. if you think you've seen axle call prince george's county police. police in d.c. are searching for a 12-year-old girl. police tell us kiarra conrad was last seen at 18th and m streets northeast on saturday. she is 4'11" and about 90 pounds. conrad was last seen in a pink jacket with blue hood. she had on a black skirt, black tights and blook boots. call if you have any information. and d.c. police also looking for a gang of atv riders after they allegedly kicked an officer's cruiser last night. investigators say the officer tried to pull over a woman on an atv near 11th and clifton northeast. that's when the group approached the cruiser and started kicking it. they also drove their atvs toward the officer. the group eventually took off. no arrests have been made. it is illegal to drive atvs on streets in the district. and a young man in prince george's county on the road reco this mo and he says he hopes he is able to walk

again. kalen hayes was maimed by a drunk driver. he was left without a leg and arm had to be surgically attached. he told us how he feels about what happened. >> it's all -- things happen you know. i can't get mad at him. i got to get used to my life. >> hayes does not have insurance and his home is not wheelchair accessible however he said the crash has brought he and his family closer together. >> it is now 5:50. later today, rockville city officials will ask for you are i don't help as they redesign the main roadway. the drafted rockville pike plan is the first large scale update in more than 25 years. it reimagines a 2 mile stretch as a multiway boulevard and that encourages more walking and the use of public transportation. there is a hearing tonight at 7:00 at rockville city hall. your ride on marc should be easier this week. more trains are being added to

the camden line. new train routes will operate in most the morning and the afternoon. and vdot will shut down part of the beltway to put up a new sign just north of the dulles access road to the legion bridge. lane closures start at 10:00 tonight. everything should be back open in time for the tuesday morning commute. today we're smiling and feeling light and airy because we have returned to some reasonable weather. >> yes, a day for short shorts and aaron, prove to everybody you're not wearing your short shorts. >> i would never. >> okay. great. for a moment i had visions of "saturday night live" in my head. today you may be comfortable in shorts this afternoon. not short shorts. right how we have quite a bit of cloudiness around. it will be with us through noontime. and this be then dur the afternoon, more sunshine. and high clouds returning by later this afternoon ahead of

some rain looks like it will be moving in here by later tomorrow. so the clouds close in later tonight and we'll get temperatures mild and we're dealing of course now with sleep deprivation. weless lost an hour over the week he said. sun rise today at 7:29 sunset at 7:09. this photo i took yesterday morning that was at 7:20 that was ten minutes before sunrise. kind everfr of hard to get used to. we'll have temperatures right near freezing now holds 12eddysteady over the next country offoffalple of hours. near freezing up to win dhers and chester and around the bay, mid-30s. easton at 40. clinton, prince george's county 39. out in the mountains, many locations there, too, are just a

little bit blof freezing. generally dry payment over those wet patches or little patches of ice for the morning. and we'll have temperatures in the upper 30s. and with clouds around. then sun out in the afternoon, that will do a lot to dry the roads that may be a little damp this morning. we'll be in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees by midafternoon. love this photo that was posted on my facebook page yesterday. this is lake holiday, this is north of winchester. look at all of the ice still on lake holiday. 240 acre lake just north of winchester. parts of the potomac and of course many area ponds still covered with ice. as chuck mentioned, so is the tidal basin. there is the rain i'm talking about way down to our south. and this area of rain in texas, that will be tracking up our way later during the day on tuesday. this one batch of rain in the carolinas, that will be scooting south of us through the day today. and after we reach here 60 this afternoon, the clouds close in

overnight near 40 by dawn on tuesday. and then during the day should make it up into the low 50s, but it rain will be l. move in maybe around 9:00 10:00 in the morning and then will continue off and on in to the afternoon. maybe some drizzle and fog as well tuesday night and into wednesday morning. by then the mid-40s. some lingering showers possible through midday wednesday. then sun back wednesday afternoon, highs around 60 degrees again on wednesday. and then on thursday up near the average high of 54 and partly cloudy. a little bit cooler on friday with a high they're 50near 50. another chance of rain saturday and sunday both days a chance of rain. so keep that in mind for your weekend plans. melissa has some metro delays. yellow line delays to mt. vernon square here because of a disabled train. 66 headed into town through manassas just a little slow inbound. 95 north bound at dale city.

nothing happening, but quite a bit of volume. beltway at kenilworth, looking quite good here this morning. wide look at things, no major problems. slowdowns southbound bw parkway, going to show you a live picture of that in just one second. first a look at 270 looking quite good in and out of town. this is a problem, bw parkway at riverdale southbound, so we have an accident here in the left lane. kind of slowing things down for a couple miles. you can see those slowdowns again the crash is at riverdale road. a little bit south of riverdale road. so we'll keep an eye on this for you. volume building on bw parkway. we expect to learn more about apple's latest tech toy later today. landon dowdy is here with a look at the apple smart watch and how much you can expect to pay.

landon good morning. >> that's right. apple is holding an event in san francisco today where the company is expected to reveal more details about its new smart watch. the base model starts at $349. but analysts think the higher he said versions including a gold watch could cost $8,000 or more. apple may also say how consumers can upgrade the device. the apple watch goes on sale next month. the companies that determine your credit score are making shall big changes as part of a deal with new york's attorney general, reports say they will be more proactive revolving disputes. government regulator and consumer advocates have long said in disputes the odds are stacked against individuals. the changes will be phased in over the next three years. back to you. landon dowdy at cnbc. thanks. with the weather warming up it's likely to feel spring is on the way, we're so close, fredericksburg city council is

also looking forward to spring and discussing rules about sidewalk calf face. at tomorrow's meeting the council will consider expanding sidewalk cafe rules to include the whole city and not just downtown. local arts leaders are getting involved in the fight over the franklin school in d.c.. the vacant building on 13th and k-streets northwest was slated to become a contemporary art museum. with you but mayor bowser has scrapped the plan citing financial risks. directors from the smithsonian and other private you museums want to meet with bowser to urge her to reconsider. there is a you new exhibit you can go to at the capitol. you can see congress investigates at the visitors center starting at 8:30 this morning. the entrance is off of 1st street northeast. it will show the role congress played in major moments in history like the titanic crash and watergate. right now a fraternity at oklahoma university is on high alert as anger over a controversial racist video rose. police have been camped out for hours now after someone targeted

right now on news 4"news 4 today","today," what we're learning about an over's final moments right before a crash. new hope that we may be ready to put winter behind us. the spring weather we've been waiting for is finally here.

tom kierein is here with the changes your kids will notice at the bus stop. >> indeed we have a milder start this morning. temperature outside our building is upper 40s but elsewhere, it's rather chilly. that's the story throughout morning. but then another mild afternoon on the way similar to what we had yesterday and springlike week ahead. we can look forward to that. all the way into next weekend. temperatures right now are, though in the upper 30s to near 40. nearby suburbs and right in washington. a few spots are new freezing including college park and bowie. gaithersburg a little below freezing. manassas at is leesburg. ft. belvoir at 33. between 8:00 and 9:00, should begin to clim