moves in to our area spp there could could be some ice conditions. >> right you now the rain is coming into colder air. and as a result we're getting light icing these areas in pink.you now the rain is coming into colder air. and as a result, we're getting light icing these areas in pink. closer to washington leading edge of the rain just coming into fauquier county. right now a few sprinkles around fredericksburg and stafford spotsylvania culpeper. and it would be near warrington over the next 15 or 20 minutes as it advances off to the north and east. our temperatures are a little below freezing, so we have a freezing rain advisory all these counties in pink. eastern west virginia, shenandoah valley including fairfax and loudoun, prince william, fauquier. as well as stafford and culpeper. southern maryland, too. this is under this freezing rain advisory until noon today. but most of the temperatures should be getting above freezing by mid morning.

right now we're just in the mid-20s to upper 20s nearby suburbs. by the time the rain arrives in e above freezing by mid-morning. next a look at your drive time forecast through the day ahead. still have a crash 95 north at garrisonville. doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. but we're starting to get a yellow spot here headed out of stafford. 66 through manassas a little slow as well. kind of a normal slowdown. 270 at old hundred road through hyatts town southbound a little slow around the bend and then it opens back up. wider look rolling quite nicely. chopper 4 over the outer loop at 95 headlights are the outer loop everything rolling along well. new developments out of france morning. crews are back out searching

debris following a deadly plane crash. they're to figure out what caused that plane to go down. richard jordan following it all from the live desk. right now the focus is locating the black boxes from germanwings flight 9525. one has been found, the other one has still not been located. so investigators do have the cockpit voice recorder. they say it is damaged but they believe it's usable.ill try to get information from that today. helicopters still surveying the area. shall rain some rain and snow overnight is making it slippery addict to reach some of the remote areas. family members of some of the 150 victims are expected to arrive at the crash zone today some residents who live in the french al p ps opening up their homes. there are not enough hotel rooms to accommodate all the family members. so local families are hosting some of them. leaders from france germany and spain also expected to arrive today including german

chancellor angela her r kell merkel. the investigation continues but they do not believe that terrorism is likely. today we'll have a news 4 crew at police headquarters mis-d.c. where we could learn more about a mysterious death at the donovan hotel. police officers found this man, david messerschmitt, stabbed to death there last month. his wife is making a public statement this afternoon. you can find out what she says on the nbc washington app. so far police have not made any arrests in this case. new this morning, we're working to find out who was responsible for a crash involving a montgomery county police officer. this happened on connecticut avenue at bel pre road. police did not say whether anyone was hurt. in germantown this morning, an apartment building will need serious repairs after a car drove into it. this video new into our newsroom. you can see the car completely

smashed through the wall and window. fire and ems says the car narrowly missed hitting a sleeping child. as the weather warms up, you'll need to be hr almore alert on the roads. people are walking and biking. so starting today a new safety program. molette green is live in college park with more on how and why police officers are asking everybody to be street smart. >> reporter: yes, this campaign is allbabout urging drivers to slow down and watch out for pedestrians and bicyclists. this is a busy stretch of roadway along route 1 here in college park. it's a college town people out and about a whole lot more. and the street smart campaign aims to shred the message about safety. last year alone, 75 pedestrians

and bicyclists lost their lives in this traffic related crashes throughout the dmv. there were three young people who lost their lives in college park. tragic situation in january of 2014. so the message this morning at 11:00 is to slow down, be street smart, do not jaywalk, don't speed. obey the laws. if you don't, there are serious fines. anywhere from $40 up to $500 and for driver also points on your record. all about being smart and safe. back to you. it is a day that many of you have been waiting for. potholepalooza officially kicks off today in the district. mayor bowser will launch the aggressive effort to repair the craters and bumps that you go over day in and day out. the district filled more than 7,000 potholes in the last two week.

in the meantime you can report potholes by calling 311 or go to the nbc washington app to learn more about how to report a pothole. protests about a proposed tuition increase at uva. the increase will start next year. tuition is going up by nearly 4% for students both in and out of state. the school says the full price to go there including room and board and fees will go up by just under $2,000 a semester. at the same time, uva is adding to its affordable education program which it says will lower the cost to go to school for 70% of virginia households. you'll want to bundle up this morning. why you'll need to keep an umbrella with you, also. your commuter forecast coming up. and also ahead, the debate over the redskins name heading

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the debate over the redskins name is heading to court. the case will be heard in june. the final decision though pay not come from there. no matter what happens, the decision is expected to be appealed and may end up at the stream court. five native american tribes say the redskins should lose their trademark license or protection because of the name being offensive. today you can go to a hiring our heros job fair between noon and 4:00. there is also a workshop where you can learn about resume

writing and interviewing at 10:30 this morning before the fair opens. you can also get one-on-one mentoring and pat lawson muse will be emceeing part of that program. you may need the umbrella before you head out the door. >> chuck bell drove the 4 x 4 to herndon this morning and has a look at how the weather might impact your commute. >> reporter: good morning. yes, i have my umbrella ready to go. should you have yours ready to go as well. cloudy skies, temperatures below freezing now in northern virginia tom has been showing you the slow but steady progress of rain drops coming in our direction which could be freezing on contact. on freezing rain advisory up until noon. sometimes it just takes a little bit of a glazing of freezing rain. so be extremely careful this morning and don't be surprised if you hear 14r50e9sleet pellets early

this morning. temperatures on your way out the door are only in the low to mid-30s so it will be a cold and west start for some. it will improve into the 50s later this afternoon. >> hard to get people to listen to that. two new crashes bw parkway south at 32 we're sending chopper to that one. and outer loop approaching georgetown pike report of a crash. we'll try to get more information on that. 95 north quaupity company to the ityquantico to the beltway, 8 minutes behind. 270 south, no major problems. top of the beltway looking pretty good. remember tune into wtop 103.5 fm for more on traffic. new report is breaking down the healthiest counties nationwide. we'll show you where your community ranks. also ahead, alarming situation, the discovery found

hiding in the walls of this home that could have left everybody inside and neighbors dead.

new this morning, we've learned a business which is state trooper died after being shot when responding to a bank robbery. this was part of a wild shoot-out that played out north of green bay. the bank robber was eventually killed after state troopers say he robbed the bank stole two get-away cars and killed an innocent man for his car. also we're learning about a deadly stabbing in prince george's county. police officers found a man stabbed in the neck on a couch in a living room along he had monday son road in greene belt. police arrested a 38-year-old man at the scene.had monday son road in greene belt. police arrested a 38-year-old man at the scene. we're still waiting for the name of the victim and they haven't said what prompted the stabbing. we'll get more information as it

comes to us. a young woman with a bright future has been killed and police have charged her friend with second-degree murder. nancy tinoza died early sunday morning in northeast. court documents show momodui bello drank several alcoholic binge oig beverages and crashed into a parked trailer. >> of course i'm angry at why such a beautiful life would be taken away. >> court papers say bello dragged take knowinoza out of the car and caused her to hit her head on the ground. she came to d.c. from africa seven years ago and her family wants to fly her body back to zimbabwe for a proper burial. if you'd like to help with that effort, there is a link on nbcwashington.com. search nancy. two teens are being charged with five robberies. the robberies happened will week along the metropolitan branch trail in northeast d.c. and

police released this surveillance video just yesterday showing two possible suspects. during four of the robberies on sunday victims were robbed at knife point. there was another robbery that happened on monday. a report from charlottesville police shows the university of virginia met with them at least six months before an article about a gang rape was published in "rolling stone". the "washington post" reports an associate dean met with the student who says she was raped at a fraternity house. the "post" also reports the dean met with the student and along with charlottesville and campus police. the student's account what have she told police at the time was different from what was printed in the magazine. the article has since been discredited. today you can attend a debate to help you choose the next council member from d.c.'s ward eight. there is a special election to fill the seat held by marian barry. he tied last year. tom sherwood will moderate the debate tonight.

the new mgm casino will mark a construction mile season. it is on track to open its doors next year at national harbor. an event today will mark the hiring of the 1,000th member of the workforce. . . sthors will be talking about the 40 bhld budget plan of house of delegates approved last week. the house rejected a plan from governor hogan to scale back education funding. today investigators are trying to figure out why a house was rigged with a device to blow it up. an electrician found what he thought was a suspicious device in the house in milton massachusetts just south of boston. police worked through the night to make the house safe and they say the house was about to go on the market and had been rented before p. the twicedevice was rigged to blow if

somebody switch order a light. police now questioning the renters. stand by me you've lost that loving feeling by the righteous floors and stand by sly the family stone, all three on the list of recordings selected for preservation by the rye braer library of congress. 25 live recordings will be added to the national registry. they have been deemed culturally historically or et thets particularly significant. they will be houpsed in a bunker in culpeper county. >> wouldn't you you like to see that. >> got to be an incredible place for some great music. a party in there, boy. coming up on 6:21 on our wednesday morning. and for some folk it will be a bit of a wet morning. >> a whacky wednesday in this late plarnlg weather. still can't catch a break. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein standing by with what he called a fickle month. >> it is. march is the bart simpson of months. it's acting out again.

we're getting some rain and freezing rain. radar showing the area where we may begin to get freezing rain is the area in pink. and that includes northern shenandoah valley, into west virginia. there may be some light icing especially on elevated surfaces. winchester up toward western maryland. east of there, another little batch just east of the blue ridge of some light icing in northwestern fauquier county south of there, just getting light rain. all of this tracking in to cold air around the metro area. as a result we have a large area under a freezing rain advisory from st. mary's and charles county up into prince william and stafford as well as far fax fairfax, loudoun, rappahannock. this is in effect until noon. so higher ridges is where there could be up to a tenth of an

inch of icing on tree limbs. out ahead of that, temperatures in the metro area right in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees. it does look like we'll have above freezing temperatures when the rain is into prince william county loudoun and fairfax. and then by 9:00, it comes right into washington. by then, we should be in the mid to upper 30s. and then the rain tracks off to the north and east. and behind that just a lot of clouds lingering. a few lingering sprinkles maybe later this afternoon. have an umbrella handy. you may be needing later this morning and again later this afternoon. tomorrow much milder, increases clouds, rain showers likely. highs 50s friday. dry for the weekend. near 60 degrees on monday and tuesday next week. next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at the hour by hour

temperature changes for the day ahead. a little nasty right now. have another new crash, we're sending chopper to this one. the outer loop approaching georgetown pike. not seeing much of a low townew slowdown right now. wide look at things, no major problems. looking pretty typical as we zoom into 395, you can see inbound you're going about 30 miles per hour. outbound no problem at all for you this morning. 66, a little slow as you're headed through manassas. again typical. not having any issues along 66. vus want just wanted to mention that. 95 a little slow through dale city. beltway at centerral looking good. bw pafrk wchltw parkway, the crash at 32 is out of the way. a bus carrying tourists in brazil was washed away after falling in to a giant crater in

the road. it took just minutes for the bus to be crashed away by waters. the good news here everybody makes it out safely. even after that. can you believer that is this just incredible. >> remember the record setting snowstorms in boston? well the state says it cost approximately, get this $400 million to clean all that p. the state's governor wants president obama to declare a federal disaster for ten counties. if approved the state would hope to get 75% reimbursement. today you nightunited medical center is rolling out a mobile clinic to serve wards ss 7 and 8, where there are some of the heist rates of hypertension and obesity in the nation. it will visit neighborhoods six days a week.

a new report provides a snapshot of how healthy your county is. factors range from medical care to crime. arlington county wasranked healthiest in virginia fairfax county came in at number 3. and prince william county was ranked 11th. in maryland montgomery county ranked the healthiest. prince george's county came in 16 out of a total of 24. well, you play be paying one of the highest prices in the country for baby-sitting services right here in the district. d.c. among the five most expensive markets for baby-sitters nationwide. >> i know a lot of people are going, yeah we know that. if you're a parent you're probably pay building $15ing about $15 an hour. and up to $5 per hour for additional children. according to care.com the average is 13 per hour. top three most expensive cities are san francisco, san jose and boston. how bad do you need to get out

of the house. $11 was the cheapest, grand rapids michigan. >> so send the kids to grand rapids. trying to put an end to scenes like this one. how metro is cracking down on those who skip out on paying for their ride. also ahead, hughnew concerns about the emergency response time in the district. why new technology may be to blame. and we're looking for your tweets on this umbrella day as a line of showers rolls into the area right now. it's not all bad, though. tom is tracking milder temperatures.

on weather hash tag today is umbrella day and you can see why.line of showers rolling in and bringing with it the threat for icy conditions for some areas. and people who have already left for work like some of these folks at the herndon park and ride are avoiding the showers, but dealing with more chilly conditions. >> things will be better for the ride home though. tom kierein has a look at the milder temperatures coming to your neighborhood and new

advisories this morning. >> that's right. we have temperatures that are subfreezing this morning in advance of rain that will be getting closer to the metro area by around #8:00 or 9:00. it's coming into temperatures that are into the 20s. so as a result we are getting some freezing rain this area in pink. that includes fauquier county northern shenandoah valley up into the highlands of west virginia. this is slowly creeping north and it will take a while to get right into the washington metro area. but as it gets closer we still could have a few temperatures around 8:00 or 9:00 that may be below freezing. so this new freezing rain advisory has been expanded to include the washington metro area and into maryland in effect until noon today. there may be some icing there. we are in the 20s nearby suburbs to near 30 but much of the region in the metro area should be a little bit above freezing. hitting the 50s in the afternoon with a lingering sprinkle possible.

a look at your bus stop weather coming up at 6:41. we have dry roads around the area now. any problems? dry roads looking good right now. some volume building on 66 and 95 as it should of course this time of morning. 66 headed in-bound, going about 35 miles per hour. 95 northbound 32 miles an hour. those are our slow spots. taking a look at prince george's county inbound indian head highway and branch avenue a little slow approaching the beltway. same thing at pennsylvania avenue. but again pretty typical. 270 at germantown road, all these folks headed south. a little volume for us. and 95 at 198, no issues. travel times coming up in ten minutes. maryland's gun laws may be changing. today a federal appeals court will look at the key provisions of maryland's sweeping gun control law. gun advocacy groups say the ban on .45 assault weapons and limit on gun magazines is taking

safety too far. maryland lawmakers approved the measures in response to the deadly shooting of 20 children at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. today you can learn more about community and police relations, a joint venture between american university and international association of chiefs of police. tonight they will discuss relationships following the recent events in ferguson, missouri. this is between 7:00 and 9:00 at american university in northwest washington. at the live desk following a developing story out of san jose california. a standoff with a suicidal suspect that killed a police officer overnight. 57-year-old scott dunham apparently was drunk and threat evening to kill himself. police officers arrived to his home. that's when police say dunham started firing at the officers. he struck and killed one officer there, a 12 year veteran with the force. still unclear if the suspect may

have been hurt in the exchange but for now much of the neighborhood is being locked down and partially evacuated for the savefety of the people in the area. today marks 40 years since anybody saw two missing sisters. police are hoping for a break in the case that could come any moment. 10-year-old cath lynn lyon and 12-year-old sheila lyon went missing from wheaton, plaza on this date in 1975. the bedford county sheriff's office says new leads whether he had to another search this week on taylors plnt ss mountain in virginia. authorities have named richard allen welch sr. and his nephew lloyd leel welch as persons of interest. today is day fourth in the search for a missing 5-year-old in virginia. police don't suspect foul play in ht the case of noah thomas investigators believe he walked away from his home in pulaski county on sunday. more than 100 people have been working ash the clockaround the clock

to find noah. jesse jackson jr. will be released from federal prison tomorrow and he heads straight to d.c.. reverend jesse jackson will pageick him up and take him to a halfway house. he spent 2 1/2 years in prison for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign money. renewed concerns this morning about d.c. fire trucks and ambulances ability to get to in you time. new computer tablets were installed in the vehicles last year. they work like a cell phone so they can lose their connections to dispatcher. thousand d.c. mayor bowser's office is warning that the glitch can cause very big problems. >> for a moment in time that could be an hour could be five minutes, you'll have the dispatch center not being aware of a particular fire engine or ambulance. >> mark segraves also learned first responders weren't trained properly for that program. he says the department is also

understaffed. even as the city is using more ambulances to respond to 911 calls. just before he became governor in 2014, terry mcauliffe's electric car company received special favors from homeland security according to the "washington post". the dh sflt hchlthdhs inspector general says politicians were yanted special visas for foreign investors. and it was unprecedented. the report says the favors were not illegal, but created the appearance of favoriteism. we're happy to tell you about a new partnership that you'll be hearing about more. beginning today, you can hear reporters and meteorologists on wtop radio. >> you can listen for us when you're looking for news and weather and traffic in our area. and some of the trusted voices

you hear on wtop will join us here all designed to provide you with the latest up-to-date information wherever you are. and new developments overnight as search teams try to find clues as to why a passenger plane slammed into the french alps. what we're learning about the black box that has been recovered as families begin arriving at the crash site. and umbrellas will come in handy especially if you're like these folks in herndon park. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is live with your bus stop forecast. all the snow we saw in winter meant a lot of days off for area kids. we'll tell you

if you ride metro, extra eyes will be on you. a crackdown coming as they add more list officers.

they will issue warning citations and eventually fines up to $100. police issued some 3500 citations for fare evasion last year. we will know what changes are coming to your kid's school calendar. the "washington post" reports the maryland state board of education gave the state superintendent permission to rule on whether to forgive up to three missed days because of the snow and ice. montgomery and prince george's county schools exceed their snow days planned in their calendar. both school systems are asking the state for waivers. each decision based on a case by case basis. the time 6:40. thanks for joining us. we're using #umbrelladay. >> chuck bell drovex 4 out to herndon. and i saw you had your umbrella earlier just in case. >> reporter: absolutely right. not the big umbrella. just light rain today.

so really all you need is one of these little fold up pocket style umbrellas. still waiting on the raindrops hire. folks over here good morning, every body waiting on their ride to work or school. temperatures are just below the freezing mark here in northern virginia and radar shows drops coming in our direction. so there could be a brief period of light freezing rain or very light sleet here over the next couple of hours. it shouldn't have much if any impact on the roads. road temperatures are generally above freeze. but you could hear the rat-a-tat-tat of sleet on your windshields or you could have a glazing of ice on the handrails and staircases this morning. that could make a tricky walking commute into walk and school. another new crash promise as tricky drive, too. outer loop at connecticut avenue looks like it is off to the shoulder at this point. things have picked up a bit in the past couple of minutes. i tweeted that out from first 4

traffic. again, not looking so rough. right now as far as travel time quantico to the beltway, 35 minutes. about ten minutes behind. 395 inbound taking you twice as long as it should. 66 east about 16 minutes there. 270 south 21 minutes from germantown to the beltway and outer loop 95 to 270, 31 minutes. remember to join our friends on wtop when you leave the house, start drive manage to work today, for the latest on traffic. startling new information about what your teens are doing behind the wheel. the distractions most likely to cause an accident and some things that you can do to try to prevent it. plus new information on a proposed tuition hike at the university of virginia. how much more students will have to pay.

right now search teams are dealing with treacherous conditions as they try to reach the site where a passenger plane went down killing every on board. we'll take you live to france for what we're learning on the investigation and out victims are being remembered after your weather and traffic. good morning. some light rain now advancing in to subfreezing air creating light icing. these areas in pink right now getting that in fauquier county p into the northern shen godid he a valley. we may get light icing here another couple of hours into the metro area. right now biggest volume right now we're seeing 270 south as you're approaching the spur, a little slow because of an

earlier crash. just past the american legion bridge. so that is one of your slowest spots right now. we're staying on top of a developing story in the french alps. investigators are back out looking to clues in a deadly plane crash. >> we've learned the black box recovered was pretty badly damaged. keir simmons is live at the crash site with what is happening. >> reporter: good morning. it they're searching for a second black box. what you can see behind me here are the helicopters and air accident investigators, pretty of the only way to get there. it is so remote so difficult to find. and i'm photograph when theyafraid what they are looking for is debris and evidence and bodies. they did say that the first black box appears to have been damaged but they do believe that they are going to be able to

retrieve some vital clues from it that will answer some of the questions as to why and how this a-320 aircraft suddenly dropped from 38,000 feet. we understand this morning there was no distress signal. we've spoken to one man who lives in the last village before the crash site p. he describes hearing a very unusual noise, not like anything he had heard from an aircraft before. and then nothing. no sound of a crash, no sound of an aircraft having an accident until he realized that the plane had indeed crashed in the valley right next to him. >> keir simmons live for us in france. we'll hear more from him on the "today" show. today we'll hear from the wife of a man found stabbed to death at a hotel this northwest d.c.. police found david messerschmitt in the donovan hotel last month. they say they're looking for a person of interest in his

killing. this afternoon, messerer shift erer erer erer messerschmitt's will be speaking at police headquarters. also we expect to learn more about a shooting at frederick high school in maryland that hurt two teens. frederick police just e-mailed us that they would hold a news conference at 10:00 this morning. that shooting happened in the middle of a game at the school's gym in february. we will send a push alert with any new information we learn. and new this morning, we've learned a police officer was part of a car accident in montgomery county overnight. we're working to find out exactly what caused the crash. it was on connecticut avenue at bel pre road. firefighters tell us two people were hurt but are expected to be okay. an update now to a developing story we've been following from san jose, california. the suspect who shot and killed a police officer overnight has been found dead inside his own apartment. this had led to a standoff that lasted for several hours after

police were called out because the man was threatening to kill himself. he had a high powered rifle and was shooting at the officers striking one officer. that officer, a 14 year veteran with the force, died there his injuries. that led to a standoff. many homes evacuated.there his injuries. that led to a standoff. many homes evacuated. police found the suspect dead inside. and there is a news conference today about the racist fraternity video a lot of you have heard about or seen by new. it got two students at the university of oklahoma expelled. today one of those students is expected to publicly apologize for what happened. you can see levi pettit in the video here. afterwards pethe will meet privately with the black caucus. a major deal announced between two food giants. let's go to landon dowdy with the details.

>> that's right. the deal is fresh on the table. kraft food has struck a deal to be bought by 3g capital which also owns heinz and burger king creating the fifth largest food and drink company. kraft which makes cheese jello was spun from the old philip morris in 2007. it body cadbury in 2010 and split off its snack food business in 012. landon dowdy, news 4. protests are already happening about a proposed tuition increase at uva expected to be approved today. the increase will start next year. tuition is going up by nearly 4% for students both in and out of the state. the school says the full price to go there including room and board fees and a step increase for in-state students will go up by just under $2,000 a semester. at the same time, uva is reduce

how much students who need tuition help have to pay which the school says will lower prices for 70% of virginia families. if you have a teen that drives or will you need to hear this. crash videos of teen drivers shows distracted driving is more serious than you may have thought. take a look. distraction was a factor in 60% of teen accidents. so what are your teens doing behind will the wheel? 15% of crashes happen while teens are enter acting with each other in the car. that's followed by drel phone use at 10%. singing 8%. and grooming accounts for 6% of teen crashes. parents play a pretty critical role in preventing distracted driving. aaa recommends that parents teach your children about the dangers of cell phone use and

then restrict the particular people who are in the car with your teenager while they're driving. >> quite possibly the devices if you really need to go to those septembers. video like that makes you think about what is going on behind the wheel. let's turn now to tom kierein with our forecast. so rain yes. but all i see this your forecast is 70 degrees. so i'm willing to miss the rain. i'm willing to let that go. >> march is misbehaving again this morning. we're talking about icing. yes, rain is arriving and coming into cold air in northern virginia and into west virginia where that area in pink is some light freezing rain. there is some icing occurring now especially at the higher elevations. tree limbs and some road surfaces. leading edge just coming into fauquier county and just about to cross in to prince william county shortly. south of there, temperatures a little above freezing. culpeper over toward fredericksburg. but it is below freezing prince

william county around the metro area and into maryland as a result all these counties in pink under a freezing rain advisory. all the way until noontime. most temperatures though should be above freezing by mid-morning in the metro area where right now we're in the p upper 20s to just near 30. and the road temperatures as well are critical. they are above freezing on 66 and 95 and beltway, but to our north, northern parts of the region from 95 and interstate 70 northern part of 270 and 70 between frederick and hagerstown, a little bit below freezing. the road temperatures. so when the rain falls, there could be shall icy spots on roads over the next couple of hours. so watch out for that. later today, well above freezing into the 50s by later this afternoon. might have an additional sprinkle so grab the umbrella before you head out. and then the warm air arrives tomorrow sun in the morning, afternoon highs reaching low 70s with increasing clouds. rain timing for tomorrow looks to be in the evening and then continuing through midday friday. maybe rumbles of thunder and

highs 50. chillier saturday, but good weather for outdoor yard work. melissa already has a couple accidents. and a new crash inner loop at bw parkway. we hear it was in the center lanes. p could now be moved off to the right side. looks like we're not really slowed down too much. outer loop the at connecticut, a little slow again another crash there. two vehicles facing the wrong way. but they are both on the shoulder. so perhaps people just rookie louing. bw parkway a tad slow outside the beltway. overall pretty typical. 66 and 95 again moving along. chopper 4 over 270 at the spur with a bit of volume there. it's coming up on 6:55. and potholepalooza officially kicks off in the district today. mayor bowser will launch the aggressive effort to repair those craters and big bumps in

the road. that will start later this morning. the district filled horn 7more than 7,000 in the last two weeks alone. you you can report potholes by calling 311 or go to the thbs washington app and you can learn more about how to report a the pothole. time to get street smart. not like that. maryland d.c. and virginia are kicking off a new safety campaign. molette green is live in college park with what police want you to start doing starting today. >> reporter: this is a campaign about saving lives. getting drivers to slow down and watch out for peds and those on their bicycles. this time of year, more people are out and about walking and on their bikes. this is a college town route 1 in college park lots of shops an vaunts and restaurants and bars. three people lost their lives in a terrible crash last year. 75 people died in all on their bikes and out walking across the

dm dmv. this campaign kicks off at 11:00 this morning. back to you. molette green live for us. thank you. it's 6:56. here where four things to know before you head out. the uva board expected to approve a tuition hike today. the school says it's increasing tuition by 3.9% for in and out of state students. we could learn new details about a murder mystery in d.c. today. police found david messerschmitt stabbed to death in a hotel. and his wife is speaking this afternoon. today a federal appeals court will look at the key provisions of maryland's sweeping gun control law. gun advocacy groups say the ban on .45 as sought weapons and limits on gun magazines is taking safety too far. helicopters crews are back out searching the french alps for debris.

overnight we learned one black box voice recorder was badly damaged. crews are looking for a second. rain arriving in a couple hours around 9:00. and later today, as temperatures get above freezing, chance of a sprinkle. highs mid-50s this afternoon. >> volume around town. chopper 4 over 270 at the spur. that's kind of how it looks everywhere. >> that is the broadcast this morning. >> thanks for joining us. have a fantastic day.

good morning. search and recovery. investigators on the scene in the french alps trying to figure out what caused the germanwings to crash. the cockpit voice recorder found, damaged while usable. new reports surface that the jet had been grounded one day before it went down. severe storms wicked weather from texas through the midwest today with large hail damaging winds and possible tornados. al is tracking the threat. judgment day? the amanda knox case back before italy's high court this morning. will her murder conviction stand and if so could she be forced to go back to prison