service agents under investigation for crashing a government car on white house grounds last week. mark connolly is second in command on the presidential security detail george ogilvy is a supervisor in the washington field office. the two agents drove a vehicle into barricades after a night of drinking. tracyie potts will join us in 10 minutes with where the vesz go investigation goes from here and questions about the you will chur culture at the secret service. today friends and family will bury brennan rabain. you're looking at video from his wake yesterday. rabain died in a car crash while on duty five days ago. police say he hit a fence while trying to pull over a speeding car. it is official former maryland lieutenant governor anthony brown will run for congress. brown posted the announcement on his website. he's running for donna edwards' house seat. edwards is running for senate. brown's announcement comes one

day after glenn ivey said he will run for that seat as well. coming up on 4:30. 43 degrees outside our studios. not too bad today. >> and what we're really looking forward to is a potential for warmer weather. tom kierein here now with your forecast. >> our hash tag is think spring. got into the 60s yesterday. we have a mostly clear sky. this is a live view from the tower camera. things are chilly morning, but then another mild afternoon, not e as mild as yesterday, looking likely for rain moving in on friday night. and into part of our weekend. temperatures right now around the metro area prince george's county now in the low 40s to near 40. bowie the at 40 camp springs now 42. calvert county now annapolis at 42. near 40 in montgomery county. much of fairfax county low to

mid-40s there. and farther to the west in loudoun county the low 40s. prince william near 40 much of fauquier stafford, spotsylvania low to mid-40s this morning. by noontime, we'll be warming into the low 50s, just a few high clouds drifting this. and then for the afternoon into the upper 50s, just a few high clouds coming through. so a delightful springlike day coming up today. now let's check on our road conditions early on. looks like things are rolling well. >> rolling well right here. nice and dry as you mentioned a couple minutes ago. beltway at colesville road inner loop and outer loop everything rolling along. road work in bethesda wisconsin avenue southbound at woodmont have a lane blocked there southbound. 66 and 95 no major issues. same thing prince george's county. do have this crash, only real

issue in the area and it is southbound virginia 95 south at 642 headed out of town. right lane blocked, that should be out of the way in just a little bit. i'm back at 4:41. this morning family and friends are remembering 11 service members that were aboard a black hawk helicopter when it went down. community members held a cankan candlelight vigil. the chopper crashed in the gulf of mexico tuesday night. military officials are still calling it a search and rescue mission, but all 11 service members are presumed dead. four army aviators along with seven marines were aboard that black hawk helicopter, they were conducting a training exercise. crews will be out searching again today. wreckage started washing ashore yesterday. fog was pretty heavy during that training mission but officials are not saying if weather was the cause of the crash. we have more details this

morning on a virginia tech student missing after falling off accrues ship. representative from carnival cruise r cruiselines says cameras show cameron smoke climbing over a balcony railing before he fell overboard. the u.s. coast guard has called off its search. smoke was a senior from glen allen virginia. his family says he had just accepted a job. two d.c. firefighters have been arrested and both are charged with assaulting police officers. veteran firefighter chuck ryan started yelling at restaurant staff in crofton on sunday after trying to leave without paying his bill. when police arrived, officers say ryan became physical and kicked an officer. the other firefighter, richard kirkpatrick, was pillulled over by police on tuesday, he is accused of head butting an officer while handcuffed as well. it is 4:35. the man accused of a string of random shootings is now linked to nine different cases.

investigators accuse hong young of shooting at a number of locations including the national security agency. we've now learned a popular casino was among young's targets. investigators found several bullet holes at the maryland live casino last week. court documents say young says he heard voices telling him to shoot. no one was hurt in these shootings. a big announcement coming today, vdot expected to tell us about new plans to put toll hains on i-66. you can see them in the beltway. vdot says the plan is in its earliest stages right now. the agency says it also is considering toll lanes outside the beltway as well as a project that would widen the road. under that plan dozens of homes would have to be torn down. >> we made a could be issues choice to live closer to tysons corner closer to d.c. reston, wherever you may have it, where our jobs take us. we may have a smaller house, but we chose not to live in that traffic. >> vdot says the project will

take time and it plans to hear your input before any major changes are put in place. metro leaders are asking for a new loan today so they can pay off an old one. the transit agency has to pay back more than $500 million in debts later this year. the report says metro officials are asking the board of directors for permission to borrow another $220 million to help pay off those debts. metro doesn't have its typical federal funding right now. the "post" says the government is limiting how much it gives after an audit last year found several cases of mismanaged money at the transit agency. today metro's board will discuss the proposed potomac yard metro station in alexandria. that station would be along the blue and yellow lines between reagan national airport and braddock road metro station. news 4 will be at that meeting today at 1:00 and we'll have a pleat break breakdown of what will could mean on news 4 at 4:00. new video of the moments an alabama plant exploded.

and out this morning, the detail of what is threatening the stability of families and the economy in tooesd.c.. >> and tom has you cov.

one person was killed two injured in an explosion at a plant in central alabama. you can see a fireball and smoke there. at least six people were inside

the brent industries plant when the explosion happened. one person was airlifted to the hospital. about 20 demonstrators protested outside of the dallas home of a former university of oklahoma student. parker rice is one of the first members of significantma alpha epsilon seen chanting racist slurs in a video earlier this week. he had apologized for participating. his family did not appear to be at home last night. rice says threatening calls to his family has prompted them to leave. coming up on 4:41 now on our thursday morning. yesterday was a -- beginning of the day was just ho-hum. >> and then it opened up to a nice spring day. >> and wouldn't it be nice if we could do the same thing today. >> yeah we have sun right before sunset, and then it's been mostly clear overnight. and for the bus stop this morning, under a clear sky, we'll have it staying in the 40s where we are now between between 7:00 and 8:00.

low 40s, so quite a chill in the air. dress accordingly. you'll need at least a light jacket. and then between 8:00 and 9:00 beginning to climb into the upper 40s with bright sunshine and light wind. temperatures right now are in the low to mid-40s all the way from the shenandoah valley to the chesapeake bay. and then in the mountains, a few locations there down near freezing this morning. and we have clear skies, going to be with us here all day long. we'll have our temperatures here hovering near 40, 6:00 a.m.. it will climb by 2:00 into the mi and a bit milder after that as we get into the latter part of the afternoon. a look at our weekend rain chances next weather and traffic on the 1s coming up at 4:51. have a new crash? this crash 95 southbound virginia at lorton road you can see kind of in the distance that we do have the right lane blocked. again southbound at lorton road two car crash off to the right side. hopefully out of the way soon

here. in northwest, a police investigation right off georgia avenue 8th street between ingraham and kennedy, that could be there for about another hour or so. 270 at germantown road, no major problems at the this point morning. wide look at things overall actually looking quite good here inner loop and outer loop not much construction even hanging around which of course we love. and 95 in maryland no problems. same thing bw parkway. back with a live picture of 66. good samaritan turned bad. a search for two men who robbed a woman after one of them came to her aid in a car crash. plus secret service agents behaving badly. you how the agency is responding to a new inves

the secret service is responding this morning to new allegations of improper conduct

within its ranks. two senior agents are accused of crashing a vehicle into a barrier near the white house after an evening of drinking. tracie potts live for us on capitol hill this morning with the questions being raised about the culture at the secret service again. >> reporter: one of those questions is whether they have done enough bringing in a new director getting rid of senior management to change the culture of that sgtagency here on capitol hill. it's being called embarrassing. it came out late yesterday that these two senior agents that we've identified as ge and mark connolly, second if charge of the president's security detail, that they were according to the paper drinking at a retirement party, came back on to the white house grounds with flashing lights and government car, there was and ongoing investigation of a suspicious package. the paper claims that they hit a barricade that had been set up there. and that officers on the scene

lower ranking officering questioned whether they should be arrested and get a sobriety check, but that a supervisor said no send them home. now the secret service is saying that they have called in an investigation, the inspector general has been called in to investigate, the new director joe clancy accordingly saying they won't be making any other statements until that investigation is over. >> tracie potts for us on the hill. thank you. fraternity under suspicion and washington and lee, saying a phi kappa psi used a taser on a pledge. the fraternity will be suspended for three years. today you can learn are more about how to combat sexual violence on campus. a discussion will be held between the american constitution society for law and policy and the american prospect and economic policy institute.

that will take place today noon d 2:00 p. in northwest washington. a four month old is in critical condition today in spotsylvania county his parts leopard parker and janine heerick were charged with several downs of child neglect and cruelty. the baby was taken to the hospital last week suffering from what authorities describe as suspicious life threatening injuries. the parents are being held without bond. 4:47 now. today police are trying to figure out how human remains endeded up in southeast washington. park police found those remains near an off-ramp on i-295 yesterday afternoon. d.c. police don't know the age or gender of the person. it is 4:37. you can help police in prince william county if you recognize this man. this is the second suspect wanted in connection with stealing a woman's wall receipt from the scene of a car crash. a woman was hurt on saturday in a crash on dumfries road. a witness says a man took a black bag containing her wallet

from the crashed car. while the victim was in the hospital, she said someone repeatedly used her credit cards. police requested surveillance images and the men were identified byi by witnesses. john lenox is a security guard at wood bridge high school and police say he was found with two guns on school grounds. they say he was making security checks around the school when it happened. virginia law says only police officers can carry guns at a school. i'm hoe let green at the live desk. new this morning, affordable housing just about impossible to find in the nation's capital. we're just going through the findings of a d.c. think tank report. the number of apartments renting for less than $800 a month fell about 42%. the study also found almost no apartments left for represent under $800 a month. and it's not even easier to find a place to rent between $850 and

$1,000 a month. now, the mayor is pledging to spend about $100 million a year on affordable housing. back to you. 4:49. a somber remembrance begins you outside the white house at noon today. a group of syrians and americans will read the names of more than 200,000 people killed in syria by the bashar al assad regime and isis. this will include the name of westerners slain by isis. the remembrance is part of the how many more project. last year that group read names for 72 hours. you could see pockets of powdered alcohol on store shelves this summer. federal regulators approved its sale. it can be mixed with water like instant tea or lemonade. the one place you will not see it is in virginia lawmakers banned it last month. you can now order a vegan sandwich at most subways in our area. subway is expanding its vegan

menu options for 300 locations. take a look at these are two of the options right now. malibu garden and black bean sandwiches. these sandwiches have been around for a while, but only available at a few locations. a local high school student won't have to worry about paying for college. michael weiner is a student at montgomery blair high school. he won the first place medal for distinction for innovation yesterday at the intel science talent search for his study of sound particles that he hopes could one day lead to the creation of a super conductor. you got that? >> no. >> right? for now he's just thinking about the money. >> i won $150,000. i won fame and fortune. i'm still working out the math. i don't think i'll be able to fill a swimming pool with dollar bills. >> i love it. >> he has a sense of humor on top of all the smarts. i love it. michael says the money will go toward his education. smart guy. last year he won the silver medal at the 2014 international

physics olympiad. i mean these are just the best and the brightest. the physics olympiad? >> huge brains on these kids. >> amazing. congratulations. >> i don't know if i can swim around in it yet. give it a shot. i'd like on be there to see that. >> love to see local kids doing so well. a lot of smart kids in this area. i visit a lot of schools and always impressed. just wonderful. well we're starting off this morning try again this morning as we've had that rain move out yesterday. the storm team 4 radar showing no rain around this morning unlike yesterday h damp and foggy start. right now no fog around. clear skies have allowed temperatures to drop a bit. we're down into the low 40s shenandoah valley and into western maryland. way out in the mountains, it's near freezing or a little below freezing there now. around the metro area we're in the low to mid-40s, prince george's county fairfax, montgomery counties gaithersburg down to 39 and began it i quantico.

ray gap national 47. around the bay, low 40s. a dry commute this morning.gap national, 47. around the bay, lo. a little bit of slow melt is allowing some water to drift over some roads this morning. so watch out for that. we'll be in the upper 40s. during the afternoon, dry roads it will be in the upper 50s. lots of spine. have your sunglasses handy as we'll get our sunrises a little bit later. now, here is the timing on rain moving in as we get into the evening hours on friday night into saturday. saturday morning. we'll have rain falling and rain tipping to fall all the way until about noontime on saturday. right now it looks like the timing for the rain exiting during the afternoon and most of the region should be dry by saturday around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. but it's going to be wet from friday night all of the way into saturday afternoon. look at this photo taken by tony

pittman, one of my co-workers. look at all of the ice there that is breaking up now. certainly a sign of spring. and as we look at the forecast for tomorrow it will be in the low 50s. not quite as mild as today as the clouds increase ahead of that rain. and that rain moves in friday night and into early afternoon on saturday. and then hovering near 60 during the afternoon on saturday as we begin to dry out. and then saturday night, dry for your outdoor recreation we'll be down in the upper 40s sunday morning. great day on sunday to get out, it will be upper 50s and partly sunny. monday mid-50s and sunshine. another chance of rain on tuesday, passing shower. wednesday, partly cloudy mid-50s. and looking good on this thursday morning on the roads. here is melissa. nice and dry. so thank you very much for that. what a beautiful day this is going to be. 95 south at lorton road, had that earlier crash. looks like it is now out of the way. not seeing the response. taking a look at 66 headed into

town out of town no problems on 66 right now. and in bethesda have construction wisconsin avenue southbound at woodmont. this h bee hanging around for a couple of weeks. beltway at new hampshire rolling along nicely. maryland 95 at cherry hill road no issues at all. an road work on 95 this morning. taking a look at prince george's county looking good on branch avenue pennsylvania avenue indian head highway, everything e nicely. i'm back at 5:01 with a live picture in prince george's county. a family is reunited after an attempted abduction. what siblings did to protect their baby brother. and coming up, why experts say a new high tech talking barbie is a bad idea fo

probably most of us don't like to do the dishes. perhaps you do. come to my house. but one woman has made a living doing it. she's been dirtying plates at consumer reports for 18 years. she tests dishwashers, spaghettios, chili, raspberry jam, all the goouoogooey stuff, she puts it through trials because contrary to popular belief you should not have to clean your plates before you load it. i do it anyway. for some reason i don't trust it. so tonight at 5:00 erika

gonzalez takes us into her lab and you won't believe all that go there is to testing your next dishwasher. so if you make spaghetti and meatballs, you have all that sauce on the plate, i feel like i have to rinse it off. >> maybe i'll have to watch. well, should a so-called smart barbie doll be banned? the campaign for a commercial free childhood says yes because the talking doll has speech recognition technology that allows to respond to question. the campaign is demanding mattel stop making doll because it could listen in on children playing with it. mattel denies that claim. they say their technology includes safe guards to make sure any data that is stored is secure. the doll will go on sale this fall. today a maryland mom hopes to change minds.

lee today rip today diaz will testify today at a maryland house committee hearing in support of lauren's law. it is named after her daughter lauren who took her own life at 15. the law would require school counselors to go through more mental health training every five years. >> it's a guidance counselor. just refreshes their memory and goes through courses on mental health they will know the signs. i won't have to call them and beg them and basically give then the signs. these are signs that they would see on their own. >> delegate jocelyn pena is sponsoring the bill. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 . developing this morning, a call to police reroutes officers to a dead body.

the mystery police are trying to solve surrounding this murder. >> switching gear, we're waking up to a chilly thursday morning, but it won't last long. >> yeah drying out this morning nicely as you can see, the temperatures are comfortable. we're in the low to mid-40s around the region right now. and as we take a look at radar, it's scanning our sky and not picking up any rain around the region. radar showing just a clear sky now and things are drying out, although a lot of that show that still lingers north aptnd west of us is putting water on the roads. farther south anar