away, 1fternoon near 50 for a high. so that will be a 23 degree drop from yesterday's high temperature. and going out this evening, bundle up. temperatures in the 40s through 9:00. reaching back down into the 30s by 11:00 p.m.. so again, highs today only in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. when i see in you ten minute we'll talk about how cold tomorrow morning may be as well. for now, though back over to you. developing right now in maryland, we are working to find out the name of a man hit and killed by a tractor trailer this morning. this happened on i-270 in germantown. megan mcdwrath livekcgrath live along the highway where the lanes are clean again. >> reporter: that's right, all the lanes of southbound 270 are open in the area of father hurley. so no traffic tie ups this morning. but we're still trying to figure out why a man was in the roadway this morning when he was hit by a tractor trailer and killed. police tell me the man, an

adult, was in lane three of traffic right around 1:30 this morning when he was struck. there were three lanes of traffic closed during the investigation early this morning. now, the driver of the tractor trailer did remain on the scene. there was a car we're told by police in the area but it was not registered to the man who was killed in this. so they're not sure whether he was associated with that vehicle, whether there was a breakdown situation or something like that and that's why he was along the road there in the lane of traffic there. they're still trying to piece all of that together and they have not yet released the man's name. in terms of traffic, things are looking okay right now, but we're hearing about a new crash this morning that will affect some people. we'll send it over to melissa mollet for more on that. >> that's right, a new crash outer loop at dulles toll road. we'll try to get more information on this. a new accident there reported at least. in northwest 16th street over military road here you can see we still have late clearing road

work. so one lane getting by right now in each direction there. overall, outer loop looking good. inner loop looking good. everything moving along pretty nicely. of course the exception a the dulles toll road area which we'll get more information on in a couple minutes. 295 inbound passing 50 a little slow. 95 in virginia slow northbound here in dale city. again, typical for this time of day especially as we're in the 6:00 hour now. and 66 here as you head through manassas is a little slow as well. nothing too atypical, just a tad slow. blue and yellow delays in both directions on metro, no longer single tracking, though. back at 6:11. new developments on a mail scare at the white house. a letter sent to the executive mansion tested positive for cyanide. this morning we're learning the return address on the letter is from a person who has sent suspicious packages before.

the envelope arrived monday and initially tested negative. but yesterday a chemical test came back with a positive result for cyanide. the letter is being sent to more tests. check the nbc washington app around lunchtime today for an union date to a case of a murdered prince william county teen. five people accused of that crime will be in in. smalls killed wilson november and four other young people helped him. will so that was shotson was shot during an apparent drug deal. he was 16. d.c. police trying to figure out what shot a 6-year-old girl. this happened last night near 22nd street and savannah. the girl was shot in the hand and is expected to be okay. right now d.c. police are asking for your help this morning to locate a missing boy. take a look at his picture. this is 12-year-old demetrius brown.

he is 4'8" lafs seen in green shirt and khaki pants. he had on tan boots and a blue hoodie. call 911 if you have any information. we've put brown's picture up on the nbc washington facebook page so you can spread the word. we've also tweeted out the photo. it is now 6:04. take family and friends will remember the 2-year-old girl who was killed by a van in prince george's county. a candlelight vigil for dynasty mirage is being held at 7:30 tonight. mirage was killed on saturday as she and her grandmother crossed 197 near the bowie plaza shopping center. a go fund me website has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses. new this morning, a stunner in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's party winning a huge election victory there. early this morning, his opponent conceded. this means it appears netanyahu will begin assembling a

coalition government and move forward. here in washington that victory is likely to make waves. tensions already high between president obama and netanyahu. however, the white house insists israel is a strong ally. edward long says everything is on the table including a meals tax to fill the growing budget hole. the tax will be levied on food purchased at restaurant and hotels. the board of supervisors has been reluctant to bring the issue before voters but long says with growing expenses and stagnant tax re revenue, something needs to be done. more trouble for the greek system as another fraternity finds itself suspended. what police uncovered. plus a new report released in the last few minutes sounding the alarm about medicine poisoning. why it's not just your young children that you have to worry about. and the cold snap is back. chuck bell looking at what

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welcome back. someone used pepper spray on a metro train causing passengers to rush off the train. metro tells the "washington post" a passenger on the yellow line strain used the spray as they approached the shaw station. one rider says two groups appeared to be arguing when one person sprayed someone in the other group. some forms of pepper spray are legal in the district but it must be registered with the police department. if you live in maryland a new report says more of you are opting out of public transit. public ridership dropped by 4.6% across the state in the last fiscal year. that includes marc and metro riders. the maryland transit authority says ridership is up a little from that number this year but

still low compared to last year. right now it's 38 degrees outside of our studios. that's not factoring in the wind. >> and you'll need to pull out the winter coat and gloves and everything again. 6:11 is your time and weather and traffic on the 1s. that's right, it's back. the cold air has returned. 24 hour temperature change, we're at 12 to 32 degrees colder now than we were same time yesterday. hour by hour today near freezing at 6:00 a.m. up to only about near 50 by later this this afternoon and a chilly evening coming up tonight. tomorrow potentially a colder start, but a little bit milder tomorrow afternoon. "7-day forecast" is coming up in just ten minutes. have a new crash to tell you about, we'll get chopper out to it. outer loop at the toll road

cleared out for the side of the roadway. blue and yellow delays in both directions but they arerare no longer single tracking. quantico to the beltway, 15 minutes right now. 395 inbound and 66 inbound right now look pretty good. 27 p 270 south to the bmtbeltway, four or five minutes behind. enjoying that have a glass of cabernet without worry. the discovery that could lead to a hangover-free wine. plus a developing story involving karm line

new this morning, police in stockton california are searching for the person who

gunned down seven people outside a grocery store. three died other four are expected to make a full recovery. we are learning new details about a police officer accused of sexually abusing two teens. the latest alleged victim says officer darrell best assaulted her inside d.c. police headquarters in december. best was off duty but the girl says he was wearing his uniform and service weapon at the time. police say best met the girl at the god of a second chance minute have i, he was a pastor at the church. the investigation against best began on saturday when another girl at the church said she was sexually assaulted when she was 16. and this morning three football players at morgan state university are recovering after being stabbed yesterday afternoon outside a dining hall on campus. police say they were stabbed by someone swinging a knife wildly. the suspect was taken into custody. this is the third outbreak of violence on that campus in this less than a week.

on friday a male student was stabbed with scissors by his roommate an early saturday a campus party was broken up after fights started. going on right now in germany, let's take you live to frankfurt where we have major protests going on. people really upset about spending cuts. thousands are expected at today's rallies. at least eight officers have been hurt. some protesters reportedly throwing stones. you can see someone of the squad cars there on fire. police have set up a barricade around the european central bank. the bank plans to be fully operational during he's these protests. it's 6:17. a developing story. japanese police launched an investigation after u.s. ambassador caroline kennedy received several death threats made during a series of phone

calls last month. police at the embassy have also received similar calls targeting the skrn basegeneral based in okinawa. four american aid workers are being monitored for ebola this morning. none of the workers has experienced any ebola symptoms but they are all connected to or had some contact with another american who came down with ebola last week. that man is currently being treated at the national institutes of health in bethesda. he's in critical condition. the other workers will be kept in isolation for the next three week. today is the last day for you to enroll in health care to avoid a tax penalty in maryland. the state says more than 122,000 people have signed up so far. more than 87,000 of those people are were eligible for a tax credit. you can continue to enroll through april 30, but may face a partial tax penalty for the time they did not have health insurance this year. today you can head over to

the prince william county chamber of commerce valor award ceremony at the hilltop performing arts center. 21 people will be 407bhonored. it costs $15. new this morning, a new report says your small children are more at risk for accident alley taking too many meds. the report says one and two-year-olds make up more than half of all medicine related calls to poison centers. teens are also a risky group. the report said 15 to 19-year-olds are six times more likely than young children to have a serious outcome from a medicine related call. we know there are a lot of numbers here, so we put them on line nbcwashington.com. 18 after the hour. allergy season is nearly here for a lot of folks. just thinking about it probably makes yours eyes water.

this year could be particularly tough because we had such a wet winter. tree pollen season in our air will start at the end of this month and grass pollen early summer. doctors say starting your allergy medication before the season starts can give you a little boost. all of you wine lovers this sounds almost too good to be true. researchers have discovered how to make hangover-free wine. scientists say they did this through genetic engineering. essentially they say they used a kind of genome knife to snip toxins out of yeast dna. they are also able to use that technology to potentially boost wine's health benefits. >> and then they may be able to do it in beer and perhaps other alcohol. severe solar storm is reaching earth day. the storm known as geomagnetic storm will hit around 10:00 a.m.. nasa captured thins incredible

photo. beautiful. northern lights comes as the interacts with the earth's guy owe geomagnetic field. they say there may be some power disruptions. i can sell it. >> you sell that celestial knowledge. >> i might not be a scientist, but -- >> it's when the atmosphere and geomagnetic field -- >> a gorgeous picture. pretty to look at for sure. our real scientist here now. >> chuck bell is in the storm team 4 "weather center". what do you have for us this morning? >> good news for us we will have plenty of sunshine and dry stretch of weather. but there has been a complete change of air masses since you went to bed last night. live picture over national harbor looking out towards the

woodrow wilson bridge no real weather problems outside of the fact that it's noticeably colder. this cold pattern is back and it's here to stay for quite some time. breezy and sunny today. still tracking a chance for some friday morning snowflakes. wednesday morning temperatures 30 leesburg, 30 gaithersburg 27 at dulles 33 at joint base andrews. over the next couple of hours, we'll stay mostly in the mid to upper 30s. touching around 40 by 11:00. future weather, sunshine and stiff northwesterly breeze today. feels like factors will stay in the 30s and 40s all day. so it will feel cold and be even colder i think tomorrow morning than this morning. the wind will lay down a bit and skies clear, so a good setup for a pretty cold start. tomorrow afternoon, bright and sunny. still about 5 to 7 degrees colder than average. and here we go friday morning at 5:00 a.m. clouds in place. and moisture coming our way. could be a period of wet snow in and around the area.

best chances for any accumulations of snow will be in northern maryland northern parts of the panhandle into the blue ridge. probably an inch or less in the metro, but northern maryland could get potentially two or three inches of slushy snow friday morning. but a long way between now and then to iron out the details. seven day forecast 50 and breezy today. 53 tomorrow. not too much of a breeze. 80% chance of what will start out as wet snow and then plain old rain saturday afternoon. another shot of reinforcing cold air sunday. breaking news in silver spring a crash old columbia pike at briggs chaney road. you can see chopper 4 over the scene. could be a while before that is

out of the road. wide look at things overall, no major problems as you're taking a look here at the beltway. inner loop and outer loop everything looking pretty typical right now getting a little slow here top of the beltway and of course we know that happens this time of the morning. 66 just east of sully road. seeing a little bits of a backup passing sully road there this morning. taking a look 95 north through stafford, we're a little slow headed out of star forward county. and then through triangle and dale city, not so bad after dale city. prince george's county overall looking pretty good. branch avenue inbound, a little slow. indian highway, same thing. back at 6:31 with more on that crash in silver spring. it is 6:24. new this morning, the national fraternity under scrutiny because of a racist chant caught on video will unveil its plan to combat racial intolerance. members of significantma alpha epsilon

were caught singing a racist chant on camera. the chapter has since been shut down. the national sae says it hopes to eliminate in-sensitivity among its members. and the significance made alpha new chapter was suspended and permanently disbanded for wrecking a ski resort back in january. they damaged 45 rooms resulting in more than $400,000 worth of damage. the fraternity could face more than sanctions including paying that massive bill. the school placed the so he roy sorority on two year suspension. and a fraternity at penn state suspended as they're investigated. gabe guttierez is live at state college in pennsylvania with more. what led police to this secret

page? >> reporter: good morning. police say it was an actual member of the fraternity that tipped them off and now yet another college campus is dealing with the firestorm after allegations of bad behavior by a fraternity. this is the local chapter of cap take pa dell kappa delta rho. police say members created a secret facebook page and posted pictures of nude and sometimes apparently unconscious women. according to search warrant, it was actually two facebook pages, the first one was titled, quote covert business transactions. and police say one of the women on that page noticed a topless picture of herself when a fraternity member left it open on his computer. and then according to the search warrant, the fraternity created another facebook page called 2.0. now, this is the national fraternity has suspended its local chapter of kappa delta rho for a year. the penn state is calling this

appalling and offensive and it is the latest in a string of negative headlines for fraternities across the country. we'll have much more on the developing investigation coming up on "today". >> gabe guttierez, thank you. silent witnesses to history. where you with catch a glimpse of these artifacts president lincoln's assassination. plus royalty in d.c.. the events prince charles and duchess of cornwall will be taking part in today. and the thermometer on the storm team 4 weather tech show as temperature around freezing around here. i think it's right below 30. the winds you need to get ready for, as well.

prince george's county and the duchess of corpnwall are starting their day here in washington. we're live outside of the british embassy with a look at their day ahead in just minutes. but first, we're preparing you for the brutal conditions you're stepping outside to. temperatures around freezing, but the winds will make it feel much colder as you look at the

windchills around the d.c. area right now. they sent me here to you have are you up. >> welcome back to the weather lare. >> 70s yesterday and this is painful. >> and ugly change. went from 73 yesterday afternoon, we're down some 30 to 30 degrees outside. when you factor in the wind, even worse. where is your winter coat? >> at my desk. i had gloves today, too. >> no doubt a big change has arrived while you've been sleep. much cooler weather outside today. it will stay breezy and chilly all day long. so those warm coats that you dared to put away get them back out, everybody. you'll they'd your sunglasses as well. we'll have plenty of sunshine both came today and tomorrow. 35 in charlottesville. melissa, good morning. breaking news. >> good morning. we do have breaking news here on the roadways. do you want to funinish up first?

breaking news on the roads. a crash silver spring briggs chain any oig road at old columbia pike. we have some westbound lanes here completely blocked. chopper 4 over the scene. you can see on the left side, though we are getting through. so not totally shut down. taking a look at another crash, inner loop at georgetown hepike a new crash here. sounds lyingike off to the shoulder. blue and yellow delays in both directions. no longer single tracking. 270 at old hundred road volume building around the bend in hyatts town. 66 this to town 31 miles per hour headed through manassas inbound and 95 at 123 looking pretty good. travel times in a couple minutes. it is 6:32 and today prince charles and camilla will begin

visiting tourist sites. last night they attended a reception. richard jordan is live out side of the embassy in northwest washington with their plans for today. >> reporter: good morning. the stach hereff here had the chance to mingle with prince charles and camilla. today they have a pretty full agenda they will start the day off over at the lincoln memorial and then tour the mlk memorial. the royals are here to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the civil war. then the heir to the british throne and duchess will be going to mount vernon to see the home of america's first president, george washington. that is when the couple will part ways camilla will be going to the shakespeare theater where she will see a small performance there and prince charles will go to the national archives. prince charles is also expect order speak with government and business leaders about the dangers of plastic waste in oceans around the world and the

harm that causes to marine life. tomorrow there is more sight seeing planned, the royals will also be at the white house where they will meet with president obama and vice president biden. the trip will end on friday in louisville kentucky. that is when the prince and camilla will be touring some charities out there in kentucky before they head back home to england. >> richard jordan live outside the british embassy. thank you. 6:33. this morning police are trying to figure out how a man's body ended up on a walking trail in fairfax county. police found william's body in aed wood area in herndon on monday. his death has been ruled a homicide. no word on how he died. we do know there was trauma to his upper body. the 22-year-old is from the her done herndon area. and police working to solve a murder. jonathan lopez died after a

shooting on piney branch road. the attack was random. lopez was 24. right now montgomery county police are asking for your help to find a missing elderly woman. this is who they're looking for. this is 80-year-old dorothy hill. she was last seen leaving her assist living residence in silver spring. if you see her, call police immediately. a runner's medal and bib from the boston marathon bombing will be part of a display starting today in d.c.. they're part of the crime museum's domestic terrorism and hate crimes exhibit. it also includes letters from the unabomber artifacts from september 11th a rifle from the virginia jihad network, and a ku klux klan ceremonial robe. the museum says it's hoping to raise awareness and change behavior for the better. 6:35 just about now. and the jury is hearing chilling new details in the trial for accused boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev.

prosecutors revealed he carved a second message into the boat where he hid from police. the jury also heard from a close friend of tsarnaev. the friend says he loaned his gun to tsarnaev just two months before the bombing. prosecutors say it was used to kill an m.i.t. police officer. the future of university of virginia president theresa a sullivan once again in question. the board of visitors met for three hours in richmond yesterday. a university official says the sole purpose of the meeting was to evaluate sullivan's performance. the board has had a rocky relationship with sullivan since 2012 when ousted from office but reinstated after major backlash from students and teachers. the culpeper county school board is asking for more than $1 million to give teachers a pay raise. the school board made that request to the board of supervisors yesterday. they want $1.4 million next year to give teachers a raise of about 1.5%. and that money would also be

used to hire new teachers and bring back summer school at the elementary level. they will vote on the budget in may. brace yourself this morning. the cold snap is back. the impact these chilly temperatures we're seeing at national harbor and around the d.c. area will have on your plans for the day ahead. plus catching a glimpse of artifacts not seen in the same room for 150 years. the silent witnesses to history telling the story of president abraham rin con'slincoln's assassination. plus a mile you likely feed to your kids all the time. the

welcome back. starting today, donald trump will be seriously considering a campaign to be the next president. he's launching an exploratory committee this afternoon. that's according to the "new hampshire union-leader".

the paper says trump has already hired several potential political advisers and that as part of the move he chose not to host the apprentice again next year. a new exhibit marks one of the darkest days in american history. silent witness has items linked to lincoln's assassination. it includes his top hat booth's pistol and even the contents of lincoln's pockets. the exhibit at the center for education and leadership opens next monday march 23 and runs through memorial day. get tickets if you can. just remarkable to see the way all these different people came together to tell the sorry from a perspective i think that is different from what we see in history books. really cool. and speaking of really cool in a different way, it is right

around freezing outside in a lot of places. weather and traffic on the 1s. chuck bell with more on our forecast. yeah, not the good cool. kind of the bad cool. temperatures have dropped to below freezing in most of our suburbs this morning. 37 downtown, one of the mild spots. so bright sunshine this morning, temperatures in the 30s. dry roads later today with mostly sunny skies. temperatures in the upper 40s to around 50 for today. and then coming up for tomorrow, a little bit milder weather. temperatures tomorrow we'll start off in the 20s and 30s once again, but we'll gradually climb up in to the low perhaps even a few spots like fredericksburg up into the mid-50s tomorrow. "7-day forecast" coming up in ten minutes. two problems right now on the roads. chopper 4 over one of them here in silver spring. briggs chaney road at old columbia pike. part of westbound columbia pike is shut down because of this crash. hopefully we'll get it out of the way soon. new problem in prince william

county branch avenue northbound at auth a crash there, as well. slowest spot is 95 north from quantico to the beltway. taking you 40 minutes. that's 15 minutes longer than it should.ime. 66 east on time. and in maryland, 270 south taking you ten extra minutes to the beltway. outer loop, top of the beltway slow as well. in the last few minutes, we received new information about that deadly pedestrian accident on 270 overnight. what maryland state police say that man was doing shortly before he was hit by a truck. plus everything is on the table. the problem that has put that unpopular meals tax back in play

. 6:45. right now traffic is moving again on i-270, but we're learning new information about a deadly pedestrian accident overnight. what maryland state police are telling us about the man who was killed after weather and traffic. good morning. it's a pretty sky, but an ugly change from yesterday. temperatures have fallen 15 to 35 degrees compared to yesterday morning. high temperatures today, we'll struggle to make 50 degrees at the most. 7 day draft just minutes away. still have the problem in silver spring chopper 4 over the crash. briggs chaney at old columbia pike. part of the roadway here is shut down. but you can get around the

crash. branch avenue north at auth road brand new crash. police on the scene there. 6:46. now to the brand new information on the developing story this morning. a map hit and killed by a tractor trailer on i 207 overnight p police just releasing new details about the accident. megan mcgrath live along the highway with what we now know. >> reporter: well, that's right, maryland state police releasing new information about a vehicle involved and also the possibility that alcohol may have played a factor in this scenario. now, it was 1:30 this morning, a tractor trailer was headed southbound on route 270 near father hurley boulevard when they noticed a black xterra parked on the shoulder. that driver of the truck says when they turned their attention back to the highway, that's when they saw a man walking in the third lane of traffic. the driver was unable to avoid

hitting that pedestrian. the pedestrian was killed in this. now, police say that when they arrived on the scene, they found that xterra parked on the shoulder that the keys were in the ignition, that it was running. and that there was a strong smell of alcohol coming from inside the suv. the driver of the tractor trailer remained on the scene. we're told that the driver of that rig was not impaired in any way and that they are cooperating with investigators. now, for a time, several hours there were three lanes closed on 270, all of the lanes have reopened. the investigation wrapping up here. so no traffic impact. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath live for us. thank you. a developing story on a cyanide scare at the white house. this morning a letter addressed to the executive mansion is undergoing more testing for that deadly substance. the envelope arrived at an off site mail screening facility on monday and initially tested negathough, a chemical test came back with a so-called

presumptive positive for cyanide. the seecret service says other suspicious pack ams have come ss ssage ss ssages have come from the same address. a grand jury indicted tairod pugh. prosecutors say pugh flew to turkey in apifrt to cross into syria. turkish authorities denied him entry and sent him back to egypt where he was then deported to the u.s.. according to the indictment pugh was fired from working as an airplane mechanic in kuwait. five people will be in court for the murder of a high schooler. police seaay they killed brendan wilson during an apparent drug deal. smalls charged with murder the other four with conspiracy. follow at julie careys in oig to

find out what is being tedsaid at the hearing. and police need your help to locate a missing boy. this is 12-year-old demetrius brown. he's 4'8". he was last seen in a green shirt, khaki pants, he had on tan boots and blue hoodie. call 911 if you have any information. we've tweeted the photo out. today family and friends will remember the 2-year-old girl killed by a van in prince george's county. a vigil for dynasty mirage is being held at 7:30 tonight in bowie. mirage was killed on saturday as she and her grandmother crossed 197 near the bowie plaza shopping center. a go fund me website has been set up to help the family with funeral experiences. coming up on ten before the hour. new this morning, a stunning turnaround is prime minister

benjamin netanyahu's party scored a huge election victory. angie goff has more on what this means for the u.s.. >> thank you. yeah this is a come from behind win for the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu. his challenger conceding early this morning. hearing netanyahu is already putting together a new coalition government that negotiations already happening with other right wing and religious allies. the white house insists israel is a strong ally, but despite rising tensions between president obama and netanyahu. back to you. 6:50 your time. syria says it shot down a u.s. drone in the northern part of that country. state media there showed footage of the alleged wreckage. a u.s. official confirms a drone was shot -- rather lost in syria, but it says it's not clear whether it was shot down. it confirmed, this will be the first american aircraft on go down in syria since the campaign against isis began last

september. get the word out to your friends and family kraft is recalling more than 6 million boxes of macaroni and cheese. landon dowdy joins us live with the important information you need to know. >> reporter: i know i have it and kraft is recalling about 242,000 cases of its macaroni and cheese dinner as some boxes may contain small pieces of metal. this is the company's second recall in the past six months. and it affects 7 ounce packs of original flavor mac and cheese with a best used by date of september 18th to october 11th of this year. kraft says you should return the product to the store you bought it from for a full refund. so make sure you're checking those dates. if you immediate to double check any information as eun mentioned, you can find it on the nbc website facebook page. 6:52 just about now. chuck bell is back with us this morning and we're telling people

to bundle up. >> that's right, cold pattern is officially back in place once again. whether that's good or bad news gipds on how much you like cold weather, but the tidal basin a week ago, take a check. this was one week ago yesterday. frozen solid. took this picture yesterday and, yes, indeed, it's all completely thawed out now. but cold weather is coming back. it won't be cold enough to refreeze the base p. so good news in the forecast there. windchills are down below freezing this morning. hourly temperatures today, we'll say in the 30s through the morning hours. up to about 40 by lunchtime. and highs today only in the upper 40s to near 50. it will be breezy as well. another chance of some wintry weather coming our way friday morning means you need to have your storm team 4 weather app ready to go. there is the moisture down south. and here is the cold air up to the north. they will be meeting over the top of us as we get into the

pre-dawn hours of friday morning. future weather today nothing to worry about. chilly and breezy and sun any. temperatures near 50. generally dry weather tonight, as well, but as we get into the day on friday, here is 5:00 a.m. rain down to the south and snow likely across northern maryland. it will gradually all change over to rain but there could be an accumulation of some wet slushy snow. our local model is giving more than 3 inches across parts of northern merearyland, the american model 2 to 3. so plan on slushy snow friday morning. "7-day forecast" time 50 today, 53 tomorrow. there is the rain/snow chance on friday. the weekend will be dry. saturday will be the nicer day this weekend by far with highs near 60. and i saw a disturbing image on the internet. i don't know what this is, but melissa mollet ate it or drank it for breakfast. >> it's a little kale and apple

and banana, but i did not puree it appropriately. but i feel good. >> i get it. i would drink that. >> still have the crash in silver spring, bripgs sbriggs cheneyaney road. and 270 hearing a problem in the central lane. east of sudley seeing volume. 95 slowest spot northbound in dale city. and branch avenue north at auth still have that crash. i'll go eat my smoothie by myself. fairfax county executive edward long says everything is on the table including a meals tax to fill the county's growing budget hole. the tax would be levied on food purchased at restaurants and hotels. the board of supervisors has been reluctant to bring the issue before voter, but long says with growing expenses and

stagnant tax revenue, something needs to be done. the board is expected to vote on budget in april. megastar cher is helping a 96-year-old woman return to her alexandria home. edith hill and 95-year-old eddie harrison made national headlines when then married last year. a court dispute immediately followed over whether hill had the mental capacity to marry him. harrison died in december and the custody dispute continued over who should care for hill. cher says she will help pay for upgrades to hill's family home. many of are you loving aaron's cher impersonation. which he gave us during the last hour. caught me off guard a little bit. but it's funny, you have to check it out. it's on the facebook page. >> i got nothing this time. you did not like it before. >> see, you caught me off -- i wasn't expecting it. >> feel like a bunch of gypsy sies and thieves.

>> you just made someone's day right there. all right. it's now 6:56. here are the four things you need to know before you head out the door. a letter addressed to the white house has tested positive for cyanide. the letter arrived at an off site mail facility monday and is undergoing more tests. an investigation launched after caroline kennedy received several death threats during a series of phone calls last month. national fraternity under scrutiny for this video will unveil its plan to km batcombat racial in-tolerance. and a deadly crash in germantown a man hit and killed by a tractor trailer. state police say they found his wallet outside a nearby car. we're putting everything we know on the nbc washington app. four day forecast, sunny and breezy and chilly today. on the cool side tomorrow. pretty good chance of wet snow friday morning before it changes over to rain. and dry for the weekend. slow 270 southbound just

before montrose road hearing about a problem in the center lanes. the other problem right now on the desk in front of me my smoothie not so smooth. but it has a spoon and everything. so you can share. >> shouldn't it be a straw? >> you can't. >> check, please. >> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. trs

. >> good morning. breaking overnight. u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy the target of death threats. the race to find out who is behind the disturbing phone calls. >> cyanide letter tests positive. the deadly poison and the secret service investigated. is it someone they have their eye on. >> on the move robert durst transferred to a mental health facility in louisiana overnight. they carry out a search on his home. what could they be looking for. prince charles and camilla kickoff the first visit to the u.s. for the first time in a