un yang. welcome to "news 4 today" on this thursday april 2. we're starting off a little bit chilly but a nice warm-up is on the way. >> tom kierein here with your first forecast. >> we have a mostly clear sky, waxing moon in the western sky. and it's giving us silvery moonlight illuminating the sky over washington. your weather headlines, chilly morning, but a breezy mild afternoon on the way and showers and thunder are looking likely for tomorrow. right now it is near freezing in a few spots, northern virginia and in maryland. that includes manassas, warrenton, frederick and up told baltimore. nearby suburbs up near 40 around the bay. shenandoah valley in to the mountains, most locations above freez freezing. luray at 3 #. radar cans our scanning our sky, no rain. but by this time tomorrow morning, we could have light

rain moving through. so be prepared for blustery winds this afternoon and showers and hunger tomorrow. next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this thursday. speaking of driving, how does it look now? >> nice and dry. taking a live look in maryland, 95 at 198 here in haurl, everything moving along. beltway at river everything also looking good. same thing taking a look beltway at st. barnabas. no problems. wide look at things it's nice and green. a lot of the earlier road work has kind of cleared out of the way thank goodness. 270 northbound, southbound, had earlier road work that is completely cleared and no problems on 270. back here at 5:11 with a live picture of 66 for you. it's 5:01 now. back to breaking news in prince william county. they have prince george's county. heavy police prepares in seat pleasant right on the d.c. line

near eastern avenue and martin luther king junior highway. derrick ward is at the scene. >> reporter: we can tell you that this is a massive crime scene. want to step out of the way and let take you a look. this happened sometime around midnight. take look at video from earlier in this incident. we're told that this may indeed be a homicide. the crime scene seems to stretch from this discount mart here at the intersection of eastern and hlk all the way over to the housing complex just adjacent to it. this is on the d.c. line but it is a prince george's county incident. we hope to bring you more details as it becomes veil. the street was closed. it just reopened eastern avenue heading west toward the district. again, massive crime scene and still under investigation. we'll try to have details for

you as they become available. live at the d.c. line back to you. it's now 5:03. today family and friends will remember a spotsylvania county teen aenlger who erwho died in a plane crash. ryan mccall was learn to go fly when he crashed. he was 16. mccall's family is holding a funeral service at 6:00 tonight and he will be buried tomorrow morning. a racially and sexually charged e-mail is the focus of an open forum. it begins at 3:00 p.m.. university staff and faculty will be there as well. the forum is in reaction to an e-mail sent by a former kappa sigma fraternity member. it referenced sexually assaulting women and contained racial slurs. we're also learning the student did not violate any school policies. an investigation found most of the e-mails kept was protected by the first amendment. that's according to an e-mail from university president wallace lowe. it was obtained by the campus

newspaper the diamond back. the author of the e-mail has released a statement saying in part i know there is no way to erase this incident or the agony it has caused, but i will strive to never use such language again. the university of virginia's campus newspaper is apologizing this morning for its april fools' prank. the cavalier daily published a story with the headline a.b.c. agents tackle native american student. headline was a reference to this recent arrest of a uva student outside a bar. martese johnson was left bloodied after the arrest and it led to protests. the cavalier published an apology reading in part the april fools's edition is meant to start a conversation and provide satirical commentary. the edition is the not hent to come at the experience of our peers. an intruder was no match for a virginia judge whose home he was found inside.

frederickingburg police sale judge james haley jr. saw the stranger in his hallway early yesterday morning. when police arrived 800 block of prince edwards street they found the suspect had passed out wil being held at gunpoint by the judge. police charged matthew rogers with public intoxication among other charges. today real estate heir and suspected killer be robert durst is expected back in court. today's preliminary hearing is on gun and drug charges. durst was the subject of the hbo movie "the jinx" and he was arrested last month in new orleans on a warrant issued by l.a. police. authorities want him extradited to california in connection with the execution style murder of a friend. that was about 15 years ago. i'm molette green. nuclear talks have hit the week long mark. state department tweeted negotiators broke early this morning after an all nighter in switzerland. secretary kerry, iran's foreign

might be sister and over diplomats will get back to it later this morning. they're trying to put together a deal to limit iran's nuclear program in good change for lifting crippling sanctions. we'll be keeping an eye on this throughout the day. new this morning, d.c. mayor bowser is expected to layout how the district will pay for her new initiatives this morning. she'll share her proposed 2016 budget with the d.c. council in just a few hours. this will comes on the heels of big problems. bowser vowed to get the d.c. streetare car cars runs and get body cameras. >> it's become easier to get a ride home using uber. according to it a report uber has now tweaked its app. so when a rird puts in a request, drivers are now put in a virtual cuqueue.

it 's working with the airport authority to a long term solution to be able to wait on airport property. a live look now at reagan national for you this morning. or is it dca? well it seems locals can't decide what nickname to give the airport. "washington post" did and online survey last year. more than 40,000 people responded. p and more than 40% of you call it national. more than 30% refer to it as just reagan. 13% call it dca. 12 thrs of 12% of you call it reagan nags pl. >> probably depends if you're from this area. i grew up here. national. but as a reporter you have to learn that once it was changed to reagan, you have to include reagan national. >> and i'm on thefully side where you grew up in another area and i've never known it anything other than reagan. it's always been reagan to me until i moved here. and i remember the first massnasty phone call i got when i called it reagan. >> if you're a frequent traveler, dca is a code for the airport.

so that might be for people who are on the go. >> there you go. well he confessed to killing an opponent of putin's, and now he's taking it back. why the accused killer says he claimed responsibility for the death of boris. a new push to keep you safe on the records. what is getting under way to discourage distracted driving. and take a live look outside. pretty clear out there, but don't expect that to last. when tom says we could see some rain.

the man who claimed he killed a russian political leader is now saying he was pressureded to the come fess. the man facing charges now says he was abducted beaten and told to admit to the crime. he will be in court next month. a developing story in chile. an active volcano there looks like it is getting ready to erupt. take a look at this new video of the volcano overnight. you can see the light there and lava bubbling out at the top. it is sending gas apash into the atmosphere and officials there widened a restricted area to 6 heils. >> always nice to see on tape from far, far away. >> right, just the immense magnitude of that kind of natural phenomenon. >> you can appreciate mother nature. we'll appreciate mother nature

around here today if you're looking for warmer weather. >> if beer going to get around 70? tom carry ron tellkierein telling bus a gorgeous day. dare i see a few buds out there? respect. >> they look like they're about to about yourselfburst. there may be some type tiny blossoms trying to come out. right now prince george's county in the mid-30s low 40s to near 40 in most of fairfax. loudoun, prince william, fauquier down to near 30 there this morning. dry pavement for the morning commute and we'll have temperatures in the low 40s p just a few high clouds coming in. a beautiful afternoon going partly sunny by late afternoon. we'll have a bit of a blustery wind. it will be around 70 degrees. keep up with this mild weather with the storm team 4 app get it google play and the itunes

store. a look at the rain timing for tomorrow next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. hearing about a new crash that popped up 270 south at montrose road with a left lane blocked. not seeing it here. could be just under the montrose road bridge. garden city drive at 50 again still have the road work in the way here this morning. overall, prince george's county looking pretty good. no major problems. 66 into up totown 95 north will get a little tricky in about 30 minutes. 270 south out of frederick, no problems at all. he's facing a slew of corruption charges, but says that won't stand in his way of serving new

staying on top of breaking news new video just in of a police shoot-out with gunmen in

kenya. and the death toll has climbed to 15 up from two. all of this happening at garissa university college near the somali border. you see police trying to surrounds the college campus. the gunman stormed the campus shootingindiscriminately. it's possible the attackers have taken hostages. 30 people are suffering gunshot wounds. we'll stay on top of the developing story. it's 5:17 now. it's being called one of the biggest drug busts in loudoun county history and this morning deputies say that they are not done making arrests. narcotics detectives nabbed two alleged dealers tuesday. the sheriff says one was so desperate, he tried to escape by jumping from a third floor window. dogs helped to track him down in the woods. deputies found 2 1/2 pounds of powdered cocaine, kilo of crack

cocaine, some heroin six pounds of marijuana pcp, ecstasy and prescription pills. they also recovered $60,000 in cash. >> it's a real credit to our investigation get a tore aphard work that they did over a period of several months to try to pull this all together and make such a good case and hit such a high level >> luis garcia and ronald dalespada were arrested. both charged with intent to sell. a group of women is suing a businessman for allegedly putting cameras inside a bathroom. baltimore sun is reporting a lawsuit worth $20 million. he's charged with putting a hidden camera inside the rams head tavern women's restroom in 2014. he was arrested in in february. another woman filed a $3 million lawsuit in march. today students at american university are asking the school to make sexual assault

prevention part of the curriculum. today's protests will be at 1:00 p.m. on campus. the group american university students against sexual violence says the school is not doing enough to protect students. american university says the student group has refused to participate in campus efforts to address sex assaults. a billion dollar lawsuit has been filed against jons hop kens hospital and university. it alleges that hospital continues conducted human experiments in guatemala in the 1940s. victims and their peoples say hopkins doctors and the u.s. government infected children psychiatric patients and prison inmates with sexually transmitted diseases. many were never treated. the study was to test whether penicillin could treat stds. >> there is no evidence that i've seen that sets forth the scope of what was going to happen down in guatemala. >> which clearly show not only did they know about it, but they kept it quiet. >> hopkins says its doctors

simply served a federal research panel that approved spending to government medical experiments. a u.s. senator defiant and facing a lengthy legal battle. bob menendez was in-dits order corruption charges yesterday. but he told a raucous crowd of supporters that he intends to keep his seat. the justice department says he used his office to help a doctor milk medicare for millions of dollars and to get visas for the several of the doctor's girlfriends. in return d.o.j. says menendez accepted contributions and lavish troops. menendez says the department is dead wrong. >> i'm angry and ready to fight. because today contradicts my public service career and my entire life. >> menendez takess 14 criminal counts. he will step down as ranking member on the foreign relations committee. in the district today, transportation talking about your family's safety behind the wheel.

april is distracted driving awareness month. at rfk stadium this morning, safety experts will talk about how dangerous it is to use your phone while you're driving. last week aaa released a report saying passengers are another big distraction that can lead to a crash. >> so many distractions on the road. it's really hard to stay focused. >> got to do it, though. you never know what will jump out at you. >> time for weather and traffic on the 1s. 46 degrees outside of our studios. a little chilly for high taste. >> i had gloves on, but i'm sick so i needed gloves. >> you had gloves on? >> it's one of those days for me. tom kierein is in the "weather center" and there is warmer air ahead of us. >> there is. it's all calm and quiet now but later came some blustery winds will kick up and with low humidity we a wildfire danger. i took it photo of a wildfire on tuesday, it makingened about 50 acres. p so todayso today the risk again of

wildfires. we have winds gusting to around 25 miles per hour. they're generally calm now and temperatures are generally above freezing. near 40 nearby suburbs. a few spots have dipped near freezing including frederick and manassas and warrenton. also martinsburg. and we'll have lots of sunshine today. temperature temperatures will be hovering near 40 through 8:00 a.m.. by noon should be hitting the low 60s. so a dramatic warming. and then peaking near 70 by late afternoon with that blustery wind moving on through and increasing clouds. those clouds will be ahead of a cool front that will be coming through this time tomorrow morning. we'll have showers away all this area in green between 6:00 to 7:00 a.m.. so some of the roads will be wet for the morning commute. may settle down a bit midday. but then thundershowers rolling through these areas in yellow and orange away the pennsylvania border by 3:00 p.m.. then they get closer to the metro area by 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.. then they track off to the east.

late evening and very early saturday morning maybe a few more lingering showers. then drying out after that. highs tomorrow with those showers low 70s, breezy cooler. great weather for the nats home opener on monday. temperatures in the 60s during the game. then chance of showers on tuesday and wednesday. look at the county by county highs for the day ahead, that's coming up at 5:# 1. melissa has a look at the traffic. >> brand new crash icc west past georgia avenue. i'm no nott seeing it on the cameras, so we'll keep looking for it. but it sounds like an accident with injury there. probably a pretty good response. wide look at things bs overall beltway looking pretty good. no major issues. 66 into town out of up to still going 55. still at speed there. 95 north headed out of stafford looking good until dale city. southbound no problems. remember of course listen to

wtop for the traffic when you get in your car. 103.5. maryland 95 mort bound 55 north bound and southbound rolling along nicely. i'll be back with more on that crash along the icc. it's 5:24 now. and maybe you take an herbal supplement supplement. how there is new pressure to regulate the industry. a group of 14 attorneys wants congress to launch an investigation of the industry and possibly give the fda power to regulate herbal supplements. the group is led by an attorney who says ingredient labels on supplements are inaccurate. just last week gnc said it provided test results to prove its supplements were properly labeled. you will soon be able to get kale thisin your smoothie at starbucks. >> i'd frytry that. >> yum. the coffee giant is now offering

the trendy veggie. but here in the district, you'll have to wait a little longer. right now they're only available in the pacific northwest and northern california. the that's right they also partnered with dannon greek yogurt. >> if you add other ingredients, you really can't taste the kale. >> i haven't enhad kale by itself. >> we'll get you on board. >> good luck. a new study with a simple message that could save your lives. >> and doreen gensler has details on what you should do if you're experiencing heart problems. >> if you're dealing with a medical emergency and need to get to the hospital do you drive yourself or call 911? few research says they take themselves and delays could lead to death. according to a new study, nearly three quarters of patients with heart symptoms are driving themselves to the hospital instead of calling 911.

doctors say not only can it impact how fast they get care, but it could also be deadly. >> number one concern you have is they might have sudden death. and driving an automobile and having sudden death is not a good combination obviously. >> coming up tonight at 6:00 find out why patients are skipping the paramedics and risking their lives. just a week after his wife begged the public to help solve her husband's murder police make an arrest. hugh investigationow investigators managed to track down the woman that killed the attorney. and it take a look at the temperatures. a many in our area seeing the 30s. tom is back with just how warm it will get.

here's what's happening right now at 5:30. police are on the scene of a possible overnight shooting in seat pleasant. this is right on the d.c. line. we're watching breaking news unfold in kenya. at least 15 people killed in an attack at a college in that country. secretary of state john kerry is expected to remain in switzerland for a while. the u.s. and other world powers are still trying to hammer out a deal for the iran nuclear program. we'll have much more on those

stories through good morning. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm gilchrist. it is 5:30. want to get you up to speed on the forecast for today. pretty nice one. >> looking like spring with the flowers coming out and it will deal like this afternoon. look at the highs expected around the metro area. prince george's county montgomery fairfax county upper 60s to around 70. across northern virginia counties should be reaching upper 60s to near 70. maybe even low 70s in spotsylvania and stafford and fauquier culpeper down to orange. and to the south, southern maryland around the bay, a breeze off the bay will be cooler but inland away from the water, upper 60s to near 70 degrees. kopts counties near the pennsylvania border blustery winds. upper 60s there. shenandoah valley in to the mountains there should be in the upper 60s to around 70 as well. so a delightful spring day coming up. a look at your bus stop forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41.

update on this crash here icc again westbound just past georgia avenue just spoke with police they're saying they are still looking for that crash. they got a call a little bit ago saying it's with injury. they cannot find it. so hopefully it was a bad call and everybody can move on. 270 south at old hundred road you can see a little slow around the curve there, but again that's pretty typical especially for this time of the morning. beltway the kenilworth rolling nicely. in prince george's county overall, you can see everything flowing in and out of town fine. nice and green. not much road work to speak of. taking a look at 95 in virginia, authority bound no problems until you hit dale city. 25 miles per hour. and then after dale city, southbound had some earlier road work that should be out of the way now, but you are a little slow there as you're passing 234. back with travel times in ten minutes. it's 5:32. and we're working to learn more

about the woman who is accused of murdering a local attorney in a d.c. hotel room. surveillance cameras helped investigators crack the case. they captured this woman at the donovan hotel the night of the crime. her name is jamyra gallmon. she's 21. investigators arrested her last night on 14th street not far from the hotel. in february david messerschmitt was found stabbed to death in his room. sources tell news 4 that gallmon was there for a sexual encounter with the lawyer. detectives used online communications between the two to track her down. time is running out for law maybers s er make iers in indiana trying to rework the freedom of religious law. in arkansas governor hutchinson says he will not sign a similar bill without some big changes.

we could see major developments today jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. lawmakers this both states working well into the night trying to find some kind of compromise.both states working well into the night trying to find some kind of compromise. there were reports that they have reached an agreement here in then. p we should find out more a little later this morning. the bottom line is what these lawmakers have been doing is rewriting portions of the legislation, removing others trying to make sure that it doesn't open the door to discrimination. they have said in both states that was never the intent of the legislation. now they are working to make that clear. they want to get it done as you talk about before the easter break here which starts tomorrow and before the tipoff of the final four men's ncaa basketball championship being hosted here in indianapolis. in arkansas five days to get this done. if the bill sits, it won't become dormant instead it automatically becomes law. so she want to get that done as

well an could before this weekend have some new legislation there. it's a process that is continuing. will throughout the day today. we do expect changes. the fuchlt chlt rror may not be over. nevada lawmakers expected to move on a religious freedom bill there next week. >> jay gray live for us in indiana. thank you. you know exactly what this individual is doing. okay? >> do you -- >> this individual continues to extort individuals. >> stop it. >> a dramatic confrontation at the courthouse between the father and daughter. a former virginia lawmaker at the senator of all this. joe morrissey has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with the woman you saw there. her father clearly upset about that. morrissey 34r50edpleaded guilty to a misdemeanor regarding his relationship with that woman who was a teen at the time. during the day, he remained in the virginia legislature, in

court yesterday, a judge dismissed charges against morrissey which accused him of forging documents related to his previous plea. the death of a nine month old in leesburg has been ruled a homicide. devyn ellis died lasting on the. her appear says she went limp while he was feeding her. yesterday the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head. no one has been charged. the father is barred from seeing a new child he had with the mother just last week. the post al service says it is making changes. last month a woman was hit by a car while crossing the street to get her mail. she died and now the post office says everyone on frederick road will have to move their mail boxes to the side of the street they live on. mail carriers will also change their routes in response to this action. didn't leave your purse in the car while running errands because a group of thieves is waiting to steal it.

use a simple device like the one -- using a device like this thieves are targeting women who are leaving their purses in their cars. they're called the felony lane gang. suspects try to cash stolen checks using drive through lanes at banks. >> use extremes to camouflage how they look. i've heard of wigs and masks. >> they find usually a drug addict or prostitute that kind of reaccept wellssembles the victim. >> the gang started in south florida ten years ago and since then they have targeted victims in 34 states. there is an app you can download right now that lets matter landtd maryland health officials keep track of potential ebola symptoms. most people don't need this but the state says it's for minute who has traveled to one of the three west african countries affected by an outbreak of ebola. when you come back home, you can update the app with how you're feeling so you don't have to call into the health department. a story from our news partner wtop says an

experimental ebola vaccine appears to be working. it was rushed in to testing during the height of the outbreak in africa when a few people in the u.s. were infected, as we. according to researchers, it created immune response in more than 90% of the volunteers. the vaccine sk tested in west africa right now. major new developments about the co-pilot who crashed a german wickwings plane into the french alps. what he apparently lied to his doctors about. looking live at the skyline for you this morning. tom has your bus stop forecast if your

co-pilot suspect the of purpose pli crashing the plane into the french alps may have lied to his doctors. according to the "bild," lubitz was spoeged edsupposed to be on medical leave for an eye condition but he was still flying commercial planes. yesterday they began the process of identifying the victims in the germanwings crash. all 150 people on board were killed. we're watching the wires to find out the latest information about a soldier now in police custody at ft. hood. they say he made a, quote, verbal threat yesterday. today marks one year since a deadly shooting at ft. hood.

here you can see the video of the police response. four people died and 16 others were hurt that day. 5:41 is our time. going to give your sunglasses a workout today. a live look out here not a cloud to be seen. >> we love sunshine. here is tom kierein. good morning, tom. >> yeah, we have a clear sky and that nearly full moon now getting low in the western sky. it will be chilly this morning waiting for the metro or the bus between 7:00 and 8:00, upper 30s and bright sunshine. winds will start to pick up. a few high clouds coming through, should be around 40 degrees. so dress accordingly, you'll need a light jacket this morning. and the sunglasses the rest of the day as we will have this bright sun through much of the day. then clouds close in later tonight. right now temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s prince george's county and much of fairfax. and mon low 40s in washington. and across northern virginia, a few spots near freezing prince

william county and this fauquier county. a look at the rain timing come up at 5:51. the all knowing melissa mollet has look at metro delays. >> i like that. we have metro delays. blue and yellow line delays to largo and mount vernon square. also a switch problem is the reason here. as far as travel times go looking quite good. 270 south from germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, running at 10 minutes. 66 east no rob. 95 north you're about five minutes behind. when you hop will in your car respect listen to 103.5 for all the latest on traffic. the story that could make you crabby this morning. why what you think is maryland blue crab might be something else. >> and don't mess with texas?

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the embassy of the vatican and secret service want to create a papal security perimeter for the pope's advice i and that means they want to add a 6-foot fence away embassy row in northwest washington. they say it will be attractive and compatible with the building. pope francis is scheduled to visit philadelphia new york and d.c. during his five day late september visit. as he head to the strict for his first visit, it seems like the newest leader -- that you like the newest leader of catholic church. a poll says 55% of americans think of pope fran cities incis in a positive light. 34% have a very positive light and 15% are sitting on the fence. among catholics, more than 70%

view him in a positive light. turkey is facing criticism for its lack of border control. nine were arrested. three men, two women and four children in that group. thousands of foreigners have joined isis using turkey as an entry point. the criticism affects its southeastern border. prosecutors ss will be wrapping up their case against aaron hernandez today. odin lloyd was dating the sister of hernandez's fiance at the time. the murder trial is in its second month. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. and the death of a man shot the by police in the chaos following hurricane katrina has been reclassified as a homicide. henry glover's death was originally ruled to be be undetermined. core they areoner now says it appears he was killed by another person. the officer who shot him has been being a quitted by a federal jury. the officer said he believed

glover was armed. another officer who burpedned glove are's body is serving a 17 year sentence. former substitute teacher faces possible deportation after pleading guilty to child sex abuse. he inappropriately touched four girls at three separate middle schools where he worked. as part of his deal he will face up to five years and could be deported and be on the sex offenders registry for the rest of his life. >> the school system police department and my office are working to try to make sure that what happened in this case does not occur again. >> prosecutors say the principal at one of the schools where he worked knew about an incident more than a decade ago but never reported it. that principal has since retired. a d.c. police officer could spend 13 years in prison if he's convicted of tax fraud. the department of justice indicted jamal adams saying he didn't file taxes for eight

straight years. investigate informations also say he filed false documents during that time. adams could also end up paying as much as $750,000 this fines. tried and true maryland tradition, we're talking about crab cakes here, but it turns out that maryland blue crabs may not be what you think and it could be a fake blue crab. wall street journal is reporting that dna testing found more than a third of the time the crabs were mislaibled. the environmental group tested 90 crabs and crab cakes from last year's restaurants in maryland and d.c. and they found that some crabs advertised as being from maryland or the chesapeake bay were actually caught as far away as indonesia. blue crab season started yesterday. tom and i, we'll have a bushel of blue crabs. >> let's do it. well, you can how own one of these beautiful horses that served arlington national cemetery. two are retiring and up for adoption. this is freedom. he's a 12-year-old their would

you tick riding horse. and kennedy is a 15-year-old former racer. he joined the herd with the u.s. army cason platoon. if you're interested in either, search for arlington horses on our nbc washington app for more photos and the adoption application. new question hes this morning about the future of vcu basketball coach shaka smart. according to the a.p. athletic director from texas is coming to make him an offer. vcu's athletic director told the a.p. nothing is a done deal just yet. smart is under contract with vcu and would have to pay $500,000 to leave early. >> i consider you our vcu expert. and you are convinced that shaka smart has a plan. he's not ready to leave vcu yet. >> conventional thinking has always been you get in these big athletic programs, throw enough money at a coach, they will go wherever you want them to go.

dwro think i don't think he's that guy. i think he'll finish what he wanted to do at vcu and then look elsewhere. >> i'm a fan. >> me too. we know a lot of are you getting excited for the cherry blossoms to finally bloom. >> we should see a wash of pink sometimes next week. this morning take a look at this beautiful picture. we sent one of our news 4 photographers to the basin to see how they're coming along. a few buds. tom kierein is here. nats are donating a portion of each ticket that they sell to the festival this year. >> and good weather for that. blossom coaxing weather as well. finally get being milder weather here. and they will be certainly coaxed out of their shells today. right now there is a chill in the air. it's hovering near 40 degrees

right there at the tidal basin and it they'ret in they're by suburbs. a few spots have dipped down to near freezing.by suburbs. a few spots have dipped down to near freezing. around the bay, we're in the upper 30s near 40. out in the mountains, a few spot there is have dipped down a little bit below freezing as well. live view from tower camera the first hint of a little pink showing up on the eastern horizon. sunrise still an hour away. but it will be coming up in a clear sky. and by #8:00, we'll be hovering in the low 40s. by noon, jumping to the low 60s. look at this steep climb with our temperature all the way up to around 70 by late afternoon. so delightful day coming up. bit of a blustery wind. however if you're suffering from tree pollen you're suffering noticing. there a wildfire risk with low humidity blustery winds. i took this photo on tuesday. itted had blackened about 50 and

i can acres. tomorrow in the morning we might get a few showers coming in after midnight tonight through the morning commute all lingering through mid to late morning. during the afternoon, a few more showers come in, maybe thunder, as well, passing through the metro area and to our north during the afternoon and early evening. then later in the evening respect another round of showers begin to move in and linger until around dawn saturday. highs tomorrow low 70s, still blustery wind. cooler saturday, sunshine near 60. sunday low 60s. great weather for the nats home opener on monday. chance of rain tuesday and wednesday. melissa has an update on metro. unfortunately, delays still sticking around for us. blue and yellow line delays to largo and mount vernon square because of a switch problem outside of van dorn street. so warning there. you might have to allow a little bit of extra time for your commute there. west bund 2bound 200 at georgia avenue, we'll get chopper flying over

that to see if there is something happening. water not see we're not seeing it on camera. wide look at things beltway looking pretty good. 66 at 29 eastbound, west bound no issues p. 95 north slowest spot dale city here. 9 miles an hour around that little bend. and then looking at prince george's county nice and green. everybody there behaving themselves. >> let's hope stays that way. people will be talking about this april fools' joke for a long time and it's trending online. new late night host james core done hasn't even been on the week a few weeks and he received a huge scare courtesy of katie couric. >> are you okay? wait wait. >> up here up here james.

jamess april fools'! >> the woman who actually fell was a stunt double p. the show's producers were of course in on the prank corde nechlt says he has been terrified that a guest will fall down the stairs since the show started. >> probably one of the best i've seen. good job. well, facebook has new way to -- actually want to tell you about mcdonald's. it is handing out some raises. plan did not landon dowdy has more on how some employees will be left out. >> that's right, they raise minimum wage at company owned locations and they will start offering vacation benefits. 90,000 employees are expected to see a 10% boost in wages starting in july. and the increase follows similar moves by retailers walmart and target. there is speculation it could drive mcdonald's fast food service competitors to follow

suit as well. president obama intensifying the fight against cyber attacks. he is targeting those who threaten the nation's foreign policy national security or economic stability. an executive order, president obama declared cyber attacks as a national emergency. over to you. >> landon dowdy, thank you. just out this morning, it seems it's not just people who like junk food. ants do, as well. ants found on the streets have a taste for the crumbs leave behind and according to a resemgerresemg er ernlger, it means ants can survive in areas where the natural diet is not available. it's thealso a good reason to make sure your house free of crumbs. i know what you're thinking. >> did i pay for this study? >> i know there are researchers who are figuring out that there are ants like our crumbs. >> i'm sure there is a bigger

reason for it. all right. moving along. breaking news we're watching for you. a situation developing right now as it plays out in seat pleasant maryland. you can see several police cars on the scene here of what reports are was an overnight shooting. derrick ward is working to find out what happened here. we'll have a live report for you ahead. 45 degrees outside, but the p temperatures are rising. tom kierein will be back with a look at when the temperatures will go up about your neighborhood. ♪ ♪

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this breaking news out of kenya. right now where a university campus is under siege at this hour in an apparent terrorist attack. we're watching the develops unfold and we'll have more in moments. plus a breaking situation in seat pleasant where police are on the scene of a reported shooting. derrick ward is work to go learning to learn more. p. say good-bye to the cold at least for a day. you're look live at the tidal basin where the cherry blossoms are on the verge of budding and showing off their colors. and where you'll find much more pleasant conditions this morning. >> #sandalday.

later. tom kierein here with your weather headlines. >> but right now, those blossoms are still bundled up. p live view from the storm team 4 tower camera there is the washington monument under a clear sky. big nearly full moon. chilly morning, and then a breezy and mild afternoon. tomorrow showers and thunder looking likely. some showers in the morning and maybe some thunder showers in the afternoon. right now chill in the air, but most locations above freezing. bowie at 34. but most of the area in the upper 30s to near 40. farther south and west, right now we're hovering near 30 in prince william county and fauquier,