t. i have been talking about the winds all morning. the national weather service issued a wind advisory for counties west of the d.c. metro area until 6:00 p.m. tonight. this includes washington county in maryland. frederick county in virginia clark counties as well. everybody in the brownish color under the wind advisory until 6:00 p.m. that means gusts could be up to 40 miles an hour at times. winds not as strong outside the advisory but you are noticing them. windy throughout the day, breezy at times. winds dying around sunset this evening. temperatures right now, 40s and 50s. 51 is the current temperature in washington. plenty of cloudiness on the satellite radar image. it's not an overcast day for the entire day. 10:00 a.m. plenty of clouds for us seeing the cloud cover. after that the clouds break up. we have plenty of sunshine as we get into the mid afternoon hours. coming how warm it will be today.

>> thanks. new this morning, we are working to find out why two police cruisers collided in d.c. it happened on south capitol street. derrick ward is live with video of what happened. >> reporter: this intersection is cleared now. just a few seconds ago, both vehicles were towed away. take a look. this was the scene earlier. metropolitan police say 5:45 this morning, a sedan and suv collided here at south capitol and southeast. the crash was sufficient and the air bags in the sedan were deployed. two officers were injured, but not seriously. they just cleared the scene after making all their markings and documents the crash. again, two officers injured, but not seriously. we don't know whether they were responding to an emergency call whether they had lights and sirens going. we believe these were the only two vehicles involved.

the intersection is cleared. we are live in southeast, derrick ward news 4. back to you. >> thanks. new this morning, a small earthquake rattled a few people over louisa virginia. it hit after 2:30 this morning. no reports of anyone hurt. coming up today, you will see a lot of green along the national mall to celebrate st. patrick's day. the parade steps off at noon. this year irish heart in the nation's capitol. the parade goes down constitution avenue between 7th and 17th street in northwest. we are working to find out the condition of a man who collapsed while singing the national anthem at a basketball game. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ >> you can hear right after it happened thousands of the people there in the crowd, they

did finish the song for him. this all happened before a high school championship basketball game at the university of maryland. the team's did go on to play. police say the man was unconscious when he was taken to the hospital. we are working to find out exactly what caused him to collapse and how he's doing. the white house is telling the senate to back off from nuclear negotiations with iran. president obama's chief of staff sent a letter to senators saying we do not believe the country's interests are served by weighing in prematurely on this international negotiation. now, last week republican senators sent a letter to leaders in iran saying any deal may be struck down by congress. the white house says they could present them from developing nuclear weapons. breaking news in pakistan. explosions killed multiple people praying at church. bombs at two churches went off.

ten people have died. more than 60 are hurt. the bombings happened sometime after 4:00 a.m. our time. a group linked to the taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks. no final decision has been made leaders say the obama administration is rethinking the plans to cut the number of troops in afghanistan by the end of the year. troop levels would remain the same. they are arguing for more troops. right now, 2,000 u.s. troops are doing counterterrorism missions there. starting today, part of route 1 in alexandria will be shut down. dominion power is doing underground cable repairs. work begins at 9:00 tonight at bluemont avenue. street sweeping starts in the district tomorrow. you will have to follow the red and white parking signs or risk a $45 fine. they pushed back the start date twice so the snow could melt.

a virginia couple in court wednesday for attacking another couple. married attorneys of springfield are accused of assaulting her former boss and his wife last year after she was fired. thursday the case of a man charged with three murders in alexandria will be in court again. they are discuss whether he's competent to stand trial. he's accused of killing three people over a span of ten years. assessing the damage. the devastating aftermath of a category 5 cyclone in a pacific island nation. a race car flips, breaks in half then catches fire on the track. it's caught on camera and what happened to the driver will have your jaw drop. the wind is going to be picking up throughout the day. why meteorologist amelia segal says she is keeping a close eye on your friday. stay with us.

announcer: you are watching news 4 today. happy to pass along that everything is back to normal this morning at dulles airport after a power outages. two power surges cut electricity in the main terminal and four main concourses. it did not impact flights, but united airlines voluntarily delayed their departures. it lasted about three hours. we are learning more about the damage from one of the pacific ocean's most powerful storms ever. cyclone pam brought death and destruction to the tiny nation of vanuatu east of australia. >> people are going to have a long rebuilding process ahead. we have more on the loss and destruction left by pam. >> reporter: the first images from the battered south pacific islands of vanuatu.

homes ripped apart, trees shredded. >> the wind was so strong. then the wind started to come in and everything the glass windows smashed to the floor. >> reporter: the united nation's children's agency says half the population was affected by cyclone pam, more than 100,000 people including 54,000 children. remote villages were wiped out. hundreds dead. >> i'm in the bathroom. >> unicef's alice clemmons reported this. >> the roof sounds like it's lifting. this isn't fun. all i can do during this is think about people who have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster. we need your help. >> reporter: the president, braced for the worst, is already

asking other countries for aid. >> i'm speaking to you with a heart that is heavy. >> reporter: this image from nasa taken before the storm reached the capitol of port villa. the pacific island nation was a vulnerable target with homes made of wood and tin and few places strong enough to survive the storm. with power out and phone lines down the full extent of the damage is not clear. relief agencies are preparing for a major rescue operation. kelly, nbc news london. we'll be dry here today. coming up in the full forecast when you will need to grab the umbrella for your workweek. plus the free event in d.c. where celebrities like no doubt and mary j. blige are headlining. stay with us.

announcer: you are watching news 4 today. police say a car running through a signal caused this deadly crash. you can see a train hit the car, completely wrecking it. this happened in kentucky. two people in the car died. two others including the driver are in critical condition at the hospital right now. >> wow! >> believe it or not, someone actually walked away from this. larry dixon, a driver frr the national hot rod association. yesterday, during a race in gainsville florida, the car broke apart. two pieces of the car went

flying before crashing on to the tracks. dixon says it was like being on a roller coaster and flying off the track. he's not sure why his car came apart. he's shaken up. he's not sure if he's going to race today. with lots of jobs in washington low and middle income housing is quickly disappearing as more people move to d.c. tom sherwood shows us one family feeling the change firsthands. >> my mother and i was like 12 in this picture. >> reporter: this 30-year-old describing her familiary to a friend, proudly displaying her diploma from morris college in south carolina where she majored in biology. one thing she doesn't have is her own apartment, sharing this southeast one-bedroom with her mother and 3-year-old child. >> i need to get my own place. as i try, everything seems to be out of my pay range. >> reporter: she makes $33,000 a

year working for martha's table, a social service non-profit. her hard hunt for affordable housing is not unique. a new report released says that while the city economy is fast -- 40% of affordable housing under $800 a month has disappeared in recent years causing housing problems for low and mott rat income people. >> they build a lot of condos now. those condos are out -- really out of my pay range. down the street they build new homes. it's for working people like myself? i don't think so. >> reporter: her budget next month will deliver on the promise to spend 100$100 million a year to build affordable housing. hundreds of families are looking now. in the district tom sherwood news 4. for the first time in nearly 70 years, a bald eagles nest

with eggs is at the national arboretum in the northeast. they don't know how many eggs are in the nest but they could hatch this week. if you want to take a look you can see them fly to and from the next near the parking lot off m street. the last known eagles nest was 1947. >> cool. major star power coming to d.c. for earth day. this story has more than 900 likes on the nbc washington facebook page. the global citizen concert will feature no doubt, usher, fallout boy and mary j. blige. soledad o'brien and will i am will host. a winter heat wave has people hitting the beach. downtown l.a. hit a record 93 degrees. the heat could be an issue for people running in a marathon. the organizers of the race are starting 30 minutes earlier when it's a little bit cooler outside. >> i feel bad for them.

such tough problems. >> problems, i know. agh. >> but that's why you live in l.a. the weather is beautiful. >> exactly. we have clouds. we have windy conditions and a high of 55. i think people are happy. >> totally. >> we'll take that. >> we are done with winter. winter is coming to an end, right? >> officially on friday. the climate prediction center looks like we are going to wrap up march with below average temperatures. soak up the warmth especially tomorrow. we are going to end this month on a chilly note. spring will get here. it has to get here. we are flowers pop up across the area. here are the weather impacts. if you are traveling, dry roads there. if you drive an suv, know that you will be feeling the winds. if you are exercising outdoors today, sweatshirt the spring weather gear and you will be fine. out and about, jacket later today. you need the sunglasses. fo rain in the forecast again. it's all about the winds today.

temperatures coming in still in the 40s and 50s with 52 in fredericksburg. 45 in winchester. 47 degrees over in annapolis. current wind speeds these aren't gusts, sustained winds, 15 to 25 miles an hour windy, breezy throughout the day today. winds die down during the evening hours as the sun goes down around 7:30. sky cast 4, this is what the sky will look like around 11:00. showing you constitution avenue where the st. patrick's day parade gets under way at noon. as the parade goes on more sunshine should evolve. 11:00 a.m., you will want a light jacket. the winds feeling the chill in the air. 50 degrees. by 1:00 p.m. 53 when the parade is wrapping up. mostly sunny skies at that point. 2:00 temperatures in the mid-50s. five degrees cooler for those of

you in the suburbs. you can see the high temperatures today in the 50s, low to mid-50s. we warm to 56 in washington. yesterday, the high was 60. 59 for a high today in culpeper. tomorrow it's warmer. a high temperature of 64 degrees. we'll hit that at 3:00 p.m. it's a chilly start. a temperature around 40. we'll warm up quickly. by the midday hours, low 50s. by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, the sun is out. plenty of clouds. relatively nice. great weather for walking the dog after work. st. paddy's day tuesday, 55 for a high. mostly cloudy skies. a cold front slides through. 20% chance of that happening. notice the winds mainly during the afternoon hours on tuesday. no severe weather, but it's not a perfect day. then cooler temperatures arrive on wednesday. notice our high. we struggle to get out of the 40s an wednesday.

we'll have plenty of sunshine a high of 49. thursday a high of 52. showers possible thursday night. i'm keeping a close eye on thursday night into friday. we could see snow or a bit of mix. right now, we are only talking showers in the form of rain not snow. spring begins friday evening. a high temperature on friday 53 degrees. for saturday guys partly sunny skies and a high temperature of 56. >> thanks. doing the dishes is a chore for most. for one woman, it's her life. >> it is. a dishwasher lets us into her lab and helps you decide which model is best for your home. that's coming up next. i'm nbcs kerry. i eke mark. an outside won the white house in 2008 it was the change election. >> this year more voters say they want change than they did

seven years ago. in a new poll 59% of americans prefer a candidate who will bring change even if he or she is less experienced. >> that could be a really really bad news for 2016 front-runners, hillary clinton and jeb bush. 60% of registered voters say jeb bush would mean a return to the past. 27% say he will provide new ideas. for hillary clinton, they say she represents the past, not the future. one reason they want change they say they are interested in their own political interest rather than common good. >> 90% of americans agree on anything.

>> i have a question for all the dudes out there. how well does your dishwasher wash your dishes? there might be more than meets the eye. >> there is a woman that dirties dishes. we have the real dirt on dishwashers. >> reporter: who likes doing dishes? this woman does. it's like an obsession. she's a lab technician for consumer reports in yonkers, yooi yooi. i was there not long ago for a

tour and was absolutely fascinated by not just what she does but how she does it. you go to the store. you pick a top rated dishwasher and bring it home. how do you know it performs well? she tests them for you. shiny dishwashers in store start with filthy plates here. >> raspberry jam, bread crumbs coffee grounds. >> reporter: 17 soils on 113 pieces of dish ware from coffee cups small plates and sippy cups. one of the most stringent tests. brownie batter. >> after we bake it for nine minutes, we let it sit 15 or 20 minutes to cool down. >> reporter: baked on brownie batter in big bowls. >> she's dividing the plate with peanut butter coffee grounds and the stickler --

>> raspberry. >> reporter: she will test 15 a year and five to ten at a time. >> she lets them sit at least an hour and begins scraping. she scrapes, loads them they sit overnight. the next morning is when we run the test. >> reporter: this woman with load a dishwasher like i have never seen. >> in the back. >> reporter: probably because she uses the owner's manual when most people toss it out. each machine gets the detergent. she goes there tu process twice. if results are consistent she stopped, if not, she keeps hers is the face you will never see, it is what's behind your next informed purchase of a machine that is hopefully reliable and quiet. >> here is the funny thing about

that. did you see how organized the dishes were? >> yes, i did. >> you will never find that when i pack a dishwasher. >> we had a debate. if you have a good dishwasher then you shouldn't have to rinse the dishes. >> ever. >> you shouldn't have to rinse them at all. she says you don't have to rinse them, put them in. we are big rinsers. >> i'll give it a test. i'm not sure. >> we'll see. consumer reports finished a round of testing. there are four models it suggests. take a look you can find them on www.nbcwashington.com. developing in brazil what we are learning led to a bus filled with passengers diving off a cliff. it's something all roommates have argued over once or twice. how an argument over cleaning ended with a maryland college student in handcuffs. you can officially say good-bye to winter this week.

why amelia says it won't feel like it. stay with us.

several big stories we are following now. in d.c. two police officers are recovering after their cruisers hit each other. police say they are trying to find out right now why the cars collided on south capitol street around 6:00 this morning. expect road closures around the national mall.

the 44th annual st. patrick's day parade is kicking off. irish heart in the capitol. it goes down constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets on st. paddy's day tuesday. we are finally getting ready to wrap up winter. a live look where the winds are beginning to pick up at national harbor. the winds could be an issue. yesterday, rain. today, we are dealing with a lot of breezy conditions. >> yeah amelia segal is in for chuck. she's on the weather deck to tell us what it's like now. >> it's breezy out here now. the winds gusting on and off at times. this is going to be the case throughout today. the strongest winds well west of the d.c. metro area. everybody is noticing them. certainly a bite to the air. you want a jacket as you step outside today. here is a look at the wind gusts across the area anywhere from 20 miles per hour in manassas to 30 miles an hour in d.c. and

gaithersburg as well. temperatures 40s and 50s. 51 in washington. 45 in rockville. when you factor in the winds, it feels five degrees cooler than the temperatures read. you can see, as we get into the afternoon hours, we warm to 56 by 3:00, 4:00 p.m. look at what it feels like this afternoon. 36 in hagerstown and 46 for those of you in washington. i'm going to head back inside and let you know about the workweek forecast. we have some warmer temperatures and then i'm going to track some chilly temperatures for the last week of winter. all the details coming up in a bit. >> see you soon. thank you. we are following a developing story in the southern part of brazil. a tour bus plunged into a ravine killing 51 people on board. here is the aftermath of the crash in the mountains. rescue crews were still trying to get to survivors and recover bodies several hours after the bus plunged 1300 feet off the

cliff. investigators say the bus driver may have just lost control on a curve. in maryland a van ran over crossing the street with her grandmother. she was 2 years old and didn't survive the crash. her grandmother was hit, too. she is in the hospital. the van was turning from old chapel route to route 97. >> we saw the debris path. and, you know it's just a shame. people really do need to slow down here. that's -- yeah. pay more attention. >> good advice there. police say the person driving the van did stay there at the scene. d.c. police say they do believe the black hat bandits are behind bars. the fbi is investigating whether thomas george and dewitt hall are the same men who robbed banks in the area wearing ski masks and black hats. a college student is recovering from a stabbing after

his roommate attacked him with a pair of scissors. it happened at morgan state university in baltimore. the student is expected to survive. they were arguing over how clean their room was. this morning, investigators were trying to figure out what a person was doing on the tracks when a marc train hit and killed them. it happened in baltimore county. 300 passengers on the train were transferred to an amtrak train. the name of the person who died has not been released. working to keep you and your family safe at the mall. an active duty shooting tonight at the mall in fredericksburg. it starts at 8:00. a landslide damaged homes and buildings in charleston debris to prevent flooding. they worried about further slippage when it rained. it forced several people from their homes. coming up in the week ahead,

another person is expected to say she's running for congress in maryland. state delegate will announce her plans tuesday, according to "the washington post." she'll run for current house representatives donna edwards seat. along with glenn ivy and anthony brown. edwards is running for the senate next year. the archbishop of washington will celebrate a special mass for the patron saint of ireland. he will hold mass for st. patrick tuesday morning at 11:00. the st. patrick catholic church on tenth street in northwest. this is last year's mass. 9:35. coming up scare in the sky. what caused an emergency landing. also one former congressman's advice for virginia's bob mcdonal if he ends up behind bars. a live look outside in

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that is not the only form of communication in the state department. a blowout forced a united airlines flight to make an emergency landing in denver. you can see when the tire hit the pavement it shredded. this is cell phone video taken by a passenger. this happened yesterday. the flight was on the way to kansas city. the tire blew and the pilots were forced to bring the plane down. it did last safely. the runway closed while crews towed the plane. >> amelia has a look at the sunday forecast now. >> windy today. warmer tomorrow. let you know by how much coming up in the forecast.

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announcer: you are watching news 4 today. police in new york are looking for the final suspect in a brutal beating video that went viral. two suspects 17-year-old and another 15-year-old were arraigned yesterday. four other girls have been arrested in connection with the fight. this is the video that started it all. a group of girls beating one another inside a mcdonald's. bob mcdonnell isn't the

first politician to face prison time for gifts. another received nearly the same sentence for the same crime. >> scott macfarlane sat down with the former congressman and revealed secrets when the powerful go to prison. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: two guys named bob, powerful popular, political rising stars, until it came tumbling down in court, for both. >> bob mcdonnell sentenced for trade trading for gifts. bob ney for trading government action for gifts. bob mcdonnell is appealing and no man knows what he could be facing than bob ney. they would benefit from coming to the terms he's going to

prison. >> you can stave it off. when you are found guilty you can plead i didn't do anything wrong. well there must be something there. that he has to come to terms with. >> reporter: he represented this area in ohio near the ohio river. he was famous in the steel mills and industrial plants he wasn't known like a governor would be. when you walk into prison an elected official you immediately become the most famous man in that prison no matter where. the news 4 i-team found the mayor to talk. >> you want to stay low profile. >> he was hasseled because of his notoriety. >> i was incarcerated in morgannetown. >> they have not decided where bob mcdonnell will go. >> these are not the sandy beaches of pensacola, florida.

>> reporter: these pictures might offer the first glimpse, the bunks at the institution in maryland the sinks and stools west of virginia. a dining hall and basketball court. >> you can keep a wedding ring if you want. >> on the inside you must give upmost personal possessions. he took a job as a tutor teaching other inmates. it might benefit mcdonnell. >> don't take a job in the warden's office. it's a trustee level. we are not the types of people that would try to dig a tunnel or something of that nature. don't take that job because you are automatically with the management. you don't want to do that. >> reporter: he says his notoriety eventually faded outside the humble surroundings. it's hard for somebody who's been in the spotlight so long. when he was released no one showed up to take his picture or

ask for an interview. this ohio community and his family accepted him back. his prosecution and imprisonment was torture for them. prison life is tough for a politician. >> he won't want to spend time in prison saying i'm innocent and i'm going to fight it. >> reporter: if they continue talking about the case once the doors close. >> all of a sudden you have a number. they don't care what your name is. >> reporter: scott macfarlane reporting there for the i-team. amelia has come inside. it looked breezy out there. >> it is going to stay breezy throughout the day. there's a chill in the air. i'm sse i'm tired and ready for warmer weather. >> that chill is like nothing compared to what we have been going through. >> yes. absolutely. it is going to remain chilly throughout the day today when you factor in the winds. whatever your thermometer is saying in the car, when you step outside, it is going to feel

five to ten degrees cooler. the wind is strong enough over the blue ridge mountains that the national weather service issued a wind advisory. this is mainly for the highest elevations. gusts could be 40 to 50 miles per hour. this wind advisory runs until 6:00 p.m. a warning means damage is likely. an advisory means heads upare going to be dealing with exceptionally windy conditions. any damage here should be minor. winds not as serious if you are not in that advisory. the weather headlines, the winds making headlines today. cool temperatures in the forecast. i'm keeping a close eye on friday. right now, showers in the forecast. temperatures could be cool enough to support snow and a bit of a mix. right now, we are in the 40s and 50s. 52 in culpeper and fredericksburg. 51 in washington and 48 excuse me 46 degrees in martinsburg. this is what it's going to feel like at 11:00 a.m. feeling 44 in

d.c. and manassas. elsewhere in the 40s and 30s in areas like gaithersburg. noon temperatures feel like low to mid-40s. 3:00 more sunshine evolving. the clouds are going to break up throughout the day today. it will feel like temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s and low 50s across the area. notice how the difference how much it will feel from north to south, feeling 43 in hagerstown at 6:00 p.m. and feeling 57 in charlottesville. it's going to be one of those days if you are north of d.c. it is cooler than those of you south. overall, the weather having low impact on your day. st. patrick's day parade is breezy and cool. as long as you have a nice warm jacket you will be fine. heading to the playground not tracking rain. a jacket and kids will be fine. slushy snow at the ski resorts. we have next weekend or a weekend after that left then i think they are planning on closing for the season. tomorrow warmer. a high temperature of 64

degrees. plenty of clouds around tomorrow. it's a chilly start around 40. we warm up quickly. i want to point out, 7:00 p.m. tomorrow evening, the sun is still out. it's peeking between the clouds. for the school day forecast tomorrow looking good for the kids. great day to get outside and enjoy the fresh air. tuesday, cooler for st. paddy's day. plenty of clouds. look at wednesday and thursday. highs around 50. plenty of sunshine. the chance of rain friday as spring starts in the evening and a high temperature of 53. >> nice looking forecast. thank you, amelia. our wednesday's child loves music and would love to be singing and playing on the stage somewhere. >> as a foster child most of her life she's had little opportunity to get started. barbara took her for lessons. >> we met up with lacy a

16-year-old who wants to learn to play the guitar better. what kind of music do you like? >> rock hip hop, pop. >> the chair of the jazz department offered to give her a lesson. >> i see you brought your guitar with you today. should we take it out? >> yeah. >> great. >> he tuned up and plugged the guitars into the amplifier and asked for a sample of something she likes to play. >> she is a student who struggled to learn all she can since getting a slow start as a child since coming into foster care. >> she needs an extra boost to get her up to speed. >> reporter: she's shown an interest in a lot of different activities. >> i did karate ballet cheer leading, soccer. >> reporter: have you thought about what you would like to be when you are all grown up? >> a fashion designer and in a band playing a guitar. >> reporter: she hopes to improve her singing skills.

♪ cause i knew you were trouble when you walked in ♪ ♪ so shame on me now ♪ >> reporter: a family could make a difference for lacy encouraging her to be all she dreams of becoming. meanwhile, encouragement about the guitar future was enough to make her smile. barbara harrison news 4 for wednesday's child. >> love it. if you have room in your home and heart for lacy or another child, call our adoption hot line 888-to-adopt me or search wednesday's child on www.nbcwashington.com. why a royal visit could help a serious crime against women. stay with us.

coming up in the week ahead prince charles and duchess camilla visit washington. they arrive tuesday. wednesday, they visit the memorials. busy day for them. thursday they meet with president obama. camilla will meet with the d.c. sexual assault response team while here. they hope it will bring attention to the crime of sexual assault. during the royal couple's visit to washington the duchess of cornwall will meet with advocates for victims of sexual assault. it's a cause she champions in the uk as well. >> it is exciting. we hope the visit will help us

shine a light on our process in d.c. >> reporter: this doctor leads the sexual response team ar s.a.r.t. it's 12 agencies working together to give survivors a place to turn to to get through the physical and emotional trauma of rape. >> didn't really hit me until i got home. i thought, i think i was raped and i think he drugged me. >> reporter: a woman we'll call maria went to med star for help where the s.a.r.t. team is based. >> 30 minutes later, my advocate showed up. she was there with me the entire time. >> reporter: camilla will attend a meeting of the s.a.r.t. team. in 2012 s.a.r.t. treated 396 sexual assault victims, 365 in 2013 and 402 last year. >> seek the services you deserve and you need be it medical, forensic evidence collection emotional collection support,

legal support. >> reporter: evidence kits for victims who decide to involve the police. that is a choice here. maria did report it. she's troubled that the man that raped her in 2012 was never charged. still, she is recovering day by day because of sart. >> i'm better than two and a half years ago or a year ago. >> reporter: they encourage you to come minutes, hours, days or years after you are violated. >> they work out of med star washington but will come to anyone in city's hospitals. a frightening scene at a high school basketball game. two d.c. police cruisers collide. we are investigating. details coming up on news 4.

announcer: news 4 today starts now. developing now on news 4 today, d.c. police investigating a crash involving two of their own police cruisers. we are on the scene learning new information on how this could have happened. a live look outside at the national monument on this breezy sunday. amelia segal is tracking what this last week of winter has in store for us. hopefully it's a big warm up. good morning, i'm adam tuss. >> you can say that again. i'm kristin wright in for angie.

the weather headline is the wind. amelia segal is here to tell us how it's going to feel. >> when you factor in the winds today, temperatures will feel five to ten degrees cooler than the thermometer is reading. what that means for you, there's going to be a chill in the air for the day today. you need a jacket or warm sweatshirt as you head out and about. the current temperature in washington 50 degrees. clouds and gusts at 25 miles an hour. the winds are stronger over the mountains, especially the highest elevations. that's why the national weather service issued a wind advisory. this is winchester and hagerstown. this runs until 6:00 p.m. gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour gusts outside that advisory only 30 miles an hour at times. the satellite and radar is showing plenty of clouds across the area. as we continue to work into the afternoon hours, the clouds break up as we warm to a high of 56. coming up kristin, i'll let you

know when you can expect more sunshine. >> that sounds good. thanks amelia. police are investigating a crash between two police cruisers in the district. two officers are recovering now. >> derrick ward is live where it happened in southeast d.c. you saw the cars towed away? >> reporter: yeah indeed we did. we can tell you, the crash was sufficient enough there was enough force t that the air bags deployed in one of the vehicles. look at the scene. they said it was about 5:45 when the two cars collided. one was an suv, the other a sedan. it appears the sedan was headed east on i street and that the suv may have been going south on south capitol when they crashed. again, two officers were injured. we are told not seriously. this intersection was