an on 30s for your outdoor plans first thing this morning. highs later on this afternoon should be able to make it up into the low 50s across most of the area. how much snow is possible tomorrow? i think a slushy inch or two. a little bit more across northern maryland. right now 270 in and out of town looking quite good. no major issues. had earlier problems that are now cleared out of the way. 66 just east of sully road no major issues. we're getting a little bit of volume, but that is typical as we're now in the 6:00 hour this morning. 95 northbound here dale city, you can see we're a little slow again very normal for this time of day. no major issues right there. it will look like a typical commute northbound out of prince william county. beltway at st. barnabas, flowing quite nicely. and taking a look the crash in

gaithersburg perry parkway at north frederick road, right there by the fairgrounds, we still have that crash here in the middle of the roadway. looks like folks are able to get around it. travel times coming up in ten minutes. developing this morning a woman at a rally supporting a uva student who was arrest this had week was also arrested. both incidents caught on video are you now putting a spotlight on how police officers reacted. richard jordan is at the live desk following the overnight developments. >> there were about 1,000 people at that rally last night where the woman was arrested. we will show you the graphic images here, but first this is the new video in from overnight. you see the woman being forcibly removed by police officers. then put in handcuffs. we still haven't learned as to why she was taken into custody there. but she was one of the supporters for 20-year-old martese johnson who was arrested early wednesday morning outside a bar. again, he's 20.

he's underage. it is this bloody photo here that has created an uproar at uva. alcoholic beverage control officers taking johnson in to custody, pushing him down to the ground. he's being charmed with edcharged with obstruction of justice and public intoxication. johnson says he's an honor student and no legitimate reason for his arrest. and they continue to rally in his support. and uva president sullivan is calling for a full investigation of the arrest. sullivan was among the many who attended a rally last night outside a trinity irish bar. johnson himself attended that rally and thanked everyone for their support. sullivan says she's asked the governor to look in to the arrest. she's also asking students who witnessed the arrest to call police. >> i thought about how this poor man's mother would feel when she saw that photo because i know how it made me feel. >> and this morning governor mcauliffe is demanding action, his office released a statement

saying he's quote, concerned by the reports of this incident and has asked the secretary of public safety to initiate an independent virginia state police investigation into the use of force in this matter. we have a link to the arrest video on our website. nbcwashington.com. you can also weigh this on will on the nbc washington facebook page. new this morning georgetown pike is open right now after this serious crash caused a car to burst into flames. take a look at the car. it's completely ruined. several people were hurt after will hit a pole and then caused the fire. at least one person was burned. fairfax county police say he or she was flown to the hospital. they did not say how many others were hurt in the accident. georgia avenue is back open after a massive fire at a restaurant. one business was nearly destroyed. two others were damaged. megan mcgrath the is live with more on the investigation.

>> reporter: good morning. investigators believe that the fire started inside the bombay gaylord restaurant which is right behind me here. you can see all of the charred tables and chairs that were pulled out of the restaurant and are now sitting here on the front sidewalk. a tremendous amount of damage. this restaurant has been basically been gutted. it was about 1:00 in the morning people who were inside another area business here, the quarterly house tafquarry house tavern underneath the restaurant, they were inside and noticed the smell of smoke. the presence of smoke. they came out of the tavern on to the street level and that's when they saw the fire and called it into 911. now, it was an intense blaze. a lot of firefighters here on the scene. we spoke a little while ago to the owner of the restaurant. and he says when he left at 10:15 last night everything was fine. he turned out the lights, everything was okay. then at around 1:00 in the

morning, he got a call from a friend. he's been here for 17 years. needless to say, to hear the it is turning news that his restaurant was on fire was very difficult. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. this look like high baby, you know what i mean. so now i don't know when i can open because this is my source of income. >> reporter: and there were other businesses in the area. you can see behind me here this is the mandarin restaurant with a broken out door. so other businesses in the area lesser damage, water and smoke and things like this, broken glass. but georgia avenue has reopened at this point. back to you in the studio. some new details this morning on a pedestrian crash in montgomery county. a woman was hurt in the crash and she has died now. chopper 4 over the scene last night about 7:30. shortly after this accident. the woman was crossing frederick road when a car traveling north hit her.

she was taken to the hospital. it's not known if there are any charges against againstthe drive who are did stay on the scene. the another busy day for the british royals. prince charles and camilla will head to the white house this morning to meet with president obama and vice president joe biden. the royal couple will visit several locations today including the armed forces retirement home and lincoln cottage. camilla will attend a meeting of the sdrigtsdistrict of columbia sexual response team or s.a.r.t. and final stop time, prince charles will receive the teddy roosevelt international conservation award. and the couple will wrap up their trip tomorrow in louisville. storm team 4 watching the approaching winter weather but also preparing you for the conditions you'll be dealing with as you step out this morning. chuck oughthas your bus stop forecast. and making sure your child is protected when buckle them in. where you can get free help.

>> plus let the madness given. when the local teams will at that time court in the ncaa tournament and the impact it

we're learning the names of of more metro stops. board of supervisors voted to call the stops at route 772 and 606 ashburn and loudoun gateway. the names will be forwarded to the metro board which also needs to approve them. they were chosen after a public survey of possible options. the next phase of the silver line scheduled to open in late 2018 or early 2019. parents, if you have young children or baby on the way today you can get a free car seat installation to properly install the car seat into your vehicle. the fitzgerald auto mall in montgomery county is offering

free child seat inspections. they will have associates on hand to have their child passenger safety certification. the inspections are today this rockville from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. it's really tricky. you have to get it in there really good. >> you have to climb in with it. >> and you have to anchor it. the test is that it's not supposed to move very much at all. if you can shake the car seat, it's too loose. >> get that engineering degree before you have a kid. 6:11 our time right now. live look outside for you as we get a chuck on weather and traffic on the 1s. >> all right. yes, i'm not going to touch that one. outside this morning, the temperatures are in the 30s. and most of the suburb quite a few of nearby neighborhoods below freezing. so what to wear this morning you'll need your warm coat for sure. and your sunglasses as well. bus stop temperatures will be mostly low to mid-30s for the next couple hours and then gradually by later on this afternoon, up near 50 degrees.

a check on traffic with a new crash. brand new crash, old coal chester road at northbound route 1 getting report of a crash there. >> vienna people slowing down. 95 to the beltway slowest spot. 395 beltway to the bridge no rob. 66 east also no problem. and in maryland looking good. alarming delivery. the package brought into a d.c. police station that forced it into lockdown. sglo sglo. and how about a new perfume that will have you smelling like

. welcome back. a developing story. police in tunisia are searching for any accomplices after two militants wearing military style uniforms and wielding assault

rifles attacked a museum in the capital. they gunned down tourists climbing out of butss. 19 were killed, 41 hurt. attackers were killed in a firefight with security forces. this is the deadliest attack in 13 years. >> the the pentagon is confirming that a u.s. air strike in somalia last week killed a senior member of the al shabaab extremist group would helped plan the westgate mall attack in kenya. imagine discovering a handful of old grenades in your attic. that's what happened too one d.c. resident. a concerned citizen brought a box filled with grenades to a substation yesterday. officers cordoned off the area and explosives i'm came in and determined those devices were safe. today the debate over what you can say on facebook will play out in a federal courtroom. a washington state man is being sentenced for making threats against former ferguson police officer darren wilson.

will so thatson shot and killed michael brown and it set off months of protests. the debate over whether social media threats are protected by the first amendment is an issue still being decided by the u.s. supreme court. also the case of a man charged with three murders in alexandria will be in court. charles severance is competent to stand trial. he's charged with killing three people in alexandria over a span of ten years. a teenaged boy in manassas park is facing charges after taking a gun on to school property. the 17-year-old is being charged with disorderly conduct. he was arrested on tuesday afternoon. the boy was carrying a rifle style pellet gun with a scope. this was outside cougar and manassas park elementary schools. both schools were immediately put on lockdown. a second teen was detained. he will not face charges. there could be harsh penalties ahead for penn state fraternity members involved in offensive posts. the school's president says

anyone found responsible could be expelled. right now the kappa delta rho chapter is suspended for a year. members are accused of posting pictures of nude women on a private takes book page without their concept. penn state's president is hoping women who were this those posts will come forward to the school and he says hairtheir privacy will be protected. two american health care workers arrived back in the states. both came into contact with the ebola patient receiving treatment at the national institutes of health thisin bethesda and is will critical condition. two teams from our area are kicking off the big dance tonight. first ncaa tournament game starts at 12:15. vcu will kick things off this is the cool i went to, of course. so i hope everybody else is rooting for the rams as well. they're playing the buckeyes. coming off of five straight wins and the atlantic 10 title.

buckeyes went 3-9 against other teams in the tournament this year. georgetown playing in oregon tonight. this is video of the team leaving the district earlier this week. they're facing eastern washington state. while hoyas hold a much higher seed here 4 over 13, the eagles coach said, quote, we're going to win in an interview on the radio yesterday. eastern washington is the top scoring player in the country right now. georgetown also has lost to a 10 or lower seeded team in each of the last five tournaments they have played. you have just hours now left to finish your brackets if you're still working on them. you can search ncaa on the nbc washington app for a list of tips to help will you fill out the bracket. sometimes you just have to do it with your heart. we know a lot of you will be watching and we're learning it could come with a huge financial cost. jobs firm challenger grid christmas how about that, say

workers distracted by the tournament will cost the companies $1.9 billion this year. that's an estimate, of course. the firm made the prediction based on a stat from the ncaa that says merely 23 million americans are college basketball fans. and one from the company website says fans spend about 13 minutes a day checking hair blacktheir brackets. >> and another part of the study says bosses soont stophouldn't stop it because it's bad for morale. >> and then they try to sneak it. maybe causes more wasteful time. >> don't want do that. coming up on 6:21. we want to get a look at the forecast. let's focus on today, right? >> absolutely. today we're looking at the difference between big snowstorms and little ones. today we're talking about just a little ruler. we will not need the huge pat collins snow stick.

temperatures will be very marginal. we could very well get some accumulating snow, but primarily on grassy areas because air temperatures may never actually drop all the way below freezing as long as the air temperature stays above freezing, the roads will be slushy, but not frozen up into blocks of ice. nonetheless, plan on an impact full day. advisories posted for northern maryland, panhandle of west virginia already. that includes western loudoun clarke county frederick county. winter storm warnings for washington county, maryland. morgan county, and also out towards alleghany county maryland. basically areas above 1500 feet have a much better chance of some accumulating snow coming our way tomorrow. timing begins between 2:00 and 5:00 a.m.. mostly just a wet snow around the metro area. rain down to the south towards southern maryland and northern neck and slushy roads will be a possibility. storm team 4 radar is all clear this morning. so you are right, nothing to

worry about for today. there is the moisture down to our south. and there is not a widespread amount of winter storm warnings out at all. so this will be a very marginal event indeed. temperatures right now are in the upper 20s in places like gaithersburg and near freezing in haens.manassas. later on this afternoon temperatures climbing to the upper 40s and low 50s under increasing numbers of clouds. as far as future weather is concerned, here we are at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow that's when the rain/snow chances do start to push back into the area. so we'll be keeping a very close eye on that. how much snow might you expect tomorrow, a slushy 1 to 2 maybe as muches 3 inches of snow towards parts of northern montgomery county, 3 to will4 across northern maryland. it will indeed be a quick in and out snow chance. all in the day tomorrow. it will melt down quickly saturday with highs ss near 60. more chilly weather early next week. breaking news into the live desk. we have a large fire in

springfield, virginia. chopper 4 is over the scene right now. several firefighters are there on the ground. this is the 2600 block of rolling road. it is a 2 alarm fire. you can make out some of the white smoke coming from the home right now. that white smoke a good indication firefighters have been able to get the upper hand on this fire. we still have not heard if there was anyone inside the home, if there were any injuries there. you can see there is a large firefighter and police response in the area. again, the 2600 block of rolling road. let's go to melissa mollet thousand. >> at this point we've beenhopper 4 over the two way radio. at this point chopper 4 telling us south hampton drive, which is right here this front of this house at rolling road that is the closure we're seeing right now. we're seeing a little bit of yellow on the map. south hampton drive seems to be shut down at rolling road. other situations around town in lorton, old colchester road at northbound route 1, we have a

crash there with two lanes blocked. 66 east at vienna metro, seeing slowdowns. crash off to the right. still people kind of looking as they're driving by causing a slowdown there. 95 north bound through dale city, a little slow again that's pretty typical for this time of morning. so no major issue there. beltway at kenilworth avenue everything rolling along nicely for us. coming back here of course at 6:31 with more on this house fire and closure and that crash again in lorton. the man accused in a shooting rampage in an arizona suburb has a criminal history spanning a decade. police say ryan giroux killed one person and hurt five others yesterday. according to court documents, he served three stints in prison since 1994. investigators yesterday say giroux shot three people at a motel in mesa. one man died and that led to a carjacking and home invasion. police eventually caught up with

him at an apartment complex and used a stun gun to arrest him. new twists this morning in the case of a real estate heir accused of murder. new evidence leads them to blue robert durst may have been planning to leave the country. stephanie gosk live in new orleans with a look at why investigators believe durst was ready to run. >> reporter: good morning. well, they put robert durst's net worth at about $100 million. in the months leading up to his arrest he was withdrawing large sums. on 35 occasions since last october, he removed sums of $9,000. a lot of money. and when they found him here in his hotel room in new orleans he had more than $42,000 in cash, a fake i.d., a rubber mask among a number of other things. coming up on "today," we'll have more details on what all of this means for his case. and a look at the handwriting analysis that investigators this l.a. say could put him away and that his lawyer says is junk

science. back to you. >> stephanie gosk for us in new orleans. thank you. michelle obama is in japan promoting a new initiative to jump-start education for millions of girls. she met with her japanese counterpart, abe, a few hours ago to announce let girls learn program. they say the program helps 62 million girls in developing countries around the world. always interest to promote girls and education. when you think of perfume, do you like flowery, earthy, spicy? >> okay. yeah. pretty soon though, you'll be able to get a live of a big juicy burger. that's right. burger king releasing a whopper skrept scented perfume called flamed grilled. it will set you back about $4. it will only be on sale for one day. p just happens to be april 1st where it will be on sale.

but before you write it off as an april fool's joke this is actually not the first time that the fast food chain is sort of dabbled in beauty products. >> back in 2008 apparently burger king released flame by bk, body spray to men. it was described as the scent of seduction. with a hint of flame broiled meat if that's what you're into. >> i like this. pretty girl walks by smelling like a whopper, a little flame broiled beef and pickles. >> you might get some interesting admirers with the bk perfume. let's move on temperature. 6:27. new problems for the d.c. fire and ems. what the department is saying about an emergency call from a police officer that went unanswered. enrollment. and when you could see the snow start to

we're talking about the calm before the storm, a clear and

cool start to your morning but that is about to change. >> the massive system you you see here quickly pushing its way toward us and it threatens to push back the start of spring by bringing us some snow. chuck bell is here with when you'll start to see some snowflakes in your neighborhood. just give to us. >> well, a town full of lawyers, so spring doesn't technically begin until 6:25 friday night and by then all the snow will be over. so it's still technically a winter snow chance. but that's parsing it pretty thin i must say. there is the view outside this morning. skies partly cloudy over washington. there is our monument proudly you will illuminated still. cool for now, clouds on the increase later. temperatures mostly in the 30s this morning. baltimore down into the 20s. washington, already 40. highs today, upper 40s to low 50s. even mid-50s down towards

culpeper frederickburg, northern neck. temperatures will reach up to about 55. timing out the chances for the snow, here is 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. snow chances out toward winchester and front royal and luray. by 5:00 a.m., snow chances right on into the 270 corridor. could even be snowing as far south as charles county and southern prince george's county. that's 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. by 7:00 8:00 everybody around the immediate metro and points north should be seeing wet snow. it will slowly change over to rain later on in the morning. more about all this and how much we'll expect coming up. breaking news right how in springfield. south hampton drive shut down at rolling road because of a major house fire and large police and fire response. so south hampton right now completely shut down. chopper 4 as been over the scene. in lorton old colchester road at northbound route 1, right now we have two lanes blocked. that is a tractor trailer crash.

northbound route 1 not looking so hot this morning. pretty red on all of my maps. just a lot of volume, a lot of slowdowns there. a wide look at things looking pretty typical. 66 at vienna metro not looking as bad as it looks on the map. we did have a crash off to the right side of the roadway. inbound indian head highway, a little bit slow, as well. back at 6:41 with travel times. today your kids' future in school will take center stage in montgomery county. the school system will look at overcrowded classrooms. molette green has a look at the number of options on the table. >> reporter: we've been crunching the numbers. we don't want to bombard you with a lot of them, but take a look at your screen. enrollment is already up by some 2500 plus students. and it's going to keep going up and up over the next six years.

we could be looking at an additional 11,000 students in the school system. the biggest numbers you will see in the middle and high school levels portable classrooms have been the quick fix if will this county. and have become a way of life. parents, they don't like these classroom, they don't like the portables, they have been really pressing hard for more permanent solutions, more space, for new construction and speeding up new construction. but this morning we will see a lot going on at the meeting. it's going to happen later today at this committee meeting, lots of eyeballs will be on this as county leaders address the problem of more students coming this way and the future use of portables. and just to give you a clearer picture, all four of the elementary schools that feed in to this one particular high school richard montgomery, are already overcrowd and eventually

those students will be headed this way. we're live this morning in rockville. i'm molette green. back to you. it's 6:35. fairfax county schools could sooned a didn't ed aadopt a single uniform grading mole city. the policy. they want to change the scoring on f from a to #0 to 50% and separate grading for effort and achievement. changes could take effect as early as next school year. it would be for middle and high school students. 6:35. today a d.c. listpolice officer will be in court on charges that he assaulted two teen girls. darrell best is accused of sexually assaulting a 167 16-year-old at the god of second chance. best is a pastor at the church. a second victim says she was sexually assaulted at best's office at police headquarters. today american university is hosting a public forum after a

series of raceis postings on social media. the posts appeared on the online form yik yak which shows users anonymous comments in their immediate area. based on location the posts made have i been made by american university students or by people near the school. au's discussion tonight is about strategies for creating a more inclusive community. on monday, au's vice president of campus life e-mailed students saying it can be not be stated strongly enough that these posts stand in stark contrast to american university's core values. right now d.c. fire and ems investigating a case where an ambulance never showed up. firefighters say a d.c. police officer hurt his leg while arresting someone in northeast washington earlier this week. a fire truck came within minutes, but police say the officer needed an ambulance. firefighters requested one five times with no response. now, according to the fire department an ambulance was sent out 26 minutes after the fire truck arrived. by that time, officers had driven the injured cop to the

hospital instead. from the live desk, an update on the breaking news in springfield virginia. the big house fire there on rolling road. we have just learned from firefighters on the scene that the fire is out. that means the flames have been extinguished. but there is still smoke pouring out of that home. fire was a two-alarm fire when it was going strong, but again, firefighters have been able to get the upper hand and get the flames under control. you can still see the white smoke billowing into the air. this is causing a traffic impact there on south hampton drive. some lanes blocked off because of the fire apparatus there on the scene. we are still waiting to learn if there was anyone inside the home if there are any injuries resulting from this fire. also work to go find out what sparked the flames in the first place. new developments out charlotte charlottesville as tensions escalate after graphic pictures and video surfaced showing the arrest of a student. what we're learning about the

altercation and what is in store for the investigation. snow may be on our minds but we want to make sure you're yes, sir dressed for the weather today. and if you think your tap water tastes different, it's not your imagination. what is causing it next.

breaking news in springfield south hampton drive shut down at rolling road because of this massive fire response. a lot of apparatus on the scene. again, house fire there south hampton closed. old colchester at northbound route 1, two lanes blocked. and blue line delays to franconia. con it i company to thet i quantico to the beltway, 32 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270 21 minutes slow. starting monday, you mitsuyou

might notice and odd smell or taste in the tap water. parts of the area's water supply will be temporarily treated with chlorine. the chlorine is used once a year. local water utilities say there no danger to drinking the water, but you can use tap if you want to get rid of any chlorine taste. >> thrush out the water. >> yes. chuck bell telling us about the winter weather that will not go away. chuck bell what is going on? >> well, another chilly start outside first thing this morning. what to wear on your way out the door, have your warm coat ready to go once again and maybe some sunglasses for the ride into work and school this morning. temperatures are near the freezing mark in most of the suburbs right now. so your bus stops will be chilly. low to mid-30s here first thing this morning. highs today generally back up this to the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. so if you'll be outside, layer up. seven day forecast ten minutes

from now. >> firefighters busy overnight in silver sbrinkpring. what we're hearing about the damage left behind. plus target offering a settlement to those impacted by

new developments while you were sleeping out of charlottesville where student's arrest sparks outrage. the incident involving police and protester that is adding to the tension after weather and

traffic. our #calm before the storm. nothing to worry about today, but winter weather advisories go into effect at 3:00 a.m. tomorrow. how much to expect is coming up. in springfield, south hampton drive shut down at rolling road. chopper 4 over the scene of a massive house fire and huge police and fire response. much more on that throughout the morning. and blue line delays metro to franconia. get out of the street. developing this morning, a woman at a rally supporting a uva student who was arrested this week was also arrested. both incidents caught on video. and now putting a spotlight on how police officers reacted there in charlottesville. richard jordan at the live desk with more. >> tensions are running high at the university of virginia following these two arrests. the latest happened just last night. let's show you that video here again. this is a woman that was attending a rally when she was

forcibly restrained by police officers there and then put in handcuffs. we still have not learned why police officers took her into custody. she was one of about 1,000 students that gathered last night in support of 20-year-old martese johnson. johnson was arrested early wednesday morning, he was outside a bar at the time. again he's 20 years old. alcoholic beverage control officers taking him into custody charging him with obstruction of justice and public intoxication. he had a bloody face after that arrest and that picture has circulated around the uva campus causing outrage. police saying that johnson was belligerent belligerent. johnson says that he did nothing wrong and he claims list officers used excessive force. we can expect to see more rallies like the one we saw last night. >> richard, thank you. and uva president teresa sullivan is calling for a full investigation of johnson's arrest. sullivan was among the many people who attended a rally last night outside the trinity irish

bar. johnson himself attended the rally and thanked everyone for their support. sullivan says she's asked the governor to look into the arrest. she's also asking students who witnessed the arrest to call police. >> i thought about how this poor man's mother would feel when she saw that photo. because i know how it made me feel. >> and this morning governor terry mcauliffe is demanding action. his office released a statement saying he is, quote, concerned by the reports of this incident and has asked the secretary of public safety to initiate an independent virginia state police investigation in to the use of force in this matter. we have a link to the arrest video on our website nbc nbcwashington.com nbcwashington.com. and you can also weigh in on our facebook page. new this morning, several people hurt at least one burned in a car that burst ifnto flames on n. great falls. you can see the car a you ruined mass of metal now.

fairfax county police say it started when the car hit a pole on georgetown pike about 1:00 a.m.. they shut down the road for a while there. it is now open again. at least one person was flown to the hospital. police did not say how many others were hurt. and today police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly pedestrian crash in montgomery county. chopper 4 flew over frederick road this clarksburg last night around 7:30 shortly after a woman was hit. the woman was crossing frederick road when a car traveling north hit her. it's not known whether there are any charges against the driver who did stay on the scene. and take a look at this fire, it destroyed a family business in silver spring. this fire broke out on georgia avenue overnight. two other restaurants were also damaged. megan mcgrath has more on the investigation into what sparked ded this fire. >> reporter: if you look behind me, you can see just how extensive the damage is. the charred tables and chairs have been brought out here on the sidewalk. and investigators believe that an electrical problem likely

caused this fire inside the bombay gaylord restaurant. they also believe it was probably burning for a while before patrons at a nearby bar saw the smoke and then called 911 realizing that there was a fire in the restaurant up above them. now, extensive damage the fire essentially gutted the restaurant. for a time, georgia avenue was closed down. at this point, though emergency crews have left the scene. the fire is out. and all of the roads in the area have reopened. new developments this morning on the latest scandal to hit the secret service. we're learning that surveillance tapes that may have captured a crash involving two secret service agents may have been erased. the two agents crashed into a barricade earlier this month after both attended a party. during a hearing yesterday on the hill, a congressman asked for the footage and joseph

clancy told him it may be gone because the tapes get erased every 72 hours. a massive potential settlement for victims of the data breach at target, but there are some key requirements you must meet if you want to see any money. landon dowdy is live with what you need to know. so target will reportedly pay $10 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its massive data breach in at least 40 million cards were exposed resulting in a theft of up to 110 million people's personal information. if approved by a judge reports say target will pay individual victims up to $10,000. so to be approved, people must show proof that they suffered actual harm, they must be able to show unauthorized charges on their card which resulted in higher interest rates and they must have paid money to correct their credit report and cost to replay their i.d., social security and phone number. sxefrpts s experts say it's likely most

won't be able to prove they lost money due to hackers. 6:52. and chuck bell is joining us here. we're again talking about snow. again? >> yes. >> talking about snow. not officially spring yet. >> so what? >> meteorological spring started march 1, but the vern alal equinox doesn't come until 6:30 this morning. spring literally according to this picture is just around the corner. >> just go around already, though. >> well,s's bending around. that's what's important. the spring has sprung. so to speak. and we'll keep on waiting on spring around here until it actually springs all the way out of the ground. i saw a few crocuses trying to sneak above ground. so spring is coming. we just have to get through tomorrow and i think that will be it for organized snow chances. 40 right how in washington. beautiful sunrise taking place in our eastern sky right now. a pretty day coming.

temperatures in the 30s to near 40. mid-40s at lunchtime and upper 40s and low 50s for high temperatures today. so you don't have anything to worry about today. frederick maryland you're the ones that are most likely to see the most impactful amount of snow tomorrow. today 51. low down to about 33 tonight and notice temperatures never below freezing, that's a very important part of this forecast. it will be dependent on where you live and your elevation. so have the storm team 4 weather app ready to go. winter weather advisories are already posted in northern hear land. there is the moisture coming our way. we'll time out some of the snow chances for you. moderate impact potentially high impact across northern maryland. snow arriving here during the pre-dawn hours tomorrow. heavy wet snow likely during much of the morning. could accumulate to an inch or two around the metro area, 3 or 4 across northern maryland. final check of your "7-day forecast," plan on a very slow commute into work and school tomorrow. delays and cancellations will be

possible. but highs back near 60 on saturday. that will put the could ikikidosh bosh on any snow men. south hampton drive is completely shut down. trying to get by the fire apparatus apparatus. chopper 4 over the fire. you can see traffic getting by just kind of slowly there on rolling road. and lorton old colchester road at northbound route 1, still have two lanes blocked. and northbound route 1 slow after dale city because of that tractor trailer crash. blue line delays to franconia. 395 north of duke street, report of a crash at seminary over to and we're seeing slowdowns there. wide look at things, overall looking pretty typical. getting slow of course outer loop top of the beltway and then inbound 395. 66 not so bad with the exception of that one little section right here as you make your way through manassas and then northbound through dale city

slow on 95. beltway at landover moving along nicely. 95 southbound here into town a tad slow. bw parkway a little slow just outside the beltway. 6:55 now. one of our nation's heros will be permanently honored in prince william county. the county school board voted unanimously to name a new school in brings toe the chris young elementary school. young was a police officer as well as an iraq war veteran. he died in 2012 when his motorcycle collided with a minivan. young lived in bristow for six years. many supported the name when the board asked for suggestions. another busy day for the british royals. the prince and duchess which head to the white house this morning. the prince will also visit the public charter school in columbia heights that provides education and training for adult immigrants. he will meet with staff and students at the harvard street

campus as he tours literacy and cookery classes. and tonight he will receive the teddy roosevelt international conservation award in northwest washington. they will wrap up their u.s. trip tomorrow in louisville. 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. you have just a few hours left to pre-difficultdict the madness this march. round of 64 ncaa tournament games begin at 12:15 this afternoon. a woman hit by a car in montgomery county has died. it's not known whether the driver will face charges. georgia avenue is back open right now. it was shut down after a massive fire at a restaurant. one business was destroyed. and two others damaged. governor terry mcauliffe is calling for an investigation after this disturbing photo surfaced of a student's arrest outside of a bar. martese johnson became difficult after he was not allowed inside the bar on st. patrick's day.

and nothing to worry about today, but tomorrow we could have a slushy inch to two of snow right here in the metro. >> i guess we're done. that's it for us this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next.

uproar. angry protests overnight sparked by the bloody arrest of a university of virginia student. the governor now calling for an immediate investigation. new revelations. police say robert further had a mask, a fake i.d. and $42,000 in cash when he was arrested for murder. will he be granted bail? . the northeast set to get hit with another snowstorm after that system drenches the south today. and don't get mad, get ellen, after she pranked matt over and