the morning's commute. another mild morning outside. we're tracking the large system you see there and the impact it will have on you as you make your way home from work tonight. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein here with what you need to know. it's a broad area of rain that stretches from illinois to alabama. it's now heading to the north and east. it continues to track closer to the metro area leading edge of the rain is near roanoke in southwestern virginia, north carolina. that will be moving into the metro area but not until perhaps early afternoon in our western suburbs. southern suburbs seeing it earlier than that. in prince george's county mid 30s. most of montgomery county above freezing in the mid 30s. fairfax county most locations above freezing. most of loudoun county a little bit above freezing. freezing in prince william county.

there's the capitol under an increasingly cloudy sky ahead of the rain. we'll have a dry morning then a wet afternoon. grab the umbrella before you head out the door. it looks like more rain toward the end of the wee a the drive time forecast. >> crews are working to fix a water main break on a road many of you may use. lanes on route 1 and college park are closed right now. news 4 richard jordan live to tell us when they might open again. richard? >> reporter: aaron, the northbound lanes that are being worked on by crews. they have a jackhammer out and they're breaking the road as they repair a water main on the ikea way. you have the two right northbound lanes that are blocked here because of the work that is going on. traffic is getting by on the far left lane. we are seeing some occasional

backups when there's a rush of people that are coming off the beltway on to route 1. this is at times, the occasional backup. however, it does clear up once they get moving again. this could be a problem here for at least another hour, possibly longer. the work that is going on now to fix the water main as we speak. it is route 1 near ikea way, the northbound lanes impacted here. other problems you want to watch out for this morning, let's go to melissa for that. >> right now that is going to be one of our big issues this morning. 95 in virginia another problem. northbound at mine road. we have the two left lanes blocked. i've had several accidents here in this stretch of 95. be careful northbound or southbound. going to have some problems there this morning. brand new crash at veirs mill. sending chopper 4 to that. we'll have more in the next couple of minutes. wide look at things no major problems as you look at the

beltway, at least prince george's county into and out of town looking good. pennsylvania avenue branch avenue rolling along nicely. more on the crash we're hearing about coming up in the next couple of minutes along with your travel times. see you at 6:1e6. hazmat crews are gone from a neighborhood in northwest washington. we're working to find out what was there to cause the fbi, firefighters, and police to respond near connecticut avenue and military road. we learned someone opened up a 40--year-old safe in a house there and found containers with syrupy white substance inside. the substance was police shut down the street but it is open again right now. and today a local group called d.c. ferguson will protest at the police oversight hear in the district.

the group said police unfairly target minoritie stops. d.c. polic. the po police department' over the last year a hearing. it will happen at 10:00 a.m. it's looking into the chapters around the country after sae closed in oklahoma. they were recorded singing about lynching black people. they had their membership suspended and required to leave the frat today. they received reports of other incidents at other schools. the try delta sorority is under investigation for its involvement in the video. we know when a prince george's county police officer will be laid to rest. the funeral is this thursday in temple hills. he died in a crash this pa weekend. police say he crashed into a fence while trying to stop a speeding car. oh my god! oh my god! >> absolutely amazing video coming out of north carolina this morning. we should tell you there are no

delays on amtrak right now at union station after that crash that injured more than 60 people. a train traveling to d.c. and eventually to new york city yesterday hit a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks at north carolina. one of the train's cars toppled over. as many as 60 people were hurt. the farmer family was north for spring break. >> we heard the breaks come on and there was the impact. >> are you okay? >> we're okay. >> this is the third serious commuter train crash in less than two months. two deadly crashes in new york and california last month killed a total of sev injured 30. a new reports shows budget cuts lead to a big increasing in class size in prince william county public schools.

hundreds of new teachers would need to be hired to get back to prerecession levels. new details overnight in a deadly helicopter crash that claimed the lives of ten people including an olympics gold medallist. what we're learning about the victims and what the helicopter was taking part in at the time of the crash. you won't need the ummbrella this morning but you'll want to take i.

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trademark on the team's name. the organization said it agrees with the team that cancelling the trademark goes against the free speech rights. however, the aclu agrees that the name is offensive and should be changed. teachers in loudoun county working hard readjust their lesson plans if your kids now. the county is reporting 12 snow fewer days in school has meant that teachers are adjusting course sched that stu before e. the county will not be able to gain back lost time. a dry start to the day. the everybodye evening commute may not be so dry. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4 this morning in dale city. what are you up to now, chuck? >> reporter: nothing major going on here. i've been interrogating the radar to see how far the rain drops are. leading edge of the rain drops about 165 miles away. what does that mean to you?

it means you should be planning on needing this between about 12:00 and 2:00 t and thereon after. rain drops coming our way. for now temperatures 37 here in dale city virginia this morning at the commuter lot. light winds, again, the rain coming our way for late morning, if you live down to the south and west of the metro up until about 12:00 to 2:00 around the immediate d.c. metro area. temperatures 30s on the way out the door. you'll need a little extra layer of warmth first thing this morning. coming back home this afternoon temperatures in the low to perhaps mid 50s. with rain drops coming down it's not going feel as nice as that. 62 degrees, sunshine yesterday! took my first run of the year outside yesterday. it was hard to believe 62 degrees, full sunshine in march! even the tidal basin completely iced over. melissa, it was a sight to behold. a great day to be outside.

>> i'm sure it was. breaking news. it looks like chopper has a problem getting the shot. take a look at the big crash they got over the scene. we'll get you more details on what is closed for us this morning. 95 north and mine road have the two left lanes blocked there because of a crash. as far as travel times go overall looking pretty good. the outer loop of the beltway no real problems. 2750 south german town to the beltway a couple of minutes. quantico to the beltway 53 minutes. about 30 minutes behind at this point. 66 and 395 looking good. back in ten minutes with more. thank you. a police chief in wisconsin with a message for protesters as outrage over the officer-involved shooting builds. how the city of madison has found itself as a target of the anger. putting parents on guard. the threat that has some families worried about feeding their youn

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welcome back. a developing story right now. two olympians were killed in a helicopter crash. two helicopters filming a popular european tv show crashed in a remote area of argentina killing all ten people on board both aircraft. it includes pilots and eight french athletes including two olympics medal winners and a sailing champion. it's not clear what caused the crash yesterday. new video of the two 600-foot tankers that collided causing a chemical spill. >> gasoline additive leaked from one of the damage tankers. the additive is flammable and causes dizziness and suffocation. the ships collided in heavy fog in the houston shipping channel. which connects the guchlt gulf

of mexico of port of houston. no subs the madison, wisconsin police chief said he hopes the family of a unarmed biracial man killed by a white police officer can find forgiveness. police share their sense of loss over the shooting death of tony robinson. the 19-year-old was killed in an apartment after reportedly assaulting someone else last week. the chief is not acknowledging any wrong doing by the officer or the department. police in madison are busy trying to figure out who is responsible for the cyber attack affecting the city's website and e-mail system. it happened sometime yesterday. it may be related to robinson's death. similar cyber attacks happened in other communities after officer-involved shooting. a frightening attempted abduction caught on surveillance tape. watch as the man runs down the sidewalk carrying a 2-year-old boy he took from the parking lot. the child's sister and brother gave chase. deputies say the sister was able to describe the suspect because

he had spoken to her before the abduction. police were able to find the boy and reunite him with his family. right now montgomery county police are asking for your help to find a missing man from gaithersburg. we want to show you his picture here. this is 67-year-old. he was last seen before 7:00 last night. his family is worried because he has dementia. we'll post the photograph on twitter and facebook. give police a call if you have seen him. there's a show of support for former virginia governor bob mcdonnell. of thousands of dollars fo exchange of prom suppleme. they are urging a federal appeals court to toss out the convictions. they're from around the country and include former d.c. attorney general fred cooke, jr.. the today we could see a

huge step forward for medical marijuana in the u.s. a bipartisan group of senators expected that would end the feder proh marijuana. patients, doctors, businesses the states that already legalized medical marijuana could participate without fear of federal prosecution. republican senator rand paul who is considering a run of president is one of the bill's sponsors. democrats are fuming over republican senators decision to send a letter directly to iranian leaders about nuclear negotiations. democrats in the senate are crying sabotage. president obama and vice president joe biden are responding. democrats in the senate called letter an act of sabotage but republican senators are defending the move. any deal would be unenforceable, they say. culpepper county school board approved a proposed $80.8

million fiscal budget according to the freelance star. it includes a 1% across the board raise for all employees. the proposal also includes a 2.14% step increas teachers. mothers in virginia can now breastfeed their public places. virginia governor signed a bill into law yesterday. a fairfax mother of three who is a lawyer h change. the law will take effect july 1st. there are only two states idaho and south dakota where mothers cannot breastfeed in public. first, you have the big snow and the big thaw. take a look what is happening in boston now. huge chunks of ice fell on parked cars. this is in a parking lot in downtown boston. an estimated 75 pounds of ice fell. four vehicles damage there had. boston had the snowiest february on record.

>> you have to watch where you're walking. that can fall on you and seriously hurt you! >> hit you in the head that's it! it's over after that. 6:21 our time now, and we are in for quite a bit of rain over the next 24 hours or so. >> storm team 4 meteorologist here now. >> and around here our snow continues to melt as we've had above freezing temperatures each day now for the last several days. it's been getting down to near freezing last couple of nights. right now rain moving in from the ohio and tennessee valleys tracking north and east getting closer to the metro area later this afternoon. right now leading edge is near roanoke to danville virginia. and the timing closer to the metro area by noontime. it's in the shenandoah valley and fredericksburg and by 1:00 in the afternoon it moves into the metro area and eastern and northern suburbs. the rest of the subafternoons we stay

wet. might get anywhere from a half inch to inch total by the time it ends by early tomorrow morning. we could get fog and drizzle with this later this afternoon into the evening along with the rain coming thereupon. temperatures will be mild in the afternoon. we're chilly in the upper 30s in prince george's county. mid 30s in montgomery county in the mid to upper 30s across fairfax county. it was below freezing last hour. it's above freezing. increasing clouds over the metro area now. temperatures will be near 50 by noontime when the light rain arrives southern and western suburbs. low 50s during the afternoon with the rain coming through and fog developing too by later this afternoon into the evening. then it all tampers off and ends during the morning hours on wednesday. sun back tomorrow afternoon into the low 60s. then we hoover near 50 to upper 40s overnight and drop to the 30s by dawn on thursday. sunshine back on thursday with highs in the 50s.

another round of rain looking likely for friday afternoon and evening into saturday. drying up sunday and warling up near 60 sunday afternoon. mid 60s on monday. bus stop forecast coming up at 6:31. breaking news on the roads. >> breaking news in rockville. we're talking about veirs mill road westbound shut down at first street because of the overturned vehicle. you can see it on the side. they just righted it there. getting it on the toew truck to get it out of the way. big problem there now. alternate, of course randolph road would be your best possibility there if you're heading out soon. 95 virginia northbound at mine road two left lanes blocked here. the accident still blocking the two lanes. seeing a lot of volume building northbound through mine road. take a look at route 1 here northbound at ikea way still have the road work for the water

main to the right side. you can get by as this guy did on the right side. prince george's county overall no major problems. branch avenue a little slow inbound. more on the crash in rockville coming up. thank you. new zealand police are assureing parents that baby formula is safe despite a threat of poison. the prime minister said the threat is likely a hoax. police believe the threat is part of a protest over the country's use of poisonous baits for for pest control. a massive dairy manufacturer and the farming association received anonymous threatening letters in november demanding they stop using poison by the end of this month. a new report says pedestrian deaths around the country are decreasing but that's -- but still too high. the governor's highway safety association said pedestrians were killed

first half of last year. that's a 2% declin but a 15% increase from six years ago. the dangers of riding the metro drunk. it shows a man stumbling on the platform at the mount vernon station. it shows a man stumbling on the platform at the mount vernon station. he appears to be boarding a train but fell cars. the second train started mov another rider on described what happened next. >> the train rolled away and it seemed like it was taking forever to, like, leave the station and we walk up and look over the edge and somebody is like oh my god! he's alive! >> metro said if you go out and one of your friends cannot walk properly, it may be better to call a cab or uber. alert a letter appearing.

>> the check is $1,995.15. it's a good looking check. it has my name, z plus four. >> the checks in the mail but why? and tonight at 5:00 consumer reporter sits down a maryland man with the very questions. it's one of the latest scams targeting consumers. that's tonight on news 4 at 5:00. looks like burger king pulled a fast one on us. they drops fountain drinks in the kids's menu. they pulled soda from kids's meals last month. your kids can choose between fat-free milk, apple juice, or low fat chocolate milk. mcdonalds and wendys pulled the drinks, too. responding to the times. it's what parents are asking for healthier options. trying to regain your trust after a number of high profile problems. the lengths metro is going to to try to rebuild the tattered images. chances are you've hit one, two, or 12 of them behind the wheel! we're talking about all of these potholes throughout our region!

what you can do to help get the trouble spots filled. we're tracking more chains in our weather as we watch the line of showers roll in. when the rain will arrive and what your kids should wear as they head out to catch the

breaking news right now in rock rockville. take a look at this it's completely shut down because of an overturned vehicle. they righted it a couple of minutes ago. looks like they're getting it on the e truck here. veirs mill westbound at 355 is totally shut down because of the crash. the alternate is randolph road. turn left before you approach the crash. it could be there for a little bit longer at least. 95 north and virginia at mine we have the two left lanes blocked. we're seeing some delays here on 95 because of three different crashes we had here this morning. 35 miles per hour is all we're seeing at this point this morning. pretty slow as you're heading northbound. 66 into town is a little slow. out of town no measureissues.

travel times coming up in 10 minutes. thank you. right now we're enjoying another pretty mild morning as you get ready for work. the slug lines in dale city the riders there don't need to bundle up or layer up too much but they hopefully, remembered to bring an umbrella. this is why you'll need it. a line of showers you'll see behind us moving into the area pretty quickly. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is tracking when the rain will arrive and how it will impact your kids at the bus stop. good morning. good morning. it's moving in but not until after the morning commute. starting off this morning we have increasing clouds rolling in and as you're about to head out the door, maybe wait for the metro, or sending kids to the bus stop it's hovering in the mid up to upper 30s. most locations above freezing. may see a little of sunshine with high cloudiness between 7:00 and 8:00 and turning mostly clouding between 8:00 and 9:00 should be around 40 degrees.

later today we'll have the rain moving in. you'll need a jacket for the morning and then rain boots. you'll be leaping over puddles this afternoon. have the umbrella with you. you'll likely be needing it through the afternoon and evening. leading edge of the rain coming into the extreme southern shenandoah valley, southern virginia and north carolina. it's getting closer to the metro area. but not into washington until 1:00 this afternoon. it's now 6:33. this morning the prince george's county courthouse is set to open after broken pipes shut down part of the building. morning after broken pipes shut down part of t the district court wing was closed yesterday after the same pipe that brok courthouse last month crac again th. after the first break the courthouse was shut down for three days. the circuit court wing was not affected.

we're. we're working to find out what caused a stair collapse. that left three people trapped. the stairs in house on north madison str collap a child into the hole the two hospital. everyone is expe it's unclear what caused that collapse. investigators in prince george's county trying to figure out how a man died in a frig pond. dive teams pulled the man from a pond in brandywine yesterd afternoo they w rescuers believe the m the wa minutes before they pull ou the u.s. ambassador to south korea was just released from the hospital and is speaking for the first time since he had a knife attack. >> the offers of flowers, food and cards and the well wishes on twitter and facebook.

these and other acts of kindness have touched us. >> ambassador thanking doctors and supporters five days after being slashed in the face and wrist while attending a breakfast forum in seoul. the alleged attacker could face murder charges. lip lippert got 80 stitches. thank you. a funeral service will be held today in d.c. for edward brooke brooke. he was the cou se. brooke represented massachusetts but he grew up here and graduated from university. the funeral happening at 11: a.m. watch twitter today to see when donna edwards announces her plans to run for u.s. senate. we told you yesterday that edwards is expected to run for barbara mccull sky's open seat. another representative chris van

hollen is also running. all the members of the county council endorsed him. you can see them shaking hands here. we are learning today that some d.c. police officers have increased their salaries by working a lot of overtime. some are doubling and tripling their salaries. records provided by the police department show s one sergea salary of $89,000 earned an additional $179,000 in overtime. at least 25 other officers double their salary by working overtime shifts last year. officers earned the overtime working automatic traffic enforcement shifts or speed cameras. today in montgomery county the council will be working on changes for the rules for taxis, uber and lift.

metro facing several issues and the agency is making moves to respond. according to the washington post metro is hiring two public relations firms amid concerns about the safety finances and future leadership. according to the washington post, the agency is hiring two public relations firms to help build its image. the post says metro refu say how agencies. they're harder to miss but we're helping you put an end to the rough roads. a new tool for you to help get the pesky potholes filled. clear skies as you get ready for work but the rain and clouds quickly moving this way. chuck bell is live in prince william county with the conditions you'll be dealing with on the walk to work forecast. a developing story in oklahoma. oklahoma university a deadline is fast approaching for former members of the sae fraternity. we'll take you live to norman for more on that plus why the investigation into a racist

video now has a sorority at that school under the microscope as well.

now the warmer days are finally here the ice and slush is revealing more potholes plaguing our area. we want to hear from you the worst spots. our crews found this stretch of potholes. send us pictures of potholes where you live. you can tweet us using using #d.c.potholefinder. >> we'll know where not to go until they fill the potholes. >> right. we're having a dry commute so far this morning. that may change. >> it's a good thing now. meteorologist chuck bell in dale

city with the storm team 4 x 4. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: we climbed the snow pile a little while ago. it looks like snow from the outside, but this big chunk that came off there is not snow at all. it's just solid ice! it's all just a big clumpy mess over there. it's all dirty, too. now i have to wash my hands. there's the commuter line that the slug line. i hate referring to them as slugs since i don't know any of the people personally. nonetheless they're there. i didn't see umbrellas. they'll be sorry! have your umbrella ready this morning. temperatures in the 30s now but we'll be climbing into the low and mid 50s later on today. first drops reaching the southwestern part of our viewing area probably before lunchtime. in and around the metro between noon and time. tom will have a check on the radar and the detail with the seven-day forecast c in a couple of minutes. see the big snow piles out

there, stay clear! they're nothing but ice right now. melissa, over to you. >> i'll take the advice and bring my umbrella out this afternoon. veirs mill road website have the closure. the alternate is randolph road. they were righting it when we looked a couple of minutes ago. trying to get cleared out of way. 95 northbound at mine road have the closure on the left side of the roadway. take a look at travel times. 66 east no problems. 395 south. 95 quantico to the beltway. 30 minutes behind this morning. we're tracking another potential problem that could slow down your morning commute. you see crews working right now to repair this water main break. the impact it's having on sbrakt. plus a local district weighing painful cuts this morning. the potential job losses and the

right now tracking a developing story out of oklahoma where former members of the sae fraternity face a deadline in the hours ahead after a racist video surfaced. we'll take you live to the campus in moments. first, your weather and traffic. >> good morning. we have a large swath of rain that stretches from the midwest all the way to the gulf coast. it's tracking toward the metro area and getting closer to us in about another five hours.

it will be in the southern and western suburbs. >> a new problem here 29 at 198. chopper 4 on the way to that crash. sounds like an overturned vehicle. veirs mill road westbound at first street shut down. alternate is randolph road. developing now sigma alpha epislon members are packing up and moving out at the university of oklahoma after a racist video went viral online. gabe gutierrez is live. there are new investigations underway. what is that about? >> reporter: good morning. the fallout continues, as you mentioned. the fraternity students have until the end of the day to move out of their house. a university investigation is underway. officials are looking into whether the students in the video may have violated the civil rights act. they're looking at all options for punishment including expulsion. there are new allegations this

may not have been an isolated incident. we spoke with young women a senior here who said she heard the same chant at a fraternity party two years ago. sae said it's not aware of the chant ever being used before. it is taking this seriously and looking into the matter. univ officials, though, the university president the yesterday did not mince words. he said he wants the students out. he said he would pay the bus fare for the students on the way out of town. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez live for us. thank you. you can catch the full report on the "today" show. we are reaching out to the fbi, d.c. fire and police trying to find out what they found in a hazmat problem. we learned someone opened up a 40--year-old safe in a house there and found containers with syrupy white substance inside.

the road is open again. a local group called d.c. ferguson will protest at the police oversight hearing in the district. the group said police unfairly target minorities during the stops. d.c. police denied the tactics. the police chief will review the police department's performance over the last ye hearing. it will happen at 10:00 a.m. this afternoon maryland lawmakers will take a closer look how the state might be able to use drones. senators are slated to hear a bill that calls for a study for potential it's supposed to explore privacy and safety learning more about the secret service plans to fly drones over d.c. apparently the operation is intended to find w interfere with rogue d knock them some consumer level dr powerful enough to carry small amounts of explosives.

the drones will be flown between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. over the next few weeks. we know when a prince george's county police officer will be laid to rest. the funeral is this thursday in temple hills. he died in a crash this pa weeken police fence while trying to speeding car. the a new report shows budget cuts lead to a big increase in class size in prince william public schools. elementary class sizes increased by 25% since the recent recession. middle school classes are up 50%. the report said hundreds of new teachers would n teachers in montgomery county schools could be facing serious job cuts next year. the interim superintendent said he halss to hold back more than 370 jobs including more than 150

teaching inging positions. he's making the decision now because the county council may not be able to fully fund the school board's budget request. right now we've got some flooding issues all over the city of louisville kentucky. take a look at some of the video. this is the result of all that snow melting. we have got high water leaving streets impassable along the ohio river. ramps unusable. the highest of the flood expected to happen today expected to reach 57 feet. they haven't seen something like this for four years. >> wow! quite the situation there. angie, thank you. i feel like with now the thaw happening there is going to be some potential for flooding in our area. >> area. they're getting rain there. the same system is heading our way.

seeing you later rock ledge elementary. i'll be talking to 300 students there. it's raining in louisville and south to the gulf coast. the big area of rain is advancing closer to us. storm team 4 radar showing the edge continuing to creep up toward harrison burg. it's coming to the metro area but not until early afternoon. here is new timing on the rain arriving. this is as of around noontime. the leading edge the area of green coming in the shown doughenandoah valley. the darker colors it is where it might be raining a little harder by 5:00 p.m. we could have fog developing too. along with the rain we may get drizzle and fog continuing to the evening and to the south maybe drizzle as the system moves through. temperatures now above freezing just about everywhere. most locations in the mid to

upper 30s to near 40 degrees. when you're away from your tv you can track the radar on the storm team 4 app. you can see a lot of clouds. first light showing up on the horizon live view from the tower cam. temperatures they in the 30s to near 40s between now and 8:00. by noontime upper 40s near 50. the light rain moves in. right into the metro after that the rest of the afternoon low 50s with the rain continuing. fog developing late afternoon and into the evening hours as well. all of this coming to an end by dawn on wednesday to our west then the rest the area by noontime. sun back in the afternoon with highs low 60s tomorrow. sunny on thursday. great day highs upper 50s. another round of rain moves in on friday afternoon and evening. it continues to saturday right now but drying out in time for sunday. sunday looks like the best day of the weekend with a high around 60. breaking news on the roads. what is going on now?

>> breaking news. chopper 4 over the crash. we're talking about 29 northbound at dustin road. another overturned vehicle. our second one here of the morning. the other one, remember, in rock rockville. right now northbound is completely shut down. seeing some delays there at this point this morning. do have this closed in rock rockville. the alternate is rand dofl road. 95 northbound at mine road looking better than it did earlier. we're clear it's just slow. 95 north wide look at things looking pretty typical. 95 into and out of town not so bad. bw parkway a little slow in the area of 197 both northbound and southbound. you can see slow downs southbound 29 there as you're approaching the touch of the beltway. prince george's county looking pretty typical. 66 and 95 looking typical. aaron? thank you. it is 6:54.

crews are fixing a broken water main in college park. those repairs could seriously affect your commute to work today. news 4 richard jordan live along route 1 to tell us what is closed this morning. >> reporter: we're learning this is going to be a problem for most of the day. wssc telling us it could be six hours before the repairs are complete. take a look at what is happening here on route 1 and ikea way. these are the northbound lanes. you can see some traffic off the beltway. there are occasional backups but for the most part the left lane the one open lane is helping traffic move along here. it's a six inch pipe that burst overnight. crews are working to repair it. they've been able to get into the road and are making repairs now. it's the northbound lanes of route 1 near ikea way just past the beltway. you can expect this will continue definitely throughout the morning rush hour. possibly into the afternoon.

reporting live in college park. richard jordan news 4. >> oh my god! >> absolutely amazing video coming out of north this morning. we should tell you there are no delays on amtrak right now at union station after that crash that injured more than 60 people. a train traveling to d.c. and eventually to new york cit yesterday hit a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks at north carolina. one of the train's cars toppled over. as many as 60 people were hurt. the farmer family was heading north for spring break. >> we heard the breaks come on and there was the impact. >> are you okay? >> we're okay. >> this is the third serious commuter train crash in less than two months. two deadly crashes in new york and california last month killed a total of seven people and injured 30. here are four things to know before you head out the door. the u.s. ambassador to south korea out of the hospital. he was being treated for the past five days from injures from a knife attack.

later this morning the district court wing will reopen. it closed yesterday because of broken pipes. we're working to find out what hazmat crews found during a huge emergency response in upper northwest. we're told someone opened a safe and found containers of white syrupy substance inside. university of oklahoma is now looking into a sorority it says may have had a role in re cyst video posted online. members in the fraternity are leaving the campus today. hour by hour forecast for morning. dry morning and jumping to near 50 by noon. we'll likely have light rain moving into our southern and western suburbs and right into the washington metro area just after that. a rainy afternoon with fog and temperatures in the low 50s.r 4 over the brand new problem. 29 northbound at dustin road. right now shut down because of a

two-car crash. may have two overturned vehicles. take a look at the backups. avoid 29 this morning. the cars are still on the road. tow is on the way but not there yet. a quick shotout to the kids at brookefield elementary school. we did reading and talking. had a good time. that is the broadcast this morning. >> the today show is next! we'll be back in 25

>> good morning. was it a pattern. new allegations against the oklahoma fraternity shut down over the racist chant. claims surfacing it wasn't the first time as members are told to move out by midnight tonight. >> talking about the frightening knife attack. >> i feel pretty darn good all things considered. >> will the state department step up security. >> moment of impact. dozens injured as an amtrak train slams into a tractor-trailer on the tracks. this morning the passenger's harrowing tales. >> i went