region. >> i'm not going to see this again in my lifetime here in this area. hopefuy most likely we will in the united states but not here. >> i helped last night to announce the draft picks. the opening ceremony set for june 26th at rfk. all the events will be free to the public. nbc 4 a proud sponsor of these games. it's going to be a lot of fun. >> yeah, take advantage of this. >> and it's not just the traditional sports that we're used to. some are more related to those actual fields of policg and firefighting. so it will be fun to watch some of the stuff for sure. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m.. a shooting inside a metro station tunnel under investigation right now. the overnight changes we're learning that will impact your trip to work. and after a freezing cold start to this morning, we'll start to see a bit of everything. tom is tracking a slight warm-up and then some rain. it is 5:00 a.m.. good 340r7k, every.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 today on this friday the 13th. a mixed bag of weather. i like 13. >> that's right. your birthday date. tom kierein has more on the friday morning headlines. >> yeah lucky kayday for us. half moon in the southern sky now. there is the washington monument under a clear sky. chilly morning, though. near freezing. and then a mild afternoon again. rain looking likely late tonight and into saturday. much of saturday looking wet right now. temperatures are near or below freezing nearby suburbs. that includes prince george's county montgomery, fairfax county. much of northern virginia, shenandoah valley right near freezing as is southern maryland. near the bay, just low to mid-30s. storm team 4 radar scanning the sky, no rain here locally. but there are showers in southwestern virginia, north carolina it will stay well to our south this morning. then this area of rain much farther to the weather that will be tracking toward us by

later this evening. so we'll have these mostly clear skies with us. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:1 # 1, your bus stop forecast what to wear now back to you. right now the potomac avenue metro station is back open after a deadly shooting there. metro says the shooting should not have any affect on your commute this morning as trains are no longer single tracking. a metro transit officer shot someone inside before 9:00 p.m. last night. molette green has more on what led up to the shooting. >> reporter: we just saw some of the first passengers arrive just a few moments ago going into the station town the escalator. metro tweeted out that there would be normal service, their on scene investigation is complete. there is lots we still don't know as this investigation really is starting to unfold. but here is what we did know. there was an operator of a

passing train who first spotted this man insides tunnel near potomac avenue. he was feet inside. metro says the man was not authorized to be there. what is still unclear is why the man was there in the first place, whether he was armed at all. and what happened that prompted metro transit police to fire multiple times. the man still has not been identified and this happened shortly after 9:00 last night. the officer who fired the shot is on routine leave until the investigation is complete. now we want to go over on melissa mollet who has more on the traffic news around town. good morning. as far as other things happening this morning, good news that potomac avenue is open running on time. so good for all of you who go through that station. as for the roads, 395 northbound and southbound at seminary we do have some slowdowns because of shall construction. branch avenue closed between

alabama and pennsylvania. that's because of a crash that brought down a polso crews on the scene trying to right that. your alternate minnesota. wide look at things overall no major problems as you're taking a big look he beltway here. taking a look at 66, no problem there is to town. no problems out of town. looking good there. and 95 in virginia at lorton road all those folks headed northbound no issues. i'm back at 5:11. today the man accused of jumping the white house fence will appear in court. omar gonzalez dashed across the whout lawnus lawn last september. that episode created a firestorm for the secret service. gonzalez is charged with one federal count of unlawfully entering restricted building while carrying a deadly weapon. he has pleaded not guilty. lawmakers are demanding answers as we learn more about the latest secret service mishap. some congressional leaders are calling for shall seeome officials to be fired. two senior agents are accused of

crashing a car on white house grounds after a night of drinking last week. the incident has again created concerns about secret service culture. today you could learn more about the budget in prince george's county. the county executive will unveil his 2016 proposal at 2:30 today. and that announcement will be streamed live. four new schools are coming to d.c. next school year. kaya henderson made that announcement yesterday. d.c. public school system plans to cut staff and spending at either central office. and that will open up funding for the new schools and the 200 new school based staff members. most of those new hires will work in the city's high schools. today in montgomery county a big thank you to the men and women who keep our community safe. the valor awards are today at north bethesda at noon. the awards honor local leaders who have shown exceptional bravery. quick work saved the lives of

people living in the neighborhood after a plane crashed in to the side of a house. pat lawson muse will emcee the event with tom costello. about 150 volunteers will provide free dental care today and tomorrow for low income virginians. is this the 13th year of mission of mercy. about 800 people have made appointments for cleanings and other services. mission of mercy is 7:00 to 5:00 both days. it would be help on the nova medical education campus. another american infected with ebola while working overseas. what we're learning about the patient's trip back to the states. and some crazy video of a crash inside a pizza store and the woman who walked away. it's subfreezing outside as we take a live look over the national harbor. tom kierein has your what to wear forecast and when you can start to shed the .

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take a look at this incredible video of a crash. it seems like sometimes pizza is just too good to wait in line. car slammed right through the front window of pudge brothers pizza in aurora colorado. you see the woman right on the hood? she just gets up and walks away. apparently she was carried through the restaurant's window on the hood of that car. she just happened to be walking

by. and she'll be okay. >> she said no man, not today. no time for this. in northern virginia, a police officer being called a hero for pulling a man from this burning car. this is in mclean. the car had hit a tree last friday. that's when the fairfax county officer took action. >> so i could feel the heat as i was approaching the vehicle. so woins gotonce i got there, it got worse and worse. i was trying to position myself because where i was standing it was too hot. >> the officer was not hurt. the driver also is okay. that officer did do a field sobriety test on the driver and charged him with dui. >> this car is engulfed in flames. you know it feels so hot. yet the officer is like i'm going to go in rescue the guy, check him out, here's a ticket and move on, next case. >> all in a day's work.

coming up on 5:11. time for a look at your weather and traffic on the 1s. no big, big coat today. >> but you need it now starting off cold, but later today you'll be comfortable with just one layer. you'll need a jacket this morning and sunglasses as well. we'll have some sunshine this morning. and then it cloudy later today. waiting for the bus and metro this morning, cold. we'll be hovering in the low 30s between 7:00 and 8:00. and partly cloudy and jumping if into the upper 30s between 8:00 and 9:00. look at the rain timing coming up at 5:21. breaking news we're talking about 270 southbound here in germantown, just after father hurley boulevard. we are completely jammed right now. we have a crash up here in the left lane. very rare to see something this slow this early in the morning. so a warning here this is going to be here for a little bit and hopefully you don't have to head out and sit in that. that will be nasty.

take 355 instead. wide look at things inner loop and outer loop looking good. 66 95 no major problems. it's how 5:12. why police say a teen caught on a chilling video ash duct a toddler may have done before. and a mystery

today an miles an hour health care worker with ebola is heading to the national institutes of health. megan mcgrath live at nih this morning. do we know yet when the patient will arrive? all right hospital hospital officials will only say at some point today. nih has a highly specialized

contagious disea it's one of just a handful of such units in the country. this is the second patient with ebola to be treated here at nih. the first was nurse nina pham. she contracted the virus at a dallas hospital while treating thomas duncan a liberian man who fell ill shortly after arriving here in the u.s.. pham was successfully treated and is now ebola-free she was released in the fall. as for this new patient, not much information is being released by the hospital. we don't know their age or gender for example. we do know that the patient is a health care worker who had been volunteering ifn sierra leone. the patient is being flown in isolation on a special chartered jet and is expected to arrive later today. back to you guys.

i'm richard jordan at the live desk following breaking news. a medical helicopter has crashed in oklahoma near tulsa. that helicopter was en route from tulsa to mcallister when it went down. not clear if it was on a medical call at the time. but there were at least three people on board that helicopter. their fate also unknown. the faa and ntsb are on their way to the scene to investigate. we're following the latest developments right now in the search for 11 service members who were on board a black hawk helicon it crashed. heavy fog continues to delay search efforts. the chopper went down off of the florida panhandle tuesday night p. most of the wreckage was found yesterday. so far the bodies of seven marines and in our army national guard s men have not been recovered. today the business community in fairfax county helping to rally behind a store owner whose shop was wrecked by vandals.

postnet in vienna has been closed for a month now after almost every single piece of equipment there was broken. we're told the repairs and replacements may cost up to 100 thourng. the owner james cudney says he appreciates all the encouraging messages that other business owners and customers painted on the windows. cudney plans to reopen possibly as soon as may. no arrests have been made. a murder indictment thrown out. it is the latest twist in the case of a north carolina teenager murdered while visiting her sister in maryland. yesterday a judge dismissed an indictment against michael johnson, the map man accused of murdering felicia barnes. her body was found months later in the susquehanna river. this would have been johnson's third trial. today a 60s member panel holds a discussion on how colleges deal with sex assault complaints. they're focusing on schools that involve student college disciplinary committees. the panel says the student committees are not equipped to

deal with the allegations ant committee rulings have huge impacts on student's lives. the panel will address complaints from both victims and students who say they have been falsely accused. the security director for the baltimore ravens says he's not guilty in an alleged assault case. darren sanders is accused of grabbing a woman's breast and back side and kissing her without her permission. she says it happened back in december while she was walking sanders to his car. sand ders denies the allegations. he's set to go on trial in may. 5:19. developing story this morning. isis says it has now expanded into africa. the islamic state militant group says it has joined forces with extremist group boko haram. we're learning that they accepted a pledge of loyalty the nigern based group. both are struggling against increased military pressure. a fraternity kicked off cam

tuesday pe at the university of oklahoma has hired a lawyer. the fraternity was kicked off campus after video emerged showing member hes chanting a racist song. jones says that he is outraged that the sa chlt members have been branded as racist and bigots. a washington state mother says the teen who nearly abducted a toddler over the weekend may have tried something similar to this in the past. this is surveillance video of a 15-year-old boy who grabbed a 22 month old baby from a stroller. the toddler's seb links actually ran after him on wednesday. that teen was arrested. one woman says the same teen tried walking off with her 11-year-old autistic summer last summer. >> i'm like hey, what are you doing? and he goes i was tabbing him home. and i said you know what this is his home. >> police it investigate the teen for child luring in that case as well. it is time to take a look at our draft. cold start to our day. but it's not going to stay this tom, what can we look forward

to? >> you can look forward to wearing a puffy coat again. here we are in the storm team 4 "weather center". it is down near freezing throughout much of the region. got the half moon hanging in the southern sky. upper twenty much of northern virginia dulles down to 27, 29 in lorton but much of montgomery county, a little above freezing in the mid-30s, near 40 in washington. around the bay near freezing as well. farther west temperatures near freeze panhandle of west virginia much of the shenandoah valley and north of the metro area as well. north central maryland and out in the mountains, many location there is near freezing. storm team 4 radar scanning our sky, don't have any rain here yet. and later this morning, we'll have temperatures upper 30s by 8:00 with partly cloudy sky. and by noontime partly cloudy and near 50. but then the clouds really close in the rest of the afternoon. but getting in to the mid-50s by midafternoon. sunrise at 7:23. here is timing on rain arriving

in the metro area. by 9:00 this evening, this area in green, that's rain. coming across virginia and coming into the metro area. 11:00, most of the region will have rain and it will continue off and on through the rest of the heightnight. by dawn still raining an patchy dense fog. it will continue the rest of saturday finally tapering off, moving off to the east and most of it will be ending by sunset on saturday. so for the weekend it will be wet, but mild. afternoon highs saturday in the mid-60s. sunshine back on sunday with temperatures climbing into the upper 50s. then back to work and school on monday we'll have it up around 60 degrees. next week looks nice. spring weather with highs near 60 each day. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s county by county highs today. and now let's check on the

roads. breaking news for sure our biggest problem right now we're talking about 270 in germantown south at father hurley, two left lanes blocked because of a crash. about a 2 mile backup at this point. you'll want to take 355 instead until you get past appear father hurley. 66 at vienna, everything flowing along. 95 into and out of town, overall look even dale city this time of morning, starts to get a little slow. not so slow there right now. beltway at kenilworth roollling along fine. branch avenue from pennsylvania to alabama shut down because of a downed pole after a crash. i'm back at 5:31. it's 5:23 right now. and residents in maine about to get much needed relief after a long hard winter. president obama signed a

disaster declaration yesterday. that means a lot of federal money to help with the recovery efforts there. as you know, maine was hit with major snow and flooding th winter. a new report says raising the legal smoking age for cigarettes could save hundreds of thousands of lives. the report says national age for legal tobacco use if raised from 18 to 21, there would be about a qu a million fewer premature deaths. they say the number of smokers would drop 2%. right now 99% of smokers start before the age of 19. new york city has already raised the legal smoking age to 21. several states are considering doing the same. they say you need to eat for two when you're pregnant but a new study reveals about half of all women gain too much weight. only one third of women gain just about the right of weight recommended by the institute of medicine. women who are overweight or obese before pregnancy have the highest risk of excessive weight gain but the most obese women

tend to gain too little weight. extra weight can cause health problems for both you and the baby. >> having done this three times being they say only an additional 400 calories but easy to go down the slippery slope. buckets of ice cream, cheeseburgers. the next story proves that just about anyone can be a super hero. >> one action star teamed up with a college student to give a very special gift to a deserving boy. take a look. >> are you ready? >> yep. >> great. >> each one looks the same. >> actually i think krours might be better than mine. >> of course that's robert downey jr. in full tony stark mode. the iron man star delivered a working bionic prosthetic arm to 7-year-old alex. alex has a partially developed right arm. the bionic arm was created by an engineering student. he builds and donates 3d printed

bionic lims to kids around the world. and you can only imagine how good that has to make these little folks feel. >> alex like it's any old thing. so iron man is here he'll give me my bionic arm, i'll carry on with my day. i love this story. so sweet. well, a developing situation now in ferguson missouri. we'll have a live update on the manhunt for whomever shot and seriously hurt two police officers. and the reunion of a local boy hurt in a sledding accident. and tom says it's puffy coat weather. good news is you can switch it out for a jack a ketet later o

coming up on 5:30. >> down right chilly start for us this morning. tom rear conkierein is tracking the temperatures. >> and it's subfreezing much of the region this morning. but warming nicely this afternoon. prince george'co montgomery fairfax county into

the hid 50s as will the district of columbia alexandria, arlington, falls church. northern virginia from loudoun down to stafford, fauquier and in on culpeper, mid and upper 50s this afternoon. southern maryland as well, mid to upper 50s. right near the bay water, only around 50 degrees. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy this afternoon. frederick, washington county low to mid-50s there. and shenandoah valley this afternoon will have a lot of clouds but should be into the mid-50s there, as well. and even in the mountains, too highs low to mid-50s this afternoon. look at your drive time draft for the commute this morning and the afternoon, next weather and traffic on the 1s. breaking news on 270. breaking news 270 southbound in germantown we're talking about at father hurley boulevard, a 2 1/2 mile backup. two left lanes closed as you're approaching father hurley. 270 south. might want to take 355 instead.

looking a little bit better here at the back side of the traffic. otherwise, though, it is pretty jammed again 2 1/2 miles right now. wide look at the beltway overall inner loop and outer loop looking quite good. do have closure in the city branch avenue southeast shut down between pennsylvania avenue and alabama avenue. this of course is because of that power pole that came down after a crash earlier this morning. 66 and 95 actually looking quite good. same thing in prince george's county nice and green. what we like to see. back at 5:41. your time right now is about 5:32. new this morning, south korea says north korea high schoolas test fired seven missiles into the sea. north korea routinely test launches but the latest came as south korea and the u.s. are conducting annual drills that they call an invasion rehearsal. seoul and washington say the drills are for defense. a developing story now once again people have taken to the

streets of ferguson missouri this time not just to protest, but also to pray. this all comes as a manhunt continues for the person who shot two police officers wednesday night. chris pollone is live in ferguson with more on what is happening there. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. the streets here in ferguson are quiet this morning. heavy rain that moved through around midnight last night put an end to the latest police protest that was here. police say that they have questioned several people and they have also collected evidence but so far no arrests in the shooting of those two police officers. now, as you mentioned, as they have done several times since the killing of michael brown, people took to the streets here in ferguson but this was a prayer vigil that they held. they prayed for the two police officers who were shot as they stood outside the ferguson police department early yesterday morning. one officer of course was shot in the face the other in the shoulder. both men have been released from the hospital and witnesses say that the 100 yards away.

now there is a muntdanhunt trying to figure out who fired those shots. shortly after that prayer vigil some protester, a few dozen, did come out here to the ferguson police department, they held signs saying justice for michael brown. they chanted no justice, no peace. but the crowd seemed pretty peaceful again last night. now, for the protests that are going on here in ferguson the missouri state police and also the sluice county police department has taken over the security here in ferguson at night and last night it seemed to be fairly successful. we even saw protesters shaking hands with p leaders have announced about $13,000 worth of rewards for people who give information leading to an arrest. live in ferguson, chris pollone. back to you. and in the after math of the justice department investigation, six cities have been chosen for a new pilot

project to help curb racial bias. ft. worth, gary, stock son birmingham, minneapolis and pittsburgh. researcher will conduct interviews in those cities. the goal is to develop plans to build trust between police and the communities they serve. d.c. police are trying to figure out whether two shootings that happened just blocks apart are connected. a man is in critical condition this morning after he was shot yesterday afternoon. it happened on 4th street in northwest washington. d.c. police think this shooting may be linked to an overnight homicide on jefferson street. 20-year-old chris adams was found dead in a car on jefferson street around 2:00 this morning. he had been shot. adams was a graduate of wilson high school in northwest. police are searching for the armed robber who hit this bank in wheaton. chopper 4 over the bank as police taped off the entrance. at one point, officers did have a man in custody, but he was

released. a developing story right now from the live desk. the search is over for victims that may have been buried under the rubble of a building collapse in bangladesh. the roof of the five story building came crashing down. seven people were found dead. initially there was shall conome confusion about how much were trapped. about 150 were working in the building at the time but now rescuers have determined that there are no other bodies or survivors. the cause of the collapse is now under investigation. 5:35 now. a 6-year-old mclean boy who was badly hurt in a sledding accident has now returned home. bensten schone was shredding on a steep driveway in january when he slid into a passing car. his family september these these pictures of his homecoming. his story had quickly spread through social media when his family posted #prayforbman.

it even drew the attention of the washington capitals who made him a get well soon video. great to series back at home with his family. we told you yet that we sback at home with his family.s coming to i-66. vdot planning to convert all lanes inside the beltway into high occupancy toll lanes. this is during rush hour. car poolers will still an be able to use the lanes for free. that move is designed to ease some of the gridlock. the tolls are expected to start in 2017. tomorrow metro will open two hours early for the rock 'n' roll marathon. trains will begin running at 5:00 a.m.. if you're going to the marathon you can get off at federal, triangle smith sonia or archives. those stations are closest to the start line. gm at the center of another recall. the safety flaws putting drivers at risk on the roads this time. and it's freezing out there right now. tom is tracking how temperatures will change once you f and if you have the voice, why the nationals need y.

today you can register to run the that reason core marathon. all runners have to enter a lottery for a spot. that opens at noon today. we've posted the registration info to the nbc washington app. you can see some of the video from last year's race right here. the lottery is open for ten

days. runners who enter should hear back by march 25 and the marathon is set for october 25. if you have singing aspirations and perhaps a singer in the family the nats will hold auditions on saturday to select national anthem singers for the 2015 season. you got to get there early, though. because only the first 50 people who sign up will be invited to sing for a panel of judges. that is on saturday between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m.. you should go for this. >> to sing in front of people? >> see, this is his secret talent. one of these days. >> quietly with my face in the corner. so let's get a look at your forecast this morning. coming up on 5:41 your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> we have baseball weather on the way, too. i was watching the nats play tigers in spring training yesterday. it will be an exciting season. download the storm team 4 app

and keep up with the weather. dry roads for the morning commute. temperatures will be hovering in the low to mid-30s. another couple hours. and then jump into the upper 30s. in the afternoon, increasing clouds but still dry roads for the afternoon commute. rain not arriving until this evening. a look at the new timing just coming in on arrival times and when it's finally goaling to end, that's coming up at 5:51. 270 a big problem breaking news here we're talking about southbound at father hurley boulevard. about a 2 1/2 mile backup. is this because of a crash right at father hurley. we're hearing it could be off to the shoulder. still completely jammed. and this will build. it's only 5:40 in the morning. might want to take 355 instead if you have to head out anytime soon. branch avenue southeast closed from pennsylvania avenue to alabama avenue. travel times for you, 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes.

outer loop, 66 and 95 looking pretty good. the district has found a new way to cut down on traffic problems. why fedex could knock on your door in the middle of the night. and congressional y new misconduct allegations p. swift action lawmakers are ca

right now metro transit police investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. this happened inside a tunnel last night. a metro officer shot and killed a man there. know let molette green is live outside the station with the latest. >> reporter: this morning the officer -- the man was in the

tunnel about 400 feet inside near the potomac avenue station. but we are still working to find out more information, why he was there, what prompted the officer to fire multiple times. we don't have an identity on the man who was shot who died as a result but meantime there was anxious moments this morning for rail passengers who really depend on this station to get to work. >> there is no bus that will get me there by 6:00al. as long as it's open, we can get to work. >> r some of the first bus passengers who got off the bus literally ran down to -- don't escalators there to make sure the rains were running on time as you heard the gentleman

say. we are live this morning at the potomac avenue station. molegreen. back to you. lawmakers are demanding answers as we learn more about the latest secret service mishap. some congressional leaders are calling for some secret service officials to be fired. tracie potts joins us live with a look at how they will deal with the latest scandal. >> reporter: they want answers and they want them quickly. the house oversight and government reform committee that oversees the secret service has sent a letter to joe clancy, the new head of the secret series saying they want a briefing by they want an explanation of how it was handled by the secret service on the scene. this is the can democrat ranking democrat on th commi explaining what he thinks needs to happen. >> there is absolutely who doubt that heads need to roll. >> reporter: now we haven't heard from the agents themselves

yet at least not directly. a source familiar with and close to the investigation tells us that they're devastated embarrassed about what happened and ashamed. but we haven't heard from them directly yet. they haven't responded to requests for interviews or statements. 12 before the hour. today president obama is on the road heading to arizona to the center that was at the center of the scandal overweighting timewaiting times. official reports say that the center in phoenix and many others around the nation were falsely reporting wait times. rand paul will be in prince george's county today. the senator is set to speak about criminal justice reformat bowie state at 1:00 p.m.. senator paul is coming off a third consecutive win of cpac straw pole. the straw pole is when attendees vet on their favorite candidate for the republican nomination for president. the senator has not said whether

he's running. d.c. traffic cameras bringing in millions of dollars in fines every year. a news 4 investigation found that four cameras out of more than 200 are responsible for one third of all tickets. or they were last year at least. camera on branch avenue in southeast has issued more than 11,000 tickets. on new york avenue that camera has issued more than 25,000 tickets. suitland parkway, more than 30,000 tickets. and camera on k-street in northwest washington has issued more than 41,000 tickets. you can see how many tickets and how much money your neighborhood traffic camera collected with the map on nbcwashington.com. >> and those aren't even the ones i was thinking about. >> hopefully they work. if you've ever been stuck behind a stopped delivery truck, this next story may be welcome news. ddot is trying to encourage all

d.c. deliveries to happen overnight. this would only apply to food or supply deliveries for businesses. the city will offer financial incentives to companies who complete deliveries between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.. the test program will target georgetown capitol hill and other high traffic areas in d.c.. if you live or drive in prince george's county, you may soon get a smoother ride. a county wide pothole blitz is now under way. now that the snow and ice are melting, the county says it's a bit easier for crews to tackle the roads. you can tell us about potholes in your neighborhood by tweeting #dc potholes. you can also call 311. you are seeing the first photos of a new pacific island but it may not last. this island is believed to have formed after a volcano exploded under water. so these incredible pictures were taken by locals. we'll try to get those for you. they say the surface of the island felt very warm and there

was a smell of sulfur. the island is a mile long and shaped like a cone. sorry, we can't get that video for you. we'll try to get that for you. volcano experts say the island will erode back into the ocean in several months. isn't that incredible how nature works? a mile long and then some day just gone. >> so don't buy that one. >> i'm glad you told me that. although now that the weather has changed, i'll stick around. i was almost ready to move to florida. >> d beach house on that's land. here we're talking still about wintry temperatures. p if you don't like the cold don't look at your television. overt your gaze. i'll tell you when you can look. right now it's around 30 degrees. they're by suburbs, it's dipped into the upper 20s in a few places. dulles down to 27. and lorton now is down to just 29 degrees. and it's near freezing in prince george's county county montgomery as well as the rest

of northern virginia. warrington down to 29. prince william county around 30. so is panhandle of west virginia and out into the mountains. okay. you can look now. storm team 4 radar scanning our sky, we have no rain around this morning. there is rain coming into southwestern virginia a few sprinkles of light rain in north carolina, that will stay well to our south today. but the rain coming our way is way down here in tennessee and down into alabama and mississippi. that will be getting up our way but not until later today. definitely look at your tv now. this photo take yesterday in cleveland park another sign of spring. we'll be hitting mid-50s this afternoon. nice mild afternoon. we'll have increasing clouds. and then the rain drives later tonight. it will be later than it looked

like yesterday. not until maybe around 9:00 this evening. and ten this the continues all the way into saturday morning. could have patchy dense fog along with the rain. the rain continues through the day on saturday. finally tapering off by late saturday afternoon and saturday evening. maybe just a lingering sprinkle by then. so saturday a wet day with temperatures though in the afternoon in to the low to mid-60s. sun back sunday. highs in the upper 50s. back to work and school monday with sunshine and high near 60. feast your eyes on the seven day outlook. beautiful weather tuesday, wednesday, thursday. p highs near 60 each day. melissa here now looking at that big backup on 270. again we're talking about 270 south bondbound through sger germantown. 3 1/2 mile backups because of the earlier crash. take 355 thfd 55 instead.

it really is jammed. these are just linger backups. branch avenue southeast closed from pennsylvania avenue to alabama. we have a pole down there because of an accident. wide look at things overall beltway looking quite good. we like to see that. 66 east of compton road have a disabled truck off to the right. doesn't seem to be slowing things down too many here at all. 95 north slow through dale city. 23 miles per hour. and th back up again. beltway at central avenue inner loop and outer loop, everything looking good. again, this is our biggest problem. 270 south at father hurley. we'll talk more about this in the 6:00 hour. gm is recalling some of its hybrid cars because of what can happen when you forget to turn off the vehicle. landon dowdy is live with more on this. >> so gm is recalling about

64,000 chevy volt hybrids on concerns about carbon monoxide building up when the cars are idling. two injuries have been reported. the recall effects volts made between between 2011 and 2013. gm will implement a software update to limit the amount of time that the vehicle is left idling. back to you. all right. we have the pictures for you. take a look here. first photos of the new pacific island we were telling you about. this is just off tonga. a volcano exploded under water and that made this. incredible pictures taken by locals. they say the surface of it felt very warm. there was a smell of sulfur that's why they think the mile long piece of land came from a volcano eruption. and right now the experts say probably will go back into the ocean in a couple of months. some of nation's most creative minds are flocking to

austin. south by southwest opens today, the popular festival promises to showca new music, films. mayor bowser says she will be there to help make inroads with tech leaders for the district. today if you are traveling through dull let'ses airport, michael simon will be cooking for passengers at the opening of his new restaurant bar simon. it has an emphasis on comfort food. that takes place at 1:00 today. our region is ready for the world police and fire games. bly it will bring more athletes than the olympics. i was there for the kickoff party last night. some 12,000 athletes will compete at venues in northern virginia maryland and d.c.. 61 different competitions. leader stress the impact this will have on our region.

>> i'm not going to see this again in my lifetime here in this area. hopefully most likely we will in the united states but not here. >> i helped announce the draft picks. opening ceremonies set for june 26th at rfk stadium. all these events are free to the public to attend. nbc 4 a proud sponsor of the 2015 world police and fire games. ebola back in the spotlight in our area as the national institutes of health prepares to receive a new patient with the deadly disease. what we're learning about the latest american health care worker's exposure to ebola. that's next. and a live look outside right now. 41 degrees outside our studios. we're one of the warm he is spots. many of you below freezing. when you'll warm up and when you'll see some rain.

right now prepareing to treat another ebola patient. what learning about the latest exposure as the national institutes for health prepares for their arrival. and we're getting another taste of colder weather today. it's not the only change we'll see as we head into the weekend.

tom kierein is it here with your wed headlines. >> the sky cleared out and it's doan below freezing in the metro area and nearby suburbs. college park is at the 30. rockville down to 33. reston at 32. dulles 28. down to near 30 in prince william county fauquier stafford and spotslvania. much of southern maryland a little below freezing. so you need the puffy coat this morning after the cold start, we'll have a mild afternoon. then rain likely moving in later tonight and a wet day looking likely on saturday. right now radar not showing any rain here locally, but way down in southwestern virginia, north caroli