take it home just yet. you can pre-order the watch online today and it seems that there are a lot of options. the watch comes in 54 different styles. shipping will start on april 24th. i have my eye on the crusted one. i think it was like $10,000 on my christmas list. >> don't look over here. >> i'm looking right at aaron. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m.. right now at 5:00 a.m. we have developing new. three different scenes spanning across maryland and the district connected to a shooting at the census bureau. a woman kidnapped security guard killed and police officer recovering after a shooting with the suspect. >> and we're waiting to learn the identity of the lone shooter. the chaos started when the suspect kidnapped his own wife near t street northeast. from there he shot a guard at the u.s. census bureau headquarters. later police spotted the gunman's car and there was shoot-out along the busy h

street corridor. we'll dig more into that in a moment. first, it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. tom kierein tracking some severe storms. >> this is the first round of our spring season of the potential for severe storms. right now we do have scattered storms in ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. this did produce severe weather yesterday afternoon a tornado there in illinois. the area of storms that will be affecting us is in kentucky. and it is still about 9 1/2 hours away of getting into our region. so that will be maybe around 3:00 or so and a little bit after that farther to our east. right now around the metro area, just a little bit of scattered drizzle around. don't have anymore rain and temperatures are chilly. right now we're hovering just in the mid-40s around the metro area but warmer air beginning to push into the shenandoah valley. southwesterly breeze will be warming us up into the afternoon and that threat of storms increases. a look at the severe storm risk zone just updated, that is coming up at 5:11.

alexis how is the friday morning traffic? we have h street in northeast closed between 10th and 11th street this is due to police activity and the police investigation. it is closed in both directions until further notice. elsewhere on the beltway in maryland outer loop after allentown road, two left lanes are blocked on the inner loop one left lane blocked, not causing any significant delays that the hour. 66 near nutley street looking good. beltway at river road in virginia the looking good. looks like a little bit of wet pavement in that area but no reports of delays or incidents. traveling out of leesburg on the dulles tollway, you're traveling at speed. 55 once you pass route 28. more now on that deadly shooting at the census bureau. police are still piecing together exactly what happened at all these different scenes. kidnapping murder and police shoot-out. we have live team coverage for you this morning. megan mcgrath live in suit land at the census bureau where

employees are expected to return to work today. >> reporter: that's right. they are going to be returning later on this morning. but they should know that the main gate at least for now is closed here at the u.s. census bureau. you can see behind me here, the tape that crosses the entrance. and we've seen a number of cars try to turn in and they're being turned away by authorizes at the gate. now, some pretty frightening moments for people who worked here but they will be returning to their offices today. this all began when a man armed with a gun kidnapped his wife on t street in northeast. they ended up here at the gate of the census bureau in suitland maryland. a security guard, 59-year-old lawrence buckner, saw the gunman and his wife arguing inside the car. when he approached, the gunman opened fire and buckner was fatally shot. many census bureau workers, they heard the shots and said it was a very scary and dicey situation. >> the security guard was down because he was in a yellow vest

and i saw a guy driving away really quickly. and another security guard was pursuing on foot shooting at the car. and so we thought, this is really scary. >> reporter: the suspect then spread off after the shooting here at the census bureau. went back into d.c.. police did spot the vehicle. there was gunfire that was shot from the car as it tried to escape. now, everything ended up at 11th and h streets in northeast, that's where police blocked in the car, forced the gunman to crash that vehicle. there hat that point was an exchange of gun suspect and police. the suspect was shot so was an officer. and things wrapped up there. no word on the condition of that gunman. should mention that his wife was located and she is said to be okay. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, megan. part of h street remains closed as police are still

investigating the violent end to all of this. following a police chase officers cornered the suspect and blocked him if in with their cruisers which led to a terrible crash there. witnesses say the gunman got out of his car and started firing shots at officers. >> i heard gunshot, guy got out of a green car shooting at the police officers and they shot back. i thought somebody was shooting a movie at first and then i said, no this is real life. >> suspect's wife was found safe but the gunman was shot multiple times. zachary kiesch just arrived on h street and will bring us up-to-date on all the overnight developments in about ten minutes. the suspect and two police officers are in the hospital this morning. we're working to find out administer on theirmore on their conditions. sources tell news 4 one d.c. police officer was shot in the leg, the suspect was shot several times and a second officer was taken to the hospital with injuries from the crash that ended the car chase.

>> we certainly have the sergeant in our thoughts and prayers. and i'll join with the chief in saying if you know anything about this if you've seen anything we know the scene stretched a lot of miles. please let the police know. >> the two d.c. officers are expected to be okay. there were conflicting reports about the suspect's condition. but we're being told he's still alive. family members of the security guard killed are mourning today. his name was lawrence buckner aplovedap love . loved ones were visibly distraught. he was mattered, only 59. sources told news 4 mr. buckner was still alive when he was brought to the hospital but he passed away just after 7:00 p.m. from the gun shot wound to the chest. i'm molette green at the live desk. we want you to look at new video of a killer tornado that just tore through the midwest.

it theft a path of destruction. and there you see, it flipped over that car. look at that. we can tell you survey teams are going out this morning to assess all the damage in the area. at least one person was killed in her home in a very small town in illinois where up to 20 homes were destroyed. acceptseven people were injured and taken to the hospital. back to you. it's 5:07 now. today all eyes are on president obama and his cuban counterpart raul castro. the president and castro are both in panama for a summit. they will not officially meet one-on-one but even an informal chat would help solidify relations. yesterday secretary of state john kerry met with the cuban foreign minister, that is the highest level meeting between the two countries in more than 50 years. a little later this hour we'll have a report on what changes could be coming in the u.s./cuba relationship. the student government at the university of maryland says

it will support changing the name on the football stadium. some students have called for former university president h.c. curly bird's name to be removed. they say he was a racist and segregationist and his views go against the school's principles. a spokesman for the school says a facility's naming committee is reviewing the issue. prince william county police are searching for a man who tried to take a child from a dale city daycare center. we've received these pictures. they say the than tried to pick up a child at shawl world daycare center last friday. the man came in and named a specific child, but wasn't on the list to pick him up. after reviewing surveillance video, the parents say they did not know him. police say they just want to speak with the man to see whether it was a misunderstanding. an ebola patient admitted to the national institutes of health is free of the disease. that patient was released from the hospital yesterday. the american health care worker was admitted on march 13 with

the ebola virus. nih has not released the name of the patient, but you we're learning that the man was the 11th ebola patient to be treated in the u.s.. years later and thousands of miles away a tsunami debris continues to wash up on the west coast. >> where the most recent piece popped up and what crews plan to do with it. we're also continuing to follow developing news after an alleged kidnapping in d.c. turns in to a deadly shooting at the census bureau and another shoot-out in the district. zachary kiesch just arrived on one of those scenes where police are still swarming. looking live outside now where fog is hovering above us. and the weather will only get crazier as the day goes on. tom will have what you need to know.

a 25-foot long chunk of a boat spotted off the coast believed to be debris from the japanese tsunami. crews are working to retrieve it. the plan is to tow the boat fragments to the port of new port for temporary storage. later it will be sfudtudied and taken to a landfill. it's a weather alert day because there is the potential for storms. >> yeah all calm and quiet now. there is a live view from our city camera. low clouds are patchy fog, maybe a little drizzle. but this is the line of severe storms that will be spence guyingguy intensifying. in ohio, kentucky tennessee, and locally just a few areas of

patchy drizzle, patchy fog around this morning. so watch out for that. and for the impact for the day, in the metro area there is going to be a moderate impact quite likely with those strong afternoon storms. and the greatest impact will be the severe risk zone in southern maryland, into st. mary's calvert, west of there in staff toward spotsylvania, orange county this yellow zone is the zone where there could be damaging winds, hail and slight chance for an isolated tornado later this afternoon. a look at the hour by hour storm timing next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:21. overall beltway no major declares to speak of in maryland or virginia. we do have the accident in prince george's county that we'll get to in a minute. taking a look at route 50 out of annapolis, here at landover road all lanes open. no delays.

39 35 this virginia looking good as well. we're just hearing about a car that went into the ocean in california killing at least one person. molette green is gathering the information just coming in and are will join us from the live desk. and the mother of the south carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man is speaking out. what she has to say to the victim's family.

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we're following a developing story of a deadly shooting at the census bureau headquarters. after he shot a guard he led police on a chase that ended in northeast daes.c. at 11 and h. that street is now closed. we continue team coverage with shak zachary kiesch on h street with

more. >> reporter: good 340r7k.morning. the crime tape is all over h street. h street is closed. an unbelievable scene from last night. this is kind of a mixed area of both houses of retail, of new bars an restaurants. a lot of government in this area. so to think about the shooting taking place just right here just at 11th street and h street an unbelievable creep. police are trying to correct the dots. this will certainly impact folks as they start their morning commute, but a lot of information still flowing out here this morning. we did know that this suspect this kidnapping suspect, the shooting suspect shts was cornered here on h street after a chase. that's where a shooting took place. both the suspect and officer were shot. they're both in the hospital at this point. we're out here trying to learn more information for you this morning and we'll give to you as

soon as we have it. zachary kiesch reporting live on h street theeft.northeast. back to you. new video this morning of what would become a deadly traffic stop in south carolina. this dash cam camera video shows north charleston officer michael slager pulling over walter scott from a broken taillight. the officer returns to his car and you see scott jumps out of the car and starts running. minutes later, cell phone video captures slager shooting scott in the back killing him. what led to that shooting is not on any recording. officer slager is now charged with murder. >> one other to another mother, i can understand this. so i just want them to know i'm sorry that this happened and that this has made a change in everybody's life. >> that is officer slager's mother. the police department is also coming under fire for their reaction after therare discrepancyies

between the official report and what appears on the cell phone video.report says officers stride to revive scott. the video shows scott on his stomach the whole time. an internal investigation has been ordered after video of sheriff deputies beating a suspect. take a look at this video. a man fled from deputies and stole a horse in san bernardino county. during the chase, the map fallsn falls off the horse and they subdue him using a stun gun. and then they appear to beat him and kick him for more than two minutes. at one point 13 deputies are surrounding the suspect. i'm molette green following a developing story, a car with two children inside plunges into the los angeles harbor. details are still coming in. so far we know a 13-year-old boy has died another boy who is

just eight is fighting for his life after being rescued from the car that was in about 30 feet of murky water. a man and woman were able to swim on their own to the surface. but it is still unclear this morning if that car was intentionally driven into the water or if this was a terrible accident. that's the latest. back to you. it's 5:21 right now. >> let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein for a look at our weather and traffic on the 1s. pretty gloomy out there. >> looking at the hivelive view from city camera, low dark clouds thousand. don't have any severe weather here locally. it's still many hours away from arriving. not until later this afternoon. in the wake of the rain we had overnight, everything is still damp and we have a little bit of drizzle. but right now getting thunderstorms here in ohio, kentucky donewn to tennessee. tornado watches out in ohio

severe thunderstorm watches for kentucky down to tennessee. that will likely be put in place here for us later this afternoon. we'll probably have a severe thunderstorm watch. but right now local radar not showing any rain away other than just a little bit of patchy drizzle, a little bit of fog, as well. temperatures are chilly. we're still in the 40s. shenandoah valley to the bay. but it is beginning to climb into the 50s in the central and so you were shenandoah valley. that milder air will begin to sweep in later today. but the morning will be rather chilly with temperatures hovering near 50 by 8:00 a.m. chance of a little drizzle. then by noon should jump into the 60s. mostly cloudy. and then the afternoon is when we'll see those storms coming through maybe starting around 3 ouk p.m. most ending in the metro area by 6:00 p.m.. we'll be in the 70s when that happens. here is the hour by hour timing. we'll be fine through the morning. and it's then during the afternoon, leading edge of these storms coming into the mountains by around noontime. and then into the shenandoah valley by 2:00 p.m.. not very severe. likely just getting organized.

and then they will develop and become stronger by 3:00 p.m.. from washington county down through western loudoun into fauquier and rappahannock culpeper. after that, they will track east and come right into the metro area by around 4:00 p.m.. after that they will track off to the east. some other thunderstorms developing into the early evening and by mid evening, it will be done. tomorrow beautiful day breezy in the 60s. sunny sunday. near 70. chance of showers maybe tuesday morning and then dry after that next week. how is traffic? overall the beltway is running very smoothly. we do haveent in prince george's county outer loop after allentown road two left lanes are blocked and one left lane on the in-are loop isner a blocked. starting to see some slowdowns. 95 near franconia springfield, volume building. traveling elsewhere, 95 heading

there baltimore down to d.c. all lanes open with no reports of incidents or delays. 270 at clarksburg road looking good as well. centreville heading through on 66 all the way up to the beltway, no reports of delays. back to you. it's 5:24 now. in "news 4 your health," a new study reveals serious life events during childhood 00 could triple the risk of type one diabetes. kids that had to deal with any sort of major conflict like a family death or a divorce had increased risk of developing the disease. doctors say it's likely that higher levels of stress hormones like cortisol affects resistance. a new study says latino children are twice as likely to have tooth decay than white or black children. data shows as many as 55% of latino children have had cavities in their baby teeth. about 65% of teens have had cavities in their permanent teeth.

latino children are also twice as likely to have untreated teeth decay. if your kids dislike school it might be genetic. researchers studied 13,000 set of twins and they found that genetics explained 50% of the twins motivation. researchers say they don't believe will this is just one gene controlling motivation they say it's a complicated process. >> i liked school so i hope that means my kids like school. when they're llgts, they did though. it's when you start getting home work fourth grade, all of a sudden wait a minute. are you suffering with registry resentment? do you feel pressured into getting gifts? >> i know you don't. >> i don't. >> well, if you hear the word registry, you may think of a wedding, perhaps a baby shower. but now it seems like the online wish list is expanding to just about oh, any occasion. my registry.com allow users to

create a list for they "indications from birthdays to get this divorces. you'll register sisterfor a divorce? >> alcohol. >> it may be calling resentment. >> you should never include that information. those occasions are to celebrate with friends and they're about the friends and guests and not about the gifts. >> they say it is proper etiquette to bring a gift to a celebration, but it is up to you what to bring. now, the other side of that a lot of people say if i don't know what to bring, it helps me city. you give different price ranges. some ways. but, yeah i'm not going to register anything for my upcoming birthday. like hey, just in case you were thinking of getting me something. >> we'll ask you instead. >> from tiffany. >> i'm kidding. >> no she's not. the report you'll want to hear. the number just in on airport security breaches. and your commute on monday could be much different than today. and you might not even

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a suspect was shot in a shoot-out with d.c. police after kidnapping his wife and killing a security guard at the census bureau in suitland yesterday. two officers hurt. they are expected to recover. for the latest updates, look for the story on the nbc washington app. it is 5:30 now. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're starting the day with light rain but the forecast could get a bit scareier today. tom kierein has your weather alert. >> yes this will likely be our first day with severe weather this spring season. we are entering the spring storm season and it's right on time here on this april 10. get being thunderstorms here in ohio town into kentucky and tennessee. severe storm watches and tornado watches are out there. we hey get a severe thunderstorm watch issued here later today. right now that leading edge of those storms will be affecting us that's the kentucky part of it that's still about nine hours or so away. so that will be maybe around 2:00 3:00 this afternoon. local radar just a little patchy

drizzle around, a little light fog. watch out for that this morning. here are the severe weather risk potentials. there is a low risk of an isolated tornado and greater risk of some strong gusts of wind and also a risk of hail. this time year we have the cold air still aloft enhancing any hail. and then also some brief heavy downpours may cause some ponding of water later this afternoon. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at your bus stop forecast what to wear for this stormy friday. now what is going on on the roads? we don't have any major delays on the beltway in virginia. however we are seeing some delays on the outer loop in prince george's county in maryland and that is due to an accident. outer loop after allentown road two left lanes are blocked. that inner loop left lane has been reopened. but we are seeing the delays approaching the accident on the outer loop. taking a look at routes 210, 5,

301, all at speed. 66 at route 123, volume building but no reports of delays in the area. 395 at shirlington circle all traveling at speed. it's 5:32. maryland congressman elijah cummings is calling for a culture change at the secret service after yet another scandal. supervisor xavier morales is accused of assaulting a female agent. he's stripped of his clearance and is on administrative leave before congressman cummings says these allegations are disturbing but he's glad that in this case director joseph clancy was notified immediately and took action. >> he cannot control every action of every officer. but when these things happen he has to send a message that there will be zero tolerance as to these types of activities. and so i'm very pleased about that p but again, we have a lot of work to do. the president's life is on the line and we have to protect it. >> the congressman serves on the house committee that oversees

the secret service. today we could see president obama and cuban president raul castro face to face in what would be a an historic encounter. tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. >> reporter: are they just going to shake hands might they actually sit down and meet informally? we didn't know yet. what we do know is that the highest level meeting between the u.s. and cuba has already taken place. that was secretary of state john kerry at this same summit sitting down for about two hours at a restaurant bar with his cuban counterpart, foreign minister rodriguez. according to the state department that meeting was lengthy, constructive and they made a lot of progress. sgp progress mean that the u.s. is going to remove cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism? that's what cuba is pushing for to normalize relations. a hill staffer says the state department is recommending that. we just didn't know how quickly

it might happen. congress wants its hand in that. at the summit today, president obama has a couple of speeches he's meeting with business leaders. >> tracie potts on capitol hill, thank you. we're waiting to learn whether a hyattsville man will face charges for a hit and run on the bw parkway pl rick warrick was killed on super bowl sunday while trying to fix his car on the side of the road. warrick's fiance was hurt as well. park police say 73-year-old earl teeter who was the driver hit them. investigators say they found pieces of teeter's car at the scene. the deadly shooting of a local rapper was not an accident that is according to new court documents in prince george's county. prosecutors say he meant to shoot ivy. that shooting happened during filming for a music video. court documents show the suspect was identified through the video. prosecutors are not saying what the motive for the shooting was.

a new report shows at least ten people have been able to sneak past fences and officers at our local airports in the past decade. the associated press found dull let had the most breaches reported since 2004. total of eight. one each at reagan national and bwi marshall. that's part of the report that details 268 airport breaches logged nationwide. none was terror related. the virginia railway express will soon begin studying whether to extend its commuter line from maeps manassas to haymarket. if it decides to move ahead, it could be five years before passengers buy their first tickets. the manassas line currently ends at the broad run station. big changes coming to metro. about half of the trains on the red line will switch back to automatic operation next week. this is the first time metro has used automation since that deadly ft. totten accident that killed nine people back in 2009.

metro says it 45s beenhas been testing automatic operation for? time. >> during midday hours, trains have been operating in automatic mode for training purposes with an instructor onboard. >> metro says the additional six cars on the red line are waiting for a computer upgrade to make the changes. that upgrade will take about a year. the search is on in prince will criminal county where police say a man tried to pick up a child from daycare that wasn't his. >> and want to show you video water just getting in from japan. nearly 200 dolphins are beached there. we'll tell you about the massive rescue effort under way. and take a live look outside on this weather alert day. 45 degrees outside. tom will let us know when the rain will roll in.

a gator incident in alabama has parents pretty worried. last weekend, an alligator jumped out of the water and snatched a dog. many fear it could iskoocould have been a child or another pet.

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for the afternoon hours. a look at the storm timing coming up. how is traffic now? still dealing with that accident on the outer loop of the beltway after allentown road. two left lanes are blocked. seeing delays approaching the area there. taking a look at travel times, inner loop between 270 and 95 ten minutes. east bound fairfax county parkway and the beltway is 11. for more traffic, tune into wtop 103.5 fm. we're keeping a close eye on a developing story this morning. want to show you a live picture from h street in d.c.. police are still on the scene of a shooting where a man was arrested following a violent stripping of events you including that deadly shooting at the send sis bureau. the new information we've learned. and reaction coming in as people around the world are getting their hands on a much anticipated new device and how you, too, can do that as well.

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right now at 6:46 it is a weather alert day. take a look at radar. you can see why. that long line of storms is heading our way. tom will break down the timing of it all and how it will i will pakd impact your day. we're following the story of the deadly shooting at the census bureau. this all started in suitland and ended in northeast d.c.. 11th and h streets still shut down while police piece together the crime scene. zachky kiary kiesch is live are more. >> reporter: imagine you're here on h street last night with friends having dinner apjust outside the restaurant, a shooting goes down. i just talked to a gentleman here who was getting dropped off by a friend. you can check it out, still

yellow police tape there. a gentleman trying to get over there and get to his vehicle. we're learning a little bit more now about kind of the time stamp on this and how it played out. we're learning that it started about 5:30 but 7:30 d.c. police identified this green hop honda being a krord.akccordaccord. the chase lasted about a half hour an ended right here in the middle of the street. again, a kidnapping suspect, the suspect shooting a police officer and getting shot as well. so as you can see, cars being diverted here no one is getting through h street and it's still not clear when it will hope back up. we'll keep you informed. back to you. we're now hearing new

details in the death of an unarmed suitland man. a newly released 911 tape shows a caller told police an hour before the shooting that michael miner said he had a gun. miner miner's mother says her son was unjustly killed. >> you can't just shoot a person and kill them because of assumption. >> a grand jury ruled the deputies did not violate the law when they killed miner. the new information emerged as part of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by the man's family. jury selection for the come coal theater shooting case is winkd down winding down. 12 jurors and 12 alternates will be seated for the trial. james holmes has pleadsed not guilty by reason of insanity to killing 12 and injuring 70 in that theater attack in july of 2012. opening statements set to start on april 27. prince william county police are searching for a man who

tried to take a child from a daycare center in dale city. they say the to pick up a child at small world daycare. the man named ato pick him or her up. after reviewing video, the parts say they don't know him. police say they just want to speak with this man to see if it was just a misunderstanding. the student government at the university of maryland says it will support changing the name of the football stadium. some students have called former university president h.c. bird owing's name -- called for that name to be removed. they say byrd was a racist and seg gla gagsist and his views go against the school's principles. a spokesman says a naming committee is reviewing the issue. a travel alert if you use the dulles toll road. westbound sully road south exit will only accept e-zpass.

you can head to the nbc washington app to find the phone number for the kous servicecustomer service center. even though there is a potential for strong storms it shoopts affect all of the cherry mrs. blossoms. most will be in peak bloom tomorrow through tuesday. festival organizers say expect big crowds. early mornings might be a good time to beat some of those crowds. and i mean really early in the morning. the parade starts at 10:00 a.m.. if you didn't want to deal with the crowds you can head to the national arboretum. they cut back to three days a week in 2013, but starting take the arboretum will be open to the public seven days a week. >> such a treasure. and i'm really hoping that today's storms don't blow all the blossoms away. sometimes after a big rain they're droopy. >> they're in their nin skrchlt

a stage, so they will hang on. >> oh, good. i have a ninja stage. >> and i have the scars. >> well, today we'll get pretty strong winds, but they will be hanging in there. we do have a weather alert day under way as we'll have frequent storm team 4 updates throughout the day as the stores get closer. right now, the radar showing a cluster of thunderstorms across southeastern ohio, kentucky and tennessee. it's these storms in kentucky, tease are the one these on a track to get to us around 3:00 this afternoon. right now we have just a little bit of patchy drizzle around, no other showers on storm team 4 radar. it's a chilly morning. our temperatures are only in the 40s most of the region. beginning to climb into the 50s central and southern shenandoah valley. that is the leading edge of warmer air that will sweep in on a southwesterly breeze later today.

by noon ought to be jumping into the 60s and then storms likely arriving around 3:00 and continuing until 6:00. here is the storm timing that i promised on twitter. this is as of noontime, just coming this to the panhandle of west virginia. by 2:00, some scattered storms around the shenandoah valley panhandle of west virginia, up toward washington county. it's after that that they will be intensifying around 3:00 comingar western suburbs from frederick down to loudoun and fauquier and culpeper. into southern maryland our eastern suburbs between 3:00 4:00. by 6:00 p.m., eastern shore. maybe a few more firing up late in the afternoon and early evening over the lower part of southern maryland and eastern shore. very small risk for tornados but a greater chance of high winds and heavy rain that may cause ponding of waters. and then a beautiful weekend.

great weather forget getting outside. low 70s on monday. and then tuesday, might get a shower in the morning. after that looking dry. a beautiful week coming up next week. how is the commute? outer loop of the beltway in maryland, the been moved to the shoulder. 95 at dale boulevard looking good. no reports of incidents or delays. 66 looking good as well from manassas all the way into the beltway. 270 hook good with all lanes open from montgomery village avenue. and then 95 at 212, seeing vog i'm, of delays. i'm knowmolette green with breaking news. just learning about athletes being killed after a head-on collision in more.

31 are dead, many athlete, but not sure of an exact count. nine reported injured so far. we're working to find out a whole lot more about in story. as soon as we get it we'll bring it right to you. back to you. do you know what time it is? well apparently it's time to pre-order apple's iwatch. i know aaron is like it's 5:54. planlandon landon -- >> peanut butter and yeleyl jelly time. >> landon dowdy is here with the new watch. hi it's friday. >> happy friday. aaron, were u. justyou just singing to me? >> peanut butter and jelly time. >> amazon got the green light to

test drone delivered packages. the company says the process took so long that the device is already obsolete. amazon wants to use drones to deliver items within ten miles of its warehouses which would require them to fly and you ton fussily using sensors to avoid collision with other aircraft. and like you said it is watch time. people are lining up to try out the apple watch for the first time. but they can't walk out with one. apple is only taking pre-orders online. the company expects strong demand when it comes on sale april 24. they have spent $38 million on t vth ad v ads on the watch. back to you. still have it on our wish list. thank you. >> and it's important to know that there are some mixed reviews here because there are questions about the battery life. but still a lot of hype. lines and i will over the world in asia and europe people are very excited. >> not surprised about that.

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sdwr and >> and it's beautiful out there. a developing story playing out in d.c. and maryland. you're looking live outside the census bureau headquarters. the scene of that shooting that left a security guard dead after a violent kidnapping that ended in a shoot-out. police also have a busy street in d.c. shut down right now. we have team coverage on this situation on news 4 today at 6:00. it is a weather alert day right now. take a look at hose thick ominous clouds. 46 degrees outside. we'll tell you more about the weather alert day.

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we're watching two active scenes hours after a violence and chaotic crime spree in maryland and the district. you're looking live outside the census bureau where a security guard was shot and killed yesterday. >> and h street at 11th is closed where the gunman opened fire on police officers. is this a live look at the scene. you can see police blocking off the road. two officers were hurt and at last check, the suspect is in the hospital apnd the wife whom the gun man allegedly kidnapped is safe. and we're also watching severe storms. right now this storm system responsible for destructive tornados in the midwest is pushing its way toward us.

>> tom kierein here now with your weather alert day headlines. >> those stores storms did weaken a bit overnight. right now scattered showers with thunder and lightning in southeastern ohio, kentucky and tennessee. it's the line in kentucky that will be affecting us and coming our way. it's about 8:50 or sore of away of getting in here. the leading edge will be sweeping on through. so check out the latest radar with the storm team 4 weather app when you're mobile. and there is our local radar, don't have any rain locally, just a little bit of scattered dr