hashtag this morning colder than usual as we deal with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s. and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with the weather headlines of the day. >> the moody march gave us a few passing snow flurries. we saw few come through over the last couple of hours. now a few lingering flurries on the eastern shore. but most of them are over now. temperatures are cold. we're above freezing though. in the mid to upper 30s. prince george's county. much of fairfax county. the rest of northern virginia in the mid to upper 30s. mid 30s in montgomery county near 40 degrees in washington. weather headlines for today a lots of clouds around this morning and a cold morning feeling more like winter than spring. and chilly afternoon with temperatures about 10 degrees colder than average. rain chances moving in later this week. next weather and traffic on the 1's your walk to work forecast.

what is going on with the commute? >> things are slowing down. chopper 4 over beltway and university boulevard. one crash on the left and one crash on the right. looks like the crash on the left remains. it is on the shoulder, still. seems to be slowing things down a bit as you can see the backups here as chopper 4 pans up there. a little bit slow top of the beltway university for a reason there this morning. take a look at prince george's county branch avenue inbound is a tad slow. 95 at maryland bw parkway into and out of town everything looking good. 66 and 95 95 is slow northbound dale city. 66 inbound slow. 16th street and oak street shut down because of a police investigation. and rock creek parkway and pennsylvania we have one lane getting by. thank you. today make sure you follow all the traffic rules no matter if you're walking, biking or driving to work or school. arlington county police are

cracking down on it. maggie megan mcgrath live. >> reporter: well aaron, yeah some people call this the intersection of doom. i'll step out of way here. you can see why it's such a treacherous intersection here. of course you have all the car traffic that drives through here. this is lee highway and north lynn street. you have the crosswalk here. a lot of pedestrian traffic. it's a little early but later today we'll see lots of pedestrian. there's a cyclist who crossed their the street. there's a bike trail nearby. they were actually last year 20 collisions here with seven injuries. arlington county police are going to be out at this intersection later on today as well as a number of other busy intersections in the area writing tickets. not just to drivers but pedestrians as well as people who are on their bikes who are not obeying the traffic laws. here are the intersections where they're going to be enforcing.

lee highway and north lynn street. north courthouse road and north 15th street. columbia pike at south scott street. they're going to be looking not just for drivers who are disobeying the traffic laws but they will also be looking for pedestrians who are jaywalking as well as people on bikes who are not following the safety protocols here at this intersection and the others in the area. they want to make sure that everybody is safe. that everybody is following the law. back to you guys. thank you. today the director of the secret service faces another grilling about problems with the agency. joseph clancey will be on the hill to talk about a march 4th incident on white house grounds. two senior agents are accused of driving drunk and disrupting a white house crime scene involving a possible bomb. committee leaders are disappointed the secret service won't let agents with first-hand knowledge of the incident testify. this week a university of

virginia student plans to plead not guilty following an arrest that left him with ten stitches. martese johnson will plead not guilty tomorrow to charges of public intoxication. you have seen the cell phone video of virginia abc agents arresting johnson after he was turned away from a pub. we covered a lot of stories that involved alcohol on college campuses. today virginia alcohol and beverage controls are holding outreach events at two schools in the state. george mason university and the college of william and mary will host the virginia college tour. it's a chance for students and educate or its to reduce underage drinking. metro meeting to talk about the underground emergency that happened about two months ago. the tunnel near the l'enfant

plaza station filled with smoke and one woman died. the . we want to to show you the video of a deputy's car almost standing on end. the sheriff's department said the deputy inside was responding to a call about a fight when he crashed into an suv and flipped into the telephone pole. we're told he's in good shape right now and that he's expected to be fine. police are looking for a driver involved in a deadly hit and run accident. 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. >> 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 tenderness will-- terrence lagrue's funeral expenses. the mayor will head to the middle school today. bowser said investing in the zriblgt's middle schools will ensure your kids have the skills to succeed in high school and beyond. brooklyn middle school is set to open in august. a dangerous problem growing on the walls of one maryland school. the apology that school district wants parents to hear and why the situation forced one family to have to try to calm their son down. grab your coat if you're rushing to catch the metro this morning! you want to keep an umbrella

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blossom festival in a special page? page in our nbc washington app. we cannot wait for spring! i'm not sure the calendar has the same sentiment. >> a little confused. chuck bell is out at shady grove metro this morning. hello, chuck. >> good morning to both of you. you forget a year ago today we were talking about a chance for snow. a year ago tomorrow on the 25th we had anywhere between 2 and 6 inches of snow around here. it's not all that unusual. we're looking for snow flakes this morning. haven't found any here. one of my weather watchers said they had a half inch of fresh snow in garrett county. we're not facing anything in the way of accumulating snow around here. it is going to be cold on the drive to work and school early this morning. plan on temperatures in the 30s. and not much of an improvement later on today.

highs in the upper 40s to near 50. a lot of clouds. one or two slivers of sunshine or a possibility. i couldn't rule out a stray sprinkle or two, either. have your storm team 4 weather app any time you need it. in the palm of your hand. you also need a live updated radar in the palm of your hand don't you. you have yours. >> i do! i have mine in my hand except when i'm working. i need my radar. 16th street and oak road open in both directions. as far as travel times 95 north quantico to the beltway 38 minutes. it's slow. 395 inbound no problems. 66 inbound looking pretty good no problem. 270 south a couple minutes behind from germantown to the beltway. taking 189e inging 18 minutes. video that became a hot

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. a school in prince george's county is apologizing after failing to tell parents that black mold was found in the 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 daily basis. >> it is important to get the 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.

a girl scout leader is out of jail this morning. he posted bond. he had inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old girl he met through his wife's girl scout troop. investigators found hundreds of pornographic images of children on his computer and cell phone. he faces 30 charges. he's a person of interest in a similar case in fairfax. hundreds have signed a petition to get d.c.'s mayor to come down hard on crime in your neighborhood. concerned citizens have gathered more than 400 signatures. they say for the past three months police have responded to 17 reports of shots fired in the area. it seems you want the mayor to address the issue and take action to make the neighborhood a safer place to live. an oregon father facing multiple charges after he was

caught blowing marijuana smoke into his infant child's mouth. a friend caught 22-year-old christopher cling on camera. witnesses tell them that cling has done it more than once. he faces up to 20 years in prison now. the 1-year-old is safe. they're not releasing the video. joseph morrissey could be in hot water because he moved outside of his district. 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. at the time he was completing a work release jail sentence.

today city schools breaks ground on two new buildings. the new baldwin elementary and baldwin intermediate schools. the project should be completed by january 2017. to accommodate growth in the school district. the ground breaking ceremony set for 1:00 this afternoon. frustration is growing over the planned shut down of sweet briar college in virginia. now an alumni group is calling for the president's resignation. the women's college would close at end of the academic year because of quote, insurmountable challenges. alumni and faculty are fighting the closure. a new report more than half million americans will develop alzheimer's disease this year. but as many as half will never be told their diagnosis. the alzheimer's association said only 45% of people with dementia said they were given a diagnosis by their doctor. parking lot

part of the reason could be there's no straightforward test to diagnose the disease. 5.3 million americans have alzheimer's now. by 2025 the number is expected to reach more than 7 million. switching gears now. a new kind of reaction to a video a lot of you are still talking about. we've all seen this image this video. the villeanova piccolo player crying as her team lost. >> there's no crying in piccolo playing. >> that's what nobody said. >> one bar offered her drinks for a year. she made special appearance on the "tonight show" last night. jimmy fallon asked her about what she thought about becoming nationally recognized. >> all i could think about my dad was at the game. i didn't want him to see me crying but then it turned into

everyone saw me crying. >> ice cream you can bring back. >> he gave her lots of tonight show goodies. taylor swift world tickets, too! i'll take the ben & jerry's ice cream. today we are in spring but the calendar apparently, didn't get that note. mother nature didn't get the cold. >> it is cold outside. 43 degrees outside the studio. >> for spring lovers it's march sadness. it's cold in the low to mid 30s. we've had a few scattered flurries come through. in the mid to upper 30s in prince george's county. loudoun, fairfax, prince william and spotsylvaniaspotsylvania. over the last three hours we had a few scattered flurries coming through. a few lingering now in northeastern maryland but around the metro area we're drying out and the sky is still cloudy.

live view storm team 4 city camera. sunrise at 7:06. a lot of clouds around. chance of a few flurries this afternoon. maybe an isolated snow shower or small chance that or a sprinkle during the afternoon otherwise we'll be mostly cloudy. temperatures in the mid to upper how by later this afternoon. it's 10 degrees colder than the average. we'll be into the 50s tomorrow with a lot of clouds on wednesday. maybe an isolated sprinkle tomorrow. much warmer on thursday. should make it into the low 70s on thursday afternoon. that's when we'll likely have showers and maybe even a rumble of thunder. don't have any chance probably or any severe storms but a few thunder showers coming through. flashes of lightning and upper 40s on friday morning. friday partly sunny mid 50s. might get an isolated sprinkle on friday. chilly but dry for the weekend with highs in the 40s. morning lows 20s on saturday and

sunday. highs 50s on monday. next traffic on the 1s bus stop forecast for the tuesday morning. now a look at traffic. pretty good volume builting now. beltway at university boulevard. chopper 4 over the scene here. a little slower than we typically see because of two crashes on each shoulder here a little bit ago. you can see that volume building here outer loop here as you approach university boulevard. take a look 270 and montrose road. a little bit of volume there. that's moving fine. no problems as you head. 66 43 miles per hour. not bad. 95 virginia here heading northbound prince william county fine. then you are slow a little through wood bridge and as you join the beltway on the inner loop. still have the closure at alexandria. that's because of some downed wires. back in ten minutes. see you at 6:31.

take a look at the surveillance video. it shows philadelphia police tasering a man twice on the train tracks. as you can see, the man was jumping up-and-down on the divider between the busy tracks yesterday. police caught up with the man and took him to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. today the legal battle may be far from over. the fraternity accused in the rolling stone article said the reputation has been damaged. gabe gutierrez with how they're reacting this morning. gab, gabe good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the fraternity said it's exploring the legal options and the national headquarters is

weighing in. as you mentioned, charlotteville charlottevilles police chief said he found no evidence to back up the allegations in rolling stone magazine. a woman identified as jackie alleged that seven men had gang raped her back in 2012 at a fraternity house. that investigation is suspended but not closed because the police chief said it's possible that something terrible could have happened to jackie. just not what was laid out in the rolling stone article. for its part rolling stone apologized to the readers, but it now says it is awaiting an independent investigation of its reporting done by columbia university's journalism school. and that is expected in the next few weeks. we'll have the latest on the developing story coming up on "today." back to you. >> gabe we'll see you at 7:00 a.m. thank you. power house athlete mone davis proving she has a big heart, too. a lot of you are commenting on the story on nbc washington phasebook. she asked a university basketball coach to let one of

the players on the team. the player was booted after he called davis an offensive name in a tweet. in a letter to the coach, davis says she forgives castleberry. she told the coach that quote, made one dumb mistake and deserves a second chance. >> every time we do a story about her i love her that much more. how classy and dignified. such a young person! good for her. no ordinary crowd control. the potential threat that had extra police on hand for the ncaa tournament game. no more snow flurries to worry about. we're dealing with temperatures that are colder than usual. what you should dress your kids for this morning with the bus stop forecast. plus the cold may not have you thinking about warm weather and the pesky mosquitos, but we'll show you

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lucky ones in our area you're dealing with temperatures in the 40s. how lucky. for most of us though it's the 30-degree mark. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with your kids' bus stop forecast. >> it's in the low 40s in the nearby suburbs. everywhere it's above freezing. at the bus stop this morning, we'll have it stay in the 30s throughout most of the area through 8:00 this morning. a lot of clouds around and quiet cold. going to stay cold between 8:00 and 9:00. hoovering in the mid 30s. layer up. you'll need the winterer coat gloves hat. only a small chance of rain or snow flurry later this morning. the live view of union station. a look at the drive time forecast. the commute for the tuesday, that's coming up next weather

and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. >> right now i want to give you an update on the crock creek parkway southbound at pennsylvania. we have that situation. the earlier crash with just one lane getting by. we checked a couple of minutes ago. they were supposed to be opening things up. we know they will shortly. still have one lane getting by. beltway and university boulevard on the outer loop here. the headlights you can see a bit of volume here as you approach university. partially because of two earlier crashes that kind of slowed things down for us this morning. pretty good volume outer loop. inner loop looks like it's moving okay. you can see it here. inbound 295 and inbound 395. kind of slow through centerville the entire way in. you open up in oak den and slow down in vienna. now today maryland transportation leaders are expected to announce a big drop in the number of people killed in the crashes.

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. 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 susannah 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, susannah, and jason were sitting in traffic when a prior wreck happened. the 19-year-old susannah 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. 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.

100 service-members on the list. their names, photographs, titles in some cases, even their home addresses by a group that reports to be a part of isis. now are they in danger? some military experts say no. it's just isis flexing its muscles online again. the pentagon said they're always concerned about safety and security of our service-members and they're contacting each one personally. they're not providing personal protection. what they're doing is teaming them to scrub their online profiles. make sure they don't have personal information out there. change their passwords, their privacy settings because they have determined their systems were not hacked but all of this information was already out there readily available online. the fbi also involved as of this morning. checking out threat to see if there's any credibility to it. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you so much. the the secret service said a threat against president obama's niece was a hoax. you may have seen agents if you

went to the xfinity center last night. a lot of them. less lessly robinson plays on the basketball team. the president was not there. you can see he did attend a game this past weekend. the tigers we should mention, lost who will go on to play duke next. we're learning a former fbi agent accused of tampering with evidence could take a plea deal. matthew lowry will be in a hearing about a week. he was a special agent with the fbi's d.c. field office. he's facing 64 federal charges that say he stole and then used heroin seized during his own investigation. new developments in a cold case sheriffs deputies are searching a virginia mountain for two maryland sisters who disappeared 40 years ago. sheila lion and her sister catherine advantaged from

wheaten in 1975. deputies are focussing their search on taylor's mountain. richard allen welsh senior and his nephew had been named persons of interest in the case. but neither has been charged. a warning for you live in fredericksburg. keep your pets and yourself out of the river. 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. bringing another walmart to the district. part of the capital gateway marketplace at east capital and 58th street. phase two of the project includes a 40-acre mixed use community. a new development will include a walmart and the department building. angelina jolie making waves overnight with a surprise announcement about her health. the decision that she made that has a lot of people talking this

morning. the winter coat may come in handy again as the cold weather refuses to move out. plus you might want to start stocking up on the repellant now.

welcome back. if you're planning a trip to the shenandoah national park, you should know its main road is partly close noud. the national park service closed a 10-mile stretch of skyline drive because huge rocks have been falling on to it apparently. rocks do fall along the road from time to time but not as big as they're seeing now. no one has been hurt because of the so far. 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. and i hate every bit of that story. every bit. >> it's the circle of life. you know they're coming. the time right now is 6:40. a chilly start to the day. chuck bell is in the storm team 4 x 4. >> the only circle of life i want with the mosquitos is the big circle wham! it is cold outside this morning. the third week of march, already, and the skies are cloudy outside. i've been keeping a close eye on storm team 4 radar looking for snow flakes. not a thing spotted here in shad i did grove this morning. the chance of flakes drifted to northeastern maryland.

plan on a coldy and cold start. later on today we'll be back up into the upper 40s around 50. not much sunshine coming our way today. might have a quick passing sprinkle this afternoon. that's about it. let's hope the traffic cooperates with your tuesday morning commute. >> we can hope. north king's highway closed. downed wires there. northwest rock creek parkway pennsylvania one lane getting by. 270 southbound germantown to the beltway taking twice as long as it should. 95 north quantico to the beltway 15 minutes behind. consider yourself warned. police will be keeping a close eye on the busy arlington intersection in the hours ahead. what they'll be looking for and what you need to know to avoid a ticket. also ahead hackers

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usual forecast hour by hour for the tuesday. temperatures by 8:00 a.m. in the mid 30s. by noontime low 40s. a lot of clouds around. a small chance of a sprinkle or flurry. melissa. right now still have pretty good volume here. chopper 4 over 270 all these folks heading southbound. it's one of the slowest spots in the area. in alexandria we are competely shut down north king's highway for downed wires. thank you. in a few minutes arlington county police will crack down on traffic violators no matter whether you're walking, driving, or biking. maggieegan mcgrath live at what has been dubbed the intersection of doom. >> reporter: some people call this the intersection of doom. we're at lee highway and north lynn street. this is where cars pedestrians, and people on bicycles cross and converge. it can be very very

treacherous. there have been 20 collisions here last year. seven people injured in those collisions. they'll be keep an eye on the intersection but three other busy intersections in the area starting at 7:00. police will be out there and taking a look at the traffic patterns the way people are behaving and whether or not they're obeying the traffic laws. we're not just talking about the drivers but the pedestrians and the bicyclists as well. they're going to be writing following the traffic laws. here are the locations they're going to be keeping an eye on here for the next several days. lee highway and north lynn street. north courthouse road and north 15th street. also at columbia pike and south scott street. they'll be doing the enforcement effort at 7:00 this morning until 9:00. they'll come back out during the lunch hour which is busy. from noon until 1:00 writing

tickets. it all gets underway today. they'll be continuing with this enforcement effort through april 19th. back to you. >> thank you. a university of virginia student is expected to plead not guilty following a bloody arrest. 20-year-old martese johnson is due in court on thursday. he faces two misdemeanors obstruction of justice and public intoxication and swearing. cell phone pictures show johnson with a bloody face. he had to get ten stitches. the virginia governor ordered state police to look into the arrest. we've covered a lot of stories in recent months that involve alcohol on college campuses. today virginia abc officials are heading to george mason university and the college of william and mary for outreach events. students and educators will have a chance to learn about strategies to reduce underage and high risk drinking. more tough questions today for the director of the secret

service. joer receive clancey will be on capitol hill. joseph clancey will be on the hill to talk about a march 4th incident on white house grounds. two senior agents are accused of driving drunk and disrupting a white house crime scene involving a possible bomb. committee leaders are disappointed the secret service won't let agents with first-hand knowledge of the incident testify. republican of all stripes are weighing in on texas senator ted cruz's bid for the white house. john cornyn 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. 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. i'm richard jordan. d.c. police looking for a missing girl. a 13-year-old girl that has not

been seen since last night. this is her photograph shawnetta paige was last seen about 9:00 p.m. last night. she was wearing gray pants, a black hooded sweat shirt, she has braids to her waist. if you have seen her lately d.c. police want to hear from you. they're trying to locate her now. thank you. this morning family members are remembering their loved one 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. u.s. park police haven't made an arrest in the case. a news 4 i-team investigation discovered highway leaders are worried they are blind, quote, unquote to much of what is happening on the bw parkway. a state transportation report from 2013 shows there are not enough cameras to monitor drivers and accidents. maryland plans to add six new traffic cameras on the parkway next year to improve visibility. at amazon's popular streaming site is trying to warn customers about a potential data breach. landon dowdy here. >> good morning. twich a popular site where people can live stream themselves playing video games said they may have been hacked.

owned by amazon said hackers may have gained access to personal information such as user names and passwords. credit card numbers aren't affected. twich is reportedly the fourth largest website trailing netflix, apple, and google. >> tell your coworker behind you i love the pink shirt. >> why not mine? >> always gorgeous! every time! >> thanks aaron! golly! a story that many are talking about on our facebook page. actress angelina jolie rerevealed she had more preventive surgery to prevent cancer. jolie's hopes her story will

empower women. in the piece she acknowledges surgery is not the best option for everyone but said quote, i feel feminine and grounded in the choice i'm making for myself and my family. i knew my children will never have to say mom guy-- died of ovarian cancer. >> tom kierein is here with us. i had to break the gloves out. >> march is in spring denial. >> that's a nice way to put it. >> it need an intervention. >> march, go home you're drunk! >> and this morning, yes, march acting like a winter month. it's in the mid 30s in montgomery county. near 40 in washington and in stafford and spotsylvania. overnight we had a few scattered flurries. march saying wait a minute. winter is not quite over but the flurries over at least temporarily. we might get a few more later on today. a cloudy sky over the washington monument. a live view our sunrise is

coming up in a few minutes. you won't see. we'll have a lot of clouds through the morning. maybe a another flurry or sprinkle during the afternoon. maybe a little sun breaking out late afternoon. by then temperatures should be in the upper 40s by around 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon. these flowers laughed at the snow on friday and they've shrugged it off and basking in sunshine from yesterday. this is a great photograph by a viewer. post your pics on facebook and twitter. and i'll share as well on instagram. tomorrow a lot of clouds again, highs low 50s. small chance of a sprinkle tomorrow. much warmer weather for thursday. highs in the low 70s. maybe a shower or first rumbles of thunderstorms may be coming in by thursday afternoon and evening. after that little bit cooler. there's a small chance of an additional rain shower on friday. looking dry for the weekend but chillier. cold on saturday with 40s. mid to upper 40s with sunshine

on sunday. upper 50s on sunday. right now a little bit slow. 270 north of montrose road. we had a car fire or something happening to the right side. everybody pulled away. seems like it's back to pace here. southbound just normal volume. rock creek parkway at pennsylvania one lane getting by from the earlier crash. they have the bridge work there. wide look at things a bit slow here top of the beltway. pretty typical. 66 headed inbound if you're hopping on near 234 here. a little slow the whole way in. 45 miles per hour. opens in vienna. 95 at mine road. beltway at kenilworth moving along nicely. 95 slow to the top of the beltway. bw parkway a little slow. northbound and southbound just outside the beltway. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. a passenger airplane has crashed in the french al.

s. this is a german wings plane. the flight was going from barcelona with about 140 passengers. we're hearing 142 passengers on board the plane. six crew members when it crashed. we're waiting for information as to what the condition of the wreckage may be and if there could be any survivors out of this but again, the break news just coming from southern france. right now that a passenger plane crashed almost 150 people on board that plane. aaron? >> richard jordan thank you. your safety on metro will be talked about. montgomery county metro leaders sthd sitting down with the county city council talking about the changes since the underground emergency two months ago. the tunnel near the l'enfant plaza day. one woman things to know on the tuesday morning. you may have seen extra security at the maryland princeton game last night. because someone threatened the president's niece.

she plays for princeton's basketball team. the secret service said the threat was a hoax. uva student martese johnson is expected to plead not guilty following an arrest that left him with 10 stitches. virginia governor ordered state police to look into his arrest. in a new bit for the new york times angelina jolie reviewed she had her ovaries removed to prevent fallopian cancer. two years ago she had a double mastectomy. arlington county police will ticket walkers runners, bicyclists anybody who violates traffic rules. for a look at the lo cases, check out the nbc washington app. you need your puffy coat this morning. in the mid 30s. stay this way through mid-morning and low 40s by noontime. highs upper 40s.

>> right now see some volume here 270 southbound here. not terrible though. rock creek parkway southbound at pennsylvania. we have one lane getting by still. all right. stay tuned to the "today" show for the breaking news on the plane carrying 142 people that apparently gone down in southern france. >> we're back with more at

>> this is an nbc news special report. here's matt lauer and savannah guthrie. >> good morning. as we come on the air this morning, we have news of a passenger plane crash. 148 people on board. the plane reportedly crashing in the french alps. the flight originated in spain on the way to germany. >> details are just coming in and being operated by german wings airline, a budget airline operated by lufstanza. 142 passengers and six members of the crew. the weather was good a