ll right. megan megan mcgrath live. hearing about train safety today. you're looking at video of a film crew on tracks in georgia just before one of them was struck and killed. the ntsb which is holding the hearing said two to three people are hit by a train everyday. the hearing comes months after a news 4 iteam investigation into the same issue. more than 100 people have been hurt or killed while crossing the train tracks. metro leaders will talk about the underground emergency that happen fwod months ago in d.c. the tunnel near the will enfant plaza filled with smoke. more tough questions today for the director of the secret service. joseph clancey will be on capitol hill discussing agents

behaving badly. they want to know more about a march 4th incident when senior agents disrupted a white house crime scene involving a possible bomb. two agents are suspected of driving drunk and crashing through the white house gate. committee leaders are upset that they won't let agents testify. you can learn more plans about the d.c. middle schools. the mayor will head to the brookeland middle school. she'll announce new investment plans and summer school initiatives. investing in the middle schools will help ensure the city's young people have the skills to succeed in high school and beyond. brooklyn middle is set to open in august. breaking ground on two new buildings baldwin elementary and intermediary will serve students. it will accommodate growth in the school system.

ground breaking begins at 11:00. should be completed by 2017. say it ain't snow. we saw a few flurries a couple of minutes ago. >> your weather and traffic on the 1's. tom kierein is looking at the weather. >> you can count them. six flurries coming down. not a lot. there's a live view from the washington monument early on tuesday morning. good morning. we're starting off with a few scattered flurries coming from the west northwest and quickly zipping through. not really causing any problems at all. the road temps are well above freezing. but a few scattered flurries right in washington and heading off to the south and east. as they quickly move through, you're going to notice maybe a little bit of a blustery wind. temperatures right now in the 30s. mid to upper 30s shenandoah valley to the bay. out at the mountains most locations above freezing.

oakland is down to 27. near the pennsylvania border down to 28 early on this morning. at the bus stop this morning, you might have a few flurries coming down between now and 8:00. temperatures hovering in the mid 30s and students boarding buses between 8:00 and 9:00 will be in the mid 30s. still cold for the morning. so dress accordingically. we'll have the cold temperatures through the morning. you'll need winter coat gloves and hat. you can keep up with the flurries and see them on the storm team 4 app. what is going on with the traffic. >> right now we have a brand new crash. we're not seeing it on camera. outer loop just after cole'skohlsville road. it is blocking at least one lane. also again, rock creek parkway southbound shut down at pennsylvania because of a crash. police pushing traffic on to have to take the right to p

street. bethesda at wood month two left lanes blocked and 270 and bucky's town pike we've been tweeting about those. 66 and 95 no major issues. wider look at things. this morning we're hearing from family members of a 19-year-old who was killed in a hit and run. he attended buoy state university. he was killed friday morning on the baltimore, washington parkway. cell phone video shows the scene here. witnesses told police a driver hit his car and forced it off the road. the car rolled over and caught fire. the men in the other car left just took off. his family devastated. >> we have a lot of little cousins and they look up to us. we are like brothers and sisters. >> family and friends started a go-fund me page to help pay for

funeral expenses. police haven't made any arrests. our news 4 i team that maryland state leaders are blind, quote, unquote, to much of what is happening on the bw parkway. a state transportation report from 2013 shows concern there were not enough cameras. maryland plans to add six new traffic cameras next year to improve visibility. i want to show you video of a deputy's car in prince george's county. you can see it standing up on the end there. it's in land over near central avenue and garrett morgan boulevard last night. the man inside is recovering at a hospital right now. according to the sheriff's department, the deputy was responding to a call about a fight when he crashed into an suv and flipped on to the telephone pole. a 20-year-old university of virginia student plans to plead not guilty following an arrest that left him with ten stitches.

march trees johnson is expected in court on tuesday. he faces two misdemeanors. cell phone video pictures of his arrest show johnson with a bloody face as officers pinned him down outside a bar in charlottesville. virginia governor ordered state police to look into this arrest. today lawmakers and law enforcement from the district to new york will show their support for national blue alert system. it would be similar to the amber alert but alert the public and media about violent criminals who injured or killed police officers. since two new york city police officers were killed last year legislators have called for increased protections. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. angelina jolie opening up about a drastic decision she made about her health. she wrote about it in a new york times article out today. two years ago she had preventive double mastectomy because she

was at high risk for breast and ovarian surgery. she underwent surgery to have her ovaries. she said i feel this is what she said. she hopes to empower wechl to take control of their health. and there's one hope left for singer from our winner "the voice." ♪ ♪ >> paul pfauel lost his round. the only singer left in the competition right now. she competes with team christina tonight at 8:00 p.m. on nbc 4. >> i watched a little bit last night. >> really? >> you stayed up? >> good stuff. get ready for a lot of

mosquito bites. how the weather could play an role in the insect increase. president obama's niece takes center take at the ncaa women's basketball game. not just for her talent on the court. the threat that had the secret service on high alert. just in overnight new information in the fight against alzheimer's. the research released that could impact your loved ones. another look outside in another search for snow flakes. oh yes, there's a few of them out there. tom has the hour-by-hour challeng

welcome back. today the new president of afghanistan continues his tour of the district. they will lay a wreath at the tome of the unknown soldier. ash carter will join them marking the president's first ever official visit. yesterday he met with john kerry. later today he'll meet with president obama to discuss the amount of u.s. troops in afghanistan and the future role of the u.s. there. yet another twist in the political career of virginia delegate joseph morrissey. he may be in hot water for moving outside his district. he moved for a senate bid, however, the virginia constitution said he must live in the district to stay in office as a state delegate. or as he tells the washington post he intends to keep his seat. this could reenergize officers who want him out. he recently resigned after a sex

scandal and changed his mind and won the seat back in a special election. in the time he was completing a work release jail sentence. you may be dealing with more pesky mosquitos this year. it seems a cold winter doesn't mean fewer mosquitos. it may mean the opposite. the fairfax county department of health in the county said that mosquitos are vibrant and can survive the below freezing weather. the colder weather only means that mosquitos have postponed laying their eggs. that is just gross. please don't assign me that read in the next hour. i don't want to read that. >> you need to know these things. it's going to be rough. everybody is still bundling up trying to stay as warm as possible as we deal with another winter-like morning here in the first full week of spring. >> hard to believe it. there are snow flurries out there this morning. tom kierein is standing by. he's the bearer of the snow news.

>> and if there are any mosquito mosquitosmosquito mosquitos out there they're wearing tiny jackets. scattered flurries coming through north and west. they're not causing any problems. they're quickly zipping to the south and east. they'll be gone by 8:00 but still may be a lingering flurry. perhaps another round of few flurries noontime to mid afternoon. by then low 40s. upper 40s by 5:00 p.m. sunshine breaking out and chances for more rain moving in. after that a look at that. that's coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. still have the closure just got off the phone with police rock creek parkway closed at pennsylvania traffic being pushed to p street. 66 west between the beltway and nuttily have construction. 395 south at seminary road. that road work cleared out of the way. it was lasting longer than we expected. wide look at things overall

inner and outer loop moving along nicely. move over boston and syracuse! we had some of the snowiest cities this past winter, too. it could be to blame for making employees sick and has a prince george's county school apologizing. how some parents had to find out about black mold at their kids' school. the isis hit list. the warning for some secret service-members

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lagrue. take a live look at the image from the storm team 4 weather deck. you can see the temperature hoovering in the 30s this morning. we'll check in with tom with more in a few minutes. we're obviously very

devastated to have lost my dad and susana and jason and grateful for their lives. loved ones are remembering a father daughter and her boyfriend killed in a crash on route 50 near annapolis over the weekend. jason was helping susana take care of her father who was having health problems. state police say an off duty police officer slammed into the back of their car saturday and caused that car to flip over. raymond batters, susana and jason were sitting in traffic when a prior wreck happened. the 19-year-old susana would leave college every weekend to help her dad. state police say it may take weeks before the attorney's officer can determine whether charges will be filed against the officer. this morning a girl scout leader in virginia is accused of inappropriate contact with a

child and having child pornography. spots spot s lsylvania county arrested chad miller. he had inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old girl he met through his wife's girl scout troop. they found hundreds of pornographic images of children. he's out of jail on bond. he's a person of interest in a similar case in fairfax. a school in prince george's county is apologizing after failing to tell parents that black mold was found in a classroom. the county said it should have communicated that students were moved from a classroom at dodge park elementary after mold was found in a wall. one dad told news 4 he found out when his autistic son came home upset. >> he came home with a tantrum. there was a change in school. since my son is autistic he needs a routine on a dahe information out and we apologize

for that. two staff members have complained of respiratory issues but it's unclear if that is connected to the mold. and for the third time in recent months u.s. service-members are being urged to stay off social media. this after an isis-inspired hit list appeared online. tracie potts live with the latest u.s. response. >> good morning. they're not offering personal protection but as you said they are telling these service-members to scrub their social media accounts because the government thinks they weren't hacked but that isis got all of that information, names and photographs and titles and even home addresses from information that was readily available online. that's why the warning is going out this morning. we heard from defense secretary carter say they take the safety of military personnel seriously. president obama is going to be talking about the war on terror with the new afghan president

trying to bring more of our 10,000 troops home as they continue to keep that part of the world safe. >> tracie potts, thank you. you probably won't see the same big security in place for maryland's next women's basketball game. they played princeton last night and they won. you can see there where extra officers on hand in college park. that's because president obama's niece plays for the tigers. umd police say they received a report a man with a gun was looking for her there. they decided later the call was a hoax. the president watched his niece's game this weekend but not at there last night. talk about pressure! >> oh, boy. the winter felt long and brutal this year. still does for some people. folks who live in michigan had the snowiest winter on record there. sioux saint marie. this is in michigan. got 160 i thinknches of snow.

market marquette took the second place. we got less than two feet of snow this entire season. we're talking about snow in late march. tom, what is up man? how? is this normal? >> march is a moody month. it has mood swings. here we go again. >> tell it to have some chocolate and get over it. >> march is feeling irritable. see, now you need to help me with my pronunciation. and not feeling like sioux saint marie this morning. it's more like what we typically get in late march. we can get the chilly mornings. most of the scattered flurries are gone. they're quickly zipping to the south and east. don't be surprised if you see a isolated snow flake coming down. we're in the upper 30s in the

metro area and around the bay. northern and western suburbs near freezing. except in western maryland upper 20s. pan handle of west virginia all above freezing in the mid and upper 30s. there's the washington monument pointing to a cloudy sky. sunrise at 7:06 cloudy and a chance of a few flurries later this morning and early afternoon. otherwise a lot of clouds around. by noontime ought to be in the low 40s and upper 40s by afternoon. our average high this time of year is 59. so this is a good 12 degrees below the average high and a little sunshine breaking out by late afternoon and a little bit of a breeze air as well. it's looking like spring. look at the happy flowers basking in the sun. this taken by a viewer in cross junction californiawashington. by dawn tomorrow mid 30s again. and during the day on wednesday, a chance of a few sprinkles

otherwise cloudy. a bit milder into the low 50s. and then it will feel like spring and almost summer like with 70s on thursday! and maybe even some afternoon and evening thunderstorms for the first time this season. we may have some scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening on thursday and after that it gets chilly again. maybe an isolated rain shower friday with highs mid 50s. weekend looking chillies may make it to low 40s on saturday. sunday upper 40s. so chilly but dry. good weather for outdoor activities. monday upper 50s. melissa looking at the tuesday morning traffic. looks like a little more problems than we typically see. you know on your average weekday morning. here we go. let's go through. rock creek parkway southbound at pennsylvania with police again this is still shut down. traffic being pushed to p street. they're cleaning up the debris from the crash. they had bridge work in the area. a lot of stuff happening there

in prince george's county. between branch and good hope all lanes blocked for roadwork. we had roadwork in that area yesterday as well. take a look at 95 and maryland. no problems. bw parkway into and out of town no major issues. outer loop before colville have the one crash. i'm back at 5:01. weather and traffic always on the 1's. a new study out this morning about alzheimer's disease 5.3 million americans have alzheimer's. one in nine of those are over 65 years old, and the majority are women but those that conducted the study point out that women tend to live longer than men. the study looked at disclosure rates and found most people were told they had alzheimer's when it was already advanced and that deprives the opportunity to seek care and early treatment by. by the year 20257 million

americans are expected to have alzheimer's. a warning for folks in fredericksburg. what the public works department is warning people to stay away from. standing by for new information on the safety of maryland drivers. the report we're waiting for

4:58 now. republican of all stripes are weighing in on texas senator ted cruz's bid for the white house. john cornen declined to endorse him. utah senator mike leigh who teamed up with cruz said he's not ready to endorse anyone. however, cruz will likely get big tea party support. he could make a splash if he wins the texas primary. he faces a huge potential roster of gop candidates. we expect big names to jump into the race in the coming weeks. later this morning on the "today" show cruz and his wife heidi will give their first interview since announcing their bid exclusively on the "today" show. you can see it after news 4 today. maryland transportation leaders are expected to announce a drop in deadly crashes. later this morning, they will announce historic low traffic deaths based on preliminary numbers from 2014. they will show life saving devices and highlight a

collaborative effort to cut down on the number of deadly and serious crashes across the state. stay out of the water in fredericksburg. that's the public health warning come from the public works department. after waste water was released on sunday. if you live in that area you are advised to stay out of smith run and hazel run until wednesday. that includes the area in the river as far as one mile downstream of the blue and gray parkway. and stay us with news 4 today continues right now at 5:00 a.m. well hold up! wait a minute! is it winter or spring? cold temperatures even a few flurries as you walk out the door this morning. we're in for a huge change later this week. and it is called the intersection of doom. we'll explain what arlington is

doing to keep you safe if you walk to work or school or drive for that matter. it is 5:00 a.m. good morning everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> thank you for joining us. i'm erica gonezalezgonzalez. we're supposed to start thinking about springtime. walks on the water. beautiful weather. oh no. no. not this morning we're dealing with winter. >> yep. tom, it just overstayed its welcome. >> yes. like the weekend guests that wouldn't leave. here is a look at the washington monument under a cloudy sky. we have a few flurryies flying through the area this morning to remind us that march is a moody month. we have a few scattered flurries passing from northwest heading southeast. getting a few of those. maybe a few sprinkles of light rain from p